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[MoPhO music] >>Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra or MoPhO,
spelled with a P-H, as we call it, is an experimental
ensemble that we've started here at CCRMA.
[MoPhO music] The phone is generating the sound, and then
the sound is being amplified by these speakers that we're
wearing.
So, the piece you just saw and heard is a piece called "
Drum" for the Mobile Phone Orchestra.
We're synthesizing sound on the phones.
You know, this is one piece of modern technology that's
becoming so ubiquitous that's it's taken a life of its own.
[MoPhO music] It's not just a small computer anymore.
It's actually a personal, intimate device.
Because it's so pervasive, there's just incredible social
possibilities.
This musical instrument is called Ocarina.
And it's actually made by a starter company I cofounded in
July of 2008.
And the Ocarina literally transforms your iPhone into a 12,
000-year-old flutelike wind instrument, preserving all its
interactions.
So, I'll give you a quick demo here.
What I'm gonna do is hold the phone as if I'm holding a
sandwich, and then I'm going to blow into the microphone
located at the bottom of the phone.
[Ocarina music] Sort of an example of kind of a social
connection we can make with music and mobile phones.
This is actually part of the Ocarina application.
And as part of this application, we see a visualization of
the globe.
And in here, we're actually looking at the US.
What we're hearing is a real person who has played this
instrument recently.
You see Southeast Asia.
Playing happy birthday.
You know, I think that is really leading to this notion of,
perhaps, more of a global community of musicians that's
really truly connected through this new technology.