My latest Dronitar is a 3 stringed, 2-motored, piezo contact pickup’ed instrument made from plywood and a strip of hardwood from a doorframe! The frets are positioned so that it can only play the same notes as a Tempered Hang, this was in the brief for the commission. This makes it very easy to playContinue reading “Newest Dronitar”
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I’ll be at the London Mini Maker Faire!
I’m very excited to announce that I will be exhibiting some of my instruments at this years London Mink Maker Faire in Elephant and Castle! http://makerfaireelephantandcastle.com The MAKE movement is something I’m very excited about and believe strongly in, I’m very honoured to be asked to be a part of it! It is being heldContinue reading “I’ll be at the London Mini Maker Faire!”
I’m playing a gig in London on Friday
I’m taking a few of my instruments for a spin in Londons Brick Lane on Friday! It’s going to be an evening of improv/experimental happy fun times. Come down if you can!
A New Mouthbow
I’ve been commissioned to do a few new instruments, one of which was this nice, simple and hopefully elegant Mouthbow!
Updates!
It’s been a while since an update so I’ll keep this brief. In 12 days’ time I will be running an ultra-marathon, which is a ridiculous distance of 50k (2,343 Blue Whales, 555 football pitches, 2.3 Manhattan Islands, 1 Channel Tunnel) to raise money for children in Nepal through a charity I helped set upContinue reading “Updates!”
A simple Mouthbow
I saw a TED talk where David Holt played a Mouthbow, it sounded amazing and looked like it used similar mouth techniques that I’ve used before on Singing bowls. So I made a quick one from a plank of wood, a piano tuning pin and an acoustic guitar string. So so so so simple!Continue reading “A simple Mouthbow”
A short film about my work by Dave from Daves Conservatoire!
The amazing David Rees has made a short film about me! He’s managed to make me sound coherent which is a testament to his excellent editing skills. It also features my newest instrument which I still don’t have a name for. His website is an amazing place to learn music and music theory for free.Continue reading “A short film about my work by Dave from Daves Conservatoire!”
Rich playing the Leviaphone
Before I hand off one of my Leviaphones I bought it into the studio to get Rich to play around on it, here’s the video!
Analogue Interference Synth
This instrument is a quick prototype that could lead to some much bigger ideas. In a lot of my droning machines I need to place the motors as far from the pickups as possible to avoid interference/noise being generated from the moving parts. With this instrument I’ve used that noise/interference to my advantage to generate aContinue reading “Analogue Interference Synth”
Reverse Slide Can
For my 101st post I’m giving you another incredibly simple instrument that you could build yourself in a matter of minutes. With just a stick/bolt/pole going through a can/pringle tube/anything you can use a small cupboard hinge as a bridge/whammy bar hybrid. You could have it one stringed or just simply loop the same stringContinue reading “Reverse Slide Can”
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