Happy New Years, albeit a few days late :) Thanks to all my blog readers for a great year in 2010 and wishing everyone a creative and prosperous year for 2011! This new year should be a great one for new music and cool synth stuff! I'll keep ya posted. (terrible pun intended ;-)
Catch ya later...
- RED
I was feeling a bit avante garde today and whipped up a Christmas video for you all. The video was shot around Austin and edited in Vegas Video. The music was done in Ableton LIVE...if anyone is wondering.
Have a GREAT HOLIDAY!! I'll catch ya all on the flip side.
-Until Next Time... Over N Out
RED
My friend Mark Mosher, who also released a great electronic album this year called "I Hear Your Signals" created an Ableton LIVE pack for his blog readers and fans for Christmas. Mark is also interested in creating a community around this live pack for users to post their own notes about the instruments as well as receive updates from Mark. Mark is also giving away the root samples so that folks who don't have Ableton LIVE but do have instruments such as: Absynth, Alchemy, ElectraX... etc can create their own compatible sounds.
I haven't downloaded this yet. I plan to do that this evening, but if this is like any of Marks previous synth work, the pack should be meticulously, well thought out and very cool sounding. Check it out. http://www.outpostexperiment.com/
It's that time of year again boys and girls. Yup the holiday gift giving fervor is in full swing (ooh boy), so I thought I'd chime in again this year with my list of 11 fun and geeky-cool items under $60 to give to your favorite electronic musician on your list! To find out more about an item, click on the title links.
Without further ado here we go...
1. Electronic Music Synthesizer T-Shirt $30.00
This t-shirt looks like tons of fun. It's a playable, wearable synthesizer t-shirt from Think Geek. You may have to also purchase a bat to keep people from fondling the keys while your wearing it though. ;-) (from ThinkGeek)
2. Melody Horn Air Powered Synth $29.99
Do you have an electronic musician on your list that's full of a lot of hot air? ;-) Well unplug him and shut him up at the same time with this awesome melodica style keyboard! (from ThinkGeek)
3. Korg Monotron Synthesizer $59.99
The Monotrone is an affordable, palm-sized analog synthesizer complete with ribbon controller and a VCO, VCF & LFO. Lots of great noise potential for small amount of bucks! (from ThinkGeek)
4. Synthesizer Mouse Pad $10.95
Cool synthesizer mouse pad or big fat coaster for those using optical mice. :) (from Zazzle)
5. Synthesizer Skateboard Deck $59.99
So whether the person on your list will put wheels on this and shred hardcore or just put it on their wall this is a pretty unique gift. (from Zazzle)
6. Mini-Theramin $29.99
This little kit is easy to build and and you can actually play it! No soldering required and it runs on 4 AA batteries. Cool! (from Maker's Shed)
7. Electronic Music Pioneers Book $16.99
This book, by Ben Kettlewell, details the history of electronic music and the people & technology that brought the music and bands we love so much. Softcover. (from Amazon)
8. Analog Cassette Tape Bag $11.99
This cool tote is the perfect thing for the retro musician on your list. I know I want one. (from thinkgeek)
9. Synthesizer (TB-303) Thermos $20.00
I'm picking out a thermos for you... not an ordinary thermos for you... a cool synthesizer thermos! What more could anyone want? (from Cafe Press)
10. Moog Voyager Oscillator Hat $19.00
This cool hat has the schematic of the famous VCO right on the top of the hat. The logo is on the back of the cap. Geeky and cool at the same time. (from Moog)
11. Vintage Korg T-Shirts $21.99
Korg has 4 different flavors of vintage tees available for sale: MS-20, Trident, Mono/Poly (my favorite) and the Doncamatic. These would make awesome gifts for anyone who loves Korg Synthesizers. (from Korg)
Well that pretty much wraps up my gift list for this year (pun intended ;-). Hope you find something for the synth geek on your list!
P.S. If you like this post, you may like the gift list I made last year for electronic musicians. You can read that one HERE
- Until Next Time... Over N Out
-RED
Eat & drink lots and have a great day!
Until Next Time... Over N Out
RED
It's that time of year where most people are scrambling to figure out the perfect gift to buy for everyone on their christmas list... well what about that geeky electronic music loving person on your list... what to get them? All you ever hear from them is bizarre talk about oscillators, circuit bending, drum machines and keyboards... holy crowballs what to get for them?
Well you're in luck ;-) I'm about to tell you. Here is my list of 10 cool and geeky electronic music things under $60 to get that electronic musician on your christmas list. There's only a few shopping days left if you are ordering online so here you go... just in time!
1. The Bliptronic 5000 LED Synthesizer ($49.99)
This item is extremely popular this year and I almost didn't mention it because everyone else has. However, for $50 this is a great synth toy that with a little effecting and perhaps even hacking could be a very useable part of an electronic musician's setup. Not to mention it has cool red lights... everyone likes red LEDS :) At ThinkGeek.com
2. Andromeda Space Rocker DIY Drum Machine Kit ($50)
Perfectly suitable for beginner DIY'ers this cool little drum machine kit is easy to make and fun to play with. See my previous post on these from October. At EricArcher.net
3. Autonomous Bassline Generator Kit ($55)
This is also a suitable DIY synth kit for beginners. It is a bassline synthesizer that is part of the same line as the Andromeda Spacer Rocker Drum machine I listed above. You can synch this bassline synth with the drum machine to create cool music :) At 4MSPedals
4. Stylophone Beatbox ($25)
Made famous by the Brett Domino Trio viral video this is a must have for any retro electronic musician worth his salt :) At 100miligrams.com
5. Sound Machine ($15)
Whether you just want to annoy people, add silly sounds on the fly to your performance or are looking for something interesting to circuit bend, the Sound Machine is perfect. Comes with 16 "cartoonish" sound effects. At urbanoutfitters.com
6. "Let's Get Keytarded" T-Shirt ($14)
Sometimes you just wanna let loose and "get Keytarded", this is what you wear when you do that ;-) Another perfect gift for the electronic musician in love with all things "retro". On Ebay
7. Retro Cassette Wallet ($43)
More retro cool than an 8-Track and not as heavy ;-) these handmade cassette wallets are super cool! At DesignBoom
8. 555 Noisemusick Kit ($20)
Another easy beginner DIY synth kit, this awesome little noisy synth will have you toying with it for hours. I know I want one :) At MakerShed.com
9. UCreate Music Toy ($30)
This mysteriously showed up on Amazon.com one day and I am intrigued. Its a sequencer toy basically. Which allows you to create your own beats and music. This would be perfect for someone who loves synth toys or a nice inexpensive gift for a beginner. At Amazon.com
10. Waveforms Mug ($15)
Any seasoned electronic musician has seen these waveforms plenty of times... and would love to proudly display them when drinking coffee!
Happy Shopping...
Until next time... Over N Out
- Red
