Musical Instruments Wanted
“Saturday Night Live,” Flaming Lips Remember Jobs With Tributes (Mobiledia)
Comedians and musicians alike are offering unique tributes to late Apple co-
founder Steve Jobs, remembering the man whose innovations brought so many
changes to their professions.
The Flaming Lips, a band known for its experimental music, is planning a
special tribute to Jobs at the O Music Awards, where they will play a version
of the Beatles’ “Revolution” using an iPad as their only instrument.
Meanwhile, a Saturday Night Live dress rehearsal sketch is making the rounds
on the Internet, poking fun at several top industry executives, such as
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and media giant Rupert Murdoch, who publicly
mourned Jobs’ death.
The Flaming Lips tribute will be part of the O Music Awards on October 31, and
the performance is expected to be streamed live on omusicawards.com during the
MTV event. The band says it looks up to Jobs and his achievements, and wanted
to give him a special tribute.
The Flaming Lips’ use of the iPad may be the largest exposure of the device as
a musical instrument, which is one function Jobs himself never used during his
dramatic product launches.
Their performance isn’t the first time a band has used the iPad for …
Glad You Came – The Wanted – Piano Cover (Callum Smith)
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The Beatles Rock Band (Xbox 360) £0.59 The biggest band in the history of music is making their video game debut exclusively via Rock Band. Made with the full backing of the surviving Beatles, and the families of Lennon and Harrison, this is no expansion pack but a full-bloodied standalone game filled with special features. Every era and song is covered, from 1960 onwards Work through the Story… |
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Breakout Board for MCP4725 I2C 12-bit DAC £4.10 (PPBOB-08736) You’ve always wanted to output analog voltages from a microcontroller, the MCP4725 is the DAC that will let you do it! The MCP4725 is an I2C controlled Digital-to-Analog converter (DAC). A DAC allows a digital device like a microcontroller to output analog values like a sine wave. Digital to analog converters are great for sound generation, musical instruments, and many other cr… |
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Ears Monitor Pro 4 (EMP4) In-Ear Style Earphone – Black Anywhere you listen to music this will create your own listening room. It cuts off most of outside noises and recreates the source music faithfully. This product has gone through the “aging” process to optimize the quality. We wanted to create earphones equal to or better than the expensive models of other companies. We pursued the best quality without compromise. For example the housing is mad… |
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Ears Monitor Pro 4 (EMP4) In-Ear Style Earphone – White Anywhere you listen to music this will create your own listening room. It cuts off most of outside noises and recreates the source music faithfully. This product has gone through the “aging” process to optimize the quality. We wanted to create earphones equal to or better than the expensive models of other companies. We pursued the best quality without compromise. For example the housing is mad… |
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All the Tunes You’ve Ever Wanted to Play: All-time Piano Classics : Easy-to-play Arrangements (All the Tunes Piano Music) £6.99 This volume collects together nearly 300 piano melodies in easy-to-play arrangements, from Beethoven to Sullivan, and from Elgar to Sousa…. |
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HAL LEONARD GUITAR METHOD MUSIC THEORY GTR BOOK/CD £5.96 Everything you ever wnated to know but were afraid to ask Editon with CD Pages: 104 Instrumenation: Guitar… |
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More All the Tunes You’ve Ever Wanted to Play (All the Tunes Piano Music) £7.80 Over 120 timeless piano melodies have been brought together in a single volume for you to play at home. From Bach to The Beatles and from Chopin to showtunes, this collection puts some of the world’s greatest piano music at your fingertips and makes it easy to play…. |
