Welcome to LA is a podcast on a slice of what it's like to experience the "real Los Angeles". I actually grew up in LA away from all the "glamor and stardom," so out of curiosity I thought I'd check it out. The trailer embedded further below starts with the mention of a Russian theremin builder named Gene. I've never heard of him, so I thought this would definitely warrant a post. :) If anyone knows who Gene is, let us know!
"Often when people think of Hollywood and Los Angeles, they perceive it to be glitzy and glamorous. The bubble is thick, but what is L.A. life really like?
In KCRW's new podcast Welcome to L.A., host David Weinberg bursts that bubble to examine what's really going on in (native-or-not) Angeleno culture."
"Host David Weinberg moves to Los Angeles and on his first day in town ends up on a yacht, attending a birthday party for a Russian theremin builder and his musician friends. But their pleasure cruise turns disastrous and the party goers have to be rescued by boat police. The ill-fated pleasure cruise is woven into the story of Léon Theremin, a brilliant inventor and Soviet spy."
Check this out. The sliders and buttons match up perfectly, including the red and white. Star Trek VI came out in 1991. The DX came out in 1982. Be sure to also check out the Synths in TV and Film posted back in 2007.
Update via electrongate in the comments: "The prop seems to have seven columns of three buttons. Too many for a DX, not enough for a DMX. Possibly a cut-down DMX."
"Chinese 70s analog ribbon control string synthesizer.
invent secretly by Tian Jin Qin / 田进勤 during the cultural revolution, The first prototype was completed in 1978.
clip from documentary movie "Dian Zi Qin / 电子琴" (1980)."
Leonard Bernstein: Young People's Concerts Vol. 2 | Bach Transmogrified
Marius Buia
Published on Oct 9, 2015
"Original Broadcast: April 27, 1969"
Comes in after 15:10. Switched on Bach gets a mention. Unfortunately the "performance" is moor of a "pose" with a pre-recording on tape by Walter Sear. Still fun to watch, especially the kids' reactions, or lack thereof for some. Note the system is powered on, as you can see the sequencers are running. Also, for some context, the Minimoog wouldn't be released until a year later in 1970.
Update: video of the Moog performance:
Young People's Concert: "Bach Transmogrified" / Bernstein · New York Philharmonic
"Young People's Concert: 'Bach Transmogrified'
with the New York Philharmonic
Written and conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein discusses different transmogrifications or treatments of Bach's works. After an organ recital of the Little Fugue, guest conductor Leopold Stokowski conducts his own transcription of the fugue for symphony orchestra. Other transmogrifications include Foss' Phorion and a version of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 performed by the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble.
In this excerpt, Bernstein discusses the Bach Little Fugue in G Minor heard on the Moog Synthesizer.
Original CBS Television Network Broadcast Date: April 27, 1969
Produced and directed by Roger Englander
Update: embed fixed. It should start 16:24 in with the Kurzweil segment.
This one in via Luke. The segment from an Early 80s science/technology program called "Beyond 2000". Watch the full segment for the price.
"In This Episode:
0:59 "Ejection seats" Jeff Watson walks us through the history of the ejector seat, and where it's at today (today being 1985).
8:57 "Seaweed harvesting" Carmel brings us a story from South Korea, and lets us know that in the 21st century all our food needs will be met by the Soylent Corporation.
16:34 "Kurzweil 250 sampler" Iain Finlay teams up with session musician Dave Kimber to demonstrate the Kurzweil's sampling ability. A bargain at only $28,000!
21:52 "Wind Power" Jeff Watson reports from Medicine Bow, Wyoming on a promising renewable wind energy project that was, of course, ground into the earth by Big Oil.
29:11 "Aurora Borealis" Chris Ardell-Guinness reports from Finland on one of nature's most spectacular displays. Features spectacular Aurora facts!
38:20 "Japanese Aviation C1-QSTOL" Iain presents the ugliest plane ever built.
44:56 Next week..."
"Clips from documentary 'The Human Factor: The Untold Story of the Bombay Film Orchestras'."
This one in via Joao Heleno: "Just stumbled upon 2 videos about some indian dude who composed music for bollywood movies. the director wanted a very specific sound and they built a synth"
Two videos:
When RD Burman wanted the "Wook! Wook! Wook!" sound
The lord Speaks Promo
And the video descriptions:
"Vintage Hindi film songs are an indispensable part of South Asian popular culture. The onscreen actors who mimed through those songs, the singers, the composers, the songwriters – they are all household names, and many have attained legendary status. But who were those uncredited musicians who made up the orchestras that played on those songs and the background scores?
'The Human Factor' tells the fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of pioneering musicians who collectively worked for over 60 years in Bombay’s film orchestras. But the story of the Lords is not theirs alone. It is also a crucial but obscure chapter in the history of Indian cinema."
"Moogfest, named after inventor Robert Moog, is a celebration of the art, engineering and technology of synthesizers, machines that create sounds electronically. Jeffrey Brown takes us to the gathering for a look at how experiments in technology and music can inspire one another."
"Tribute to Lee Curreri's Musics aka Bruno Martelli from Fame
In the Fame show, we can se Lee using yamaha synthesizers for promotion but in reality, he used his home own Ob-xa and Linn LM-1 synths with a little bit of Pro one Sequential Circuits and Emulator."
Update via mark1814 in the comments: "Catch Lee performing in Italy with 6 other Fame Cast Members at the Fame For Kids 2017 Charity Reunion Concert. 2nd December Teatro Nouvo Salsomaggiore Terme. Tickets available through crowding funding campaign https://www.eppela.com/en/projects/12918-fame-reunion-2017"
Videosource without English subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/user/funkheinz
"In 1978, German musician, technician and businessman Heinz Funk (* 1915 - † 2013) tried to bring the average television consumer closer to the possibilities of electronic sound production. Going for half-measures wasn't his scene then: The TV demonstration included the cabinet-size Moog Modular IIIc, on which 2 copies of the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM 201 resided (only 50 pieces were allegedly produced). Left to them was placed the - here unused - Moog license module 1630 of the Bose Frequency Shifter.
'Storm wind', 'canary' and 'Lili Marleen' were pre-produced for this televised report, but the speech-laden vocoder demo was obviously done live. A white lab coat and patch cables wrapped around the neck should symbolize the technician. Body language and positioned leg of the presenter should bring out the relaxed handling of the then still quite unknown music technology.
Since this presentation was embedded in a musical entertainment program of the 'Second German Television', it should not deal too much with scientific and technical matter. The entertaining aspect was in the foreground, because the target audience on this TV show was not much drawn to electronic music production at that time. Heinz Funk mastered the tonal span between convention and modernism with wit and at the end of his performance even staged the "crazy professor". This was something usually not expected of a serious musician, as Funk was one. According to reports, he presented this highly "casual" style of a Moog and Sennheiser sales presentation even to a specialist audience, which was not always accepted with approval in German sales circles those days.
The vita of Heinz Funk reveals a "Jack-of-all-trades": Flight instructor, film composer, accordion and piano player, orchestra director, arranger, producer, music teacher, sound engineer, author of technical documentation, Moog sales partner, founder and proprietor of the nationwide „Studio Funk“, which still produces for radio stations, as well as film and sound studios. Heinz Funk's wide network within the AV media industry also brought together numerous musicians and developers, thus promoting the emergence of the German electronic music scene of the 1970s and 1980s."
"From a very old VHS (1986/7?). The reasons I just had to upload it were: a) it has to be the inspiration for Look Around You's Synthesizer Patel; b) Midge Ure demonstrates the keytar by playing Stairway! There's a big jump in the middle as this is a cut-and-shut job."
A new upload of the Micro Live series. Clips have been posted here in the past, however these recent uploads appear to be more extensive. Enjoy!
"'If I Had a Hammer' is a fascinating look at the growing use of technology in music, including interviews with producer Martin Rushent and Robert Moog, synth pioneer."
Micro Live 25th October 1985 part 2
Micro Live 1st November 1985 part 1
"Fred looks at music recording software available for home micros, and there's an explanation of how MIDI works."
"This is the BBC World News America aircheck from February 19, 2016.
I spoke with Morton Subotnick about his music at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington DC where he performed "From Silver Apples of the Moon to A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur: VII" with the Berlin Visual Artist Lillevan.
This might have been the original video previously featured here. That video was pulled from YouTube so I went ahead and replaced it with the video above. The old description is there.
Playlist:
Fixing the Cables | Regular Show | Cartoon Network
Regular show: Gods among us - Gary's Synthesizer battle
Regular Show - Gary's Synthesizer - Mordecai, Rigby, Skips, Two Zymthos Guys Are Bringing Back Gary
Regular Show - Gary vs David Synthesizer Duel (HD)
