Today would have been Robert Moog's birthday, and he is of course the inventor of the incredibly awesome-sounding Moog synthesizer that you'll hear everywhere in rock music.
My introduction to the Moog was in the early 90s, I picked up Gary Numan's brilliant album Telekon in a tiny record store in Maryland when I was a teen. I was hooked. I still listen to it.
My second big Moog exposure was on the album Return of the Rentals by the Rentals, the side project of former Weezer bass player Matt Sharp. ANOTHER great album.
One more album you might know Moog synths from is of course Abbey Road, one of the first to have Moog on it, specifically a bunch on "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and even "Here Comes the Sun".
I'm a German web developer currently living the rural life in Spain making #olive oil, breeding #goats and growing vegetables.
Before that I spent 23 years in the UK, studying sound engineering, working at and then running a #CommunityRadio station and volunteering at a #CSA (community-supported agriculture) project.
I joined the Fediverse pretty much exactly a year ago at @axwax and am happy there, although its timeline doesn't fully reflect all the stuff I'm into.
I’m Daniel! I’m a gay cisgender male, and I use he/him/his. I’m finishing up a bachelor’s degree, with two majors in #asianstudies and #japanese#linguistics! In the fall, I will start working on my master’s degree in Japanese studies! In my spare time, I make music with #synths and #DJ! I also enjoy #anime and #videogames (JRPGs typically) ~ 💖✨
How Wendy Carlos (who recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Clockwork Orange" and a lot more) became one of the most influential pioneers of electronic music
On his birthday, technologist @andybaio invites the world to attach their pc clipboards to a reply on his social media account.
Always looking for inspiration, I pulled some titles from the responses and created 6 tracks in the spirit of the project – raw, intuitive ("no editing") with factory presets on the respective #synths ("paste"). Some humour, some pomposity. "Mundane momentary ephemera that’s forgotten two seconds later," as Scott would say!
I’m Daniel! I’m a gay cisgender male, and I use he/him/his. I’m finishing up a bachelor’s degree, with two majors in #asianstudies and #japanese#linguistics! In the fall, I will start working on my master’s degree in Japanese studies! In my spare time, I make music with #synths and #DJ! I also enjoy #anime and #videogames (JRPGs typically) ~ 💖✨
Hello peeps! Just migrated servers. I'm Devo. I'm a non-binary AuDHD queerdo who is a freelance designer and media manager unable to work due to MECFS/POTS. (Very similar to long covid, if not the same thing)
I have a passion for building architectural and landscape models, language learning, garden design (former landscape designer) and ethical fashion design/pattern making/sewing.
I'm also former seagoing cook and arctic storekeeper. I have a background in composing and electronic music and worked on building synths in another era. Former opera singer and touring punk musician as well.
I post cooking tips and recipes when I have the energy at hashtag ouchThatsTasty
I'm anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist and pretty vocal about ableism.
Figuring out my brain little by little with my lovely partner @yonabee
If you're interested in #modular#synths I invite you to follow along with my year-long patch-a-week project. Each week I'm building a patch in my modular synthesizer, starting with some pretty simple stuff and getting into the weeds and the weirds of modular #synthesis. Here's the place you'll be able to find them all; there's more than a dozen up to get you going!
I created this melody couple of years ago. Yet another tune never played to anyone. I call it by a work name "Ballad". This melody brings up some strange forgotten feelings. It reminds me of a dream where I was slow dancing with a girl at the prom back in 1984... #music#composer#streetgazer#synths#synthwave