THE MUSIC OF ChAnGEs - Event Celebrating John Cage

"Our Variation VII is a program focusing on Cage's most pioneering experimental, electronic, and noise music. Starting with early works utilizing 'non-musical' objects to generate sound [ Living Room Music (1940) and Radio Music (1956) ], we move to Cage's music for amplified objects from the early 60's. These works, epitomized by Cartridge Music (1960), feature graphic scores written on transparencies arranged by performers to realize various "events" amplified with contact microphones and phonograph cartridges. Although Cage was famously opposed to improvisation, these works require musicians who can make musical decisions based on real-time listening -- a skill honed by all the sfSound players!

Balancing out the program are two acoustic works: Music For ________ (1984-87) for chamber ensemble and a new work for improvisers by sfSound's Christopher Burns.

PROGRAM

Living Room Music (1940)

household objects and voice

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Vintage KORG Informational Video Series

For those that missed it, check out this post. Don't miss the giant sized KORG MS20 in the background! If you do some searches for giant M20, educational MS20, and/or instructional MS20 on the top Blogger search and the right Google search, you'll find some posts featuring it.

Cats in a Roland SH-09 Synth Case

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Roland SH201 "String Sweeper"

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Keyboard Scale Lesson "Roland SH201"

Published on Aug 3, 2012 by synthartist69

"In this video I am playing a really cool scale of triads that can be used in different styles of music, especially jazz fusion. There are a lot of notes before the pattern repeats but with enough practice you can have it down in no time! Thanks for watching!"

Moog Big Briar Etherwave Theremin

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Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer Drum Machine

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KORG RE-1 Remote Editor

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"The units that I know the re-1 works with are>>>

KORG A1
KORG M3r
KORG 03r/w
KORG wavedrum (original first generation)"

ROLAND JUNO-106S SN 510183

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With Thai & Lufthansa stickers.

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EML 500 vintage analog synth

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pics of the inside below.

"This is a two-cabinet EML 500 synthesizer. It does not work.
We bought it some time ago as a project however now it appears we're never going to get around to restoring it. Pictures 2-4 are of the left cabinet and pictures 5-7 are of the right cabinet. The left cabinet power supply (picture 4) connects to the right cabinet (picture 7) via a multi-pin cable with Cinch-Jones connectors, which we do not have.

The "controllers" portion of the left cabinet (picture 2) appears to be bereft of controllers, though if you look at it from the inside (picture 3) the PCB looks to be complete and in good shape, possibly the sliders broke off. The right hand cabinet (picture 5) also has no controllers, though here (picture 6) there is no PCB at all. After I got the power supply working and the left-hand cabinet (picture 2) going, it was my intention to complete the right-hand cabinet (picture 5) with a modern set of controllers from e.g. synthesis technology or one of the several other kit manufacturers, rather than trying to replicate the original PCB, which probably would be impossible to do anyway. Many of the controls on both cabinets are labeled though I don't know if the labels are accurate. The cabinets and panels are in G+ condition with some scratching. I don't know what to make of this synth, my best guess is that it was some kind of a prototype. It definitely looks restorable, though if you buy it please be prepared for some effort to get it back in action. For all of these reasons, regretfully sold "as is." Local pick-up in the Los Angeles, CA area welcome."

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Akai AX-80 Programmable Polyphonic Synthesizer

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