FEELING THE BEAT. In August 2018 Options for Life received a grant for ÂŁ18,000 from the Postcode Community Trust to develop our own Sensory Music Technology. Since then, Music Development Worker Tom has been hard at work finding ways to help our participants enjoy music more fully.
MOVE-ABLE RACKET-MAKERS. Making music should be for everyone, but learning to play an instrument can require a tricky amount of coordination and dexterity. Using movement-detecting R-IOT microchips, we've developed technology that can turn simple gestures into harmonious and rhythmic sounds. These chips can be put into all sorts of devices wristbands, balls, tubes; or suspended on a bar and programmed to make thousands of different noises. So, with a flick of the hand you could smash out a drum solo, or by waving a tube you could compose a violin concerto. Often, we link these devices to speakers on resonance boards, which vibrate with base-y tones and allow participants to physically experience the sounds they're making.