Comments on: Ode to Joy performed on broken crockery http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 01:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639918 tubacat Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639918 If you like this kind of thing (which I judge as authentic), check out Mystery Guitar Man http://www.youtube.com/user/MysteryGuitarMan . Some of his videos are done with regular instruments (though in very irregular ways), but some are done with "non"-instruments (phone books, powertools, anything). He is one of the most consistently creative (and positive) persons that I've encountered online... If you like this kind of thing (which I judge as authentic), check out Mystery Guitar Man http://www.youtube.com/user/MysteryGuitarMan . Some of his videos are done with regular instruments (though in very irregular ways), but some are done with “non”-instruments (phone books, powertools, anything). He is one of the most consistently creative (and positive) persons that I’ve encountered online…

]]> By: Ed Beaty http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639324 Ed Beaty Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639324  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-lQc2ZudyA  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-lQc2ZudyA

]]> By: traalfaz http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639263 traalfaz Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639263 Very nice, now, did you sweep that up carefully when you were done, or did you just create a hazard for cyclists? Very nice, now, did you sweep that up carefully when you were done, or did you just create a hazard for cyclists?

]]> By: EeyoreX http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639251 EeyoreX Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639251 Is this video a sneaky comment on the state of the European Union?  Nevernind, it's awesome either way. Is this video a sneaky comment on the state of the European Union? 
Nevernind, it’s awesome either way.

]]> By: Brian Donohue http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639246 Brian Donohue Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639246 Sorry, not impressed. Now if he could do it with the Grosse Fuge, well then you'd need a large mop to clean up the remnants of my blown mind. Sorry, not impressed. Now if he could do it with the Grosse Fuge, well then you’d need a large mop to clean up the remnants of my blown mind.

]]> By: aurora50 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639231 aurora50 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639231 Back in the day: newly married, preggo and making pickles.  The Hub (percussionist, composer, Elementary School music teacher) is hanging out and I am slicing, dicing, getting my brine just right, the jars sterilized in time and all that wonderful canning dance.  One of the joys/angers of my life: watching him hearing the tones as the wooden spoon strikes the stainless steel bowls, the glass jars, the faucet.  Pretty soon he is filling up different vessels with just the right level of water and tuning them till he can tap this out: the opening bar of The Ode to Joy.  He totally threw me off my pace and production as he focused in till he got it right.  Just had to let it happen and rejoice when it did.  Life with a musician.  Miss you, babe. Back in the day: newly married, preggo and making pickles. 
The Hub (percussionist, composer, Elementary School music teacher) is hanging out and I am slicing, dicing, getting my brine just right, the jars sterilized in time and all that wonderful canning dance. 
One of the joys/angers of my life: watching him hearing the tones as the wooden spoon strikes the stainless steel bowls, the glass jars, the faucet.  Pretty soon he is filling up different vessels with just the right level of water and tuning them till he can tap this out: the opening bar of The Ode to Joy. 
He totally threw me off my pace and production as he focused in till he got it right.  Just had to let it happen and rejoice when it did. 
Life with a musician. 
Miss you, babe.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639229 nixiebunny Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639229 There are definitely different video clips for the different notes, but all occurrences of each note are played with the same video clip. There are definitely different video clips for the different notes, but all occurrences of each note are played with the same video clip.

]]> By: Celestial Bacon http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639204 Celestial Bacon Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639204 Sounds like a keypress on a synthesizer at the beginning of each note, leading me to believe it's one kicked shard, sampled in A, and then played back on a synthesizer keyboard. Still a cute video though! Sounds like a keypress on a synthesizer at the beginning of each note, leading me to believe it’s one kicked shard, sampled in A, and then played back on a synthesizer keyboard. Still a cute video though!

]]> By: Rosin Ffield http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639187 Rosin Ffield Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639187 You should hear me playing it on my new-ly built, ugly, arduino-powered, DIY highland echanter ;D : http://imageshack.us/a/img831/8464/img0266uu.jpg You should hear me playing it on my new-ly built, ugly, arduino-powered, DIY highland echanter ;D :
http://imageshack.us/a/img831/8464/img0266uu.jpg

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639169 robcat2075 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639169 I remember a guy on Carson one night doing "Ode to Joy" on crescent wrenches.  He was definitely for real. I remember a guy on Carson one night doing “Ode to Joy” on crescent wrenches.  He was definitely for real.

]]> By: alexkrupp http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639163 alexkrupp Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639163 I think this is legit. There is a building at Cornell where if you throw pebbles at the tiles outside, each tile makes a different note. Probably a similar material. I think this is legit. There is a building at Cornell where if you throw pebbles at the tiles outside, each tile makes a different note. Probably a similar material.

]]> By: AwesomeRobot http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639156 AwesomeRobot Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639156 Probably not a ton of trickery, just some digital retuning.  Probably not a ton of trickery, just some digital retuning. 

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639149 ocker3 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639149  I suspect he may have used more than one plate's worth of pieces, but almost certainly a Lot of kicking pieces around to get all of the notes he needed. I wonder if there's software that will tell you when all of the specific sounds it needs are recorded?  I suspect he may have used more than one plate’s worth of pieces, but almost certainly a Lot of kicking pieces around to get all of the notes he needed.

I wonder if there’s software that will tell you when all of the specific sounds it needs are recorded?

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639148 Boundegar Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639148 Needs more Clockwork Orange. Needs more Clockwork Orange.

]]> By: flappy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639147 flappy Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639147 The fact that I could retune the sounds while editing the clips together in Logic makes it seem "inauthentic" to me. But who cares- it's a decent idea, well presented. The fact that I could retune the sounds while editing the clips together in Logic makes it seem “inauthentic” to me. But who cares- it’s a decent idea, well presented.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/27/ode-to-joy-performed-on-broken.html#comment-1639146 oasisob1 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208572#comment-1639146 The off-keyness of it that makes it seem authentic to me. The off-keyness of it that makes it seem authentic to me.

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