Austinist: New Austin Musical Invention Gains National Attention

t0n3d0g

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:22:45 -0600

Sounds interesting but I think this dude stole from the wrong console. While the X-Box has little thumb thingees (the closest Microsoft comes to "innovation") the Wii holds the true opportunity. Which would you rather see? A) A stenographer furiously typing away (i.e. the current Thumbelina)... --or-- B) Jimi Hendrix furiously making love to his guitar nearly knocking over his Marshall stack as his hapless roadie struggles to keep the Stonehenge-like amp from crashing down (i.e. a Wii-enabled motion sensor device Thumbelina). Duh.

Trancereducer

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:11:31 -0600

The innovativeness and potential usefulness of this product is not well-served by the overblown mar-comm used to describe it. Claiming that it can unite academic "serious music" and popular music parks the cart before the horse in front of a rhetorical house-of-cards: Popular music isn't "serious?" Must music be academic before it can be "serious" and does that preclude it also being popular? If the thing is a good interface, musicians will use it. Sell it on its own real merits that it has over other control interfaces. Music has always been a universal language. This doohickey may help facilitate some sharing and that's cool.

smcdow

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:06:48 -0600

Hmm. This thingy could be the perfect substitute for a full-sized keyboard midi controller, esp. for live performances. It is midi, right?