Last year I watched “A Visit to Ali Farka Toure” a documentary about a guitarist from Mali West Africa. In the film, he records in some interesting places, not your normal studios. His favorite spot to record was in an auditorium in some ancient West African ruins. Even in the film you can hear how cool the sounds were in this old structure, it was as if it were built for music! I recently came across a similar situation:
in NY David Byrne created a musical instrument using a building. He found an old building and used an organ along with motors speakers and magnates to create an instrument using the sounds caused by knocking on different parts a the building. It is hard to explain. You just got to peep it for yourself!
I haven't learned how to create links so copy and paste. you got to drag far on this one because it is a long link.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/beep-beep-toot-toot-david-byrne-plays-the-whole-building/
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Big John
Big john was a frequent visitor of the show; he is the type of cat that loves the music and the lifestyle.
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