By tyler on Jun 13, 2008 in Art, Contemporary, H2O Instruments, Nature, Recordings | 0 Comments
Jamie Drouin and Lance Olsen have recorded themselves thoughtfully interacting with a plot of snow. Their 2 CD set is entitled “Snow:Field.” CD 1 features the recordings and CD 2 features the “remixes.” The music (if you should call it that) is interesting enough. I’ve had track 07 on loop for about [...]
By tyler on Jun 9, 2008 in Health, Stringed Instruments, Wood | 0 Comments
This particular harp is owned by Avi, a master flute maker and musician.
“Harps of Lorien is a co-operative business with a mission to provide quality hand-crafted instruments for healing. These instruments are blessed and prayed over in the making, sanding, and finishing. It is in this phase that the beauty and grain of the wood [...]
By tyler on Jun 7, 2008 in Glass, H2O Instruments, Idiophones | 3 Comments
This guy is an incredible wine glass player. Watch the video and be amazed:
About the glass harp:
The glass harp was first discovered by the Irish inventor Richard Pockrich in 1741. “[Richard Pockrich's] instrument consisted of 26 goblets. It is played by running moistened or chalked fingers around the rim of the glasses. Each glass [...]
By tyler on Jun 7, 2008 in Art, Garden Instruments, H2O Instruments, Metal, Nature | 2 Comments
These are magical garden sculptures. Each one is designed to have water pumped through the trunk and out along the leaves.
By tyler on Jun 5, 2008 in Electronic/Digital, Technology | 1 Comment
The iPod Touch, iPhone, and Nintendo DS are Generation Y’s contribution to musical innovation. With the right software, these portable devices can be modified to play virtually any instrument and any effect. The software used in the video below is called “Pianist” (formerly iAno) and can be downloaded free for the iPhone or iPod [...]
By tyler on Jun 4, 2008 in Random | 2 Comments
The Oddstrument Collection has been alive for 1 month (since May 01, 2008). In it’s first month, it has seen 64,432 visitors from 140 countries and has served 75,915 page views. Oddstrument.com now ranks #8 in Google for “odd instruments” and brings in 30-40 searches/day. According to dnscoop.com, oddstrument.com has 1,413 inbound [...]