Category: Tech

If you're a cover band vocalist or a teenager sitting in his bedroom trying to memorize lyrics for street-cred at school, you know how much of a pain it is to listen to a song or verse over and over trying to cram every single word into your goofy little pee-brain. We've all tried reading … Continue reading ATTN: Cover Band Vocalists – Learn Lyrics Fast!

Today has been strange.  First the Tesla Coil and then the Theremin... and now I've got one more crazy instrument to show you.  This one isn't some archaic remnant of a nutty inventor.  It's just one of the coolest renditions of a very common instrument.  Without further ado, I present to you, the Piano Arc! … Continue reading PianoArc – Like a Hula Hoop, But a Keyboard Instead

I'm sure guys have all heard of the mad genius Nikola Tesla.  He gave us some legit inventions, revolutionizing the entire world with alternating current and also ideas about wireless electricity and other stuff that the government supposedly suppressed. By supposedly, I mean the FBI seized and classified all of his research as soon as … Continue reading Tesla Coils: Nope, Not Even Once

If you've never seen a theremin, you're not missing too much, but it is legit kind of cool.  First, just take a goosey gander at one.  It looks like a rectangle with a metal loop on one side and another metal bar sticking straight up on the other side.  you're probably wondering how this thing … Continue reading Theremin: Almost the Most Worthless But Cool Gadget Ever

For generations we've dreamed of such a time, a time when childhood toys could be respected as legitimate musical instruments, and that time has now arrived.  The ancients were stuck annoying people with ocarinas, and our more modern ancestors had to settle for bagpipes, accordions, and harmonicas.  But a new world rises, one of technologically supplemented … Continue reading The Wait is Over: The HUMMbucker Electric Kazoo!

There's never a lack of nutty MIDI controllers on the market.  We've covered a couple on this blog already.  Enter the next competitor, the Livid Guitar Wing. It doesn't matter what style body you're rocking on your bass or guitar.  The wing will grip right on the horn of that sucker and open up your performance … Continue reading Guitar Wing – Another Fun Toy to Play With

Currently launching on Kickstarter, Artiphon is out to revolutionize the industry with it's new Instrument 1.  It's definitely coming, because at the moment of me typing this, over 1,500 backers have pledged over half of a million dollars (well over the $75,000 goal)! So what the heck is it?  What's it look like?  The name … Continue reading The Artiphon Instrument 1 – Digital Multi-Instrument