Field Trip
Instruments Including Records and Casette Tapes
Grade Level
Middle School
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Name
Resin Records by Victoria Shen
Building
Guiding Questions

BEFORE: What do you expect this instrument to sound like?

Do you think this is an ‘instrument’? Why or why not?

These are split and recombined vinyl records. Which two records do you think you would want to split and recombine?

Vocabulary
Turntablism
Aleatoric
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Name
Needle Nails by Victoria Shen
Building
Guiding Questions

What genre of music does this video/excerpt remind you of?

How does this video/excerpt make you feel?

How else do you think this instrument could make sound? What might that sound like?

Vocabulary
Turntablism
Aleatoric
Location
West Michigan, United States
Name
Synescope by Brian Alexander
Building
Guiding Questions

What do you think could have inspired the invention of this instrument?

Can you think about what you might draw/paint onto the record?

What might your drawing/painting sound like?

Vocabulary
Auditory textures
Brian Alexander
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Name
Den of Cassette Surgery by Shane Culp
Building
Guiding Questions

Why do you think this project is called Den of Cassette Surgery? What else might it be called?

Does this sound like music to you? Why or why not?

What does this project sound like to you? Can you point out what makes it unique?

Vocabulary
Tape hacking