The Tenori-Off Project

I found a very insightful interview with Toshio Iwai (the creator of the Tenori-On) over at PixelSurgeon.com. He talks about his fascination with music creation and in making it accessible to people who are not musically schooled.
He also talks about his inspirations in creating ElectroPlankton and the Tenori-On.
You can check it out here.

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So what is this Tenori thing? Why is this blog called the Tenori-Off Project?
I started this blog because I recently got into creating music with a Tenori-On. And www.tenori-off.com is my attempt at being clever with the domain name. 
Tenori-On which means “sound on your palm” in Japanese is a small aluminum electronic musical instrument with [...]