Today marks the seven year anniversary of Amateur Chemist. Those of you that have been coming to MATRIXSYNTH for a while might recognize the name. Amateur Chemist's pics, including NAMM coverage, have been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH numerous times dating all the way back to 2007.
Amateur Chemist is is Andrew Youssef, a professional, and I must say exceptional, photographer, mainly of bands during live concerts. His photographs are a mainstay in the Music section of the OC Weekly. You can see his most recent pics of Depeche Mode at the Staples Center here.
Normally I do not post on other site's anniversaries, but Amateur Chemist holds a special place in both MATRIXSYNTH-land and in my heart. Andrew brings me back to the early days of the site. He reached out to me early on, and through the years we have kept in contact, albeit sporadically. Sometimes we've gone nearly a year before touching base, but when we do it feels like just yesterday. He's one of those people that makes you feel at home - safe. I finally met Andrew in person at NAMM 2011 at the TRASH_AUDIO BBQ.
Not only is Andrew a great photographer, and all around great human being, he also has a level of strength I can only aspire to. He is currently battling cancer. He writes a column for the OC Weekly titled Last Shot, that focuses on his struggle with cancer while still getting out there and taking shots, both literally photographing concerts, and figuratively not letting cancer and the effect of his meds get in the way. The Last Shot column is inspiring and I highly recommend checking it out.
On his Twitter account @Amateurchemist today he posted: "Seven years ago today, I started a concert review/photography blog called Amateur Chemist. It changed my life."
It has not only changed his life, but the lives of so many others including myself. Thank you Andrew! Happy Anniversary, and keep up the good fight.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
NAMM Pics via Amateur Chemist
You'll find a link to Amateur Chemist's set of NAMM pics here. Be sure to click through the OC Weekly link at the bottom for the set with captions. Amateur Chemist is Andrew Youssef, a professional photographer for musicians. Be sure to see the rest of his site for tons of pics, manny of various concerts he has gone to throughout the years. I finally met Andrew in person at the TA BBQ this year. He is one awesome guy with a great soul.
Pictured here are probably about as far apart as you can get. The Dewanatron Swarmatron and Luigi with keytar.
Pictured here are probably about as far apart as you can get. The Dewanatron Swarmatron and Luigi with keytar.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Monday, August 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
01 - How To Destroy Angels
01 from How To Destroy Angels on Vimeo.
http://howtodestroyangels.com/home.html
According to Amateur Chemist, this is Mariqueen Reznor and Trent Reznor's new project.
Teaser includes a KORG MS-20 and Dewanatron Swarmatron.
Click here and scroll for more posts on the Dewanatron including video.
02 from How To Destroy Angels on Vimeo.
03 from How To Destroy Angels on Vimeo.
04 from How To Destroy Angels on Vimeo.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
VEX "It Could Be Sunshine" Love and Rockets tribute
VEX "It Could Be Sunshine" Love and Rockets tribute from Hunter Senftner on Vimeo.
Moog Minimoog. Borderline NSFW. via Amateur Chemist "VEX covering Love and Rockets "It Could Be Sunshine", from the tribute album "New Tales to Tell". Featuring Natalia Jovovich, Paul Ill (Courtney Love), and Kellii Scott (Veruca Salt, Failure). Shot at Linda Perry's legendary Kung Fu Gardens recording studio. Directed by Hunter Senftner of Primitive Groove productions."Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Metric
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Metric and a Sequential Circuits Pro-One
YouTube via TerraTempus25
"Metric's witty and clever new music video for their single, Gimme Sympathy, from the album Fantasies, to be released on April 14. Filmed at the Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario (Emily enters from the backstage area)."
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Ladytron and a KORG MS20
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Asobi Seksu on Amateur Chemist
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Anyone ID the synth? It looks like it has the Alesis ION / Waldorf silo knobs.
Bottom shot is the KORG Delta via
http://www.myspace.com/asobiseksu
Also a Roland Space Echo
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The Dears and The Secret Machines on Amateur Chemist
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Top shot:
Keyboardist for the opening band, The Bathroom Murders
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Two keyboardists for The Dears
Friday, July 04, 2008
Sunny Day Sets Fire
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"Onyee (Vocals/Synthesizers) was switching between her Nord Electro and Roland SH-201 and occasional sprinkles of xylophone. 'Stranger' accelerated the pace and knocked me over with a hypnotic guitar solo and soaring vocal harmonies."
Sunny Day Sets Fire 'Brainless'
YouTube via BrikabrakRecs
"Sunny Day Sets FIre's debut single"
YouTube via jeancoffey
"Sunny Day Sets Fire "Wilderness"
directed by Sunny Day Sets Fire
Wi45 Recordings"
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Presets Interview with Kim Moyes
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"AC: I have seen you five times in concert and love the fact that you have two Korg MS-20's on stage. What drove this decision to use vintage gear while on tour?
KM: It's been a nerdy passion of ours for quite sometime now and apart from the great sound these synths make they have such a distinctive look about them. We are very familiar with these synths and can get around them quickly so it's just the easiest option for us to use them live."
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Iron Maiden Synth Bass
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"screen-shot from an Iron Maiden DVD, where Steve
Harris, the bassist of the band can be viewed with the Roland GR77B bass synth (it's essentially an JX8P synth) and the accompanied PG800 programmer. Well, that's how the story goes:
Iron Maiden used the Roland guitar/bass synths for their 1986 album 'Somewhere In Time'. Also, Adrian Smith, gitarist of the band used the Roland GR700 on stage with a modified Jackson guitar as the controller.
At the time, many people where suspicious of this move, as they were afraid that the band was "watering down" but in the album, the synths were used for background "washes", and many silky and soft pads were used, as an added colour to the twin-guitar sound of the band. For the subsequent tours, roadie of the band Michael Kenny, handled the keyboard duties (off-stage!) and also, being himself a keyboard freak, he was present at Martin Newcomb's "Synthesizer Technology" museum opening, at 1994! "
On a side note: Iron Maiden recently played at the Lost Angeles Forum. You can find an excellent review of the show on Amateur Chemist.
Friday, January 18, 2008
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