For the Pixar animated film, see One Man Band (film). One Man Band is a Pixar Short film. The film made its world premiere at the 29th Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy

For the 2007 James Taylor album, see One Man Band (album)

A one-man band busking in Calgary, Alberta

A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of musical instruments simultaneously using their hands, feet, limbs, and various mechanical contraptions. One Man Band, released in November 2007 is James Taylor's first live album in thirteen years recorded over several days at Taylor's eponymous concert at the Colonial Theatre Busking is the practice of performing in Public places for Tips and Gratuities. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The simplest type of "one-man band" — a singer accompanying themselves on acoustic guitar and harmonica mounted in a metal "harp rack" below the mouth— is often used by buskers (musicians who perform in public for coins). A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or More complicated setups may include wind instruments strapped around the neck, a large bass drum mounted on the musician's back, cymbals strapped between the knees or triggered by a pedal mechanism, tambourines and maracas tied to the limbs, and a a stringed instrument strapped over the shoulders ( banjo, ukulele or guitar). A wind instrument is a Musical instrument that contains some type of Resonator (usually a tube in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing A bass drum is a large Drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. Cymbals are a modern percussion instrument Cymbals consist of thin normally round plates of various Cymbal alloys; see Cymbal making for a discussion of their The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles Maraca is also a genus of Tarantula. Maracas ( sometimes called rumba The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments The ukulele (ˌjʉːkəˈlɛɪli from ʻukulele /ˌʔukuˈlele/ variantly spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or alternatively abbreviated uke The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles

"The one-man band exists, in all its uniqueness and independence, as a most elusive yet persistent musical tradition. As a category of musicianship it transcends cultural and geographic boundaries, spans stylistic limits, and defies conventional notions of technique and instrumentation. Defined simply as a single musician playing more than one instrument at the same time, it is an ensemble limited only by the mechanical capabilities and imaginative inventiveness of its creator, and despite its generally accepted status as an isolated novelty, it is a phenomenon with some identifiable historical continuity. "^[1]

Since the development of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) in the 1980s, musicians have also incorporated chest-mounted MIDI drum pads, foot-mounted electronic drum triggers. MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers Some "one man bands" use organ-style pedal keyboards to perform basslines. A pedalboard (also called a pedal keyboard pedal clavier or with electronic instruments a bass pedalboard is a keyboard played with the feet that is usually used to A bassline (also spelled bass line) is the term used in many styles of Popular music, such as jazz blues funk and electronic Music for the low-pitched A small number of MIDI enthusiasts use custom-made MIDI controllers connected to different parts of their bodies to trigger music on sythesizers. Custom-made MIDI controllers range from wind-operated controllers to small triggers mounted on the arms or feet. At a certain point, the use of body MIDI controllers may come to resemble performance art, because the musical sounds are triggered by the performer assuming certain poses or dancing. This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation

The term "one-man band" is also colloquially used to describe a performer who plays every instrument on a recorded song one at a time, and then mixes them together in a multitrack studio. A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech, writing or Paralinguistics. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound While this approach to recording is more common in electronica genres such as techno and acid house than traditional rock music, some rock performers such as Prince have made records in which they play every instrument. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Acid house is a sub-genre of House music that emphasizes a repetitive hypnotic and trance -like style with samples or spoken lines usually used rather than sung lyrics Prince, from the Latin root Princeps, is a general term for a Monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family and is a Likewise, with the use of 2000s-era digital loop pedals, which can record and then repeat a short musical phrase, performers can play a riff or groove and then solo over the repeated loop. Tape loops are loops of prerecorded Magnetic tape used to create repetitive rhythmic musical patterns or dense layers of sound In Music, a riff is an Ostinato figure a repeated Chord progression, pattern refrain or melodic figure, often played by the Rhythm Groove is the sense of propulsive Rhythmic "feel" or sense of " Swing " created by the interaction of the music played by a band's Rhythm section

History

Pipe and taborers, from the 13th Century illuminated manuscript, Cantigas de Santa Maria

The earliest known records of multiple musical instruments being played at the same time date are from the 13th century, and were the pipe and tabor. Pipe and Tabor is a pair of instruments popular since Mediæval times and played by a single player consisting of a specially designed Fipple flute the An illuminated manuscript is a Manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration such as decorated Initials borders and The Cantigas de Santa Maria ("Songs to the Virgin Mary" are manuscripts written in Galician-Portuguese, with music notation during the reign of Alfonso Tabor, or tabret, refers to a portable Snare drum played with one hand The pipe was a simple three-holed flute that could be played with one hand; the tabor is more commonly known today as a snare drum. The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its The snare drum is a Drum with strands of snares made of curled metal wire metal cable plastic cable or gut cords stretched across the a drumhead typically This type of playing can still be heard in parts of rural France, in England^[2]and among the Basques and Catalans. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France. Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain.

The simple guitar and harmonica combination (as used by such musicians as Tex Williams, Jimmy Reed, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry) is so common now that it is rarely considered to be a one-man band. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or Tex Williams (born Sollie Paul Williams) August 23, 1917 &ndash October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed ( September 6 1925 - August 29 1976) was an American Blues Singer notable Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician Ray Dorset (born Raymond Edward Dorset 21 March 1946, Ashford, Middlesex is a English Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter Mungo Jerry are an English folk/classic rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing One of the most famous early-modern exponents of multiple instruments was Jesse Fuller, who invented the foot-operated bass called the "fotdella". Jesse Fuller ( March 12, 1896 — January 29, 1976 was an American One-man band Musician, best known for his Song The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The fotdella was an instrument invented and constructed by Jesse "The Lone Cat" Fuller, an American one-man-band musician who needed an accompaniment instrument beyond Another was Fate Norris, of the Skillet Lickers, a hillbilly string band of the 1920s and early 1930s. The Skillet Lickers were an old-time band from Georgia USA When Gid Tanner teamed up with blind guitarist Riley Puckett and signed to Columbia in The Skillet Lickers were an old-time band from Georgia USA When Gid Tanner teamed up with blind guitarist Riley Puckett and signed to Columbia in The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. British born Don Partridge made the classic one man band outfit (bass drum on the back, guitar & harmonica) famous in the streets of Europe, and was probably the first ever busker to enter the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart, with his hit singles "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes" in 1968. Don Partridge (born 27 October 1944, Bournemouth, Dorset, England) is an English busker, one-man band and The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top Modern one-man bands include such performers as Hasil Adkins and Sterling Magee, better known as "Mister Satan," from Satan and Adam. Hasil Adkins (pronounced "Hassle" not "Haysil" ( April 29, 1936 - April 25, 2005) was an Appalachian country Satan and Adam, a Blues duo consisting of Sterling "Mister Satan" Magee (b

Vic Ellis of Sussex

References

External links

• Joe Barrick's One-Man Band The story of Joe Barrick, a famous one-man band, and the history of the one-man band in general. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.