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Congrats to all the folks who have participated in the banner challenge. I will post more on this in another thread. We are resuming the reglar monthly challenge for the Poser forum. April's theme is "Music". Congradulations to Skyangel for winning the January Challenge. As you know, the previous winner picks the theme for the next challenge. This thread is where we will ask any questions relating to the theme. **A person playing any instrument or a band or listening to some CDs or something like that. Anything to do with music. Old records playing, dancing...etc. Imported models, postwork, ok. MUST have at least one person in the scene.**

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Lets try this link. LOL.

What no TOS guidelines? I thought there was a prohibition against sax and violins? walk away whistling Carolly

Ok, what about Saxon violins? Would they be ok?

I'm glad this time the use of music is literal. Last "music" theme I remember, it was (approximately) "Poser pin-up inspired by some pop tune you like but no-one will remember in six months." How about it, Carolly -- you going to do something with that Biwa (or the koto the boys are slaving away on as we speak?)

Oh my you had me LMBO Carolly :D

I'm really excited about this challenge I already have a few ideas brewing around in my head.

nomuse, I have so many works in half-done stages that I shouldn't even think about starting anything new. Although Yamato's female kimono at least bends at the knees for the right pose, I'd probably do something with Orpheus and all the wild animals if I were to tackle this theme. My sketch pile also includes an alien playing something like a vulcan lyre with attached flute-thingy which needs to get created some day. sigh. Carolly

Sounds like a fun instrument. You modelling it?

You are wondering what sort of "alien musical thingy" a migrained-out dyslexic would contrive? First I have to get the character, then I'll know if s/th/e has fingers or multiple noses! ;^)

I know we have some reference books in common -- do you have "Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones" around? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1559613823/002-5469427-4601635?v=glance And then, of course, there's Experimental Music Instruments magazine; http://www.windworld.com/emi/

I don't have that one, but I bet at least one of my friends does. :) Remember how all the medical instruments on Star Trek were originally salt and pepper shakers? I figure that I should try to design a string-powered peppermill, and see what it mutates into. Hmm... it might be time to put Tubular Bells on the stereo, and see what lurks between the notes. Carolly

Love that piece. It's like the Bolero of overdubbing. I shouldn't even mention I've been working on and off on a simple pic with a couple PT characters playing in a band. Shouldn't take me more than another year to finish it..... Do believe I saw a Vulcan Lyre around, poser-ized and all. But my strange-instrument thoughts go more in the directions of, say, the instruments that Doctor Terwilliger kept in the dungeons. ("5,000 Fingers of Dr. T")

"5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" Definately a classic! I loved the bit where the kid is surrounded by music and musical instruments and has to reach the right key. Just about every musician I've known has yelled "what key is this in!?!" at some point in a session. Being of a dry sense of humor, I'd have had more layers of puns in there, but his movie was more fun for a general audience. I enjoyed his strip for many years, but Dr Seuss really should have done another movie or two. That was a lot more creative! Partly-done projects? :groan: A quick glance at the Mac shows 4 folders where I've at least started assembling the scene, and another couple where I've just thrown required props and such into the maw for digestion later. Each of them hit a stumbling block where I need another prop or have to do a texture or even have to hack a cr2 (although I've been promised help with that next week). There's another scene that I'd like to do, but need to get Vue installed. I did put OSX on the Mac and then freaked when all my regular little applets such as MacConverter and Stuffit stopped working and PhotoShop went into the willies. Boot into OS9.2 again, and will tiptoe back into OSX when I have more than half a brain to ferret out its secrets. Stalling points. However, look at it this way... we'll never hit artist's block or boredom. There is always something which needs to be worked on or twiddled with. And that is a comforting thought. Carolly

ANyone know where I can find a free download of a Hurdy Gurdy?

Been there with X -- now have a quad-boot system but mostly keep it in 9.1 (the only thing I've learned to do in linux is play games). And on my list of dreams is a whole set of music-related scenes. Got hung up on making a new set of stage props, tho, which are somewhere in the final rigging stages now. A hurdy-gurdy, eh? I can't recall one off-hand. Perhaps you could add the crank and drone strings to a modified lute? Not the world's simplest instrument. Wonderful sound, tho -- kind of like a strange mating of a 'cello and a bagpipe.

I want to find a nice flute. Have some pictures of various different kinds and was going to make one in Electric Image Universe, but that seems to be the forever project.

Nomuse, you are right...it looks like someone had spare parts left over from a couple of other music projects and thought "aw, what the heck...let's see what THIS sounds like." I'll tinker and see if I can figure out how to add the drone strings and crank. I'm not a modeller, nor do I play one on either television or the internet..I'm just a regular poserholic. ; ]

Well, there are some pretty bizarre instruments that were almost standards for a while...the racket, the serpent, the bombarde (which I play, very badly), glass harmonica...and let's not even get into Ondes Martenot or Russolo's noise machines... I'm hoping to model some instruments at some point. It's third or fourth down right now, as I'm trying to finish up a collection of poser-ized microphones and stands. Oh, and I'm working hard with real music right now. Only have time to post this because I've got the final CD in the burner.

"...and let's not even get into Ondes Martenot" Why not? I love the music of Olivier Messiaen. :-)

"...and let's not even get into Ondes Martenot" Why not? I love the music of Olivier Messiaen. :-)

One of my books on antique musical instruments shows pictures of people being immobilized and eaten alive by the noisemakers. Some of the early inventers were a bit too enthusiastic. Uh-oh. Shades of Dr T, again. Carolly

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