NerdwithSwag™ » Music http://nerdwithswag.com An innovative future through technology, creativity, and style... Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:49:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 “Lego Sequencer” Brings Childhood Nostalgia While Keeping Your Head Nodding http://nerdwithswag.com/lego-sequencer-brings-childhood-nostalgia-while-keeping-your-head-nodding http://nerdwithswag.com/lego-sequencer-brings-childhood-nostalgia-while-keeping-your-head-nodding#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:59:52 +0000 Team NWS http://nerdwithswag.com/?p=579

Japanese designer Yoshi Akai concocts electronic musical instruments from the most uncanny and unexpected objects, such as telegraph machines and stylophones. Now the Lego Step-sequencer (above) is 3 channels 8 steps sequencer that allows for creating complex musical pieces, being that the different Lego pieces each have their own unique sound. Yoshi Akai elaborates that this is more so building, than playing sound. Get a gander at the “Lego Sequencer” below…

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]]> http://nerdwithswag.com/lego-sequencer-brings-childhood-nostalgia-while-keeping-your-head-nodding/feed 0 Give The Drum Machine Some? (Instrumental Video Nine) http://nerdwithswag.com/give-the-drum-machine-some-instrumental-video-nine http://nerdwithswag.com/give-the-drum-machine-some-instrumental-video-nine#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:38:50 +0000 Team NWS http://nerdwithswag.com/?p=553

There isn’t much to say about Instrumental Video nine, other then it’s a conceptual funky drum machine from the future doing it’s thing. Mike Winklemanns elaborates it as, “Simple machines work together to make music…” Do enjoy the footage below the cut ladies and gents.

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]]> http://nerdwithswag.com/give-the-drum-machine-some-instrumental-video-nine/feed 0 Ok Go’s “This Too Shall Pass” Music Video Is a Rube Goldberg Machine To The 25th Power http://nerdwithswag.com/ok-gos-this-too-shall-pass-music-video-is-a-rube-goldberg-machine-to-the-25th-power http://nerdwithswag.com/ok-gos-this-too-shall-pass-music-video-is-a-rube-goldberg-machine-to-the-25th-power#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:33:00 +0000 Team NWS http://nerdwithswag.com/?p=540

We’re positive you’ve seen a perpetual motion Rube Goldberg machine before, but you might not of known it’s official title. Well after watching the official music video for Ok Go’s next single ‘This Too Shall Pass’ Of the “Blue Colour of the Sky”, we guarantee the name, and concept will stick. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse in the Echo Park, CA and designed and built by the band with assistance from Syyn Labs during the course of a few months. Definitely don’t miss the most creative music video we’ve seen in quite some time below…

]]> http://nerdwithswag.com/ok-gos-this-too-shall-pass-music-video-is-a-rube-goldberg-machine-to-the-25th-power/feed 1 The Neurosonics Give An Entirely New Meaning To “Keep Their Head Ringin…” http://nerdwithswag.com/the-neurosonics-give-an-entirely-new-meaning-to-keep-their-head-ringin http://nerdwithswag.com/the-neurosonics-give-an-entirely-new-meaning-to-keep-their-head-ringin#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:08:18 +0000 Team NWS http://nerdwithswag.com/?p=515

Not much is known about the Neurosonics, other then they put on quite a captivating performance by utilizing holographic heads in tandem with a drumkit and turntables. Don’t miss this one after the break, and it’s safe to assume this is the future of live musical entertainment…

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]]> http://nerdwithswag.com/the-neurosonics-give-an-entirely-new-meaning-to-keep-their-head-ringin/feed 0 The “Noteput Table” Takes Musical Compositions Into The Next Generation http://nerdwithswag.com/the-noteput-table-takes-musical-compositions-into-the-next-generation http://nerdwithswag.com/the-noteput-table-takes-musical-compositions-into-the-next-generation#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:20:32 +0000 Team NWS http://nerdwithswag.com/?p=466

Introducing Jurgen Graef & Jonas Friedemann’s interactive music table with tangible notes, as this platform could possibly change the way musicians orchestrate pieces. With the ability to recognize and play back notes, it even rocks the ability to loop playback and replace notes for impromptu situations. Take a gander at the german engineered “Noteput Table” footage below…

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