If there’s a MacGyver of music, it’s probably Diego Stocco.
Stocco’s a sound designer and composer who likes to explore new sound opportunities afforded by unusual instruments and non-instruments.
Give the guy a tree, a pile of sand or maybe a burning piano, and he’ll make music with it.
Here, he makes music from a bonsai plant:
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
Check out Stocco’s page on Behance for more details!
This guy's amazing!
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Hope he asked the Bonsai first.
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This guy's amazing!
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This guy's amazing!
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@ AaA: Sure thing, it is clearly visible from the gesture of its root.
Could somebody estimate Stocco's direction please? I mean first the burning piano, then this tree, maybe next time we can enjoy an experiment on a cat, then on a lovely baby…
Anyway an examination on a cat could be funny. Just gently.
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@ AaA: Sure thing, it is clearly visible from the gesture of its root.
Could somebody estimate Stocco's direction please? I mean first the burning piano, then this tree, maybe next time we can enjoy an experiment on a cat, then on a lovely baby…
Anyway an examination on a cat could be funny. Just gently.
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@ AaA: Sure thing, it is clearly visible from the gesture of its root.
Could somebody estimate Stocco's direction please? I mean first the burning piano, then this tree, maybe next time we can enjoy an experiment on a cat, then on a lovely baby…
Anyway an examination on a cat could be funny. Just gently.
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That's just plain awesome
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That's just plain awesome
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Stocco's a sound design beast.
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Stocco's a sound design beast.
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Way to ruin an artform
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