Suitcase Drum Set

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Mike Reetz is a drummer who became jealous of his fellow bandmembers ability to just pack up their guitars and basses into bags and take them anywhere. Rather than take out his rage with a monster 25 minute Moby Dick drum solo followed up by a The Who-style instrument smashing, he decided to ...

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Airpiano Doesn’t Have Any Keys

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If this looks like some sort of bizarre futuristic instrument that you play without touching it that’s probably because it IS a bizarre futuristic instrument that is played from afar. The Airpiano has more in common with the theremin than the piano but it does make piano-like sounds. It uses a series of ...

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5 Smartphones and Duct Tape Used to Make this Wild Guitar

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The Phoneguitar is a mildly insane amalgamation of 5 different smartphones consisting of 3 different operation systems into one highly electronic sounding electric guitar. The whole thing is held to together with duct tape and a prayer. You need a prayer to get Windows Mobiles, Android, and the iPhone OS to work ...

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Pianowl is a Playable Piano Owl Mask

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You’ve never seen a musical instrument like this before! Designed by Tara Pattenden, who created this thing for Masters’ thesis at the Aalto Universities Media Lab in Helsinki, Finland. The soft mask is made of common kitchen sponges and conductive thread. Each of the feathers is wired to play a musical note ...

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Boba Fett Accordion Player Revealed

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We’ve covered the busking Boba Fett accordion player before but now he’s been fully revealed by those crazy kids at PBS Thirteen. The video above not only shows the now semi-famous New York City street musician without his Star Wars mask, it also has him demonstrating some basic accordion technique ...

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Lady Gaga Goes Big with a 20 Foot Tall Piano

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Lady Gaga performed recently for the Queen of England at the Royal Variety Show and she went a little over the top. Literally over the top. She wore an Elizabethian inspired red leather dress with a 20 foot long train and played atop a 20 foot tall piano. The bench is actually a ...

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Nose Flutes

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The Nose Flute is sort of like a nasal kazoo. It’s actually an ancient instrument, used in many different cultures (although, unscientifically, it appears that what’s being sold today as a nose flute is actually a nose whistle) and yes you play it by blowing air out of your nostrils. ...

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Cello Made of Lego

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Here’s a cool cello made entirely of Legos. From my understanding a cello is some sort of stringed musical instrument. I only listen to bluegrass hip-hop (big fan of the West Side Mountain Boyz) so I’m pretty unfamiliar with exotic instruments such as the cello. They say this is life-sized. Professional brick artist ...

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