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50th Anniversary of the Moog Modular Synthesizer

October 13, 2014 By Greg Falken Leave a Comment

Moog Modular SynthesizerOctober 12, 2014 marks the 50 Year anniversary of the unveiling of the Moog modular synthesizer at the Audio Engineering Society’s New York convention. Unlike today, there were no robotic assembly lines. These were completely analog instruments. Each one was hand crafted, with every electrical component soldered to a circuit board. Modules were fitted into wooden cabinets with screws. But more important were the new sounds, which could be combined in infinite variations. In many ways, Moog defined the sound of late 60s and early 70s rock.

This mini documentary follows the company’s reproduction of the modular system built for Keith Emerson, of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and delivered in 1969. It includes interviews with a Moog engineer, Moog historian and Bob Moog himself.

Below that, take a listen to Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s Welcome Back My Friends, which holds up surprisingly well over time.

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Wild Ride

October 5, 2014 By Greg Falken Leave a Comment

I keep coming back to this song, which I saw performed live twice this summer by Chris Webster and Nina Gerber. The volume is a little low on this video. Turn it up!

Notes Tagged: music, video

RIP Johnny Winter

July 17, 2014 By Greg Falken 1 Comment

A musical influence in my youth.

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Not evil magic, science

June 14, 2014 By Greg Falken Leave a Comment

TangledI knew there must be a good reason why earbud cords are perpetually tangled. Now this article at Slate explains why.

The research shows that your earphones are indeed spontaneously knotting themselves. Sure, it’s because of their length and the agitation of the container they’re in. But the knots really do form as a matter of physics, not because of your personal lack of neatness.

Photo by Robert S. Donovan.

Notes Tagged: music, science

New Home for Strawberry

New Home for Strawberry

May 16, 2014 By Greg Falken 2 Comments

For those who haven’t heard, the Strawberry office has announced the relocation of the Fall Strawberry Music Festival:

We are happy to announce that this year’s Strawberry Fall Music Festival will take place at…

Nevada County Fairgrounds In Grass Valley

——>On September 11th-14th<——

Please note the change in date. The festival is NOT taking place over Labor Day weekend, but will be held two weeks later, instead. We are very grateful to the kind staff at the Nevada County Fairgrounds for providing a beautiful sanctuary for our community to celebrate friends, family, laughter, and music! Fairground information can be found at www.NevadaCountyFair.com.

Here are a few photos of the facility (click to enbiggen), which is smaller than Camp Mather but hosts other events that draw crowds of about the same size, such as the KVMR Celtic Festival.




And so, a new era begins…

Notes Tagged: music, Strawberry

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