The Tenori-Off Project

It’s been deathly busy here at work so I haven’t had a chance to update for a while… Maybe I’ll get my life back when Dead Space ships…
Till then, Check out this app they have cooking for the iPhone.

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I haven’t  been able to update because it’s been really busy here at work…
I hope to upload a new song soon….
Here’s something cool till then.

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It’s probably been about a month since I last visited Goh’s page so I don’t know if this change is new but he has redesigned his whole site. It is now more spartan and simple. You are immediately greeted by a large video performance of Daylight Savings performed with Adam Shulman followed by an awesome rendition [...]

I seem to have lost my last two posts. I wrote about how I got an email from Sergio of From Monument To Masses about their upcoming new album and linked to their recording sessions on youtube;  then wrote about the Tenorions; an all female musical group that play the Tenori-On and linked to a [...]

It’s pretty in-depth and thorough. You should check it out.
Here’s the video part of the review.

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Nina brought me to the local Japanese bookstore today because she said that during her last visit, she saw a magazine with a DIY theremin kit included.

I was expecting a cute little theremin replica that would fit in those little Japanese doll rooms with the intricately detailed furniture and knick-knacks.  I was very excited to [...]

I spent most of the day tinkering around with different things.
First, I worked on structuring the lyrics I’ve been writing the past week. It’s finally coming together, I think it’s an okay bunch of words.
I then tried to compose the chorus part on the Tenori-On. I had worked out the main body of the melody earlier [...]

Well, not really robots… more like computer parts that make robot sounds. I saw this on DIgg a few weeks back, well before i stated this blog. I think it’s still worth posting.
This is amazing. This guy played Nude by Radiohead using various old computer printers, hard drives and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum personal computer.

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I found a second hand MicroKorg a student was trying to get rid off at a $100 cut from the store price.
I drove to Berkeley after work and  jumped at the chance to get it. More about it soon. It’s awesome!

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I found some time today to check out the program and give it a test run.
You first have to install Adobe AIR which is basically a flash player designed to make little apps. After you install Air, you then run the Weepr app.
What it’s got: Running the app brings up a grid of 16 by 16 [...]