Warning: Space Music Afoot

Yes, the rumors are true. My friend Mike and I did indeed build a Theremin, and it does indeed work.

I now have this uncontrollable urge to make science fiction B movies.

How's this:

It is an astronaut's funeral on a remote moon. All the astronauts are in space suits. One astronaut in a plaid space suit comes along and plays "Amazing Grace" on the theremin?

Anyway, while most people think of the theremin as the spooky sound of sci-fi, it can also make uncannily real sounding bird calls.

We are going to make some modifications to it, and then we will start making some music with the thing. One of the things I want to do is to run the audio out through a wah pedal.

By the way, if you are playing with a theremin, Duke Ellington's "Caravan" works particularly well, once you get the hang of it.