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MusicMakers Hacklab Report: Blinking Lightbulbs with MIDI, Why Working Together Matters
It’s a wonderful time to be experimenting with technology and music. You can create something that looks like the stuff most people imagine as “the future” – elaborate dances of light, power over sound just by waving your hand, software that seems directly out of Star Trek. But you can do it with technology that […]
Read moreBeatboxing, Crowd-funded Wearable Open Source Beatjazz: Onyx’s Transformation Continues
When we last saw Onyx Ashanti, he was speaking of a grand vision to remake himself into a music-performing Tron. Now, the elements of that vision are coming together, with a crowd-sourced funding campaign that ends today, Friday. Update: Apparently after seeing this story, IndieGogo extended the funding deadline for five days, with the new […]
Peter Kirn - November 25, 2011
Music Music tech
Onyx Wants to Make Himself Into Helmeted, Wearable-Music-Tech Tron, With Your Help
A helmet and hand units make up the TRON performance system for a style of music artist Onyx Ashanti calls “beatjazz.” And he’s well on his way to making a reality. All images courtesy the artist. Onyx Ashanti is insane – in the special, essential way that makes certain brilliant musicians. An experienced busker, having […]
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