The Dead Thread - Bilge

M mrsmiley Tiki Socialite Las Vegas, NV Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 3197	M mrsmiley Posted posted on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 10:05 AM On 2005-08-22 10:03, mrsmiley wrote: Robert Moog, synthesizer innovator and theremin fan has passed away at age 71 in Ashville, NC. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050822/ap_on_en_mu/obit_moog bloop bloop wah wah zip! I like this part "Keyboardist Walter (later Wendy) Carlos demonstrated the range of Moog's synthesizer by recording the hit album "Switched-On Bach" in 1968 using only the new instrument instead of an orchestra." No "Walter" didn't get a sex change operation. Wendy was born Wendy but recorded as "Walter" because she didn't think a woman musician would be taken seriously!

On 2005-08-22 10:03, mrsmiley wrote:
Robert Moog, synthesizer innovator and theremin fan has passed away at age 71 in Ashville, NC.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050822/ap_on_en_mu/obit_moog

bloop bloop wah wah zip!

I like this part "Keyboardist Walter (later Wendy) Carlos demonstrated the range of Moog's synthesizer by recording the hit album "Switched-On Bach" in 1968 using only the new instrument instead of an orchestra." No "Walter" didn't get a sex change operation. Wendy was born Wendy but recorded as "Walter" because she didn't think a woman musician would be taken seriously!

Post #181152 by mrsmiley on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 10:05 AM