Charlotte Magic Vanish is a phenomenon that takes place near the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. It is referred to as a magical occurrence due to the mysterious nature of the vanishings that have occurred in the area. These vanishings involve people, objects, and even entire buildings disappearing without any logical explanation. The first recorded incident of a Charlotte Magic Vanish dates back to the early 1900s, when a young girl reportedly vanished into thin air while playing in a local park. Since then, numerous cases have been reported, leaving the residents of Charlotte puzzled and intrigued by the strange events. One of the most notable disappearances took place in 1955 when an entire house vanished overnight.

MI Guitar by Magic Instruments Can Make Us All Guitar Heroes

Remember a few years back when everyone – even your young-at-heart grandmother – was playing Guitar Hero? We’re not sure how many of those play-by-numbers “guitarists” eventually graduated to strumming a real guitar, but looking back now it seems like it was prescient of what was to come: the MI Guitar by Magic Instruments.

The four dials are built-in audio controls for adjusting volume, bass/treble tonal balance, reverb and chorus effects.

Designed as a genuine musical instrument fashioned after the electric guitar – albeit simplified into an almost iconographic form – the MI Guitar is the instrumental equivalent of a plug-and-play experience, a device engineered for near immediate satisfaction instead of frustration.

San Francisco design firm Ammunition kept the classic silhouette of a guitar as a foundational form, integrating complex software with musical intelligence developed by Magic Instruments with a simplified user interface. The results are an electric instrument anyone can pick up and strum to their favorite songs in minutes, all without musical training.

The neck of the guitar continues into the bridge, creating a single connection point for strumming and changing chords.

Of course, this being the age of connected devices, there’s also a companion mobile app for both iOS and Android users, each containing a catalog of thousands of popular songs for MI Guitarists to download and use as the equivalent of sheet music. The eventual experience lives somewhere between the simplicity of a guitar-based video game and a real electric guitar (leaning more toward former than latter), a pretty cool entry-level digital music device which gives everyone the opportunity to graduate from air guitarist to music maker.

The MI Guitar is available for presale now on Indiegogo, and the first products will ship by early 2017.

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

Magic Instruments Guitar

Meet the Magic Instruments Guitar. It's currently on Indiegogo where it's utterly smashed through its funding goal with tons of time left.

The best way to get to grips with what it is and what it does is to take a look at the videos.

Now, I know that, if you're reading my stuff, you have a dog in the fight. You've probably already spent some time (likely lots) learning to play an actual guitar.

But, how you do you feel about something like this?

Is it a terrible travesty—why should playing an instrument be easy? Is it a weird flash-in-the-pan that'll utterly fizzle out and never be heard from after a few months? Is it a fantastic idea that allows people to play some music, that they may love, without having to spend so much time learning?

I have a lot of thoughts on this, but I certainly have a bias too so you should bear that in mind.

Have a look at another video for an idea of how the instrument is played.

What's seems to be clear from this video is that, playing this isn't just a matter of pressing a button. Actually, it seems to mean pressing a sequence of buttons in order to pick relevant major, minor, seventh, etc. chords. This is all well and good when you're following along in the companion app, but—personally—I can't help feeling that the mental effort and physical action of this could easily be employed to learning the notes of a real guitar. Or keyboard. Or recorder. Or whatever.

Granted this thing gives you a massive head-start on having to learn chord shapes and, if you're picking up a guitar for the first time, chords are a big deal. Also, it's probably a bit easier on a beginner's fingers, and the smart app can guide you along as you play.

Actually, the companion app seems to be the key to this from Magic Instrument's perspective. While the guitar will work just fine without it, you'll need the app to get song lyrics and chord progressions. This will be a service you pay for—either by individual song (or block of songs), or by monthly subscription.

Like I say, I'm bringing my own biases and preconceptions to this. I'm unlikely to be buying one of these (or ever repairing one). I'm not the target market and, given the current funding situation, that target market seems to have spoken. The writer from whom I first learned about this was incredibly excited about the idea. So who am I to question it?

I certainly wouldn't want to deprive anyone of playing a musical instrument. The MI page has a quote from Matt Bellamy, "For people who don't have time to learn guitar, Magic Instruments is the ultimate shortcut…"

Am I missing something? It's easy to be dismissive of something like this if you're already over the hurdle of knowing some chords. I can't help feeling that time expended on this could be better spent with an actual musical instrument, and the potential of a much broader experience.

Tell me what you think? I need opinions on this to help me process it. Thoughtful thoughts in the comments, please.

Magic instruments

More powerful than any simple musical instrument, magical musical instruments can change the world around them. Where do we find them?

In the opera Die Zauberflöte, both the hero, Tamino, and the comic hero, Papageno, are given magical musical instruments. As befits their different role, each character’s instrument has a different power. The golden flute given to Tamino will protect him and sustain him, changing the passions of men: the sad will be joyful and the lonely will fall in love. He tests the flute while searching for Pamina, calming all the wild animals in the forest around him.

Russell Thomas as Tamino in Julie Taymor’s production of The Magic Flute’, 2010
(Photo by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times) (The Metropolitan Opera)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 – Act I: Andante – Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton! (Herbert Lippert, Tamino; Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Michael Halász, cond.)

Papageno is given a set of silver bells, but is not told what they do. When he’s rescuing Pamina, Papageno finds that his silver bells cause his enemies to start dancing and singing.

Papageno and his bells enchanting Monostatos, 2019 (Photo by Tristam Kenton) (Royal Opera House)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 – Act I Act I: Andante – Schnelle fuss, rascher Mut (Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Pamina; Georg Tichy, Papageno; Wilfried Gahmlich, Monostatos; Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Michael Halász, cond.)

Too plain for you? How about Schwanda and his magical bagpipes? In Jaromir Weinberger’s 1926 opera Švanda dudák (Schwanda the Bagpiper), our hero, the best bagpiper in his region, is persuaded to go off on adventures by Babinský the thief. In his travels, he unfreezes the heart of the ensorcelled Ice Queen, enchants the crowd into not killing him, and then, when sent to Hell for a lie, plays a fugue on his bagpipes, which has to be magical in and of itself! The Polka and Fugue have become a common extracts from the opera.

Schwanda the Bagpiper, 2019 (Musikteater im Revier)

Jaromir Weinberger: Švanda dudák (Schwanda, the Bagpiper) – Polka und Fugue (Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.)

If we move out of the world of opera and into other spheres where magic has a place, we can move into the video-game world where imagination holds sway. One franchise in particular that uses musical instruments is The Legend of Zelda, which has musical instruments that are also magical musical instruments, with powers.

The 1993 LOZ game Link’s Awakening revolves around the player’s quest to collect 8 magical musical instruments so that they can play the iconic tune The Ballad of the Windfish, this will awaken the Windfish and permit you to escape from Koholint Island.

Links Awakening DX – Ballad of the Windfish

The 1998 game LOZ: Ocarina of Time uses an instrument called the ocarina as its focus. The hero, Link, starts out with a simple ocarina but it’s turned into the Ocarina of Time by Zelda. Now Link can move through time (there are scenes with child Link and adult Link, each with different powers).

In this video performance of the music from LOZ, at 06:38, the ocarina theme is played on an ocarina. Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – The Legend of Zelda – Suite

In the sequel to this game, LOZ: Majora’s Mask, the Ocarina of Time again has an important role in that, on a world that is supposed to be hit by its moon in 3 days, the Ocarina can move you back time by 3 days – you retain all your powers, connections, and loot, but you have three days to try to solve the problem again. Through the game, Link learns new melodies for the instrument and with each new piece of music, he can control the flow of time and open passageways. With the Ocarina and the new melodies, he can move back to the beginning of the play by playing the Song of Time, speed up time by playing the Song of Double Time or move to the next morning or evening by playing the Inverted Song of Time. Magic flutes, magic bells, magic bagpipes, and a magical ocarina – what’s your musical instrument? For more of the best in classical music, sign up to our E-Newsletter

One of the most notable disappearances took place in 1955 when an entire house vanished overnight. The house belonged to a family of four who were asleep when the strange event occurred. The following morning, their neighbors were shocked to find an empty plot of land where the house once stood.

Despite extensive investigations, no traces of the family or the house were ever found, leading many to believe that a supernatural force was at play. Over the years, various theories have emerged to explain the Charlotte Magic Vanish. Some speculate that it is a result of a portal to another dimension or an interdimensional rift that periodically opens up, causing objects and people to be pulled into it. Others believe it to be the work of powerful witches or wizards with the ability to manipulate space and time. Despite the lack of concrete evidence, the locals in Charlotte have embraced the phenomenon and even celebrate it. The city holds an annual "Magic Vanish Festival" where people come together to share stories, theories, and experiences related to the vanishings. This festival has become a major tourist attraction, drawing visitors from all over the world who are fascinated by the unexplained disappearances. The Charlotte Magic Vanish has gained a reputation as one of the most intriguing and mysterious phenomena in the world. While skeptics may dismiss it as nothing more than urban legends and tales, those who have witnessed or experienced the vanishings firsthand continue to wonder about the true nature of the phenomenon. Until concrete evidence is found or a logical explanation is provided, the Charlotte Magic Vanish will remain an enigma, captivating the minds of those who dare to explore the unexplained..

Reviews for "Unveiling the Illusion: Exploring Charlotte Magig Vanish"

1) John - 1 star

I was really disappointed with "Charlotte magic vanish". The plot was confusing and didn't make any sense. The characters were poorly developed and I couldn't form any connection with them. The special effects were also very cheaply done and the acting was subpar. Overall, it was a waste of my time and money. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone.

2) Sarah - 2 stars

I had high expectations for "Charlotte magic vanish" based on the trailer, but it turned out to be a letdown. The storyline lacked originality and was predictable from start to finish. The dialogue was cheesy and the acting felt forced. There were also several plot holes that were left unexplained. The only saving grace was the cinematography, which was visually pleasing. However, that wasn't enough to make up for the overall lackluster experience. I wouldn't watch it again.

3) Michael - 2 stars

"Charlotte magic vanish" had the potential to be an interesting fantasy film, but it fell short in many areas. The pacing was off, with some scenes dragging on unnecessarily while others were rushed. The character development was weak, making it hard to care about their fates. The ending was also disappointing and left many questions unanswered. I was hoping for a magical and captivating movie, but unfortunately, it didn't deliver. I wouldn't recommend it to others as there are much better fantasy films out there.

Captivating Audiences: The Magic of Charlotte Magig Vanish