Hang Drum Experimenting

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Hang Drum recorded using a Contact Microphone

Music by John Pascuzzi of "a single thread"

If you like my music, feel free to hop over to my channel to check out the main instrument that I play, the "igil" at:

http://youtube.com/oddmusic

Thanks to all the commenter's I haven't thanked, YouTube won't let me reply directly to comments that aren't on the most recent page of comments, something isn't working, and they go by so fast I can't keep up. And a special thank-you to the haters too, you're comments are quite entertaining! :)

The song is called Space Bunnies, and yes (to some folks out there who wondered or think I'm "hand-syncing" or that this is somehow "fake" lol, like lip-syncing to a pre-recorded song) it was recorded live in one take, with a contact mic (the thing that's taped onto the instrument) plugged into an AdrenaLinn guitar processor (for the echo delays and the regular drum beats) and then straight into the video camera... super lo-fi. They are kind of tough to mic properly, since the sound comes out all around the top, so I was trying out a "contact mic" which is stuck to the surface of the instrument and picks up the vibrations of the metal, and then I figured why not plug it into an echo delay effects unit for fun. Was just experimenting and playing around one morning for awhile and then turned on the camera, so some fellow Hang players out there could hear how it sounded through a Contact Mic. But then others out there in YouTube-land seemed to like it, so I left it online.

Some folks think it's some elaborate conspiracy hoax, lol. There are tons of videos on YouTube with others playing these instruments, I just decided to add a little echo to it, no big mystery, thanks much for stopping by and checking it out.

And YES, there are a couple parts, especially on the muted notes around :50 where you'll hear a note but not see me hit it, that's because what you are hearing is a delayed echo of a note that I hit a couple seconds before. Sorry for the long in depth explanation, but for some reason, some people think it's voodoo or something.

The little wooden rectangle on the Hang Drum is the Contact Mic, stuck to the surface with contact mic putty, the blue masking tape is to isolate and hold down the wire coming out of the contact mic so it doesn't rattle around while I'm playing, otherwise that noise would get picked up by the mic.

Whew!

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[mbabitt]

This experiment was a triumph.

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

[oddmusic]

@mbabitt Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it ! :)

[martinkroesen]

Heresy!

[oddmusic]

@martinkroesen I thought it was only heresy when I play them with kittens or squeaky shoes :)

[DogSneeze]

John Cougar Mellencamp is really good on that thing.

[Olewhitewolf]

I've listened to this piece a lot of times, from a long time ago till now, and its just as kewl now as it ever was waaay back when I first heard it...nice job on this, a famous guitar player once mentioned that the little echo unit that he was about to use 'does offer some assistance during picking, doncha know!' ...he is of course Chet Atkins ... kewl sounds here to be sure. :)

[Thaumh]

Me thinks PANArt needs to manufacture this now. Awesome kludge. Even awesomer sound.

[giovan974]

RAS LE CUL DES PUBS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[giovan974]

OPILUTRIO 

[Mrgrenades1000]

WHERE CAN YOU BUY ONE OF THESE!?

[prometheusconquers]

@mbabitt lol 

[5tealthlab5]

impressive. i'd love one of these, just to damn expensive.

[DanielCMorones]

That's a whole new level of hang.

[IDrummerDude]

@mbabitt He means he is GLaDOS that you enjoy'ed it ;D

[mariusxd]

@mbabitt WTF are you doing here GLaDOS