Moogfest Workshops

"MOOGFEST 2010 ANNOUNCES RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY MOOG WORKSHOPS AND PANELS AT THE MOOGAPLEX

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND – 10/29-10/31 IN ASHEVILLE, NC
MoogFest 2010, the extraordinary three-day festival which celebrates the innovative spirit of sonic pioneer Robert Moog, during Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC, has already announced most of its outstanding lineup. Now, in addition to MoogFest’s excellent musical offerings, the festival will also give attendees the opportunity to dig deeper into the world of Moog with a wide range of panel discussions and workshops.

The Red Bull Music Academy has teamed up with AC Entertainment, Moog Music and the Bob Moog Foundation to bring together top minds in history, technology and education of Moog. Experts, ranging from Bob's colleagues in the seminal days of synthesis to the more contemporary sound sculptors of today, are coming from around the country to share their ideas and vast experiences. The Bob Moog Foundation will be responsible for the historical content at MoogFest, including items from Bob Moog's archives such as rarely seen vintage photographs and historic audio clips from recently restored reel-to-reel tapes.

News on the other activities will be announced in the coming weeks. With all of these exciting elements solidifying, MoogFest is proving itself more and more to be an essential experience for music fans and sonic adventurers from all over the world.

MoogFest 2010 Red Bull Music Academy Moog Workshops, Demonstrations & Panels:

SYNTH HISTORY PANEL – THE BIRTH OF THE MINIMOOG
Featuring:
Herb Deutsch (co-collaborator on first Modular in 1963)
Dave Van Koevering (first salesman for Minimoog and VP of Marketing at Moog Music in the 70s)
Tom Rhea (Former clinician, design consultant, and director of marketing at Moog Music; wrote Minimoog manual)

Moderated By:
Brain Kehew (Bob Moog Foundation Historian and keyboardist (Moog Cookbook)
TARA BUSCH – ARTIST PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION ABOUT REMIXING WITH MOOGERFOOGERS
Tara is a synth siren well known as a prominent analog synth-blogger for AnalogSuicide.com. Her performances are ethereal explorations of analog sound.

TECH. PANEL - ADVANCED APPLICATION & SYNTHESIS
Featuring Cyril Lance, Head Engineer at Moog Music, and other Moog engineers.

SYNTH HISTORY PANEL – EXPLORATION OF THE BOB MOOG ARCHIVES

Featuring:
Brian Kehew (Bob Moog Foundation Historian, Keyboardist)
Michelle Moog-Koussa (Executive Director, Bob Moog Foundation)
Seva David Ball (Archive Preservationist, currently restoring Bob Moog's reel-to-reel tapes with a grant from the Grammy Foundation)

TECH. PANEL - MODERN DAY SOUNDSCULPTING

Featuring:
Richard Devine (acclaimed sound designer)
Tara Busch (prominent analog synth-blogger and synth-performer)
RICHARD DEVINE – ABOMINATRON II PERFORMANCE

Richard is one of the world's most acclaimed, young sound designers. His clients include top names in film and advertising. Richard will be performing on Moog Music's Abominatron II, a homage to Bob Moog’s original synthesizer prototype, created with current Moog synthesizers and effects processors.

SYNTH HISTORY PANEL - EXAMINING THE LEGACY OF MINI SYNTHS
Featuring:
Craig Anderton (Founder EM Magazine, signal processing guru, editor EQ Magazine)
Geary Yelton (Associate Editor of Electronic Musician, freelance journalist)
Steven Fortner (Editor, Keyboard Magazine)

Moderated By:
Brian Kehew

THEREMIN PERFORMANCE & LESSON WITH DORIT CHRYSLER
Dorit is an accomplished musician and composer best known for her ethereal Theremin style. After Dorit's performance, Moog Music will distribute 20 Theremins to the audience and participants will receive an interactive lesson from Dorit.


TECH. PANEL – THE POWER OF MODULAR SYNTHESIS
Featuring:
Erik Norlander (Synth rock legend, Moog aficionado, accomplish synth designer)
Amos Gaynes (Moog Music engineer)
The Wall of Doom (Erik's massive custom Moog Modular synthesizer)

MOOG GUITAR SOUND SCULPTING WITH SAUL ZONANA
Saul is a killer guitarist who has worked with Adrian Belew, Ace Frehley, Crash Test Dummies. He will integrate the Moog Guitar, Moogerfoogers, Multi-Pedal, and Little Phatty into an exploration of the guitars amazing capabilities.

All panels, demonstrations, and workshops will take place between Noon and 6:30 PM EST at the Moogaplex, located at the Haywood Park complex. They are first come, first served for those who bought either weekend passes or have a pass for that particular day. The dates, and times will be announced in the coming weeks.

MoogFest 2010 tickets are on sale now. To purchase weekend passes or single day tickets and for more information about the festival visit moogfest.com. To see the weekend schedule visit http://moogfest.com/2010/moogfest-2010/schedule/friday/.

MoogFest 2010 Lineup:

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Halloween Theremin Video Contest Update

You saw the vids here. Now it's time to vote. Via the Moog Music Mailing list:

"The deadline for posting videos has passed and the online poll has been set up on the Moog Music Forum. The entries are incredible. The outpouring of talent and imagination that went into the making of these videos is inspiring. Our deepest thanks go out to all the contestants.

On Monday, November 30, at 12:00 pm EST, the video with the most votes in the poll will be the 1st prize winner. At that time, the judges will also check to see which video has the highest number of views on YouTube. The video with the highest number will be the 2nd prize winner. If a video wins the poll and has the highest number of views, the lucky winner will receive both prizes!

Even though it's too late to post a video, you can still participate in the contest.

Go to the YouTube Playlist and watch the contest videos.

Go to the Moog Music Forum. Register for the forum, if you are not already a member, and vote for the video that you feel is the best. [note you can see who's winning in that link]

For more contest information..."

More Moog Halloween Theremin Videos

See the second update in this post for more.

A particularly creepy one:

something evil


and a particularly cool one:

Phantasma


They are actually all pretty cool. Don't miss them here. Comments disabled here to keep them there.

Etherferatu

YouTube via Rhythmicons. Added to this post.
"Moog Music Theremin Halloween Contest Entry 2009

Poem:
The Beast arises from an aunnum's slumber
Driven by an endless hunger.
His crimson eye in search of blood
From your veins shall come the scarlet flood.

Into the night the hunter prowls.
Through cobblestone streets and warewolf howls.
The Prey so easily seduced, its sweet.
To The beconing call of Trick or Treat.

Ahh, a bit of reluctance at the door,
Of corse you know, this means war.

Etherferatu spies from afar
This victim's name he soon shall call.

The master of the night retires
To his coffin.....(Hey your food is ready)
Mommy, Im dubbing vocals, I told you never to bother me when im dubbing voals.
Oh this is live? This mic is still on? (Oh Crap)

Happy Halloween , MoogerFoogers."

Moog Halloween Theremin Videos

You might remember Moog's Halloween Theremin Video Contest. The following are the entries. Enjoy.

Dyster Allhelgona - Happy Halloween

YouTube via simonthejedi

"A quite swedish halloween movie, made with the latest in swedish film technology. Guitar and Theremin soundtrack. Enjoy! Lagom seriös Halloweenfilm för Moogtävling... Av Simon och Filip" Pure analog sound on the night of halloween.

Update: Unfortunately some of the videos below have been pulled from YouTube. I'll keep the descriptions here for synth history.

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Dawn of The Theremin

YouTube via iloveanalogue. If you haven't seen part 1, Night of The Theremin yet click here first. You can watch both videos in order there.
"This is the action packed, Horror-filled sequel to "Night of The Theremin."
You can find out more about Bob Moog at http://www.moogmusic.com
To see additional Halloween Theremin films, visit the Theremin forum
at http://www.moogmusic.com/forum
See more about Bob's legacy at http://moogfoundation.org"

Halloween Theremin

YouTube via matrix12x. different matrix, not me. :)
"My 17 month old playing with the Theremin. She loves to play, and often uses her head or entire body to play. In this video she is playing Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals Aquarium. She likes the modular synth on the side.

The insides of the Theremin is a Moog Etherwave, in a Paia Tmax case. I like that case a little better because you can put sheet music on top.

Also I am submitting this for the Moog Halloween Theremin Contest, please vote for her."

Halloween is Coming

Halloween is coming folks. Feel free to send it any synth related Halloween content you come across. Remember click on the holidays label for more. And don't forget:
The PNW Synthesizer Meeting On Halloween!!!
Moog's Halloween Theremin Video Contest

Night of The Theremin

YouTube via iloveanalogue
"This is a Robbie Ryan Moogloween Special, featuring Robbie Ryan as Punknface, Pam Ryan as Pussy Willow, and a surprise guest star. You can learn more about Robbie Ryan
at http://iloveanalogue.blogspot.com More information about the Moog Etherwave Theremin can be found at http://www.moogmusic.com You can find out more about Bob Moog's legacy at http://www.moogfoundation.org"

Update:

Dawn of The Theremin

"This is the action packed, Horror-filled sequel to "Night of The Theremin."
You can find out more about Bob Moog at http://www.moogmusic.com
To see additional Halloween Theremin films, visit the Theremin forum
at http://www.moogmusic.com/forum
See more about Bob's legacy at http://moogfoundation.org"

Moog's Halloween Theremin Video Contest

"Get Your Freak on and Win Some Moog Gear: Enter the Moog Halloween Theremin Video Contest

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (October 14, 2009) – The call of the Theremin has been haunting the science fiction and horror movie genres for decades. It was there when aliens came to earth in The Day The Earth Stood Still and when monsters came to life in The Bride of Frankenstein.

Now it’s your turn. Moog Music is sponsoring a Halloween Theremin Video Contest. Prizes include an MF-104Z Analog Delay and a MF-102 Ring Modulator.

To participate, grab your video camera and put together your best Halloween-themed theremin video, but first go to www.moogmusic.com/theremin for a link to the complete contest information. Prizes will be awarded based on a poll of Moog Forum members and on the highest number of YouTube views.

Here’s your chance to keep us as Spellbound as Hitchcock did!

About Moog Music: Moog Music and its customers carry on the legacy of Bob Moog. Moog designs and manufactures electronic musical instruments, including Little Phatty® and Minimoog® Voyager® synthesizers, Moogerfooger® effects modules, Etherwave® theremins and The Moog Guitar. Founded by Bob Moog, Moog Music designs and manufactures its products in Asheville, N.C."