Another poorly named instrument. the person who named this one accidentally got involved in a civil war in a foreign country though, he worked for an overseas company and then got an email one day about how they couldn't afford his work because they were funding the war effort. Still don't know anything else but he hasn't lost his job just yet.
Anyway, I got out on top. The nathan is a plank of wood with some guitar strings I got from a bin - still in the packet though. The wood is already warped and the strings aren't good but it can be freely tuned and modified because of it's simple design. I guess the goal was to have a string instrument that I could change whenever I wanted: I can add and remove pickups, change the bridges and even reverse the hole instrument in about 20 minutes. It's also good for performances because people are curious to see what it is and don't really care if I'm bad at playing it (I play wind instruments but those are hard to make, sowwy). Peace, love and alcohol in moderation.
0 Comments
This gorgeous creation is the EFM. I tell people that stands for the Electronic Foraged Materialophone, but its original name came from a popular vote among my friends. With a total of one (1) submission and one (1) vote, it was dubbed the Epic F*ck Machine. I choose to believe this is because no one saw need to create new names after that, and not that I have one (1) friend.
The EFM is a junk percussion instrument that is held together with a frame of recycled wood. It's based on the Sixxen - a percussion instrument created by Iannis Xenakis - except each material produces a multitude of pitches and timbres, as well as having transducers attached to them. Each bit of junk was bell shaped so the transducers would have them function like speakers. Only they're garbage speakers so distorted noise would come out, perfect for some improv. So far I keep playing Man in a Box by Alice in Chains through it so that's fun. I have yet to have the transducers project any noise louder than the junk being beaten so that'll be a fun $120 plus shipping to improve. Worse comes to worse I still got some nice junk sounds and people remember you when you show up with the EFM. It's used in this song but it's a tiny bit hard to hear over the entire jazz band -
- That's all from Wacko Jacko today
|
Why do this Jaxon?These instruments serve as an extension of traditional music, with a focus on environmental conservation. Each instrument is made from as much recycled or reused materials as possible and, designed to function in perpetuity - without the need for costly repair - whilst their inevitable degeneration (as death comes for all) is part of their unique sound. ArchivesCategories |