Category: Maker
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Turning Trash Into Music: How to Make a Tin Can Drum
If you’ve ever looked at an old tin can and wondered if it could sing, this video will spark your creative instincts. In the third episode of the Trash to Music series, the creator walks you through making a functional percussion instrument using only recycled materials — proving that rhythm doesn’t have to come from…
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Custom Samsonite Suitcase Kick Drums
If you’ve ever stood in an airport baggage claim and thought, “You know what this Samsonite really needs? A 22-inch kick pedal and a mic input,” congratulations — you’re our kind of people. This custom kick drum started life as a humble suitcase, probably dreaming of Florida vacations and lost luggage tags. But now it’s…
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The Self-Soldered Music Movement
Across kitchen tables, basements, and festival workshops, a quiet movement has been building. Musicians are no longer waiting for factory-finished gear. They’re picking up soldering irons, swapping schematics, and piecing together their own instruments. The result is a sound culture as raw and unpredictable as the tools themselves: the self-soldered music movement. Instead of polished…
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DRKMBNT’s Suitcase Symphony: New Live Setup at Home Made 2025
At Home Made 2025, DRKMBNT (Wolfgang Dorninger) arrived with a black suitcase loaded with three distinct live setups. Inside were five players from the Tiny Techno Orchestra on the top left, a deadBatteryMusic configuration on the right, and below them an array of FlipFloater instruments and effects: Benjolin V1-2, Drone Slider, Ugly Face distortion, FlipFloater…
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Handmade Music Factory
“Handmade Music Factory: The Ultimate Guide to Making Foot-Stompin’ Good Instruments” by Mike Orr is a captivating resource for both novice and seasoned DIY enthusiasts interested in crafting unique musical instruments. The book provides step-by-step instructions for creating eight distinctive instruments, such as a one-string guitar made from a soup can, a hubcap banjo, and…
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Unleashing Creativity: DIY Noisebox Tutorial for Sound Design Enthusiasts
Cash, takes us on a journey into the world of noiseboxes. Originally intended as a straightforward guide for a unique gift idea for noise artists or sound design enthusiasts, this video has evolved into a comprehensive tutorial that will also serve as an invaluable resource for live performance setups. Cash dives deep into the concept…
Homemade Music is published by Briyan Frederick Baker (GAJOOB, Tapegerm Collective, Discover Sounds) focuses on making music in your own space. It’s more about the activity than technical.
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