For example, one fan on Twitter asked if Heap would put a theremin on a song.
The New York Theremin Society "is very open and nonexclusive, " Ms. Chrysler said.
Yet the theremin appeals to amateur musicians who think it's easy to play.
So Heap went on the Internet and downloaded a theremin logic patch for her computer, and within seconds, she had her theremin sound.
Instead, a eclectic mix of instruments are listed, like the glockenspiel, vibraphone, grand marimba, theremin, oboe, viola, banjo, trumpet, trombone, xylophone, piano, and autoharp.
With virtuosity and no small application of wit, the New York Theremin Society seeks to elevate the instrument to the status its members believe it deserves.
Cornelius Loy gave the evening's most melodramatic, and ultimately heartening, performance, in which he coaxed both melodic and violent sounds out of his theremin, played over big, textured electronic tracks.
Ms. Chrysler, who was born in Graz, Austria, is a multi-instrumentalist who's played the theremin at venues as varied as CBGB, the Konzerthaus in Vienna and a town square in Siberia.
Over borscht at a restaurant on the Lower East Side a few days before the show, Dorit Chrysler and Rob Schwimmer, the society's drivers, spoke of the theremin with affection and bemusement.
Unless you're super close to the lip of the stage (in which case you're blinding the poor theremin player with your insistent flash), those shots you keep pumping out can't be that good.
Best part: cool Theremin like sci-fi effects.
FORBES: Apple's iPad 2 Launch: Live From Yerba Buena! Steve Jobs Is Here! New iPad In Two Colors!
应用推荐