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Python Skin-Covered HOON Headphones

July 1st, 2009 at 9:01 pm » Comments (0)

Eeek is that hissing sound a snake? No its your headphones
French accessories company HOON has teamed up with audio company The Perfect Unison for a line of python skin skinned headphones.



Upbeat Music Creates Illusion That Everyone Around You Is Happy

May 8th, 2009 at 11:13 am » Comments (0)

 
Experts say that listening to Girls Aloud can convince you that other people are in a good mood
Listening to cheerful music can be one way to put you in a good mood on the way into work.  But beware – it can also make you think that everyone else feels just as happy as you [...]



Weird Origins of 8 Popular Band Names

April 29th, 2009 at 7:23 am » Comments (0)

There are some strange bands out there with some even weirder names. Here’s a collection of bands and the story of how they came up with their titles. Included are Pink Floyd, Porno For Pyros, Gogol Bordello and 4 others!
Black Sabbath

Ozzy’s band of mischief didn’t start off nearly as dark as it ended up. The [...]



Music Editing Phone Concept

April 20th, 2009 at 12:19 pm » Comments (0)

 Music Phone
Design firm Pilotfish unveiled on Monday plans to make an advanced music phone, hoping to tap untested demand for music editing on the go. (Pics)



Blaby: MP3 Player For Your Unborn Baby

April 18th, 2009 at 10:05 am » Comments (0)

The Blaby; a touch sensitive MP3 player designed to play soothing songs to an unborn child  
Pregnant mothers will soon be able to play their favourite songs to their unborn children with the invention of an MP3 players for babies.



10 Worst Music Videos Ever Made

March 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm » Comments (0)

Bonus – This is Zlad! and the song is Elektronik, Supersonik. Words cannot describe this one!
This was a hard task to accomplish because there have been so many horrific videos made since bands started making videos. Many of the worst ones were made in the eighties, go figure since that has to be one of the [...]



Reactable May Be The Future Of Music

March 17th, 2009 at 10:53 am » Comments (0)


Software Reveals Drummers Who Used Click Tracks

March 4th, 2009 at 8:13 am » Comments (0)

Because it’s much easier to hack music that has a perfectly even tempo, drummers often use a click track to make life easy for producers and remixers. Coder and music technologist Paul Lamere developed a program that plots the deviations of a drumbeat from its own overall tempo, which tells us who brings a metronome [...]



Top 5 Memorable Naked Moments in Music

February 8th, 2009 at 10:01 pm » Comments (0)

 
HA HA HA … DUH….You dont want to miss this!
Before the days of ladies tramps popstars parading around without their gitch on and giving us all the money shot of their down-belows, naked used to mean something. (Here’s a helpful tip – right before you leave the house, just do a mental checklist, you know… [...]



Making The Masses Smile: T-Mobile Dance Videos

February 7th, 2009 at 10:00 am » Comments (0)

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Watch this video FIRST
As we go through our days we should always look for and share humor with others. Life is so much better when you’re smiling!
Here’s a fun example of making the masses smile.



Secrets Of Stradivarius’ Unique Violin Sound Revealed

January 25th, 2009 at 1:25 pm » Comments (0)

 

For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, a Texas A&M University professor is confident the veil of mystery has now been lifted.



Why Do Songs Trigger Specific Memories?

January 22nd, 2009 at 10:53 am » Comments (0)

 
Just thinking about a particular song can evoke vivid memories of the past or special events in your life.



SATY MP3 Player Also A Breathalyzer And Mosquito Repellant

January 12th, 2009 at 12:56 am » Comments (0)

 
SATY MP3  
CES has big, fancy products like the new Palm OS, and then they have stuff like this. In a little pod in the Sands, a Chinese company called SATY is showing this rather blocky music and video player with some unusual features. It’s got a flashlight. It’s got a radio. It’s got a [...]



Urban Tool’s perCushion Pillow

January 10th, 2009 at 10:23 am » Comments (0)

 
perCushion Pillow 
Urban Tool already impressed us with their line of futuristic gadget holders. This time they’ve added a set of stereo Bluetooth speakers and music controls to a pillow.



3G Watch Phone

December 30th, 2008 at 11:14 am » Comments (0)

 
South Korea’s LG Electronics unveiled what it described as the world’s first watch-shaped mobile video phone.



Harp Chair with Acoustic Massage

December 30th, 2008 at 10:40 am » Comments (0)

Harp Chair
This is a massage chair, but a massage chair completely unlike those that they feature in the doorway of Brookstone stores in the mall to lure you inside. No, this one is made of wood, and it has a giant harp on the back. Yep, it gives you a harp-based acoustic massage.



Ode to Joy

December 29th, 2008 at 11:45 pm » Comments (0)

Ode to Joy
Terrific musical Muppet performance. Second video after the jump.
 



Redefining Balalaika

December 28th, 2008 at 11:34 pm » Comments (0)

 An amazing music video
This Russian musician presents a new style and sets a new standard for playing stringed instruments. Second video after the jump.
 



iPod Jeans By Levi’s Redwire DLX Jeans

December 21st, 2008 at 11:36 am » Comments (0)

A new pair of jeans was on my shopping list for Christmas. I was on the lookout for something new and innovative when a friend recommended that I have a look at the new Levi’s Redwire DLX Jeans.



Headbanging May Be Bad For Your Health

December 19th, 2008 at 10:50 am » Comments (0)

 
Listen up all you hardcore heavy metal music fans! A new study has shown that head banging at just the right angle may cause damage to your health.



Ingrid Bachmann’s “Symphony For 54 Shoes”

December 11th, 2008 at 10:51 am » Comments (0)

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It isn’t that hard to imagine music coming from shoes, but there is usually a person wearing the shoes and using the shoes to make the music. Still an innovative person, Ingrid Bachmann, created the Symphony For 54 Shoes out of 27 pairs of recycled shoes.



Break-Resistant Glass Speakers

November 29th, 2008 at 10:15 am » Comments (0)

 
 Harion Glass Speakers
Appearances are always deceptive, what we see isn’t always how it’s meant to be. Similarly, this speaker setup made in glass isn’t at all fragile like the glass itself.



Introducing the Zoybar Guitar

November 24th, 2008 at 8:15 am » Comments (0)

 

More videos on Zoybar
Zoybar is a modular hardware platform for creating custom electric string instruments and effects invented by Ziv bar ilan in Isreal. The basic Zoybar kits enable people to assemble a variety of electric string instruments that can be mounted with different sound effects. Second video after the jump.



Bluetooth-enabled Boom Bench

November 20th, 2008 at 10:39 am » Comments (0)

 
Boom Bench 
We have earlier introduced you to the best multimedia chairs that audiophiles would love to sit on. Now, we have a bench for them. German designer Michael Schoner of NL Architects has ingeniously designed a bench that plays music from mobile phones via Bluetooth.



XPod Active Speakers – The Size Of A Pack Of Gum

November 16th, 2008 at 9:12 am » Comments (0)

 
This XPod active speaker is so small, you could carry it around in your pocket and hardly know it’s there. Just a third of an inch thick, the three-inch wide enclosure contains a couple of speakers and a minuscule 2-channel 770mW amplifier. It charges up with USB, and look at that little slot in the [...]