There's a line from Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" which I really like. It goes, "Let them be in the hands--". The line is spoken by Dogberry's assistant and is never completed. At somewhat random times the line goes through my mind. It's things like this that make each of us a little eccentric. I like to think of it as character. (c:
Recently (within the last 6 months) I was curious about Throat Singing. I first heard of it on an episode of Frasier, when Frasier missed a wonderful concert featuring these "Tuvan Throat Singers" because of some crisis. While bemoaning the inability to attend the concert, he explained that they can actually sing multiple notes at once. I thought it was a fake intellectual interest fabricated for the show, but there really are Tuvan Throat Singers! They practice something called "Harmonic Singing" which involves making use of a resonant cavity in ones throat/mouth. A number of videos on youtube have examples of throat singing.
I'm not obsessively interested in the practice, but have been practicing while driving in the car or while working. It's a weird way of singing. Generally a base note needs to be sustained while changing one's mouth/throat shape to match harmonics of the fundamental tone.
With all this singing and such, I'm tempted to get some recording and mixing software and equipment for my computer. If I find myself with an increasing passion in it, for sure I will! (c:
A project I'd LOVE to make:
Combining this arc music device with a steampunk design. Anyone have any sort-of expertise they can lend? Leather? Brass? Electronics?
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Didn't your MacBook Pro come with Garage Band? That should be adequate recording software. :) That way you don't have to spend time browsing the web for a free recording program or spend ridiculous amounts of money for one on sale.
The built-in mic is pretty sucky, though. You may want to get an external one.
Okay, so I watched the video, but I don't understand how that electrical arch has anything to do with the music, which seems to be playing in the background.
The music is coming from the arc. it isn't just in the background. the system makes it so that the arc pulses to the appropriate rate for the sound. (c: no arc, no sound.
Whoa, That IS interesting! Where is the arch getting the music that it generates, it is obviously not random sound?
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