Comments on: The requested cat/theremin video https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:07:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19298 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:07:13 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19298 My dog hasn’t shown much interest in the theremin.

I’m still trying to get the longer cat video done. Not sure why it’s taking forever at this point.

I just met a staff person’s new puppy, who might end up in a video one of these days herself if she ever meets my dog.

]]> By: Mom to Max https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19297 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:19:52 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19297 awww sweet kitty. i wonder what a dog would do in response. i have missed your posts and wondered where you have been. you sound very busy! i hope you find time to write more soon.

]]> By: pdw https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19296 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:22:05 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19296 I’ve just been getting re-interested in theremins. Fun stuff!

]]> By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19295 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:20:25 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19295 Fey does that when I try to play pennywhistle. And she doesn’t seem to like any music (even stuff played on my stereo, so it can’t just be my playing she’s objecting to :-P ), although she’s been surprisingly tolerant of the theremin (come to think it, she also surprised me by never using my harp as a scratching post).

]]> By: Jim S. https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19294 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:09:38 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19294 I tried to learn harmonica. I had a cat (now sadly no longer with me) who would howl and try to rip it from my hands every time I tried to play.

Damn music critics. :)

]]> By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19293 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:28:38 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19293 I finally got a volume pedal for this thing, which means I have been able to start trying to play it. I can now do recognizable melodies, but it’s pretty tiring. (Or maybe it’s the neck problems and general exhaustion lately making it tiring, not sure.) And nothing particularly elegant yet (I’ve seen, and am in awe of, some of those videos of professional thereminists). I do like that it gives me pretty immediate feedback as to whether I’ve screwed up or not. But unlike most other instruments, having a cat jump onto me while I’m playing is completely disruptive with this one.

]]> By: AnneC https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19292 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:01:04 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19292 Ah, I’d figured you were really busy or something.

I only found out theremins existed last year; a friend of mine got one and showed me part of a demo video of a very well-practiced theremin-player. It was pretty impressive. There’s something about the sound that reminds me of when people run their fingers around the tops of crystal drinking glasses. It’s eerie and pretty at the same time.

And in your cat definitely looks curious, but not incredibly wigged out by the sounds.

]]> By: Mountain Rose https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19291 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:30:19 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19291 Aww feed-back…I forgot about that! It is good to see you back…That is one jam packed schedule you’ve had…Hope everything settles down for you
and you feel better…

]]> By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19290 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:38:26 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19290 If I had the amp that close to the theremin it’d probably generate noise.

]]> By: Ms. Clark https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/the-requested-cattheremin-video/#comment-19289 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:54:51 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=444#comment-19289 I kept looking for a vitamin pill…. had to look up “theremin”.

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