Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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EleNa

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Tomas Salcedo

Home: California, United States

Latin pop reggae band that does reggae en Español, as well as a whole repertoire of boleros that have been turned into reggae

Marimba

Faire: Wayne County

Maker: Jonathan Michel

Home: Ohio, United States

My son Jon and I created a 4 octave Marimba from padauk and oak wood planks using a benchtop CNC Router at Romich maker space in Creston, OH. Band and circular saws, a drill and a belt sander were also used. Each key was tuned manually using a digital tuner, sand paper and belt sander. The Marimba will be on display to try and video and instructions for building one will be available.

Jill Schmid

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Jill Schmid

Home: Virginia, United States

My booth will showcase and teach about a variety of makerspace projects with a focus on musical instruments, both analog and digital. Makers will be able to create their own cardboard instruments, and experiment with digital instruments.

Delevan Community Chorus

Faire: Elkhorn

Maker: Delavan Community Chorus

Home: Wisconsin, United States

The Delavan Community Chorus is an A Cappella chorus that loves to sing, have fun & share the enjoyment of music - while providing high quality harmony.

MT Ed

Faire: Rochester

Maker: MT Ed

Home: New York, United States

MT Ed is an educational theatre company located in Charlotte Beach. We are proud to offer a safe space where all students are welcome. We offer a full curriculum of dance classes, voice lessons, improv classes, tumbling, and production programs.

DIY Music Synthesizers

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: Karl Stamm

Home: Wisconsin, United States

Music Synthesizers are often too expensive for kids to play and learn on, so home-made DIY kits are an option to introduce live electronic music to everyone. We have circuit bending and electric modulation, and a few eurorack synths to play on.

Pedal Powered Stage

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Rock The Bike

Home: California, United States

Work as a team with other faire goers to power up local bands on bike generators. See how much peak power you can produce with your friends! Local acts from the Bay Area music scene share their gifts with us as we support them with good clean pedal power, making for a connected and fun performer-audience connection. Musical tastes range from rock, jazz, world, and funk, often danceable. Thanks to our hyperefficient sound system with its class D amplifiers there is a surprising amount of bass and spacious audio clarity when all 12 bikes are full and pedaling. So come enjoy your lunch and delight in local grooves, then take a turn on the bikes and power up the band! Wander over to our circuit table and see how we do it with a unique mix of ultracapacitors and lithium batteries.

D-Box

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Da Smilemakers

Home: California, United States

The D-Box is an old power wheels car rebuild with a 160 foot-pound torque electric motor powered by two marine batteries, a linear actuator for steering, reinforced frame, Pneumatic go kart tires on a one inch live axel and to top it off an oversized 1400 watt car stereo.

The Electric Giraffe Project

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Frank Lawlor

Home: California, United States

Having been operating for 19 years, Russell, the Electric Giraffe has enjoyed being the unofficial mascot of the Maker Faire since 2006. This year we hope Russell himself, our project's programmer, will fly out this year to attend the show!

D Fiction

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Daniel Fishkin

Home: NY, US Minor Outlying Islands

Daniel Fishkin, the instrument designer, lives in queens. At the Maker Faire, he will present two musical instruments, the daxophone and the arbrasson, each simple instruments that reside in the family called "Friction Lamellophones."

Making Android Apps

Faire: WNY Regional

Maker: Christopher Terpin

Home: New York, United States

I make Android apps using relatively simple programming tools. I published over 50 apps to Google Play including musical instruments, drawing toys and others. I will try to answer any questions you have about creating and publishing apps.

Dewald Holiday Lights – LED Lights Sequenced to Music

Faire: Wayne County

Maker: Chris Dewald

Home: Ohio, United States

Dewald Holiday Lights is a holiday light show located in Massillon, OH. The show uses over 2,900 individually addressable LED lights, called pixels, sequenced to music to create an engaging holiday light display. Using an FM transmitter, the show audio can be heard by guests in their cars.

Design a Band Poster

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Kara Heck

Home: Louisiana, United States

Design your own Band Poster using old magazines to make a collage with local artist, Kara Heck

Making Music with Repurposed Objects and Handmade Electronics

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Erin Demastes

Home: Louisiana, United States

Erin Demastes is an experimental composer, sound artist, and Ph.D. candidate at LSU. Join her as she performs and talks about her research making music with unusual materials.

TrailOff: Immersive audio off the beaten path

Faire: Philadelphia

Maker: Swim Pony

Home: Pennsylvania, United States

Come check out TrailOff, the FREE app from Swim Pony with immersive dramas by incredible BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors. With the magic of GPS-triggered audio, cutting-edge sound design and storytelling, it drops you right into the center of the story.

Makers at Union College’s Music Department

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Music Department

Home: New York, United States

Come and see what we’re MAKING in the Music Department. From Recycled instruments to CNC milled signs and laser etched bachi for out Taiko drummers we are always busy building things! Union College offers a wide variety of courses in music theory, music technology, composition, music history, world music, and jazz studies. The music faculty are incredibly Interdisciplinary, and offer courses that intersect with other departments and programs across campus. Students enjoy many opportunities to perform in our numerous ensembles and develop musicianship through private lessons. We offer a Major, ID, Minor and a Global and Popular Music Minor.

Make Some Noise with Rant n Rave

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Rant n Rave Entertainment

Home: New York, United States

Love a good party with music and lights? Ever wonder how the sound and lighting work? Learn to: – Make a record player from common items – Use science to manipulate sound waves – Make any color from just 3 different lights – Power it all from the sun

Pixel Club – Atelier sonore électro/chimique

Faire: Lille

Home: France

Participez à une œuvre collaborative en vous improvisant musicien d’un curieux orchestre électronique ! Grâce aux inventions farfelues du Dr. Pixel, prenez le contrôle d’un instrument et découvrez l’univers de la création audionumérique DIY !

CHORDTEACHER / WILLOUGHBY'S DREAM

Faire: Rochester

Maker: Andy Willoughby

Home: New York, US Minor Outlying Islands

CHORDTEACHER is my invention that teaches all of the notes of all of the chords in every key of western music, WILLOUGHBY'S DREAM is the sciences of western music

Society for Creative Anachronism, the Barony of Northkeep

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: Barony of Northkeep

Home: Oklahoma, United States

The SCA is a historical recreation society. Northkeep is a Barony in the Kingdom of Ansteorra (OK and most of TX). We cover the area of NE OK and no matter your medieval interest, our group is big enough to help you along your journey to learning!

“Streetbeats” by John F. King II

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: John F King II

Home: California, United States

A totally improvisational, “LIVE”, in the moment, hi - energy musical performance. Featuring the unique Drum and Percussion stylings of Northern California Artist, John F. King II. All of this done using a Home Maker’ed Drumset consisting of a random collection of pots and pans, garbage cans and miscellaneous other junk.

Chase Makes

Faire: Pensacola

Maker: Chase Baker

Home: Florida, United States

Chase has projects to show you! Come see ChromaRune, the light-show coffee table, and a Prince Robot IV costume with a functional TV helmet.

RoboTerror

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Adán Morán

Home: ciudad de mexico, Mexico

RoboTerror. Combina tecnología y Música, permitiendo que el robot con forma de esqueleto humano se mueva al ritmo de la música, active iluminación, pirotecnia o emita sonidos. ya sea por medio de un teclado en vivo, o con música programada

Los Títeres cómo Alternativa a la Educación e Innovación

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Isaac Meza

Home: Estado de México, Mexico

Conferencia con Isaac Meza, creador de Los Monomanos, dónde aprenderemos sobre la historia de los títeres y sus creadores y como han innovado con un arte antiguo en los últimos 50 años.

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