What is the Rhyth-Mic logo..?

The Rhyth-Mic logo and name were both born from an original product idea. The wearable cajon was named the M3 to begin with, but because it was a brand new rhythm instrument, it needed a catchier name which describes what it does and who it is designed for a little more directly - a percussion instrument, like a cajon or a stomp box, but one which allows freedom of movement and that a vocalist or backing singer can play whilst singing.

Lots of ideas were generated, such as The Beat Buddy, Mini Midi Rhythm Section, Snare Snap etc, but nothing really worked, or was already taken by other online music shops or acoustic bands.

Having enjoyed an evening watching The Greatest Showman, which was set in the Victorian era, inspiration was taken from the stage names and aesthetic style performers and entertainers took. Besides, The Rhyth-Mic, as it was to be called, had a funky steampunk look to it, with its pretty laser etched jigsaw construction, natural wood finish, exposed metal hinge and shiny brass coloured screws.

From there, the logo was straightforward. It needed to be visually a little victoriana and steampunk and combine a drum and a microphone to represent the class of instrument and the intended customer (as it happened, the M4 stompbox actually features an inbuilt microphone as opposed to competetors standard piezoelectric pick-up arrangement, so that worked well).

Also... if you look really closely, the snare drum in the image shows a tiny "BF", which is a little nod to Rhyth-Mic's parent project: Buzzards Field Ukuleles, which still exists elsewhere on the web.

The logo and name worked well, so Rhyth-Mic became the brand and the logo for the whole shebang, both the luthery, percussion instrument design and online retail business.