RUSSELL MADE A STICK GUITAR

i made a stick guitar today. my own design. i used the strings you got me that broke my guitar, and the extra tuning machines i got to fix my guitar. the black bars are pieces of a comb i put knotches in. it has some major drawbacks though, like, its not in any kind of real tune. not sure if it even can be..... stand alone it sounds like an unpluged electric guitar. but if i press it up against various things i can get varied effects. coffee can sounds neat with a twang to it, when i press it next to the tambourine it almost sounds banjoish, and when i press it on the body of guitar and ukelele it gets louder with the box to resonate in. it should be good for a song or two in the future. i had a better piece of wood that i was going to make it out of but it requires more sawing and such and the piece i ended up using was perfect width. so there you have it.....stick guitar.
(*text taken from an email)

just the same damn thing, with a mat

 

Nothing new, just with a mat now.

new music from me and russell

http://makeandsend.googlepages.com/home is the home address but you can click HERE to get to the music faster. Listen to all four of the "I dunno" versions (done by 3 of us) including the original by Russell titled "Don't read letters"

what's going down with just artists

i heard tell that nobody checks this dang site. well guess what. that has to change. i know we're all creating SOMETHING. ALSO...if you have not checked my brother's video out please take a quick moment to do so. i reposted it bc it was having technical problems playing. I am also going to announce that there is another music mix party buzz going around with different players wanting to co-host which i think is great. I'll be posting my crafty biz-naaaas on here from now on and I suggest we actually plan our first meeting. let's keep it real. i mean dang.

self=-portait

This is what my drawing 1 kids are working on. This is, unfortunately, one of the uglier students. Really though, this was quite a fun project. I had them draw a modified contour line drawing on acetate, and then fill in the background with symbol, line and colored papers. My wife says it makes me look overly hispanic (she doesn't like hispanics).

Russell Huettner Video and Matt musician

hand painted and everything! This brother of mine is off the HOOK!

six years ago...

this day inspired the founders to create something inspired by the events of the day.

maybe we should all think about putting something out there, not necessarily for nine eleven...but, something to inspire a little creativity.

what do you think?