Comments on: Bowed spring vs Contact mic http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/bowed-spring-vs-contact-mic OBSESSED WITH VIBRATING AIR MOLECULES Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the music of sound » More springs & contact mics! http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/bowed-spring-vs-contact-mic#comment-311 the music of sound » More springs & contact mics! Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:41:30 +0000 http://substation.co.nz/blog/?p=326#comment-311 [...] on from a previous post, heres another great example of springs & contact mics making intriguing sounds… [...] [...] on from a previous post, heres another great example of springs & contact mics making intriguing sounds… [...]

]]> By: tim http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/bowed-spring-vs-contact-mic#comment-312 tim Fri, 30 May 2008 22:53:14 +0000 http://substation.co.nz/blog/?p=326#comment-312 Yes! love that Fred Frith bit in the film & its just before a beautiful improv between the two of them in that old abandoned factory... i linked to a low rez youtube vid of that bit in a previous post here: http://substation.co.nz/blog/?p=49 Soon after seeing that film i was off to emusic to get as much of his music as they had :) I also bought the films soundtrack when i was in japan, but it didnt have that particular improv on it - doh! Yes! love that Fred Frith bit in the film & its just before a beautiful improv between the two of them in that old abandoned factory… i linked to a low rez youtube vid of that bit in a previous post here:
http://substation.co.nz/blog/?p=49
Soon after seeing that film i was off to emusic to get as much of his music as they had :) I also bought the films soundtrack when i was in japan, but it didnt have that particular improv on it – doh!

]]> By: Kevin Seward http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/bowed-spring-vs-contact-mic#comment-313 Kevin Seward Fri, 30 May 2008 16:53:00 +0000 http://substation.co.nz/blog/?p=326#comment-313 Thanks for the cool video post. Good springs (big, but not too light-weight or heavy) are indeed hard to find. On a totally different scale: Have you ever fooled with springs in an old reverb tank? Just plug the tank (some spare cast-off from a busted home organ or guitar amp) via it's output jack into an amp or DI and play the springs lightly. Also, you've prob. seen this ten times already, but the documentary Touch The Sound about percussionist Evelyn Glennie not only features her playing but that of Fred Frith violin bowing sundry objects in an old abandoned factory. Thanks for the cool video post. Good springs (big, but not too light-weight or heavy) are indeed hard to find.

On a totally different scale: Have you ever fooled with springs in an old reverb tank? Just plug the tank (some spare cast-off from a busted home organ or guitar amp) via it’s output jack into an amp or DI and play the springs lightly.

Also, you’ve prob. seen this ten times already, but the documentary Touch The Sound about percussionist Evelyn Glennie not only features her playing but that of Fred Frith violin bowing sundry objects in an old abandoned factory.

]]> By: mike http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/bowed-spring-vs-contact-mic#comment-310 mike Fri, 30 May 2008 08:25:25 +0000 http://substation.co.nz/blog/?p=326#comment-310 awesome. reminds me of "Schaben" by Einstürzende Neubauten or the Robert Rutman steel cello album awesome. reminds me of “Schaben” by Einstürzende Neubauten or the Robert Rutman steel cello album

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