Animusic Fiber Bundles

Animusic Fiber Bundles 1080P. LINK: Youtube

Skulls: The Musical (Casting doc)

The first glimpse of a new musical - SKULLS - based on the book by Noah Scalin. For more info, visit SkullADay.com. LINK: Youtube

The samchillian - a musical instrument based on relativity

An electronic musical instrument which takes Leon Gruenbaum's samchillian concept and defines a possible product design for it. The challenge was to make an aesthetic, ergonomic, musical product which could be used on stage by a musician.

The samchillian is a new type of musical instrument which uses the concept of relative notes, rather then fix pitches (as in a piano). LINK: Youtube

RoboCop: The Musical - "Murphy, It's You" (Peter Weller)

“Peter Weller and Nancy Allen perform ‘Murphy It’s You’ from RoboCop: The Musical.” LINK, Via: Youtube

Press Your Ashes Into Your Favourite Vinyl Record

British Company, And Vinyly, will press your charred remains into your very own hyper-personalized spinning analog musical platter. The starter kit comes with your own generic gravestone-style cover art, 24 minutes of audio of your choosing, and 30 copies of your final release.

The company was founded by Jason Leach, who co-founded the techno group and record label Subhead in the 1990s. I’d like to have my ashes pressed into Psycho Killer. I can just picture the mourners at my funeral getting their groove on to the beat of The Talking Heads.

Link – Via: Engadget, Via: Neatorama

Swizzle Stick thumb piano

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Homemade musical instrument using plastic swizzle sticks for keys.
An example of repurposing ordinary household materials for musical experimentation.
- Via: instructables, Via: Neatorama

New Musical Instrument Prototype By Roger Linn

Roger Linn Design is a small, home-based business in Berkeley, California, USA, that is engaged in the design of products for the electronic musical instrument industry. Here he demonstrates a prototype for a new musical instrument that for the time being is called LinnStrument. LINK: The Presurfer, Via: Youtube

Musical Stones of Skiddaw in North Cumbria, England

For centuries, man had made music out of nature. The Musical Stones of Skiddaw are one such example, where there the ringing of the rocks creates the most melodious of sounds. Over the years, the rocks have been incorporated into a large musical instrument, that for some of us, mimics the xylophones we used to play in some of our first music classes as children.

According to the Musical Stones of Skiddaw Blog, the updated instrument is a 14 foot-long 1.5 ton stone xylophone made in 1827 by Keswick stonemason Joseph Richardson out of rare 'hornfels' rock found between the mountains Skiddaw and Blencathra in North Cumbria, UK.

Link, Via: Neatorama

Birds On A Guitar

French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot created a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments.

As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape. LINK, Via: Youtube

Musical Calendar

Take a look at the year in musical months. A musical journey through the calendar, from January to December.

We start each NEW YEAR with a fresh calendar, marking away the months as we go. Let’s take a look at the year in musical months.

January is sung by a group called Pilot. It has you singing even if you don’t want to. Via: Youtube


Go to this LINK for the other eleven months with there songs.

Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed)

Here’s a great example of using Autotune to an end for which it was not necessarily intended.

…with awesome results. Gaze and listen in wonder. LINK

Musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series. LINK: Youtube

Incrédibox

Incrédibox is an online application that offers you to discover the musical universe of 'The Incredible Polo,' handling a range of 'human beat-box' sounds.

Drag and drop a sound icon on a character. Click on the character to stop the current loop. Unlock the bonus, and watch them by clicking on the colored icons. You can also select the shuffle mode and let the application run itself. LINK: The Presurfer

The world's Oldest Handmade Musical Instrument

In all, researchers report finding the fragments of four flutes at two excavations in an area of southwestern Germany known as Swabia. Three of the sets of fragments were carved from mammoth ivory, but the real prize is a nearly complete flute hollowed out from the bone of a griffon vulture. That specimen was found in the Hohle Fels cave, just 28 inches (70 centimeters) away from the spot where the prehistoric Venus... was found.

When assembled, the vulture-bone flute is about eight and a half inches long (21.8 centimeters long) and boasts five finger holes. There are fine lines cut into the bone around the holes, suggesting that the flute's maker was calibrating the holes' placement to produce the nicest tones. One end of the flute is cut into a V shape, and the musician probably blew into that side of the flute. The researchers assume that an inch or two of the flute's far end is missing. LINK

You can listen to an MP3 of a replica flute being played.

Musical wood saws

A standard hand saw can be used to play music! By tweaking/bending the blade in an “S” shape, one can hit the “sweet spot” with a mallet or use a cello bow to make the saw “sing.” The sound produced is very ethereal sounding -like a woman’s high singing voice or a theramin. The tonal range depends on the length and width of the saw blade. The “sweet spot” can be bent up and down the length of the blade while the note depends on the width at that point.



The musical saw is beautiful in it’s simplicity. The video above is of Sione Aleki playing Amazing Grace on the musical saw.

The annual “Saw Player’s Picnic and Music Festival” is held every August in Felton, California by the Musical Saw Players Association (IMSA). LINK, Via: Youtube

Shy Child plays Musical Chairs live

New York-based band Shy Child plays a game of musical chairs on-stage live with fashion models at the Fashion Rocks 2007 exhibition. Cool band, cool tune, cool video. LINK, Via: Youtube