Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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“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.

Partymaker: From MIDI Keyboard to Accordion Synthesizer

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sergey Antonovich

Home: Texas, United States

Discover the future of accordion music with a range of innovative digital musical instruments with button accordion keyboards. 1. Partymaker: Accordion Synthesizer, a unique kit that transforms a traditional accordion into a versatile synthesizer with auto-accompaniment. (Finalist in the MIDI Innovation Awards 2024!) 2. Ultra-portable Digital Flex Accordion, perfect for musicians on the go. (Finalist in the MIDI Innovation Awards 2024!) 3. The Digital Accordina, combining the feel of a melodica with the layout of a button accordion. 4. MIDI keyboard with different harmonica layouts for seamless digital integration. 5. Digital microphone system for the traditional accordion.

MicroKits: Synths and Theremin Kits

Faire: Philadelphia

Maker: David Levi

Home: Virginia, United States

You can build your own electronic musical instruments with MicroKits! Use our kit to build your own Theremin, or connect everyday objects to our synthesizer to build your own keyboard. We’ll have a banana keyboard out that you can play!

Janae Catt

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Janae Catt

Home: New York, United States

Janae Catt sings some of your favorite tunes and HERS! “Keeping it: Old school and FEEL GOOD !”

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.

Algorave Louisiana

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Kerem Ergener

Home: Louisiana, United States

Algorave is a performance of the democratization of music-making where performers come to the stage and, using live-coding, produce dance music live in front of the audience while showing their screen for the audience to see how music is made.

Livecoded Orchestra — Creating Symphonies with Code

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Nicolai

Home: Massachusetts, United States

Nicolai is a computer scientist turned musical professional. Having written film scores and research papers, Nicolai uses live code to fuse his two distinct interests: musical harmony and algorithmic thinking. He hopes you enjoy his music!

Trinity Episcopal Day School Makers

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Trinity Episcopal Day School

Home: Louisiana, United States

Trinity Episcopal Day School makers repurposed materials to create musical instruments. They will also sell music-themed jewelry (earrings, necklaces, and bracelets) and 3D-printed musical note keychains they created in the STEAM Lab.

Tracorum

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Tracorum

Home: California, United States

BIO: Tracorum's contagious musical journeying is a blend of southern rock, soul, honky tonk, and roots americana with a rhythmic diversity that adds elements of funk, latin-caribbean and gospel stomp to their unique sound. Led by New Orleans flavored pianist and singer Fletcher Nielsen, great songwriting, classic R&B and strong vocals are the backbone of this all star bay area band that has won the hearts of fans worldwide with their spirit filled, energy charged, eclectic live shows. BAND: Fletcher Nielsen- Piano/Vocals Daria Shani Johnson- Drums/Vocals (4 Year Bender, London Street) Ben Andrews- Guitar/Fiddle/Vocals (Stone Foxes, Hot Buttered Rum, Poor Man's Whiskey) Paul Sounder- Bass/Vocals (Antioquia)

Pipo Interfaces

Faire: Lille

Home: Belgium

Pipo Interfaces développe un ensemble de modules qui facilitent la création d’interfaces sensibles et originales avec les media numériques. Pipo permet de contrôler la musique, la lumière, la vidéo ou des jeux par toutes sortes de capteurs.

Baycoin Beats Band

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Elevated Talent Group

Home: California, United States

Bio BayCoin Beats is a band collective from the San Francisco Bay Area that was formed in 2018 by lead drummer, and Musical Director ; Jae Stix Jackson. Baycoin Beats bring a variety of music, from Jazz, funk, hip-hop, neo-soul and R&B! BayCoin Beats has done many shows, concerts, festivals and showcases. They have also been featured behind many upcoming artists around the Bay Area and California. Baycoin Beats also hosts an underground supper club , called, Supperjam , details can be found on their website and social sites; which was founded and hosted by Clarisse LaGrone Jackson and Jae Jackson the CEO’s of Elevated Talent Group. They are now working on their first EP, which will be released fall of this year! You can find them rocking stages all over the Bay Area, and California.

Neeto – Live Music Performance

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Ben Einstein

Home: California, United States

Combining pineapple pyrotechnics, introspective songwriting, funny stories, left field covers, and the occasional fishing rod solo, Neeto is the unique music project of Van Goat keyboardist Ben Einstein.

Dr. Bob’s Sonic Interaction

Faire: Asheville

Maker: The Bob Moog Foundation

Home: North Carolina, United States

Ever wanted to play a theremin or sculpt sound with a synthesizer? Dr. Bob’s Interactive Sonic Experience will have synthesizers, theremins, and other awesome gear for kids and adults to play and enjoy!

Art hut

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sean Lee

Home: California, United States

This portable art structure, draws the perfect point to any small ritual gathering, and often features the live, music and performance of Sean Lee, the one-man banjo and lead singer, chief composer of the tattooed orange band and ritual eyes

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.

Playtime with Crappy Happy Robots

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Crappy Happy Robots

Home: California, United States

Come play with our robot friends as they try to flap and wave and spin around. Maybe they don’t always “work”, but they do always play. This year the (Very Small) Robot Choir is returning, along with new and old rolling friends in the robot playpen, in addition to some new jellyfish friends in their own eternal ocean. Program your own unique tiny robot musical performance by coloring in a paper grid, play with robots in the playpen by tilting their controllers, or gaze into a mysteriously deep aquarium with undulating robotic jellyfish. Our goal is to show kids that there is more to robotics than battle bots and race cars (as cool as they are), because we think that if more young artists grow up and build silly goofy robots in sweaters the world will be a better place.

Retro Rythmn Big Band

Faire: Rochester

Maker: Retro Rhythm Big Band

Home: New York, United States

Introducing RIT’s Retro Rhythm Big Band, led by Miles Davenport! Dive into the sounds of video game music like never before, presented in an electrifying big band style!

Swiftie Bracelets!

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Home: Louisiana, United States

Calling all Swifties! Get ready for your Eras adventure by making some beaded bracelets with us! We'll provide the supplies, you bring your best bracelet ideas. Not a Swiftie? No worries! Come make some cute bracelets in whatever theme you chose!

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

Hubbub Club

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Hubbub Club

Home: California, United States

The Hubbub Club is a Carnival marching band, family friendly and very loud. Music changes the world! You can find the Hubbub Club at local rallies, benefits, parades, birthday parties, and just Ijamming in the street. Our music draws on the traditions of brass bands, street bands, and popular music from around the world. We participate periodically in HONK! Fest West’s annual Street Band Convergence in Seattle, Washington. We are committed to a non-hierarchical, democratic process. We believe that music is a powerful tool for social change, and strive to help heal the earth and her people through our art.

Cie Nomad Nomad

Faire: Lille

Maker: Cie Nomad Nomad

Home: France

Vous entendez au loin des percussions. Deux percussionnistes, incantent Wairua, l’esprit de la terre. Face à face, ils jouent sur une même batterie acoustique Hot Rod, à bord d’un tricycle déjanté. C’est la BATT MOBILE !

Learn to write Chinese Characters

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: WI Falun Dafa Assoc.

Home: Wisconsin, United States

Families can learn to write Chinese symbols with stencils. We have stencils for a variety of words such as peace, family & good luck. Attendees can also find the symbol for their birthday in the Chinese Zodiac: 12 animal signs.