Strange concert

Jun 05, 2009 11:48

Dropped by a short, but somewhat interesting concert on Wednesday. Well, it wasn't much of a concert, because it was short, and I'm not sure whether all the music was actually music, but the instruments were... unique ...and (at least to me) visually impressive. They had some technical problems with the pitch though which I'm sure they're working ( Read more... )

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lil_monk June 6 2009, 04:11:58 UTC
That is pretty cool. What's the premise behind the equipment? Where was it held? Awesome pix!

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danalwyn June 6 2009, 15:33:43 UTC
Well, the picture's not mine, but they use a Tesla coil setup to generate musical notes through the crackling sound of lightning shooting across the interval, which actually sort of works. They do this at Fermilab, at least once a year.

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