Photo: Kanene DoneheyA few days ago while we were playing 'Twilight' in Monterey, some interesting stuff happened. If you don't know, the Theremin is an extremely sensitive instrument. If your hand moves even a fraction of an inch, the pitch can change. This particular day, it was really windy. The wind was blowing my Theremin all around and it was making it super hard to play. As if it couldn't get any more difficult, a photographer decided to get some close ups of the theremin and he entered into the pitch controlling electromagnetic field. When he leaned in, the pitch went up. I tried to counter it, but it was no use.
I've heard stories of people trying to play thermin concertos and having the bows of the violins getting into the field, but I never thought about photographers. Maybe I'll build an electric fence around the instrument to ward off anyone who might get into the playing area and mess with my pitch!
Good times... good times.
-T.J.
2 comments:
Just curious; was it at Creation East that this happened? It was very windy there and that picture looks like the Fringe Stage at Creation so I figure that may be where that happened?
The photo is from creation east. The wind was a factor at both creation east and spirit west coast monterey! Good eye by the way! -T.J.
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