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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Today marks 5 years since Dr. Robert Moog left this Earth. While his passing was truly a sad moment for all of us in the theremin and synthesizer communities, we wanted to spend the day today remembering the wonderful person Bob was and all the great accomplishments he left us with. As you are practicing, building, listening, or performing theremin music today, we invite you to take a moment to reflect on Bob's impact on your own life and share a fond memory with others.
Of course, the best way to help preserve Bob's legacy is to make a donation to the Bob Moog Foundation. Be sure to follow them on Twitter at @moogfoundation.
May the force of Moog be with us all... forever.
photo Bob Moog Foundation. Print reproduction is prohibited.
More Moog Mappings Posted By: omhoge @ 11:21
Bob Moog's
work not only kept the theremin alive and available in the modern age,
but changed the entire music world. It all boiled down to connecting and and
and communicating with people. Bob listened to musicians as he created his
instruments making them more intuitive and allowing the core concepts of
synthesis like
ASDR (Attack, Sustain, Decay, Release) to be more accessible.
That unrelenting vision seems to boil down to a love of people,
belief in our innate creativity, and a commitment to making the world better
through your work, music and supporting the causes you believe in.
I can map some of the most important turning points in my life directly to Bob's work.
- Switched On Bach recorded by
Wendy Carlos with support from Bob Moog and Rachel Elkind,
and the many magazine articles about the Moog Synthesizer at that time changed everything.
On
Wedny's site she quotes Bob "Switched-on Bach was released at the end of 1968
and became an immediate success. It was acclaimed as real music by musicians
and the listening public alike. As a result, the Moog Synthesizer
was suddenly accepted with open arms by the music business community.
We witnessed the birth of a new genre of music--classical music,
realized with impeccable musicianship on synthesizer and tape recorder. ..."
Her
eulogy for Bob is on her site
- The release of the
MiniMoog in 1970 enabled many of us in school at the time
access to an instrument and have hands on experience in tonal synthesis.
- The EtherWave Standard and Pro theremins
from
Moog Music
made it possible for most of us to
start the life changing process of playing the theremin and with the EWPro take
it to new levels.
And of course let me ask again, if you can please help with a donation to the
Moog Foundation.
What how did Bob Moog affect your life?
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Friday, August 13, 2010
This Sunday, August 15th, is Lev Termen's birthday, he was known as
Leon Theremin in the U.S. We champion the theremin as a serious classical and experimental instrument, but the early popular side of the theremin in records and film is important too. The flying saucer would not have had it's iconic ooo00OO00ooo sound, there would not have been a Tannerin (see Beach Boys), or even the Moog Synthesizer without Lev's invention.
It is very likely that up until the YouTube era, Samuel J. Hoffman was the most heard thereminst in America. He was the primary, if not only, thereminst in Hollywood during the forties and fifties recording records and film scores, and even some T.V appearances.
For Lev's birthday this year I'll indulge my love for B Movies. No "The Day the Earth...", "Ten Commandments" or "Spellbound" this time, here's a short list of B Flicks and Spooky Movies you'll hear the theremin in.
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The Thing from Another World (1951)
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It Came from Outer Space (1953)
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The She-Creature (1956)
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The Indestructible Man (1956)
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The Queen of Outer Space (1958)
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
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The First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
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Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
(this might be a Tannerin)
Please add on your favorites in the comments!
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Bob Moog was born 76 years ago, today, Sunday, May 23rd.
If you're looking for a great way to celebrate, why not head over to the Bob Moog Foundation and make a donation to help support Bob's legacy? Your donations help fund projects such as the Moogseum and the Mooglab, a classroom outreach program to teach young kids about science using theremins, synthesizers, and music.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, will be marking music history with a new permanent display of the first Moog synthesizer, completed in 1964. The display honors Professor Emeritus of Music Herbert Deutsch who co-created the synthesizer with Bob Moog.
Hofstra played a part in their world changing work with a research grant of $200.00. Herb Deutsch is a well respected composer as well as a teacher and proponent of new and electronic music.
The synthesizer display will be unveiled by the University with a special ceremony to celebrate Herb Deustch's career and contributions on April 14, 2010, at 11:15 a.m.
Hofstra University
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
There are only a few left of the Bob Moog Foundation 2010 Calendar. Not only is it a great gift for any theremin or synth addict, it helps an organization that is important to all of us.
They also have cool T-Shirts and CDs so check out their new store!
Happy Holidays to everyone at BMF!
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Monday, November 02, 2009
Lev Termem, also known as Leon Theremin, died in Russia on November 3rd, 1993.
His invention of the theremin has been key to all of us. It's survival through the years into our times was dependent
on the inspiration and hard work of
other great individuals like
Bob Moog and
Clara Rockmore whose lives were touched by Lev and his work. Like ripples in a pond,
it is up to us to continue and expand
on what Lev started back in 1917 when our wonderful instrument was born.
In his forward to
THEREMIN: ETHER MUSIC AND ESPIONAGE
by Albert Glinsky, Bob Moog wrote:
""Around this time, the documentary filmmaker Steven Martin contacted me.
He told me that he planned to produce a feature-length documentary film on Theremin's life and work,
and he asked for my assistance. He wanted to film Clara Rockmore as she played her theremin in public,
but her instrument was not working at the time, and in fact had not been working for several years.
Martin asked me to come to Ms.. Rockmore's apartment to help restore her instrument.
The opportunity to work on an instrument that Leon Theremin himself had built was too attractive to resist,
so I agreed to do it. I arrived at Mrs. Rockmore's apartment with my tool kit and test equipment on a Friday.
Michael Jansen (Mrs. Rockmore's regular technician) and I completely dismantled her instrument.
We found many components that were faulty and had to be replaced. By Sunday afternoon we had reassembled the
instrument. Mrs. Rockmore then tried it by playing a few notes. "No" she said impatiently, "it doesn't play right".
Michael and I reset some internal adjustments, and Mrs. Rockmore tried the instrument again.
"No, it's still not right" she said. Once again, we reset the adjustments. Mrs. Rockmore tried a few notes,
then proceeded with George Gershwin's "Summertime" from beginning to end. At the end, tears were in her eyes.
She turned to us and said "I was afraid I would never be able to play that instrument again."
At that moment I sensed a strong spiritual connection with Leon Theremin, a feeling that remains with me even now.
I consider that that moment was the high point of my professional career.""
Thank you Lev, we remember and we'll carry it on!
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
This weekend saw the world premier of the first exhibition from the Moog Foundation Archives,
Waves of Inspiration: The Legacy of Moog at the The Museum of Making Music - A Division of the NAMM Foundation in Carlsbad, California. This in depth exhibition wow-ed the private preview visitors.
It's not up for long but you can still catch a live stream today! "Conversations in the Key of Moog" with Brian Kehew and Larry Fast. Just go to the www.MuseumOfMakingMusic.org at 1:00PM PST (4:00PM EST) to see the live video.
Congratulations to the
Moog Foundation,
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
It's been inspiring to see the continued growth and market savvy at
Moog
Music
since Bob Moog died (and of course the new theremin too!), and the Bob
Moog Foundation
has had great successes and done tremendous outreach in such a short
time.
After a lifetime of invention dedicated to creating music, and keeping theremins in production throughout, Bob Moog really
is living on in a vital and physical way as his work and spirit continue
along many paths around the world.
Not bad for a kid from New York City, and proud Bronx Science High School graduate.
Thanks a million Bob!
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Bob Moog was admittedly a most important American figure in modern electronic music and the continuation of the theremin. Throughout it's different incarnations, Moog Music remains the longest continuous producer of theremins. We might not have any theremins to play now a days if it were not for him.
This Saturday May 23rd marks Bob's 75th birthday, and his spirit is as alive as ever.
The Moog Foundation is throwing a Birthday Bash on Thrusday May 21st, to raise funds for the Moog Museum, and to give Moog fans a chance to visit a working model of the museum, and to "Enter the Mind of Moog" with an exciting slew of Mood device driven interactive music and video exhibits that will guide the viewer through specific eras of Moog’s career and document the evolution of the Bob Moog Foundation. There will also be a birthday cake contest, and a silent fund raising auction featuring a Moog Little Phatty Synthesizer.
There's a lot of information and remembrances about Bob here at ThereminWorld too.
Happy Birthday Bob!
Gosh we miss you, and remain grateful to the Moog Foundation and Moog Music for keeping up the tradition,
and most of all, continued Theremin production so that we can all Keep On Playing!
Bob Moog Foundation's Spring Fund Raiser to Benefit the Moogseum
Thursday, May 21, 2009 / 6pm – 10pm
The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Open to All ages
$15 Adults / $5 for children under 16
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
The Bob Moog Foundation will be bringing its Interactive Sonic Experience, or
MoogLab, to the inaugural
BIG EARS '09 music festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. BIG EARS
'09, taking place this weekend (February 6th-8th), which looks
to be a wild three days of musical explorations.
And Pauline Oliveros will be there too!
After some astounding theremin controlled video setups last year,
The Foundation will be offering its MoogLab experience
throughout the weekend. A team of volunteers will be guiding folks
through several interactive stations of Moog theremins, synths, and effect
pedals.
The mission of BIG EARS is to offer an exciting
and dynamic platform of musical and artistic discovery, presenting a variety of new music
concerts and performances, discussions,
and installations.
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