News Archive: April 2011

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Study Shows Childhood Musicians Fare Better In Older Age

Study Shows Childhood Musicians Fare Better In Older Age

Adults play musical instruments because they enjoy it. Although, if you ask a kid forced to sit at a piano bench, they may not feel the same.

A recent study done at Emory University suggests that those hours of scale practice may have some long term benefits. Researchers studied a small group of adults between 60 and 83 years old and tested several cognitive abilities relating to ...

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Loog Raises $65,000 For Build It Yourself Guitar

Rafael Atijas spent a year developing the prototype for a new guitar model aimed at kids wanting to learn to play an instrument. The result is the Loog 3 stringed guitar. Rafael created a Kickstarter.com project hoping to raise $15,000 for the first run of guitars. Instead he raised $65,000 proving that he is ...

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Amazing Giant Marimba In Japanese Cell Phone Ad

The Japanese cell phone company NTT Domoco and production company Drill Inc, have teamed up to create an amazing commercial for the Touch Wood SH-08C cell phone which is housed in a wooden case.

To play up the natural element of the cell phone, Kenjiro Matsuo of Invisible Designs Lab was brought in to build a giant musical instrument that is part marimba and part Rube Goldberg ...