Musical Instrument

tool of a Band-Geek

Guitar http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=8607&preview=true

Electronic Music Keyboard

Finale Note Pad is a free app for music notation http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad

• for $25 you can upgrade to handle MIDI files

DIY Ribbon Controller project String Thing pseudo-cello probably not DIY for normal people

Paul Rubinstein teaches students to make their own Electric Guitar.

Home recording studio equipment

Pulsate circle-collide http://lab.andre-michelle.com/pulsate - Generative Music?

cheap instruments

• Melodica http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sjDgqEkJ5Ak
  • made famous by Jon Batiste
• Stylophone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylophone $25
  • Stylophone-2 http://www.stylophone2.com/ yikes too expensive
• Macchiato https://zeppelindesignlabs.com/product/macchiato/ $65

Midi Wind Controller

Mobile apps can make real music

• Dec'2009 - College Education course where students build their own IPhone-based apps then have group concert at end of the course.
• Oct'2010 - Atomic Tom played on NYC SubWay with their IPhone-s.

Dec'2014: idea for software to help during practice session 2014-12-12-MusicInstrumentPracticeSoftwareIdea