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DJ Jazzy Jeff was a special guest at my company's 2022 holiday party, and while he was there, I got a chance to share my own rendition of his famous Peter Piper routine, which I performed on my musical invention, The ScrubBoard. Sharing this with him and seeing his reaction was truly one of the highlights of my life. The only problem was that this all happened over Zoom, because this was during...

My invention, which I call "the ScrubBoard," features a "conveyor belt" of two-inch audio tape that is seated under a wide guide platter that allows any number of play, record, or erase heads to be placed along the length of the tape. The result is a kind of "analog audio sandbox" with endless potential for performative experimentation. In this video, I'm have one pair of "read only" tracks fil...

My invention, which I call "the ScrubBoard," features a "conveyor belt" of two-inch audio tape that is seated under a wide guide platter that allows any number of play, record, or erase heads to be placed along the length of the tape. The result is a kind of "analog audio sandbox" with endless potential for performative experimentation. In this video I demonstrate one such experiment using the ...

This is another video I shot a few years ago, of a former roommate's kitten. She had the most unusual purr.

This is Na'vi. She was my roommate's kitten. She would wag her tail and play fetch like a puppy, and was ridiculously cute. I don't live there anymore and I miss her a lot.

To debut my fifth ScrubBoard prototype, I'm doing my take on DJ Jazzy Jeff's "Peter Piper" routine. The Scrubboard is a completely handmade tape-scratching device that uses two-inch wide open reel audio tape. It has a dry-erase markable surface on the tape loop so users can mark up their samples. It also features a foot-controlled transport motor, and can record live audio to the tape loop and ...

The ScrubBoard is a homemade musical instrument that employs a loop of audio tape instead of a vinyl record to create a wholly unique but surprisingly intuitive interface for scratching, beat-making, or just experimenting with sound. Want to stay posted on my quest to get it on to the gear market? Go to thescrubboard.com and sign up for the newsletter.

Here's my prototype, the ScrubBoard Jr., which is a feature-reduced version of my tape-scratching device, made to be the model for a Kickstarter campaign that I'm working on. My goal was to make something that will be inexpensive to manufacture, but still easy and fun to use. kickstarter.com/profile/jeremyseanbell

This is a sneak peek at a live set I've been putting together, featuring all my musical inventions. It'll still take some work before I'm ready to take this to a live audience, but until then, I hope you'll enjoy this video of my unique take on the Beastie Boys classic, "Brass Monkey," performed at Universal Audio's recording studio. It features a two-part vocal arrangement with lots of audio e...

I've been using the facilities at Santa Cruz Idea FabLab to build a beta prototype of my tape scratching invention, the ScrubBoard, and at last it's done. I made this video to demonstrate what it can do. Among its features is the ability to record and play back audio from different spots on the tape loop at the same time, so I can grab the audio from a live vocalist and at it to my scratch play...

I shot a video of myself playing a guitar solo using my Doublestop midi controller, but I ended up having to cut almost all of it for time reasons. I really liked it though, so here's the full performance.

On February 6, 2017, after years of planning and months of work, I finally realized my dream of building a fully functional ScrubBoard prototype... sort of. I was vibrating with manic excitement, and I decided to capture the moment for prosperity. Things didn't go quite the way I'd hoped that night, but I think it's still fun to watch.

I originally made the Doublestop Rocker because I don't like the feel of the standard guitar killswitch. A pushbutton is just not a very musical mechanism. Imagine playing a piano with buttons instead of keys! The Doublestop's rocker design is much more flexible and responsive, and because the rocker has two sides, you can use it not only for killswitch effects, but also to alternate between tw...

UPDATE I now have a real beta prototype! Check it out: ruclips.net/video/2WOd9b5v7yc/видео.html The ScrubBoard is a audio toy I built that uses a loop of audio tape to "scratch," like with a vinyl record, but it's unique design allows for a very different approach to scratching. I'm not even going to describe it any further... you've just gotta see it for yourself! To use this video in a commer...

The Bride Vs Gogo Yubari, with new music!

The ScrubBoard: My latest performance on my DIY gear

Japan Public TV news segment "Cassette Tape Comeback"

Tape scratching meets guitar looping

Audio Magic with my Bipolar Guitar

The ScrubBoard: A new way to scratch

The ScrubBoard: Tape scratching & guitar looping

The ScrubBoard: 60 Second Teaser

The ScrubBoard: Fundraiser Presentation

More ScrubBoard tape-scratching, pt.1

TheScrubBoard: My homemade audiotape scratcher

More ScrubBoard tape-scratching, pt.3

More ScrubBoard tape-scratching, pt.4

More ScrubBoard tape-scratching, pt.2

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