Random music news for Monday, May 11, 2020
My hair has turned into a reverse mullet with all the party at the front. Soon I may have no
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Synthesizers
Fun with Grammy history: the 1985 synthesizer medley performance
Thirty-five years ago, John Denver was the host of choice for the Grammy Awards. And because it was also when
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 869: The golden age of synths (as told by OMD)
There have been many, many times over the last one hundred years when technology has changed the way we make
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Random music news for Wednesday, July 10, 2019
It was very hot in Death Valley on this day in 1913 when it reached 57 C. I think that’s
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A mouth-powered synthesizer?
NAMM, the big gathering of music gear manufacturers, took place last week in Anaheim. Along with all the displays on
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RIP Alan Pearlman, synth pioneer
Alan R. Pearlman spent a chunk of the 60s designing amplifiers used in the Gemini and Apollo space programs. But
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Moog unveils its first polyphonic synth in more than 35 years
It’s been a long time since Moog brought out an old-school polyphonic synth like this–more than 35 years, in fact.
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Every wonder where Prince got some of his synthesizer sounds? Watch this.
Reverb.com has a series called “The Synth Sounds Of…” wherein the keyboard sounds of classic albums are explained. In this
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Monday timesuck: Explaining how synthesizers work–in 1980.
Back in 1980, electronic keyboards were still very new and mysterious. A PBS series called 3-2-1 Contact did its best
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Monday Timesuck: A Documentary on Music Technology from 1979
Back in 1979, a documentary called The New Sound of Music appeared, digging into the new technology surrounding synthesizers and
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Cool Synth Porn! A Look at Roland’s Gear Over the Years
For reasons I can’t explain, I’m a big fanboy when it comes to vintage synthesizers. New Atlas points us to
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