"21st Century Hambone" by Sean Frenette

Exploring the microcosmos of tiny sounds amplified in my super-quiet studio apartment, I discovered a new potential for traditional hambone by manipulating the sounds of scratching my shirt, tapping on the cavity of my chest, and tapping my foot on the floor. Using only an equalizer to bring out certain frequencies, all the sounds you hear are from my body, no over-dubbing was done. Sounds best on a stereo with decent bass amplification or headphones; no laptop speakers. Enjoy and look for more microcosmos music to come.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• hambone
• experimental
• groove
• Sean
• Frenette
• Elijah
• stereophonic
• drumming

[AlternatingTuning]

That was mind blowing man, to hear all those sounds manipulated like that, you seriously remind me of me tapping your fingers on your chest, and sliding them down your abdomen, as fast as you do it too! It's like, tap dancing and beatbox in there too.

[elijahquest]

@AlternatingTuning thanks! it blew my mind, too...to hear all of that in the headphones before pushing record. Best wishes!

[jakeridinspinners]

he seems itchy at the beginning

[elijahquest]

@jakeridinspinners Right, I was scratching a mosquito bite after setting up the mics to do so guitar recording. I had the headphones on and the mics were cranked and my itch sounded like a jet plane taking off!! That the impetus for the piece so I included a bit of that process in there.

[lilbuddhanic]

how stoned were you whilest doing this? not a dig....just...been there!

[elijahquest]

@lilbuddhanic HA! No, wasn't stoned. You know what though, that space was the QUIETEST place I'd ever been in my life and I think the silence was getting me prettty "lifted". 

[SuperBored5]

HAMBONEING WILL SAVE UR LIFE SOMEDAY!! IT'LL BE LIKE WHAT, YOU TRYING TO MUG ME!! (Hambones like crazy)

[TheQuib11]

@SuperBored5 no he will start scratching his chest

[crystalmeth9595]

At the end I was kind of waiting for an applause.

This was great.

[TheBrohamManifesto]

MOREEEE

[breezethebeatmachine]

amazing....