“I always liked bonsai trees, and I was curious to try the approach I used for “Music from a Tree” on a smaller scale, so I bought a bonsai and recorded this little experimental piece.
To determine the key I used the lowest note I could play and recorded the rest around it.
Besides playing the leaves, I used bows of different sizes, a piano hammer and a paint brush.
As far as microphones I used my Røde NT6, a customized stethoscope and tiny MEAS piezo transducers.
I played all the sounds and rhythms only with the bonsai, I didn’t use any synthesizer or samplers to create or modify the sounds. I hope you’ll like it.
At this link you can see some pictures with more detailed descriptions”
by Diego Stocco
via swissmiss
Heh heh.. love his work… it’s worth it for the tiny paint brush breakdown.
Wow this is awesome, very creative stuff
I think I was most impressed with the bass from the stethoscope kick.
good work!