Video by: oddmusic
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Can't find a Hang Drum? Don't worry, Get Hapi! http://HapiTones.com
More info about the Hang Drum at: http://oddmusic.com/hang
My website: http://www.asinglethread.com
myspace page: http://myspace.com/oddmusic
Hang Drum recorded using a Contact Microphone
Music by John Pascuzzi of "a single thread"
If you like my music, feel free to hop over to my channel to check out the main instrument that I play, the "igil" at:
http://youtube.com/oddmusic
Thanks to all the commenter's I haven't thanked, YouTube won't let me reply directly to comments that aren't on the most recent page of comments, something isn't working, and they go by so fast I can't keep up. And a special thank-you to the haters too, you're comments are quite entertaining! :)
The song is called Space Bunnies, and yes (to some folks out there who wondered or think I'm "hand-syncing" or that this is somehow "fake" lol, like lip-syncing to a pre-recorded song) it was recorded live in one take, with a contact mic (the thing that's taped onto the instrument) plugged into an AdrenaLinn guitar processor (for the echo delays and the regular drum beats) and then straight into the video camera... super lo-fi. They are kind of tough to mic properly, since the sound comes out all around the top, so I was trying out a "contact mic" which is stuck to the surface of the instrument and picks up the vibrations of the metal, and then I figured why not plug it into an echo delay effects unit for fun. Was just experimenting and playing around one morning for awhile and then turned on the camera, so some fellow Hang players out there could hear how it sounded through a Contact Mic. But then others out there in YouTube-land seemed to like it, so I left it online.
Some folks think it's some elaborate conspiracy hoax, lol. There are tons of videos on YouTube with others playing these instruments, I just decided to add a little echo to it, no big mystery, thanks much for stopping by and checking it out.
And YES, there are a couple parts, especially on the muted notes around :50 where you'll hear a note but not see me hit it, that's because what you are hearing is a delayed echo of a note that I hit a couple seconds before. Sorry for the long in depth explanation, but for some reason, some people think it's voodoo or something.
The little wooden rectangle on the Hang Drum is the Contact Mic, stuck to the surface with contact mic putty, the blue masking tape is to isolate and hold down the wire coming out of the contact mic so it doesn't rattle around while I'm playing, otherwise that noise would get picked up by the mic.
Whew!

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Comments for this video on YouTube

Okay, fuck ... ( 1 month ago by tolbert9308)

Okay, fuck everything else there is, im buying one, ik they are like $2,000 so what?!

what is the ... ( 4 weeks ago by authmaax)

what is the miliseconds interval value you used in this recording??? ...

Wow! That's so ... ( 3 weeks ago by WolfieRustin)

Wow! That's so fricking great sounding. Plus! You play it very well. I like the song.

awesome ( 3 weeks ago by purepinoii)

awesome

thanks! ( 3 weeks ago by oddmusic)

thanks!

I'll have to check, ... ( 3 weeks ago by oddmusic)

I'll have to check, it was just sync'd to the beat (bpm) I'll let you know

ok, I'm with you ... ( 3 weeks ago by oddmusic)

ok, I'm with you man, that's it, I'm buying another 40 of them tonight!!

Incredible work Lad ... ( 3 weeks ago by Dcarlsonn)

Incredible work Lad! how hard is it to play one of those? Tell us how you learned to play so well!

wow...this is art i ... ( 3 weeks ago by SapphireAMP)

wow...this is art i like in perfection :D gr8 work!

Got into that. ( 2 weeks ago by randouci)

Got into that.

You're welcome! ( 2 weeks ago by WolfieRustin)

You're welcome!

how does this drum ... ( 2 weeks ago by D3L1R10US)

how does this drum compare to the HAPI drum?

radical, man ( 1 week ago by domonik666)

radical, man

waow. I wouldn't ... ( 1 week ago by theau61)

waow. I wouldn't think it would sound sooo huge with contact mic. Thanks

that drum was ... ( 1 week ago by Ottmar555)

that drum was inpired by this, and watch other videos, there are better ones...

Yes, this is still ... ( 1 week ago by icaramber)

Yes, this is still the best vid / sound I've seen on YouTube. Can't wait to get my E major HAPI drum, which we ordered the other day. I may be allowed to go busking with Neil and Ellie! Shall feed back what happens when used in a Therapy treatment :-)

I've seen a lot of ... ( 1 week ago by d4j0k3r)

I've seen a lot of your videos and I love to jam over them with my guitar! Dude you should be famous ! Love your work !

Very cool, here's ... ( 1 week ago by oddmusic)

Very cool, here's to hoping the time passes quickly while you're waiting on your HAPI Drum :) And thanks for the comment... funny, I had done this vid just as a "test" for a few people to hear the contact mic on it.... then it got popular, so I left it online. and still has more views than any of my other videos!

Thanks for the ... ( 1 week ago by oddmusic)

Thanks for the comment man, very cool, jam away! :)

is the hapi drum ... ( 1 week ago by gmm3780)

is the hapi drum just as fun as a real hang drum?

thanks! ( 1 week ago by D3L1R10US)

thanks!

cool! ( 5 days ago by JaminMusik)

cool!

I wouldn't say that ... ( 2 days ago by GoldDronzer)

I wouldn't say that myself. HAPI does not sound like a hang at all.

this like kinda ... ( 11 hours ago by saberaimu)

this like kinda ruins it =\. kinda trippy music but doesnt have the same energy with all this synth music and electric stuff as a clean one. i dk just my opinion.