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Voice Box, Purr and The Glass Harp
I Like The Sound
English - January 11, 2021 01:26 - 19 minutes - 18.8 MBArts Education ragbag sound acoustics science poetry music popular culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, we find out why cats make those noises, learn how to make a glass harp, and hear some early experiments in voice distortion.
We also hear what maverick musician Thomas Truax likes the sound of.
More from Thomas Truax here: https://www.thomastruax.com/
Source material:
Glass harp: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harp
A Toast To Christmas with the Singing Glasses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkjcjfirKlU&list=OLAK5uy_lDFHNHLvjJ4L7TV9E-a8DBiwMLhG-zKx4
Cats:
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/zoology/item/why-and-how-do-cats-purr/
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/zoology/item/how-do-cats-communicate-with-each-other/
Talk Box:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box
Music by Lee Rosevere: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk/ (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Twitter & Instagram: @ragbagpresents
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