The world’s largest Violin is 4.28 meters tall, 1.45 meters wide, and weighs over 100 kilos. The record will be included in the Guinness World Records 2012 book. The Violin was made by twelve luthiers from Markneukirchen, Germany, a town that it is known for high quality brass and string instruments. Via Laughing Squid
Category: Music
Musician: Nawaf Al Gheraibah
Nawaf Al Gheraibah is a unique and talented Kuwaiti musician who like to explore independent and traditional music. A postgraduate student at the University of Southampton, UK. He is completing his degree in composition, and is currently employed at the Higher Institute of Musical Arts, Kuwait. He finds that blending the music of many cultures produces coherent… Continue reading Musician: Nawaf Al Gheraibah
BlackBerry Messenger Music Service
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is launching a new music-sharing service called BBM Music for BlackBerry devices. For $5 per month, each user gets to pick 50 songs to form a personal play list, and can swap up to 25 songs in and out of that list every month. And it gets even better, the music sharing… Continue reading BlackBerry Messenger Music Service
TableDrum – iPhone Drum Application
TableDrum is an Augmented Audio application that allows you to sync the sound of any real object and trigger a real time response of high quality drum sounds, without actually buying the real drum set. As you can see in the video below, the app uses the iPhone’s mic to detect your tapping and then… Continue reading TableDrum – iPhone Drum Application
Sounds Like An Earful
I received an email from Christopher Postill, a 25 year old sound designer and musician currently living in Toronto, Canada. Chris holds a BFA in New Media Production from Ryerson University and is a sought-after freelance visual/sound designer. He has produced numerous musical releases in collaboration with artists from San Francisco to the Ukraine. He… Continue reading Sounds Like An Earful
Record Player Wedding Invitation
This awesome wedding invitation made by graphic designer Kelli Anderson. It looks like a standard wedding invitation card, but when you open it up, you’ll see that it’s a real paper folded record player (flexidisc record) wedding single, recorded by the newlyweds! Watch the video of the player in action below.
Lady Gaga Stopped by Google
Singer Lady Gaga stopped by Google headquarters on Tuesday to answer questions from fans and announce her directorial debut. Gaga, nee Stefani Germanotta, took to the Google stage in Mountain View and announced that she will direct her next video, which will be for the song, “Judas.” Her next album, “Born This Way,” is expected… Continue reading Lady Gaga Stopped by Google
Watani Habibi in Japan وطني حبيبي في اليابان
Dedicated YouTube video from Japan to all Kuwaiti people to commemorate the 50th anniversary of kuwait’s independence day and the 20th anniversary for Kuwait’s independence day. I say thanks to every person who was involved in the making of this beautiful video.