{"id":5086,"date":"2012-08-21T08:17:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T16:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=5086"},"modified":"2012-08-21T08:17:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T16:17:56","slug":"express-yourself-customize-your-own-headphones-with-aerial-7-diy-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/express-yourself-customize-your-own-headphones-with-aerial-7-diy-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Express Yourself! Customize your own Headphones with Aerial 7 DIY Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"
Now, Aerial 7 and I have collaborated on the first ever \u201cDIY Headphone<\/a>\u201d \u2013 a headphone that you can customize yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n The Aerial 7 DIY was released last month and already we are receiving photos of customized headphones from people all over the country!<\/p>\n To me, the Tank headphone is a blank canvas that anyone can transform into their own personal design<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 The DIY Artist Edition Tank is an over-the-ear headphone with thick ear cushions and a padded, adjustable headband.<\/p>\n There are many different ways you can customize these headphones.\u00a0 Here\u2019s just a few: \u00a0<\/p>\n Backcountry Crew with their painted Aerial 7 DIY Headphones<\/p><\/div>\n AERIAL 7 DIY WORKSHOP AT BACKCOUNTRY.COM:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In July I was invited to head up a DIY Headphone painting workshop<\/a> at Backcountry.com Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n There were a dozen Backcountry employees who attended.\u00a0 Many of them were artists or aspiring to be.<\/p>\n My role was to get everyone started and to show them what\u2019s possible, which is just about anything!\u00a0 We brought Uni Posca Water-Based Paint Pens<\/a> for everyone to use, as well as Sharpie Markers.<\/p>\n Some of the artists taped off their headphones and opened up the Uni Poscas and dripped paint for an abstract effect.<\/p>\n Others drew designs with either Poscas or sharpies. \u00a0It was awesome to see everyone getting into it!<\/p>\n This was the first time I was able to see a lot of headphones being painted at once, and it was really cool to see how different they all came out.<\/p>\n This type of creativity was exactly what I imagined when Phil of Aerial7 first approached me with the idea of a DIY headphone.<\/p>\n I have painted quite a few pairs of the DIY headphones so far, and I used all different techniques to see what works best.<\/p>\n I just finished a pair where I took the headphones completely apart.\u00a0 I cut the wires so that the speakers could be removed while I painted. \u00a0(I would not recommend doing this; \u00a0although it allows you to paint more throroughly, it is very technical.\u00a0 You have to re-sodder the wires to the speaker.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t easy if you don\u2019t know how!)<\/p>\n Depending on\u00a0 how ambitious you are, this is a great project to customize your own headphones!<\/p>\n Oh, and the package makes a great gift, too.\u00a0 You can buy them here in my store<\/a> or on the backcountry.com<\/a> website.<\/p>\n When you paint your pair, send photos to diy@aerial7.com and share them with us!<\/p>\n Life is good, \u00a0Drew<\/p>\n PS: \u00a0Check out the Photo Gallery of the Backcountry.com workshop<\/a> and paintings<\/p>\n<\/a>I have always encouraged others to customize their gear.\u00a0 Over the years I have wanted to inspire others to have fun painting their own guitars<\/a>, shoes and skateboards<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Everyone loves music and has their own style; headphones have become a part of daily life for most people.\u00a0 For me, I can\u2019t live without them.\u00a0<\/strong> I paint with my headphones on every day, listening to music as I work.<\/p>\n