Tag: Music

Design

Artist uses recycled skate decks to create colorful guitars

There's a Bay Area company that is changing the game of creating guitars by combining passions and using recycled materials. Prisma Guitars is the creation of design student Nick Pourfard, who recycles old skateboard decks and...

By Sophie Kruse · Oct. 13, 2018

Creativity

Iconic album covers vaguely recreated using Legos. How many can you recognize?

You really can't go wrong with LEGO bricks. Especially when they can be used to make just about anything. Italian designer Marco Sodano is doing something of that nature - using LEGOs he remakes famous album covers. Obviously, the...

By Umar Ansari · Jun. 24, 2018

Inspiration

'La La Land' brings back music and life to Hollywood

The fact that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are starring in the movie isn't the only reason to see La La Land. Fans and critics alike are giving the film praise for bringing back the prestige of a good musical to Hollywood. Damien Chazelle's...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Feb. 20, 2018

Architecture

Acoustic jetty in Croatia makes music from ocean waves

Many derive pleasure from raw sounds of nature, but what if those sounds could literally be converted into music for our ears? Architect Nikola Bašić has found a way to turn the sound of ocean waves into music. “Sea Organ”,...

By Umar Ansari · Feb. 05, 2018

Inspiration

Retired electric guitars find new life as Guitar Ear-o Headphones

Carina Ostermayer is the maker of The Guitar Ear-o headphones. She is doing her part to reuse and recycle by appropriating parts from trashed defect guitars and creating new life in the form of stylish headphones. It feels natural...

By Justin Crowe · Jan. 27, 2018

Creativity

Paintings made from the vibrations of music

What does music look like? That's the question German photographer Martin Klimas sought to answer with this high-speed photography series. First, puddles of paint were positioned on a sheet of plastic over a speaker's diaphragm....

By Nhan Tran · Jan. 15, 2018

Video

Electric Waste Orchestra turns tech trash into upcycled musical instruments

As technology changes at a rapid pace, the world’s supply of tech trash is ever-increasing. The Illinois group Electric Waste Orchestra has developed an innovative approach for how to re-purpose some of the electronic junk...

By Steph Guinan · Nov. 25, 2017

Creativity

This massive Lego rock concert spared no detail. This is insane!

A Lego creation of epic proportions was created by Mario Fabrio. Posting to the Lego fan site MOC Pages, Fabrio shared his very detailed project that includes everything from setting up the stage to an audience of screaming fans....

By Steph Guinan · Nov. 11, 2017

Art

Piano sound waves are visualized in impressive art performance

This incredible performance installation by Swiss artist Fabian Oefner transmits the sound waves of a piano into the movement of thousands of thin stems around the instrument. Accentuated by light, the sound waves bring the stems...

By Justin Crowe · Nov. 08, 2017

Illustration

Illustrator creates emotive celebrity portraits

Helen Green loves music... so much so that most of her stunning artwork is based on her favorite singers. The U.K.-based Green creates gorgeous portraits of celebrities like David Bowie, Grimes, Lorde, and Lady Gaga, among others. Each...

By Katie Bowles · Oct. 31, 2017

Creativity

Four diverse musicians who also happen to be amazing visual artists

Many artists focus on one form of art; some excel at more than a few. Here, we'll see four (of the many, many) musicians who also turn out to be amazing visual artists. From top to bottom: Marilyn Manson shows off his grand watercolor...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Oct. 11, 2017

Music Artwork

The Headless Blank: Makeunder’s awesome paint-on-glass music video!

The title track of a new EP from the band Makeunder called, "the Headless Blank," has an awesome music video thanks to Carine Khalife. The video utilizes the paint-on-glass method in which each frame is illuminated from...

By Umar Ansari · Aug. 29, 2017

Video

Biological simulations add chaos artist's electrifying music video

Digital art is slowly making its way into mainstream music and this artsy music video might be why. London-based artist Max Cooper‘s newest track, "Order from Chaos," from his album Emergence, combines his interests...

By Umar Ansari · Aug. 14, 2017

Inspiration

New speaker system mimics thunder to produce sound. Plasma is amazing!

I’m sure that we’re all aware of the subtle nuances of thunder. The immense electrostatic discharge that we know as lightning can produce both an explosive heartrending crack, as well a low rumble. Now, imagine if one were able...

By Laura Smith · Aug. 02, 2017

Painting

Chinese artist pays tribute to rockstars with megalithic monuments

Just as we immortalize influential figures in history with monuments, Chinese artist DU Kun pays tribute to icons of the Chinese music industry. With a passion for music and rockstars, Beijing-based painter DU Kun is fascinated...

By Umar Ansari · Jul. 23, 2017