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309: Polartropica on The Steebee Weebee Show

The Steebee Weebee Show

The Steebee Weebee Show

Comedy, Arts, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Visual Arts

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🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Polartropica joins The Steebee Weebee Show for the 1st time!!! We talk about: The Omnichord: an electric musical instrument introduced in 1984 by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation, her musical influences being movie soundtracks, the struggles of "starving" college student, her 3 part music video inspired by the movie: GREASE, her being in different bands & eventually performing at festivals, Polar's experience attending The University Of San Diego, different "outlets" for releasing music, the "platform": BANDCAMP-providing more personalized support for independent artists, Tristan's-"Back In The Garage" live music sessions , and much more !!!!Go to: https://www.youtube.com/steebeeweebee to watch.


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0:00.0

Stevie here. Thanks for checking out the audio format of the show. You're about to

0:03.9

listen to Dreampop artist Polar Tropica. My favorite part of her interview was

0:10.5

talking about the Omnicord which is an electric musical instrument introduced

0:15.0

in 1981 by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. Thanks for tuning in,

0:21.4

peace. Hi, welcome back to another episode of the Stevie Weebie Show.

1:21.4

We have a very special guest. Please welcome for the first time on the podcast.

1:32.0

Musician, Dreampop and Dreampop, Spacepop artist Polar Tropica.

1:45.4

Wow, what is what is going on there? That is, is that from the future? What exactly what is the name of that instrument?

1:57.0

It's from our space called Omnicord. Omnicord. And what exactly it's a key

2:04.6

thing? Yeah, it's like an electric harpsin. Yeah. Oh, okay. Electric harpsin. Can I hold it up? Yeah, show

2:15.7

with the people. This is really cool. Thanks. And what's the output looking on this?

2:21.4

Like if you want to output this? Oh, here we go, output, a quarter inch out. Yeah. And then you could

2:26.8

put it into any recording kind of program. And there's sonic strings. Oh, wow.

2:37.7

I might teach you how to play. So press down a button. Like these are all the chords. And then you're

2:42.9

other hand, you can, as long as you hold it down, you can play this side. It's like a harp

2:48.4

thickin electric harp. Wait, there's a beat playing too. There's all these like built-in beats. I mean,

2:55.1

it's really cool. I found out the way. Whoa. And you can, this is, I've never heard of this instrument.

3:10.0

Wow, this is a treat. How did you research, like, did you just find this on the internet?

3:14.7

I found out about it previously. I kind of knew about it. And I was looking for them. And they

3:19.1

sell them on eBay. So they're kind of like the old ones are like collectors. I don't know. And then

3:23.1

you could change the tempo. Yeah. I mean, you're welcome to borrow it. No, it's okay. Yeah. Wow.

3:32.8

It's special. Yeah. How much do you want to go for on the market? I got this for like $250.

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