Theremin variations

Right, so. As you may or may not be aware, the theremin is typically called, and with some justification, the only instrument that one does not touch to play.

This is not strictly true, however: one typically does touch the volume antenna to silence a theremin. If one is particularly good —



— one can generally avoid this; but note that even Ms. Kavina touches the volume antenna mid-performance while she adjusts a setting on her instrument.

Keeping that in mind, read this.

If someone does not hack one of those things into controlling a music source within a month of its release, I shall be very disappointed.

Admittedly, one would arguably still be touching the instrument — the headset is, after all, resting on one's head. Furthermore, unlike even the theremin, there would be no visible connection between the artist and the music produced: how could you tell the difference between a practiced, skillful performance of the instrument, and someone who has a headset on their head and is making funny faces while an external control signal plays the music instead?

... and I seem to have accidentally wandered into the realm of topicality. I apologize; I'll try to remain more divorced from reality in the future. ^_^;