Drum Music with a Wii Remote

Sometimes technology and music intersect in amazing ways and this in one of them. Patrick Flanagan has managed to make a Wii Remote control all kinds of different drums and percussion instruments. If you know where my brain is, you can figure out why this is SO AMAZINGLY COOL!

Sometimes technology and music intersect in amazing ways and this is certainly one of them. Patrick Flanagan has managed to make a Wii Remote control all kinds of different drums and percussion instruments. In the first video, Patrick explains how the instrument works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b-tWK6AeLY

The second video shows Patrick performing/improvising with the instrument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm435icmFSQ

If you know where my brain is, you can figure out why this is SO AMAZINGLY COOL!