Photos and more from BLIP 2007
Day 1 of BLIP over – Here are some photos and couple videos to give you an idea of the electronic mayhem attacking my eyes and ears here – Link (photos tagged with blipfestival2007 in my photoset).
Music
Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, we’ll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
New Robotmakers video
Roger Pellegrini writes: Wanted to send you a note about a second video I did, also starring the wind-up toy robot and synths [featured in the first Robotmakers vid], but with some content that could be of interest to Makers. Back in the mid-1980’s, I dug a couple of first generation laserdisc players out of […]
The Ambiance Enhancer (retro MP3 player)
And you thought your Tokyoflash watch was big and nerdy lookin’ Here’s an MP3 wrist gauntlet created by “porkshanks” (aka Molly Friedrich) and posted in her DeviantArt gallery. Molly writes: I bought a pair of vintage Cannonball Empire headphones off Ebay and I disassembled and gutted them. I then transplanted the working parts of a […]
Record a song with Adrian Belew
Musician Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Talking Heads, Zappa, NIN, Bowie, Paul Simon, the list goes on and on) has posted a contest on his site to “finish” one of the songs downloadable from his website: If Fall gets your creative firepit stoked like it does mine, you’re ready for our SMARTIE songwriting contest. here’s the […]
Made On Earth — The Instruments of Invention
Duluth performance artist Tim Kaiser coaxes foreign sounds from far-fetched equipment made by hand.
MIDI foot
Designed by Paul Sobczak, Peter Arendt, and James Pachan — The Midi Foot is a foot controlled switch box that interfaces with a computer via Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) – Link.
End of the weekend, watch Weekend Projects
Have you made a flower out of currency this weekend? Get to it! I’m still waiting to see some creative currency in the Make: Flickr Pool Video – Link PDF – Link Subscribe – Link In other news, I posted an mp3 of the music I made for this video and some folks sent in […]
