The Mbira Oracle
The Mbira Oracle
Q1: I'm trying to popularize and preserve the cultural tradition of the wonderful contribution to the World of music by utilizing technology. How do I accomplish this with little or no money at my disposal?
Idea Description
The Mbira Oracle is a web-based instructional tool for the World. The Mbira, as a very rare ancient instrument, is very difficult to learn without a skilled teacher present. This website will offer video instructional pieces from notable Mbira musicians from Zimbabwe. Already launched on YouTube.com/Mbira0racle I would like to expand this idea through a dedicated well-designed website. The website will financially assist musicians in Zimbabwe through their posted videos. Each time a video is watched, the artist will benefit directly. This is a very innovative approach to learning Mbira, brought about from personal experience in learning the instrument.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
Have a designer facilitate the web structure: good interface, streaming video, flash, etc. Purchase a good digital camera with adequate storage cache to document musician's instructional videos. Continue travel to Zimbabwe to gather rare footage.
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The Mbira needs more exposure and I wish you the best of luck in getting this idea out there. More people need to hear this music. Here is an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPZhr4mtlU