For this podcast reflection I chose to listen to a podcast by Kevin Honeycutt. And if i'm not mistaken he is a resident of Kansas and works for Essdack at the current time. He previously taught art in a school in Kansas though, I can't directly remember which one. His website is here, if you click on the link you can browse his website and learn more about him and what he does. The page of his podcasts is here.
In this particular podcast entitled "No Flute? Play your iphone!" He is talking about viral connectedness applications, one of these applications is one that allows you to play music on your iphone... He can hear various music being played in different countries via someone's iphone and can let them know if he likes it or not. "It's like a worldwide radiostation of performers".
The description of his podcast is "Join me in the carpool for some bad music but big ideas! In this episode I play the ocarina, an app for the iPhone from Smule. While sharing my new passion for this digital woodwind instrument I am struck by the way the world just changed...again! What will this kind of anytime, anywhere musical instrument mean for kids in the near future and will we use them in schools?"
This Smule site - tells you how to play it, or you can look at sheet music specifically for it. And this website has loads of more information about the instrument called the "Ocarina", it's all actually pretty nifty!
-By Blowing into his microphone on his iphone it allows you to play different images on the "Ocarina" which is pretty cool!! And by playing the different "keys" on the screen, you can change your pitch you're putting out. You can also tune the instrument to different pitches overall so that your instrument sounds different.
Applications like this, let you connect with other people around the world and get feedback.
It's like playing a woodwind, and he's actually been practicing because he wants someone to click the "love button" and give him affirmation that he sounds good haha!
I find this overall really interesting that the iphone now has a way for you to play an instrument using their product, because I LOVE music, and in fact I started out as a music major so music plays a big part in my life. I think this is really cool! Kevin mentions also that it helps for people who don't actually play a woodwind and it got him hooked.
Overall it's really neat :)
By the way, the person playing the Ocarina in the video above is not Kevin Honeycutt, it is just some random person playing it I found on YouTube.
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