Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A 1964 Letter from Jon Hassell on Bob Moog
via Chris Stack of EXPERIMENTALSYNTH.COM
"Jon Hassell just shared with me a very interesting and historic letter. Very timely too, with tomorrow being Bob Moog’s Birthday celebration…
16nov64
Letter to Jon Hassell
Electronic Music - The Early Years
I had a very interesting experience about one week ago. A gentleman, Mr. Robert Moog, who claims to know of you, visited Washington and demonstrated a compact electronic studio. He claims to be the only man in the country building and designing equipment solely for the creation of electronic music. He was tremendously impressed with your proposals. [For - among other things - applying the principles of electronic music manipulation to the video domain.] He stated that he would be able to provide much of the equipment called for in those proposals at the same quality or better at considerably less cost.
He also demonstrated equipment (in a crude state of development) which could provide great flexibility with extremely simple manipulation involved, almost to the point of being able to improvise an electronic composition - to be recorded or not. He is going to send me descriptive material and quotations, copies of which I will either forward to you or hold for your interest and considerations.
Lloyd Ultan
Head, Music Department
American University
Washington D. C. 20016"
http://www.jonhassell.com/
For some perspective on the date see the Moog Legacy Timeline. This would have been right after AES when Bob Moog showed his system for the first time.
"1964
Bob Moog demonstrates hand-made Moog Modular prototypes at the Audio Engineering Society convention and begins taking orders."
"Jon Hassell just shared with me a very interesting and historic letter. Very timely too, with tomorrow being Bob Moog’s Birthday celebration…
16nov64
Letter to Jon Hassell
Electronic Music - The Early Years
I had a very interesting experience about one week ago. A gentleman, Mr. Robert Moog, who claims to know of you, visited Washington and demonstrated a compact electronic studio. He claims to be the only man in the country building and designing equipment solely for the creation of electronic music. He was tremendously impressed with your proposals. [For - among other things - applying the principles of electronic music manipulation to the video domain.] He stated that he would be able to provide much of the equipment called for in those proposals at the same quality or better at considerably less cost.
He also demonstrated equipment (in a crude state of development) which could provide great flexibility with extremely simple manipulation involved, almost to the point of being able to improvise an electronic composition - to be recorded or not. He is going to send me descriptive material and quotations, copies of which I will either forward to you or hold for your interest and considerations.
Lloyd Ultan
Head, Music Department
American University
Washington D. C. 20016"
http://www.jonhassell.com/
For some perspective on the date see the Moog Legacy Timeline. This would have been right after AES when Bob Moog showed his system for the first time.
"1964
Bob Moog demonstrates hand-made Moog Modular prototypes at the Audio Engineering Society convention and begins taking orders."
Bob Moog's 78th Birthday! by fredturd
YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by fredturd
"Happy 78th Birthday, Bob!
#celebratebob"
White Voyage with green backlight.
Undead Instruments Moog Drumkits
moogbd - first part
YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by UNDEADINSTRUMENTS
"Chance for a thematic day, I just work on drumkits based on moog synth samples. Here I used 2, one by ear, especially managing here timeFrog's arpegiator features on many slots (up to 8, I can't manage more slots for now...) and sequencer / automate together or switched.Horizontal faders assigned on pano on each drumkit. Sometime stranges behaviour since my monitoring plug is only mono, and the recording in stereo..."
moogbd - second part
YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by UNDEADINSTRUMENTS
"Chance for a thematic day, I just work on drumkits based on moog synth samples. Here I used 2, one by ear, especially managing here timeFrog's arpegiator features on many slots (up to 8, I can't manage more slots for now...) and sequencer / automate together or switched.Horizontal faders assigned on pano on each drumkit. Sometime stranges behaviour since my monitoring plug is only mono, and the recording in stereo..."
moogbd - second part
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Featured, MOOG, Undead Instruments, Video
LABELS/MORE: Featured, MOOG, Undead Instruments, Video
Google Moog Tribute by Jordan Rudess
YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by JCRUDESS
"Playing with Google's online Mioog Synth!"
MiniMoog Searching For Unison & a Horror Flick Tribute
YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by TheZombieHolocaust
"Recorded Live by audio box presonus - the Valhalla Shimmer is added after and is the only effect used other than a limiter on the output 1-2"
And for those of you into horror flicks:
CELEBRATE BOB: Moog Chief Engineer On Google Doodle
YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by MoogMusicInc
"In celebration of Bob Moog's Birthday Google created a web based synthesizer for the world to enjoy. Moog's Chief engineer, Cyril Lance, overviews the doodle' s capabilities to help you get started crafting sounds. Now everyone can explore the wonders of subtractive synthesis and express their creativity by sculpting sounds. Remember, experimentation and learning will reward you with a lifetime of rich synthesizer experiences. #celebratebob
Learn more about Moog at: www.moogmusic.com
Learn more about the Minimoog Voyager synthesizer here: http://www.moogmusic.com/products/minimoog-voyagers/minimoog-voyager-performer-edition"
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Featured, Google, MOOG, synth tutorials, Video
LABELS/MORE: Featured, Google, MOOG, synth tutorials, Video
Dr Bob Moog demonstrates the Minimoog
YouTube Uploaded by analoghell on Sep 13, 2006
"In extract from a 1980's BBC Micro Live special on electronic music in which Dr Bob Moog demonstrates the Minimoog."
This one was originally posted back on September 16, 2006. I have a policy of only posting things once considering how much goes up, but I realize I didn't embed it back then. I just saw the video after the last post and thought today was obviously a good day to embed it.
UNC Asheville - Noontime Concert and Talk with Dr. Robert Moog
YouTube Uploaded by UNCAVideoProduction on Jan 25, 2012
"September 3, 2003
Dr. Robert Moog demonstrates the Theremin and the Minimoog Voyager and talks about how a musician learns to become a skilled player.
UNC Asheville: http://www.unca.edu/
Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Resources: http://tlt.unca.edu/"
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Featured, Interviews, MOOG, Video
LABELS/MORE: Featured, Interviews, MOOG, Video
Happy Birthday Bob Moog!!! via wire to the ear
YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by ThingsToComeRecords
"Thanks Bob!!!"
via Oliver Chesler of http://www.wiretotheear.com/
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