Tag: Music
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The Music Box: Artists Turn Shanties into Musical Instruments in New Orleans (Video)
Nine ramshackle structures have been rigged by a team of musicians, artists, and inventors to create a musical shantytown.
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Solar Stella Cigar Box Amp Is An Awesome Project for Musicians
We love open source hardware, we love upcycling, we love solar power, we love music... and all of these things are packed into this Solar Stella amp.
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Spin Your Old Vinyl On The Jónófón, a Flatpack Papercraft Gramaphone
The Jónófón is "a return to simplicity", when people could understand how technology actually worked.
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Mos Def Sings About Butterflies and Trees in New Children’s Project, Pacha’s Pajamas (Video)
Rap stars singing about saving the environment isn’t something we hear about everyday.
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EarHero Earbuds Let You Hear Music and Street Sounds, May Keep You Safe
Getting hit by a car is no fun. Trust us. And when you blast your music when walking or cycling you increase your odds of an accident. These earbuds hope to help with that problem.
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Old Chapel Is Made into a Giant Musical Instrument, Controlled with Laser Pointers (Video)
A Czech church was 3-D mapped and made into a one of a kind musical instrument, controlled by visitors' laser pointers.
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Spider Silk Violin Strings Make Amazing Sound
A researcher in Japan has used the silk of 300 spiders to craft a unique set of violin strings that are actually stronger than the traditional choice.
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Nomadic Music Academy in Madrid "Leaves No Trace"
An emergency installation for a displaced music festival ends up in a Madrid warehouse, where designers create acoustically suitable, temporary and recyclable structures.
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Hardcore Band Plays Heavy Metal Tribute to LA's Subway (Video)
It's Casual, a Los Angeles-based hardcore band, delivers a high-energy track that promotes mass transportation.
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Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets.
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Robot Godzilla to Invade Coachella, Excrete Recyclables
T-Rex to consume recyclables at Coachella. Prize offered for best use of the dino droppings. Really.
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So Neat! iVictrola Gramophone Printed on a 3D Printer Magnifies Your Music
A tiny phonograph-style iPhone stand will boost the sound of the music coming from your speakers, and look awesome while doing it. We just love 3D printing...
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Tascam's Solar-Rechargeable Tuner Should Be Standard Issue in Every Gig Bag
Tascam's solar-rechargeable tuner is the best dang tuner on the market. If you need to tune up an instrument, buy the TC-1S, you'll thank me. Plus, it's charged by the sun!
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Modified Turntable Reads Tree-Rings as Music (Video)
With the help of a special turntable designed to read tree-rings like tracks on an LP, a tree's biography can now actually be heard like its discography.
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Recycling Orchestra Plays Mozart With Garbage
It may be a long way from Paraguay's sprawling garbage dumps to the stately concert halls of Europe, but not when you recycle.
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22-Year-Old Frank Zappa Teaches How to Play the Bicycle (Video)
Sure, a bicycle can replace your car -- but as Frank Zappa demonstrates, it could replace your drum-set, too.
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Country-wide Bell Ringing Will Mark the 2012 London Olympics' Opening
Orchestrated by artist and musician Martin Creed, the project gets people all over the UK to ring every kind of bell imaginable
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DIY Christmas Mixtape
Tired of holiday mall music used to make us buy more stuff? Check out MYOO's edgy Xmas mix, and listen to his sangria-fueled radio play about The Ghost of Christmas Music Past.
