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 Post subject: Stylophone
PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:12 pm 
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We recently bought my son a Stylophone for his birthday.

I don't have any warm, nostalgic feelings for this instrument as I never owned one and don't know anyone who did, but I feel I ought to.

Anyway here are some facts about it and some songs that feature it:
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/article/2 ... ired-.html

Not as versatile an instrument as, say, a guitar, but a bit of fun nonetheless.

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
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Rup,

I'm going to have to check this out. Maybe a "Spring Stylophone Tour" is in the works... :lol:

About 3 of the videos don't play. They have embedding problems. But I'm heading out to the net to look this thing up.

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My main concern is the song.

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
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You have made a most wise purchase Rup.

I've had my stylophone for just over a year now and its got a nice grungey feel to it as the keyboard section builds up grime. The sound cracks and splutters just enough to give a fab organic feel to the notes.
I always like to heap tons of reverb on the thing, a bit of delay too, double track it and let it soar. Yeh ! :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:59 am 
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I feel a Stylophone song challenge coming on. :lol:

Just kidding. Honest.

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Amazon are selling them for 9.99 with free delivery!

What was that about a challenge ? :)

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
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bebop wrote:
I always like to heap tons of reverb on the thing...


Did someone say reverb.

Can you hook the thing up to an amp?

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
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Reverb with extra reverb on the side. Thought your ears would prick up Mr C. :D

You can hook em up to an amp but i prefer to mic mine for added tinny cheapness. :lol:

A concerto for stylophone anyone ? :idea:

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:47 am 
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If you did do a song using just a Stylophone, which I'm not suggesting anyone does, being a single note instrument, you would obviously have a track for each note, so you might have a few tracks for percussive sound, one for bass and a few for lead/pad/whatever. So lots of tracks, hypothetically.

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I think the noise would get to me after awhle... or we would look like these guys :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUXlQ1k8tY&NR=1



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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:06 am 
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Those guys have such stage presence. Kraftwerk on sofas.

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Now we're talking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTO_Hq50 ... re=related

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:22 am 
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How about Pac-Man? This one is amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCyjoI49 ... re=related

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
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http://www.brettdomino.com/

The Stylophone master :lol:

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Rup wrote:
How about Pac-Man? This one is amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCyjoI49 ... re=related
Whoa, that's good.

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
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maceman wrote:
http://www.brettdomino.com/

The Stylophone master :lol:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU

The master at work.

I know coming from a three stringed guitar player this is going to sound odd, but the Sty seems so limiting. :shock:

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Some folk can make a rubber band sound good. The rest of us just stand and wonder - (why?) :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Stylophone
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Gu Djin wrote:
Some folk can make a rubber band sound good. The rest of us just stand and wonder - (why?) :lol:

Leigh


It's funny you said that about rubber bands. I just saw this video yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJdeJUgFiMQ

(Hint: They guy plays rubber bands.)

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