Come Check Out Maker Music Festival 2021

May 13, 2021

JoyLabz / Makey Makey is excited to be part of the Maker Music Festival that will go live this weekend May 15-16, 2021.

We are so excited, we will be debuting our new SAMPLER APP this weekend with the Maker Music Festival!

@makeymakeykit
Play musical circuits w our new sampler! Try it, share it, and tag us! Great samples in this vid from @frazermerrick and @lonershy ! ##STEM ##DJ ##music
♬ original sound - Makey Makey

Check out our new Sampler!

Here is a teaser of some of the amazing musical projects that will be shared this weekend.

We have a whole building of Makey Makey exhibits in our virtual building space dedicated to Makey Makey projects.

All you need to do to be part of this first-of-its-kind international (virtual) gathering of musical makers and Makey Makey music projects is to come to the space this weekend and check it out!

Meet the Maker: Lonershy, maker of
the Makey Makey Typewriter Music Machine, an old typewriter modded to control midi in Ableton using a #MakeyMakey board. Part of the @makeymakey showcase at #makermusicfestival #mmf21 #experimentalinstrument #STEMprojects #STEAM #music #DIY pic.twitter.com/6Ygd8zQHOZ
— MakerMusicFestival (@MakerFestival) April 18, 2021

Our building has some of our favorite projects from makers like you! So make sure to come check it out.

Head to Maker Music Festival

LIVE Session Programming Hours:

There are 35 live sessions happening at Maker Music Festival this weekend from all over the world!

Saturday 17 LIVE sessions run from 6am PT – 3:30pm PT (9.5 hours)
Sunday 18 LIVE sessions run from 6am PT – 3:00pm PT (9 hours) and
Sunday Night LIVE session (for Robot Band in Japan) runs from 7pm-8pm PT (1 hour)

At least one of these presentations shares some Makey Makey madness. Our musical hero, 8rix will be doing a live presentation about how he uses Makey Makey and LEGO for his chiptune music at 9 am Central Time.

Look who’s coming to Maker Music Festival this weekend! @EighthRikks will be holding a workshop on Saturday, 5/15 at 7am PT / 4pm CET. Details on our website on 5/13 @makeymakey @Makemefamily @LEGO_Group @LEGO_Education #makersgoglobal #mmf21 #musicmakers https://t.co/r6KytrAxTw
— MakerMusicFestival (@MakerFestival) May 11, 2021

Ambassador Frazer Merrick is sharing his awesome work as well!

Check out @frazermerrick's Episode #1 of his #Photonsmasher video series. Thrilled to have @frazermerrick as part of the Maker Music Festival and he is active in the @hackoustic & @makeymakey communities too. #music #Educators #STEM #STEAM #youngmakers #makers #Electronics #sound https://t.co/WGrKGlqEOZ
— MakerMusicFestival (@MakerFestival) May 2, 2021