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The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials
The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]
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Here’s the biggest guitar in the southern hemisphere, in a free sample library
The remote town of Narrandera, New South Wales has its hemisphere’s biggest guitar – like “the guitar that ate Australia” big. And it’s already inspired plenty of free music, plus a free sample library you can download for yourself.
Peter Kirn - August 8, 2019
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Inside Melbourne rave history – including cyberspace, Julian Assange
Okay, fine, Detroit, Berlin. But don’t forget Melbourne raves: home of the Melbourne shuffle, Internet-loving cyberdelica, and apparently, Julian Assange raving hard back in the 90s.
Watch a talk explain perfectly why humans make music with technology
Peter Kirn - February 23, 2017
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Robin Fox talks epic AV performances and rare synthesizer archives
Mantarlian - January 26, 2017
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Concubine, the free album you need, has an app-made video to match
Peter Kirn - July 29, 2015
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Learn VDMX in Your Skivvies: Online Tutorial on Powerful OS X VJ Tool
Peter Kirn - February 7, 2014
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