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December 5, 2009

An Orchestra of... iPhone Musicians?!?!?

If you have an iPhone, then you probably know about the vast array of musical applications that can transform the device into a streaming radio, a lyric finder, and guitar tuner, even a guitar simulator where users can actually strum chords.  But in the latest turn of iPhone/music exploration, imagine an orchestra of iPhone "players" - coming together in a group, each bringing their respective musical talents (and unique sounds that they've chosen to make with their iPhones) to perform in front of a live audience.  Sounds sort of crazy doesn't it?

Well that's exactly what a group of musicians, each eqippped with an iPhone and "speaker gloves," is doing at Stamford University. (Learn more about the program and watch them perform here.)

While not your typical orchestral perfromance, it does open up a world of interesting possibilities for music exploration.  Sort of fun to imagine what it might lead to next... don't you think?

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