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3 days ago

The Objects That Inspire America's Greatest Songwriters

Songwriters find inspiration from various sources, including instruments, environments, and personal experiences.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

BREMEN Turns a Broom Into a Guitar and a Desk Into a Piano - Yanko Design

BREMEN is designed to change the way people interact with music by allowing everyday objects to become actual instruments, thus removing traditional barriers to music-making.
Berlin music
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Is mayonnaise an instrument? Researchers just gave us an answer

"Far from resisting categorisation, mayonnaise turns out to be remarkably versatile: it can be classified in more ways than many conventional instruments."
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fromConsequence
1 month ago

Derek Trucks Plays Jerry Garcia's "Tiger" Guitar in Concert Following $11.5 Million Auction Purchase

Jerry Garcia's 'Tiger' guitar sold for $11.5 million and was immediately played at a Tedeschi Trucks Band concert to fulfill its purpose as a living, playable instrument.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 months ago

Activists want to protect brazilwood. Why are musicians worried?

Some people just use one bow their whole life, said Baker said from his home in the United Kingdom. The bow is really their voice. The violin, you just have a string, and you put your fingers down. But the way the sound comes out all comes from the bow.
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fromConsequence
6 months ago

Florian Schneider's Kraftwerk Gear Going Up for Auction

Among the items going up for auction include Schneider's EMS Synthi AKS Suitcase Synthesizer (Estimate: $8,000-$12,000), the same model used on Kraftwerk's 1974 album, Autobahn; a "Ruhe" (translation: "Quiet") Electric Kling Klang Recording Studio Sign (Estimate: $500-700), originally located above the recording booth of the band's Kling Klang Studios; the Panasonic Panaracer Road Bike from the music video for "Tour de France" ("Kling Klang Analog Mix") with Polaroid photos (Estimate: $4000-$6000); his Korg PS-3200 Polyphonic Synthesizer and PS-3010 Keyboard (Estimate: $10,000-$20,000);
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fromwww.amny.com
6 months ago

The Met's Musical Bodies' where form becomes sound and sound becomes soul | amNewYork

Musical Bodies examines how human bodies and crafted instruments transform motion into sound and memory, presenting over 130 interdisciplinary works across cultures and centuries.
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fromOpen Culture
10 months ago

Hear the World's Oldest Instrument, the "Neanderthal Flute," Dating Back Over 43,000 Years

The world's oldest known song dates back to the 14th century B.C.E., but prehistoric music remains elusive to our understanding.
fromLos Angeles Times
10 months ago

New photo book by Metallica's Kirk Hammett highlights his 'holy grail' of rare six-strings

"I just gotta try and keep it going in my own personal way."
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fromianVisits
1 year ago

From beeswax to bowls: Discover the science behind Korean musical history

The exhibition reveals the historical development of musical pitch standardization in Korea, initiated by King Sejong.
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