music :: tree concerto or music from a tree

Well isn't this guy brilliant. Or a little crazy. Or both. Here's what happens when you have a little too much time on your hands...

"In the garden of my house there's a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day I asked myself if I could create a piece of music with it.

To tune the tree I picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener. I used two Røde NT6 and a NTG-2 as microphones, combined with a customized stethoscope.

I recorded the tracks live on a Pro Tools LE system. I didn't use any synthesizer or sampler to create or modify the sounds. All the sounds come from playing the tree, by bowing the twigs, shaking the leaves, playing rhythms on the cortex and so on.



Read more about Diego Stocco tree music at Behance.net

Love this!! It's JUST COOL!

music :: a whole new way to listen!

Finally a new way to listen to, download and share music and the best part is the artists get paid every time you download but the downloads are free to you!! Kerchoonz is a new media platform that puts a twist on your typical music and media downloading site by giving musicians, artists, film makers, fans, business people, and technologists who contribute their work, a place where they can meet and exchange in a free and open environment. It provides a social platform that enables everyone a place to explore and create, listen and be heard, share with each other and discover. It was founded by musicians who feel that arists and musicians should be encouraged and also compensated for their work. This ground breaking social networking platform allows free exchange of music, art, and entertainment. It enables fans to search and discover new music, play games, meet people, watch and upload video, keep up with news, post blogs, and a whole lot more and best of all, it's a free service! When you play and download songs and music you are supporting the artists financially, although it costs you nothing. It's essentially a win - win situation for everyone - you get free music and the artists get paid! Plus they have these cool "kwidgets" that you can use to post new music to your website or blog, like this one you see below. It's about time something like this came along. Thank you, Kerchoonz!

music:: the sound of veggies

Ever heard of a carrot clarinet or a rubber glove bagpipe? No? Then how about a watering can clarinet? If not, then listen up people.

Australian born and raised, Linsey Pollak is a musical talent that you have to see to believe. Musician, artist, and carrot carver, his innovative use of found objects has made his brand of world music an uncommon treat to watch and listen too. 

Whether it be watering cans, rubber gloves, carrots,  chairs, or brooms — no object is off limits when it comes to Pollaks musical making imagination and ability. He cleverly carves, bends and modifies these everyday things into singing instruments that will make you smile. Check it out!

Linsey Pollak's veggie music - It's JUST COOL!

furniture :: sonic chair mod style

Isn't this Sonic Chair cool? It's hip and 60's style has some cool functions as well. Have a seat and surround yourself in a massive musical mind explosion. It features standard input jacks to deliver surround sound through its integrated speakers and you can hook up your iPod or Xbox and have speakers hovering directly above your head. (No wonder this generation is going deaf!)

The egg shaped chair also features two-way acoustic insulation that can block sounds from coming in and going out and is smartly designed with a glass swivel side table to keep all your must have's conveniently on hand too. Available in 35 mind blowing colors. WOW!

I know a few people that would love this. Its JUST COOL!

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music :: dj in your pocket

Closet DJ's rejoice! Now you can carry your turntable in your pocket and make music (discreetly) where ever you go. From the crazy minds over at, you guessed it, Art Lebedev Studio, comes the Plastinkuzz pocket-size DJ scratch pad. Yeah, it’s a scratch pad the size of a credit card, it makes sounds like a real disc and it comes in a wide variety of color combinations.

So get your turntablism on - this one is JUST COOL!

cool product :: noisy pillow

I was thinking about this the other day and wondering if anyone had invented it yet. It's so simple and so obvious. A pillow with an Ipod in it! Great for lulling yourself or your child to sleep. Getting some quick hypnosis in ;) , relaxing to an audio book or just power napping with some calming music. So I looked and it was. Invented. I found a few of them - some ugly sports logo neckroll ipod ones and then this soft fluffy cute one that comes in four colors - all over at Amazon.com. They're great for long trips, car or plane, too!

Cool Plush Ipod Travel Pillow

Hey, it's another multifunctional wonder! YAY!!

TECHNology :: multi-faceted sound

It looks peculiar. But that's because its inspired design enables the MONO SPEAKER to play surround sound as it is meant to be heard.

Simon Denzel, a UK-based designer, came up with this modern idea of how surround loudspeakers could look, behave and integrate in various settings. The result is the very special Mono speaker, a piece of audio tech made to be wall-mounted in the corners of your room and whose purpose is to rid the listening experience of undesirable interferences that usually plague traditional systems and get straight to that memorable JURASIC PARK sound that surround sound is supposed to be all about.

via yanko design

Sounds JUST COOL to me!

music :: the coolest music you'll ever hear

Where else but in a land of ice and snow would an amazing concept like "ice music" come from?

All Ice Records is a Norwegian independent record company that was started in 2005. It's musicians / ice sculptors carve their instruments from blocks of ice they find lying around and then hold concerts at such events as Icefestival at Geilo, Norway.

The resonating sound is an interesting one - like hollow, haunting windchimes . Check out more about this interesting music in the video below that tells the story of the Geilo Ice Music Festival and the extraordinary artists that make it happen. In seven days ice is transformed into a stage and musical instruments are created: a guitar, didgeridoo, Norwegian horns, Brazilian Udus and Guiros. The festival culminates in an outdoor, mountaintop concert under the first full moon of the new year.

I don't know about you, but I'm off to put on a sweater. Its cold in here!
Ice music - its naturally JUST COOL.

fireflies and lounge chairs...

go together like bread and butter.

On a warm summer night theres nothing like sitting in a lounge chair under the stars and watching the elusive fireflies play hide and seek with each other in the tall grass. The kids chase them with their empty jars and if they are lucky enough they might catch one or two or three. My kids would bring them in to use as lanterns at night and then in the morning beg to keep them as pets. But in the end we'd always let them go. If they were still alive ...besides we have enough animals in the house .
check out John W Golden's Firefly print. This is my favorite in his etsy shop. Or you can check out my stuff too ;)