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Now with MIDI: Critter + Guitari Pocket Piano
The Pocket Piano remains one of my favorite boutique creations – a devilishly simple, irresistibly fun musical instrument. And now, in addition to other subtle tweaks it has received, it gets MIDI –...
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Preview: NYC’s In/Out Festival, in Videos, Embraces Eclectic Lineup and Music...
You can complain about music events and festivals as they are, dream about what you’d imagine an event could be – or you can go and make it happen. And since the latter category fits...
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A Handmade Children’s Book, a 7″ Vinyl Record, and Tangible, Handmade Music
In the midst of all this talk of intangible digital intellectual property and arcane licensing and Internet policy, there’s something comforting about thinking of music and art as something you make...
View ArticleHandmade ‘Smomid’ Touch Guitar, in BOMB Video, Extends Expression and Samples...
What do you do if you can’t find an instrument that you can play the way you want? In the digital domain, you can just invent one. So, when Brooklyn-based artist Nick Demopoulos wanted a controller...
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Richard Lainhart, Prolific Composer and Artist, Dies at 58; Links to His Work
Richard plays Handmade Music in 2007; full video at bottom. I’m saddened to learn of the death of Richard Lainhart, the New York-based composer and artist who has been inseparable from the...
View ArticleCrazy Musical Machines: Musical Inventions at STEIM + Handmade Music [Video]
What are they building in there? Create Digital Music teamed up last fall with Amsterdam’s STEIM, a hub for musical research and invention, to invite makers of musical inventions to show their unique...
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Credit Cards, Turned Into Musical Instruments, Sound Pretty Freaking Amazing...
What sort of musical instruments can you make out of plastic credit cards? You might imagine results are limited. But with some clever use of mics, and brilliantly-simple application of time-tested...
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At MusicMakers, Experiencing Music Through Design, As Community of Doers...
Making connections with people – creators and audience alike – sometimes means going beyond the virtual, and actually getting people together in the same room. For MusicMakers, Create Digital Music...
View ArticlePinball Pianola: Pinball Game Meets a Piano in a Wild Constructed Instrument
Pinball Pianola from Lucas Abela on Vimeo. The mechanical and kinetic collide – literally – with the sonic, in a devilishly-inventive hybrid instrument that cross-breeds a pinball table with a piano....
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Spinning Optical Drum Buddy and the Wild DIY Punk World of Quintron and Miss...
With homemade machines in the foreground, Quintron and Pussycat warm up the audience, as the moon rises… Photo: Gary Lavourde. Deep in the Ninth Word of New Orleans lies the workbench and studio of one...
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At MusicMakers, Experiencing Music Through Design, As Community of Doers...
Making connections with people – creators and audience alike – sometimes means going beyond the virtual, and actually getting people together in the same room. For MusicMakers, Create Digital Music...
View ArticlePinball Pianola: Pinball Game Meets a Piano in a Wild Constructed Instrument
Pinball Pianola from Lucas Abela on Vimeo. The mechanical and kinetic collide – literally – with the sonic, in a devilishly-inventive hybrid instrument that cross-breeds a pinball table with a piano....
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Spinning Optical Drum Buddy and the Wild DIY Punk World of Quintron and Miss...
With homemade machines in the foreground, Quintron and Pussycat warm up the audience, as the moon rises… Photo: Gary Lavourde. Deep in the Ninth Word of New Orleans lies the workbench and studio of one...
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At MusicMakers, Experiencing Music Through Design, As Community of Doers...
Making connections with people – creators and audience alike – sometimes means going beyond the virtual, and actually getting people together in the same room. For MusicMakers, Create Digital Music...
View ArticlePinball Pianola: Pinball Game Meets a Piano in a Wild Constructed Instrument
Pinball Pianola from Lucas Abela on Vimeo. The mechanical and kinetic collide – literally – with the sonic, in a devilishly-inventive hybrid instrument that cross-breeds a pinball table with a piano....
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Spinning Optical Drum Buddy and the Wild DIY Punk World of Quintron and Miss...
With homemade machines in the foreground, Quintron and Pussycat warm up the audience, as the moon rises… Photo: Gary Lavourde. Deep in the Ninth Word of New Orleans lies the workbench and studio of one...
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