{"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":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/express-yourself-customize-your-own-headphones-with-aerial-7-diy-tank\/backcountry-aerial-7-diy-workshop-with-drew-brophy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5087\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5087\" title=\"Backcountry Aerial 7 DIY Workshop with Drew Brophy\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Backcountry-Aerial-7-DIY-Workshop-with-Drew-Brophy-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HMSvhuPLmSU&amp;feature=plcp&amp;noredirect=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guitars<\/a>, shoes and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OVJ_4U1uQzA&amp;feature=plcp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skateboards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Aerial 7 and I have collaborated on the first ever \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/store.drewbrophy.com\/aerial-7-diy-headphones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIY Headphone<\/a>\u201d \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a headphone that you can customize yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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<p>To me, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>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<p>There are many different ways you can customize these headphones.\u00a0 Here\u2019s just a few: \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create an abstract painting by dripping paint on it.<\/li>\n<li>All parts to the DIY Tank can be painted, even the ear cushions.<\/li>\n<li>Draw black sharpie on the white surface for a black and white effect.<\/li>\n<li>Tape off areas before painting for clean lines.<\/li>\n<li>Glue rhinestones or place stickers on them.<\/li>\n<li>Colored Sharpie Markers and the Sharpie Brush tips work really well on them.<\/li>\n<li>Spray paint \u2018em.<\/li>\n<li>The possibilities are endless!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>For more tips and the DIY Inspiration Gallery, go to \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aerial7.com\/diy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerial7.com\/diy<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><em>(Use the hashtag <strong>#Aerial7DIY<\/strong> when posting photos of your own Aerial 7 DIY Headphones and your post will be shown in the Inspiration Gallery.)<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5088\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/express-yourself-customize-your-own-headphones-with-aerial-7-diy-tank\/backcountry-crew-with-their-painted-aerial-7-diy-headphones\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5088\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5088\" title=\"Backcountry Crew with their painted Aerial 7 DIY Headphones\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Backcountry-Crew-with-their-painted-Aerial-7-DIY-Headphones-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backcountry Crew with their painted Aerial 7 DIY Headphones<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>AERIAL 7 DIY WORKSHOP AT BACKCOUNTRY.COM:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July I was invited to head up a <a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/101098860203503773317\/Aerial7DrewBrophyPaintYourOwnHeadphonesDIYWorkshopAtBackcountryComHeadquarters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIY Headphone painting workshop<\/a> at Backcountry.com Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p>There were a dozen Backcountry employees who attended.\u00a0 Many of them were artists or aspiring to be.<\/p>\n<p>My role was to get everyone started and to show them what\u2019s possible, which is just about anything!\u00a0 We brought <a href=\"http:\/\/store.drewbrophy.com\/paint-pen-techniques-dvd-artist-gift-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uni Posca Water-Based Paint Pens<\/a> for everyone to use, as well as Sharpie Markers.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the artists taped off their headphones and opened up the Uni Poscas and dripped paint for an abstract effect.<\/p>\n<p>Others drew designs with either Poscas or sharpies. \u00a0It was awesome to see everyone getting into it!<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/express-yourself-customize-your-own-headphones-with-aerial-7-diy-tank\/backcountry-workshop-with-drew-brophy-aerial-7-headphones-diy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5089\" title=\"Backcountry Workshop with Drew Brophy Aerial 7 Headphones DIY\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Backcountry-Workshop-with-Drew-Brophy-Aerial-7-Headphones-DIY-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/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<p>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<p>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<p>Depending on\u00a0 how ambitious you are, this is a great project to customize your own headphones!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the package makes a great gift, too.\u00a0 You can buy them here in my <a href=\"http:\/\/store.drewbrophy.com\/aerial-7-diy-headphones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">store<\/a> or on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backcountry.com\/aerial7-diy-tank-headphones#cpi_67828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backcountry.com<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>When you paint your pair, send photos to diy@aerial7.com and share them with us!<\/p>\n<p>Life is good, \u00a0Drew<\/p>\n<p>PS: \u00a0Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/101098860203503773317\/Aerial7DrewBrophyPaintYourOwnHeadphonesDIYWorkshopAtBackcountryComHeadquarters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo Gallery of the Backcountry.com workshop<\/a> and paintings<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"267\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/s\/c\/bin\/slideshow.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;captions=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F101098860203503773317%2Falbumid%2F5779128565740771585%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><embed width=\"400\" 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