STUDIO IMPROV JAM SESSION on theremin and guitar

[Kadadj]

Are there any videos of people playing the Theremin fast on youtube?

[ThomasGrillo]

@Kadadj Yeh, check out my video, Der Erlkonig on Burns B3 Original Theremin. ;)

[ryinf]

Awesome, cept 4 a whining noise thru out. VeryTrace Bundy sounding

[ThomasGrillo]

@ryinf Thanks. :)

[LeviMan2001]

At first I thought this was going to be hilariously crappy, but wow, this is actually pretty legitimately neat. Some people really take that theremin seriously!

[ThomasGrillo]

@LeviMan2001 Indeed. :)

[Boutdonow14]

Hey Thomas, just thought I'd say hello. Watching this video reminds me of what a good time that was when I was visiting Jackson, Mississippi. Hope this finds you doing well and still playing the heck out of the theromen. Cheers.

[ThomasGrillo]

@Boutdonow14 HI, I am indeed still playing the theremin like crazy. Yeh, that was a great visit. :) Hope you get to make it back this way again. Take care, and keep on jammin' ! :)

[videolizzard99]

Just out of curiosity, are you improvising in this video? I'm thinking about getting my own theremin, but I'm afraid the applications may be somewhat limited. I play the alto saxophone as well as another little-known electronic gem called the Stylophone, and while I can (and have) played classical pieces, I much prefer jazz, especially improv.

[ThomasGrillo]

@videolizzard99 Yes. I was improvising here. The theremin can work just as well in jazz, as it can in classical, and other genres. :)

[ARIKHANZIN]

lol, at first i didn't know what the theremin was and i thought the guy was using magic to make the music.

[ThomasGrillo]

@ARIKHANZIN Well, playing, or even watching a theremin performance can be a really magical experience. :)

[zinexguy]

i love the sound of the theremin, its so soothing ^_^, keep makin videos ill keep watching :)

[ThomasGrillo]

Thanks. Will do. :)

[davetheduck1]

wow this is awesome. You have to have a lot of talent to play one of these. I wish i could find one for cheap somewhere =/ but keep making videos!

[truja09]

Have you ever tried to make your own Theremind?

[ThomasGrillo]

Yes, but I didn't do a very good job on the soldering. It's a PAiA Theremax.

[pifferelli]

AWESOME!!!

i play guitar and i was wondering what

the two would sound like 2gether.

thank you once again for rocking out.

[ThomasGrillo]

Thanks, and you're welcome. :)

[MilltowneMike]

how does the Theremin work. im rather confused, i dont see see how it is producing sound, nothing is being struck or plucked. please explain

[ThomasGrillo]

Theremins are electronic. The tone generating oscilators are controlled by our interactions with a radio-magnetic-electrical field which surrounds the two antennas.

The resulting tone is output to a speaker or amp via the audio cable.

The oscilators produce sound by means of "heterodyning" (differing energies). One oscilator beats at 200K b/sec. The other a few b/sec off. The combination of the UHF tones produces a VLF tone we can hear between 20 to 8 Khz.

Hope this helps. ;)

[houseovander]

no prob record some stuff!!!!!

[ThomasGrillo]

Will do. ;)

[loopylew49]

yet again this is amazing u are one skilled player well done keep it up!!!!

[houseovander]

has this been recorded???? i must have this!

[ThomasGrillo]

Regretably, this 20 minute video is all that remains of 3 hours worth of jam session in the studio which we attempted to record. The cameras were brand new, and unbenounced to me, the batteries in the cam overide the AC adaptors, so they were never on AC, just batteries which were dead, so we only got a few minutes per clip which is why this video is the way it is. At least we have this to enjoy.

Thanks for the kind words.

[leffezlayer]

The Theremin is really cool! i am amazed by the sound.

[Braszx]

weird, sounds like some kinda alien thing

[Username636]

this is how they created the sounds from the early alien-movies! ;)

nice playing by the way ;D

[ThomasGrillo]

Yeh, theremins were used in those 50s movies.

Thanks for the kind words.

[SuperSmashOgre]

I didn't even know what a theremin was, but I stumbled on a video of yours and I'm hooked!! This is the raddest instrument! Love the videos.

[ThomasGrillo]

Thanks for the kind words. ;)

[deconstrained]

Talent! I'm surprised - quite a few times the acoustic guitar and theremin complemented each other nicely. I wonder how many other thereminists have done something like this before, mixing their uncommon instrument and talent with that of a more "mainstream" instrument. I've often thought of how I could add a didgeridoo, myself being a player...

[ThomasGrillo]

Thanks. Send me a vid or audio file with your didgeridoo on it, and I'll see what I can do with it when added to theremin. ;)

[Cosmicalex13]

Amazing. lol, this is kinda like something that I wanted to do when I started learning the theremin.

[AngeloMariaTrovato]

Beautiful!

[apotheosis00]

Bringing the Theremin up from the background and into the mainstream. Very nice Thomas. This is a really tight collab you guys have going. Very nice! :)

[ThomasGrillo]

Thanks for the kind words.

[jdstorms]

How interesting Thomas! This is really neat! Nice jam session!

[johnnymacknife]

great jam session,great musicians,great music...now i'll wait a 2 theremin jam session with the other great thereminist pekkanini...thank you for this fantastic video

[conquerearth]

This looked like alot of fun. Nice one Thomas, sounding good as always!

[ThomasGrillo]

Thanks. It was a LOT of fun. My only regret is that the cameras batteries were not fully charged. At least we have this much of the 2, and a half hours that we spent jamming. ;)

[FrankyBabes]

Very spookily atmospheric. Love it.

[Bamargera18]

very nice jam sesseion...i love it...great job....greedings from germany

[ThomasGrillo]

Thanks for the kind words.

[Bamargera18]

ure welcome