Day 1 of the tenth year of instrument-a-day: some slow birds.
instrument-a-day 1: slow birds howl
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ten years of instrument-a-day
Today I’m starting the tenth year of instrument-a-day. You can go back through the entire history of i.a.d. here on moonmilk or on flickr.
Instrument-a-day started in 2008 when I was inspired by the now-retired thing a day project and by a whistle-making workshop. Once I got started, it was impossible to stop.
Below: some photos from the early years of instrument-a-day.
instrument-a-day 29: the googly eyes
Yes, it’s a contact microphone encrusted with eyes.
That wraps it up for Instrument-a-day 2016. See you next year!
All the years past at moonmilk
instrument-a-day 28: my dog wagging his tail while eating dinner to the sound of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra warming up at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
The title pretty much sums it up.
instrument-a-day 27: candle tremolo, again
This time it works, softly, thanks to circuit advice from Dr Bleep.
instrument-a-day 26: paper violin
A paper “violin”, amplified with a contact microphone. It just barely works.
instrument-a-day 25: failed candle tremolo
I put a photoresistor into a guitar cable and made a little candle spinner to try to modulate the guitar sound. Somehow it only modulates the background hum.
Inspired by the Candela Vibrophase.
instrument-a-day 24: basse aux pieds
Yesterday I found out about a 19th century instrument, a kind of floor accordion called the basse aux pieds (foot bass). So I made a little digital one.
More about the basse aux pieds, the real one, on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxcqYlKay78. “It’s a truly Belgian instrument.”
instrument-a-day 23: rainy leak bucket
not fixing a hole where the rain gets in
instrument-a-day 22: echo pipes
Long pipes make cool echoes.
