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It’s best not to ask why someone would outfit his trombone with a flamethrower. The better question is why the rest of the brass section hasn’t followed suit.
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Just what I needed to wake up today: Some Survivor on my cereal. Photographer and Gizmodo reader Jordan Hollender sent us this great video of Eye of the Tiger entirely played with iPads. He told us how they did it:
When Amazon bought mutitouch company TouchCo, it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Nay, one of the casualties of the deal was the LinnStrument, a multitouch music maker that’s currently in need of cash. Is it worth it? Take a look:
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It’s intended as a fun way to deliver instructional videos to those wanting to play the harmonica, but I don’t think I’d spend $US55 on those if they didn’t come on a playable harmonica-shaped USB flash drive to begin with.
