Zaphod Chizzlebrox Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 What new instruments should Bellamy learn? Exactly what it says on the tin. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8294355.stm How awesome are those things? I reckon he could do a fair bit with them, and it'd be a damn sight more interesting on stage than a keytar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypanda Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I just imagined Matt at 3am in his bunker studio surrounded with tins of beans and an axe playing this "sci-fi bassoon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine Space Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I just imagined Matt at 3am in his bunker studio surrounded with tins of beans and an axe playing this "sci-fi bassoon" i so see that picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yettiman Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Do you mind if I touch your instrument? It's quite fun to play with. But yeah, that would be awesome even though I do love the keytar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingardium LevioSIA Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Bass clarinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Chizzlebrox Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 The lights on the buttons are pretty cool, we know how Bellamy likes flashing lights, so it should suit him right down to the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KockAnders Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Matt should learn the drums and have a drum-battle with Dom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiniih Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Matt should learn the drums and have a drum-battle with Dom. indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Chizzlebrox Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Haha, if Bellamy learned how to play the drums, him and Howard could have an old-fashioned beat-off on stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsertCreativeNameHere Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Haha, if Bellamy learned how to play the drums, him and Howard could have an old-fashioned beat-off on stage I woudn't want to see Matt and Dom beating off on stage thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 A Theremin! It'd be to have one of those used in live performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionnas Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 A Theremin! It'd be to have one of those used in live performances. I was going to say the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furygirl Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 How about a bagpipe? And Matt would look cute with a little tam o'shanter hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsP Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 The inventor says that a 'high profile' musician is about to take delivery of one of these but wouldn't give any names. Could it be Mr Bellamy???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Chizzlebrox Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Or Jonny Greenwood. He's the other kind of person that would be very interested in this. It's a race. Who can get this instrument mastered first, Muse or Radiohead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Chizzlebrox Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 You've got to admit, they are damned cool instruments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcVqJh0qEMc&NR=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiniih Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 You've got to admit, they are damned cool instruments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcVqJh0qEMc&NR=1 admit, indeed. looks funny, sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilateral_Symmetry_Com'n. Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 The Eigenharp looks fantastic... kinda like the love child of a Chapman Stick and a bassoon. It sounds good, too, even it doesn't sound like it's offering any really new signature sounds of its own. (Any synth/drum pad experts care to identify its sound palette?) Its greatest value appears to be in its unique configuration, the convenient and live-performance-friendly packaging of synthy sounds and electronic drum kit, further enhanced by some unusually sensitive breath-controlled modulation. For Matt to get really into it, though, you know it'd have to offer maximum expressiveness WRT note- and tone- modification: distortion, wah & whammy effects, microtonality, and programmable timbres and sounds (like on his X-Y & Kaoss gadgets). That glissando at the 2:00 mark sounds pretty promising in that respect. (In the BBC clip, the makers said something about it having two strips... I take it they meant some kind of X-Y strips?) Without that flexibility, it's basically a pricey synth/drum mutant, which will sound stale sooner than you think. But in light of what they said about the portability of the software, it sounds like its inventors took that into account from its conception, so it's probably as programmable (and updatable) as Matt's X-Y pads. And esp. given the inventors' Devon location, and Matt's early adoption of X-Y midi screens, it wouldn't surprise me at all if the earliest high-profile user of the Eigenharp turns out to be Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy W Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Wow. That is a damn cool instrument. Personally, I'd like to see Matt learn the violin... He's mastered the string arranging, now he should learn to play 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainingradioheads Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Now that that requirement for the thread is done, I'd really like to see him learn violin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Didgeridoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanie Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Didgeridoo. or the flute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughtrish Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nah, leave his breath for his wonderful singing. Accordion maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa. Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Didgeridoo. Didgeridoo??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurophu Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 A Theremin! It'd be to have one of those used in live performances. omg JUST what i was gonna say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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