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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke |
Improvising the Instrument: MadPad
video | by Turner Kirk and Nick Kruge September 2011 | YouTube Can you make an instrument out of anything? Why certainly - if one is willing to be expressive! MadPad samples sounds and video from anything around you, and turns it into an audiovisual instrument you can play. | ||
This is Doug's breakfast... on MadPad
video | by Doug Larsen September 2011 | YouTube Transform the sound of food and cooking into an instrument. Welcome to the Sound Kitchen! |
iPhone, Ocarina, Legend of Zelda
video | by Ge Wang and Tanya Sleiman November 2008 | YouTube | .mov | design sketches: one + two What better way to introduce the iPhone Ocarina to the world than with an attempt to play the theme from Legend of Zelda - one of the most magical video games ever? | ||
Stairway to Heaven intro (for guitar and five iPhones)
video | by Ge Wang November 2008 | YouTube | .mov This video, initially created to reach a potentially different generation of iPhone users, spawned the notion of "dirty iPhone hippies"... | ||
So Many iPhone Apps, So Little Time
New York Times | by David Pogue March 2009 | online "It's one of the most magical programs I've ever seen for the iPhone, and probably for any computer. It's Ocarina, named after the ancient clay wind instrument." |
Buy U A Drank ("crowdsourced")
video | by NappyBoyOnline September 2009 | YouTube T-Pain introduces this video and hands it off to many users to sing one of his signature songs with I Am T-Pain. |
I'm on a Phone [explicit lyrics!]
video | by the Misunderstoods December 2009 | YouTube | with lyrics This user-written and -produced parody of "I'm on a Boat" was the grand-prize winner of Smule's "I Am T-Pain" app contest. It is one of many examples of users "breaking into song" in the elements of everyday life. (warning: explicit lyrics!) |
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