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We are a marching percussion band – a bone-shaking
recycled orchestra – a superhero sonic force of
resistance to be reckoned with

We make percussion on tuned cans, hubcaps and barrels, drums, pieces of sheet metal, and homemade oddities.

If you are full of rebellious insolence and music in your heart, we need you. Bring your courage, your passion, your righteous anger, your instruments, recycled or otherwise.

We are looking for a few more players, with both rhythm and fiery resistance in their hearts. We have weekly practices and independently work on improving our skills and repertoire. We see everyone in the band becoming virtuosos of their own handmade musical creations. We appear invited and uninvited at protests and celebrations, furors and frackuses, we long for invites to make noise and celebration in places across the globe. We are ambitious in our plans to conquer the world and make it a better place full of music and dancing and resistance. Wanna join us?

Practice every Sunday 3-6pm - Contact for location

trash@thespoon.com www.trashorchestra.org 831.335.3109

Trash Orchestra Homemade Instruments

The Big Blue Barrel - one of those industrial plastic barrels that makes a big bass sound. (Since it doesn't have a drum skin, musically this acts more like a bell than a drum)

The Canstrument - an array of tuned industrial food cans whose sound is something between a zylophone and a steel drum

Recycle Bin - a rectangular recycling bin (a green one from Morgan Hill) used like a rather versatile tom tom.

Brastrument - A wearable, playable brassiere of stainless steel bowls, with light-up nipples

The Beat-up Bucket - a much abused steel roofing tar bucket that makes a surprising variety of great sounds

Steel Drum - Not calypso-style, just like what it sounds like -- a drum made of steel for a loud high clack-a-tack-tack sound

Pots & Pans - Various resonant thrift-store finds

Pylophone - Made from left over metal pipes on a styrofoam bed

Wrench-o-phone - A xylophone-type instrument made from rusty wrenches found at the wrecking yard

The ThunderSheet - a sheet of galvanized tin. The sound is sometimes crashing cymbals, sometimes rolling thunder

Scrap a-go-go - like a conventional a-go-go (which is sorta like a pair of cow bells) but welded from an old washer top

Washing Machine - an old stripped-down washing machine, mounted with wheels to accompany a marching band. Provides an amazing diversity of sounds.

The Battered Propane Tank - An empty propane tank that is played while sitting on it

Water-filled Steel Thermos - Makes a changing tone as you strike it and move it around

Hub Cap - Makes a high sound like a cymbal or has holes for a crrrrrrck! sound

Instruments-in-the-Making

Additional Canstruments - enough of these and we have our own grungy gamelan

Something like a snare - What is a marching percussion band without a snare, without a half dozen snares! What can we use? What would get that ratatatatatatatat sound?

Want to be part of the Trash Orchestra, but don't have an instrument? Or are you tired of whacking away at the same old trash? Come join us for a Build Day!

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