As a rule, I’m not a big fan of lo-fi music. I’ve got to admit, however, that this is a really great idea and an excellent execution, at least for this style of music. Not sure how to pull something like this off for an acoustic guitar CD…
This regional version of Maker Faire takes place in Providence on Saturday, Sept 19th. We’ll be there as an exhibitor showing the technology behind “Another Side of In“, as well as a new product for the DIY/Maker community.
Hope to see you there.
The folks over at instructables are having a contest that’s worth a look, if only to spark your own creative ideas. Loosely defined as “open to any project that creates something beautiful with or around sound”. There are already over 70 entries like this one…
…and while some of them are silly and/or trivial, you always have to respect just showing up for the game. Can’t say as I’m inspired by the prizes – not sure what I’d do with orange racing stripe upholstered speakers – but you certainly may feel differently.
Check it out here.
I made a last-minute decision to attend Maker Faire this year. Due to prior commitments, I needed to be back in Boston on Sunday, so the affair ended up being one of those crazy 48-hour coast-to-coast trips. I’ll admit that part of the appeal was the opportunity to try out Virgin America and their in-flight internet service. Interiors look as if designed by Stanley Kubrick, with white plastic seatbacks, purple tinted plexiglass dividers and pinkish mood lighting. I half expected to see pens floating weightless in the aisle… Wide-screen LCDs in the seatbacks and, wonder of wonders, fully functional wifi. I almost forgot I was in a 31″ pitch seat for 6 plus hours.
But I digress… I was able to spend the full day on Saturday at Maker Faire. It was bigger and funkier than I had anticipated (someone said “Indoor Burning Man”), and I met a bunch of terrific people, including Brian Jepson from O’Reilly (http://twitter.com/bjepson), Nathan Seidle from Sparkfun and Aaron Leese, author of Flyloops. I plan to report on Aaron’s cross-platform looping software as soon as I get a chance to try it out with acoustic guitar.
Here’s a compilation of images from my day at Maker Faire 2009. I had intended to highlight just music related makers, but there were so many cool sights, I couldn’t resist including others as well. Enjoy.
Images from Maker Faire 2009 from Jamie Robertson on Vimeo.
I thought it was worth passing along this video from an event held at Willoughby & Baltic last month. It highlights some of the maker activity happening in the Boston area.
The Maker Revolution @ Microsoft Startup Labs from Boston Cyberarts on Vimeo.
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