Is music still music when the instrument is an iPhone? IPhone applications that turn phones into instruments are becoming very popular downloads for both amateurs and professionals alike. They are fairly easy to learn.
Taking it a step further, however, Stanford University has put together a chamber music ensemble. Get this, their instruments are Apple iPhones. Holding the phones with fingerless gloves attached to small speakers, the 'musicians' play the phones. They are the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra.
Sound interesting? Why not watch them in action?
Taking it a step further, however, Stanford University has put together a chamber music ensemble. Get this, their instruments are Apple iPhones. Holding the phones with fingerless gloves attached to small speakers, the 'musicians' play the phones. They are the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra.
Sound interesting? Why not watch them in action?
The mobile phone orchestra's pieces range from electronic renditions of popular songs to avant-garde compositions written for iPhone instruments that have been created and built by the musicians. Traditional musicians do not expect the iPhone to replace violins anytime soon, but many are curious about the instruments' potential.
Will this become the first musical instrument, electronic or otherwise, that millions will carry in their pockets? Some have already begun to make that claim. I for one thought that the harmonica had already occupied that position - but I will concede that there are not millions of people who possess harmonicas, and those that do own one do not always have it in their pockets. Now, technology offers people the chance to easily transport music with them wherever they choose to go. La la la...
Will this become the first musical instrument, electronic or otherwise, that millions will carry in their pockets? Some have already begun to make that claim. I for one thought that the harmonica had already occupied that position - but I will concede that there are not millions of people who possess harmonicas, and those that do own one do not always have it in their pockets. Now, technology offers people the chance to easily transport music with them wherever they choose to go. La la la...
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