Being a digital music producer, I'm always interested in new musical technology. Most of you know Imogen Heap from her famous song, Hide and Seek. The English songwriter, composer, and singer gave a demonstration at Wired 2012 of her new Musical Gloves. Musical Gloves you say? What on earth is that supposed to do?
The idea behind the Musical Gloves is to eliminate any still standing electronics on stage, and turn the musical performance into musical movements. She demonstrates the various ways of creating sounds, or playing with the sounds already at hand. An example is she lifts her right arm and creates a reverb (echo) that pans to the right side, same with the left. She also beats on an invisible drum to create a drum beat, and plays invisible notes to create melodies.
How can this technology be reworked to better suit dancers? Could these Musical Gloves be customized for dancers so that certain movements can create other sounds than what she demonstrated (i.e. moving the legs to create reverb rather than the arms)? I'd like to hear your opinions.
I think she is crazy creative. Have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBpMIzJaZKk
ReplyDeleteI never heard about this person nor her newer performance's style. However you described it so well that without even watching the movie above, I could imagine it. Well done with this post! I am looking forward to check it later at how with the sound, as I am in class right now.
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