One way to do frets without buying fret-wire and a properly kerfed handsaw is to get either plain wire or fat string-trimmer reel cord and glue it to your...
... There's evidence of brain surgery among modern humans from, what was it, 40,000 years ago? So "underestimate their development" is an underestimation :-) ...
Hi All Forgive the crosspost, not odd really but figured it might be of interest to some. I don't have a movie camera but Rick Walker's minimalist music videos...
... OK, I'll try: A kazoo is a voice-activated membranophone. The membrance may be of any thin material that will vibrate symathetically; waxed paper, plant...
... Kind of like that White Sox pitcher during WWII who had only one leg, right? Is there a marketplace to disseminate how disabilities impact musicianship?...
He means line for a weed-eater. ... From: Ethan Tripp To: oddmusic@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [oddmusic] Re: Cigar Box...
That's a pretty interesting little movie. Until it all goes black and white, it sort of looks like you're shooting through saran wrap! I'm assuming that mac...
Let's not forget the drummer from Def Leppard, and of course, Django Reinhardt! Don't even get me started on the numerous blind blues musicians... I, for one,...
... Check out percussionist Evelyn Glennie at http://www.evelyn.co.uk . She's in a movie called "Touch the Sound", improvising with Fred Frith in an abandoned...
I remember a mention of her in an earlier thread... and I did follow up on it. I have yet to see this movie, though. Check out percussionist Evelyn Glennie at...
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Evelyn Glennie - the deaf percussionist. There is some documentary (was it from BBC?) about her that shall be very good. I believe she was deaf from when she...
Myself i have had a problem with my back that has had me in constant pain over the last 15 months and have not been able to work I also cannot lift anything...
(i'm catching up with the last week or two during a breather at work...) good points about doing small things (make an instrument out of whatever's on hand...
Check out percussionist Evelyn Glennie at <http://www.evelyn.co.uk/> http://www.evelyn.co.uk . She's in a movie called "Touch the Sound", ... I played with...
... Yes I used 3 iMovie effects and did the titles. I found the fx interface especially clumsy with regards to stopping and starting the fx, almost made seemed...
A good friend of mine (Aaron Bachelder) teaches at the Enrichment Center in Winston Salem NC. They have a band made up of people with a variety of physical and...
ITDE wrote: For frets? All the strimmer line I've ever seen would be useless (too thick) for this purpose. You want fishing line for barracudas and the like :)...
I wonder how many of us medically disabled musicians are unknown. People whose nerves have been hammered, either by illness or the drugs given for that...
Ahoy All! This is a show not to be missed, we promise. It features Beta Lactam Ring's own Industrial Throatsinger, Soriah, Magic Box (Pulp Fiction Fame),...
i read up on pickup building today, and i came home from work and rigged something together with what i had around. it worked like a charm! i used wire ripped...
Derek Bailey's last album "Carpel Tunnel" on Tzadik is a good example of this. The album was recorded over the space of several weeks as he succumbed to motor...
Was it Keith JArret? somebody that famous had some chronic fatigue thig where he could only play for a few minutes at a time, and recorded an album over the...
I never really thought about the size of this problem. I quickly found a page on Jarrett at cfs news http://www.cfs-news.org/jarrett.htm Nobody knows quite...
That IS a really, really good album. Its very easy to be "close" to this album, as it's much more "human" than most. --DaveX ... From: Brady Sharp To:...
i recently combined two instruments into one and i'm learning how to play the combination. it's completely scavenged from found objects (though the ring of...
I know Jon used to live in Greensboro so he might know the Clang Quartet ( www.silbermedia.com/clangquartet ) guy who has some similar noisy homemade...