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Google unveiled Chromecast few days back web users from around the world seems to be eyeing on it and hope to get their hands on this little stick. I cant understand why some people here got so hyped up over this particular product.. when they very well know netflix is not available in Singapore. So what can you do with it? stream youtube videos? You might as well get an Xbox.

Some of you may be wondering why your friends' profile pictures are becoming green on social network platform ..facebook, twitter or may be some others.. This is not some technical glitch.. This is an ongoing protest to show support for the special effect VFX industry.

Music Psychology has always always been an interesting topic to discuss about. As a music enthusiast  I am always fascinated by how the different sounds can influence one's thoughts. Let's learn more about it and harness The Power of sonar today lol. Blossom Gets Hypnotized Over the years various studies have been made with regard to restaurants dining environment. Namely the design (this include colour, space..), the lighting, the smell, the sound, needless to say the taste of food.. You are right, all that I've mentioned earlier deals with our five senses.

Hey hey people. Is time for another music appreciation or rather music bites. Prepared piano Screws Bread Clip Chomp Chomp Chomp! (Feeling so hungry now after composing the first few lines..) So what is? prepared music?.. you are probably wondering.. Hmm Is it the practices a performer have to do before each performance. There is this Chinese saying "台上一分鈡，台下十年功" which means you need ten years of hard work to perform a single minute on stage. .. or is it the fine tuning of musical instruments before the show, getting their tune to sync.

Cajon in Spanish literally means drawer. This is one little instrument that I would love to have it in my home.. who knows may be someday I might consider building one myself!!.. but my mum would definitely nag at me since she does not like "unnecessary things" to be seen in her house o.o Cajon Drum In a Box Some of you might not have seen Cajon before as it is not a mainstream instrument. I only got to realize about this wooden box looking instrument 3 years ago? Yeah.. 3 years ago and in actual fact this is considered quite an old instrument compared to some other uncommon instruments that I have blogged about earlier. Still remember vividly the first time when I saw somebody beat a box, I was blown away by the sound it produced.. How can a box sounded so much like a drum kit's bass and snare.

What music instrument should I get? a piano, flute, guitar, drum ...? This is a very common question for someone who wants to start learning music and not knowing how to go about choosing it. Allow me to provide you with some helpful Question to ask yourself when you want to make your way to a music store. You certainly do not want to make a bad investment? do you?

Is time for another weird instrument. Check out my list of exotic instruments if you haven't. This time round is a 21st century instrument. Started its development by Eigenlab a UK company in 2001 and was introduced to the world in 2009. Eigenharp is by far one of the most expressive electronic instrument I have seen. Its design is very unique, unlike any kind of instruments you've seen before.. is like having various instruments and a computer crammed together as one..

Leek Spinning Orihime Inoue If you are not living under the rock like a starfish, you probably would have seen this Leek Spinning Loituma Girl . If not click on the link and start staring at Orihime Inoue from the Bleach Anime spins her stick. They even provide you with a timer at the bottom...

Beethoven's ear trumpets horns funnels  Are you one of those annoying people in the MRT who blasts music on earphones.  Yes this is an interesting topic that was being raised again and again and we all know the reason why..  What is even more very fascinating is to see people taking pictures of those "music blaster" and posting them on STOMP ? should you just tell them off..

Some of you might be familiar with the term auto tuned but how about Vocaloid? Hatsune Miku Live Hologram Concert at Tokyo  This technology was actually introduced by Yamaha Corporation to the world in 2004. I actually did tried out version 1 of this software back in 2007 but it was kinda difficult to manipulate partly because I was using the Japanese version and there were still a lot of development problems. So I gave up using it since no one around me seems to appreciate this glitchy product that time..

Happy New year Everyone. Have been Busy lately did an animated clip but in the end decided to scrap it. Oh well .. .. maybe next time I can make a better animated video .. for now this is Mr Durian debut. little green men say OOOOOoooooo Little Green Men pointing at Mr Durian

uuuueeeeeeeeehhhhhh.... auuuuuuueee.. heh cough* oh Hi there! I was just trying out overtone singing. yeah is fun lol. I find this vocal sound rather intriguing at the same time unusually entertaining.. Khusugtun Overtone Singer This singing technique is believed to have originated from Mongolia, dated back in the period of Genghis Khan. Traditional art of Mongolian overtone throat singing is often coupled with the sound of horse head fiddle. The Mongolians refer this throat singing technique as hoomii or khoomii. By dexterously controlling the lips muscles, larynx, pharynx and the air flow (pressure), one is capable of producing harmonic partials. Simply put it as they can produce two different notes simultaneously. Is something like a bagpipe or hulusi, a sustaining sound of a drone accompanied by the sound of a chanter.

Lyre Harp  So what is this Aeolian Wind harp? I only know what is korean's bibimbap  Aeolian harp is named after Greek God Aeolus, the god keeper of wind. No one is suppose to play this harp, thy Aeolus will play it for you. What I meant is let the wind play the harp for you. This is an old instrument and it became very popular during the romantic period. Even Robert Schumann referenced one of Chopins' Etude as Aeolian Harp (Etude Op. 25, No.1). Lets hear how the harp sound before we move on to the physics of how it works.

Psy's Gangnam Style On friday 21st Dec Gangnam Style had hit 1 billion views on youtube. He has yet again make another mark on music history. I was walking around the mall yesterday, strangely indeed people never get tired of Gangnam Style.. MTV was being played on the TV displays while the Uncles Aunties & Children have their eyes glued to the monitor screen.. what an interesting sight. Even Psy himself cant explain the exact reason to why Gangnam Style is so appealing . And is it possible for him to replicate this phenomenon nobody knows?

Spongebob: Hi! That Patrick Star what is starrboard ? does it shaped like you? That patrick star: uhNo? but it kinda look like you. Spongebob: oh. ah. i see .. so what do you do with it? That patrick star: You play with it? Spongebob: oooohhh.. Both: gahahahaa gahahahaa ....

Composer's Block I am having composer's block now! In fact most creators have the same problems. Doesn't matter if you are a  Writers, artist or designer.. we all have this mental block. Even sometimes when I write my blog article my head becomes like a "block of wood".  (Ps: that picture on the left is not my portrait but the right is o.o) It is annoying, ideas just wont come after pondering for hours and we often get frustrated with ourselves. You feel like you've tried everything but nothing seems to work. Or have you? Have you really Tried everything?

Franz Joseph Hayden In year 1792 Dec 12 Beethoven had his first composition lesson from Franz Joseph Haydn. A year after Mozart death. A quote from Beethoven finical backers, Ferdinand von Waldstein, " You are going to Vienna in fulfilment if your long-frustrated wishes.. you will receive the spirit of Mozart from the hands of Hayden". Haydn is one of the well known classical era composer alongside with Mozart. It is believed that Haydn and Mozart are great friends and they often admire each other's work.

Symphony of Science  It was years ago when I first stumbled upon Symphony of Science and I have always been a huge fan of it ever since. Symphony Of Science is a music project created by John D Boswell. I love his unique way of mashing up clips from various Science Documentaries and turning them into uplifting music. Enough of my talking Lets listen to your favourite auto-tuned Scientists sings. If you want to listen to more of his work or wish to download them you can check out the Official Symphony Of Science site .

I've always admire these musicians and I feel they should deserve our utmost respect. Although disabilities may affect their daily life in one way or another, but in the musical world they are certainly the "superhuman". Their passion for music will always glow. My 3 favourite Superhuman artist... Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) | Tinnitus It is usually a misconception that he was a deaf baby. Beethoven was not born deaf. He started losing his hearing at age 30 around the period of 1801. And by the age of 41 he started communicating using notebooks. Below is a popular excerpt of Beethoven's Symphony No 9.. Ode to Joy Beethoven was a total deaf when he conducts this symphony and was known that one of the soprano soloist had him turn around to accept the applause. Ray Charles (1930-2004) | Glaucoma One of the greatest legendary artist in soul music. Charles's sight begin to deteriorate when he wa...

Sliced Kiwi On Tray What is EWI? What a weird name for a musical instrument. It makes me feel like eating KIWI, the hairy fruit not the bird. EWI known as Electronic Wind Instrument. Was invented by Nyle Steiner in the 1960s. The fingering system is similar to that of a saxophone and clarinet. Since EWI is a Midi powered device you can basically play any instruments or synthesized sound with it.  If you don't understand what a Midi device is just think of as an electronic keyboard with a library of pre-set instruments.