Device lets you try your hand at music
A new musical invention for the masses called Beamz is following the popularity of the video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Sharper Image has just released the new laser music maker. Kai Ryssdal tries it out with G4's Kevin Pereira.
Beamz promotional image (Beamz Interactive Inc.)
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From Signal Mountain, TN, 06/14/2008
Holy Good Vibrations, Batman! Where were you guys thirty or so years ago? Sitting on your hands, perhaps, as I was, while other people my age who had the time to practice were making music onstage and loving every groupie, er, minute of it. This wondrous machine, unit, device, laser harp ... takes music participation electronics to a whole new level. And it's not just timing, as you see with Guitar Hero, et al, but as this dude is demonstrating there's a lot of room for improvisation, and I can see where this would be enormously beneficial to handicapped children who could benefit from the joy of making music without the normal limitations. I'll trade you two acoustic guitars for one. Deal? Okay, and all my old vinyl records ... and a piano ... if you'll move it out of my garage.
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