Tell us about yourself....

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:45 pm

ColorForm2113 wrote:Rico1980 -you envy us younger guys, but I envy you. You got to witness a lot music and events first hand, where as im just beging to scratch the surface of the roots of my interests and obsessions

I concur. Rico1980, your generation had the original Woodstock. You were alive to see Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan and Keith Richards and Mick Jagger before they became undead, you were there first hand years before my favorite records got all scratched up and nearly unplayable. You guys had muscle cars...real ones! Us younger guys envy YOU!

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:09 pm

Hey Im totally glad that Im at the age that I was at because when the time was time I partied on new years eve 1999 like I was much Older than I am now.

Ive got to stop reading Bukowski.

rico1980 · Post by **rico1980** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:45 pm

[Voltor07 wrote:]I concur. Rico1980, your generation had the original Woodstock. You were alive to see Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan and Keith Richards and Mick Jagger before they became undead, you were there first hand years before my favorite records got all scratched up and nearly unplayable. You guys had muscle cars...real ones! Us younger guys envy YOU![/quote]

Thanks guys. It's nice to hear that. I'm actually a tad too young to have seen Jimi or Janis but I did see lots of shows, including some pretty cool (depending on what you think is cool) stuff, like Genesis on the Lamb Lies Down Tour, Todd Rundgren on the tour he unveiled Utopia (LOTS of synths on that stage), Neil Young on the tour that became the album and movie Rust Never Sleeps (ewoks and all) to name a couple that spring to mind.

But there's always good music and some of the most memorable shows I've seen have included some recent ones too: Super Furry Animals, Ali Farka Toure, Tool, Sigur Ros.

[EricK wrote:]Oh man now ill bet that that ARP Mellotron combo is freaking fantastic[/quote]

Eric, the ARP and the Mellotron do make some amazing sounds together. But that has more to do with the instruments than the performer in my case. Like I said, I hope to be able to YouTube stuff on the not too distant future.

[EricK wrote:]Ive got to stop reading Bukowski.[/quote]

As far as Bukowski goes, there's no reason you want to stop reading him - but you may want to think twice about living like him.

I always think of him when I'm at the race track.

Rick

MarkM · Post by **MarkM** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:31 pm

Well, I actually was at Woodstock, but after several wacked and strungout days, I left a few hours before Hendrix performed on the last day. I have cursed myself for years. But I did see Janis, the Stones ('69 and '89), Who, Bob Marley, and other acts from those times.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:35 pm

MarkM wrote:Well, I actually was at Woodstock, but after several wacked and strungout days, I left a few hours before Hendrix performed on the last day. I have cursed myself for years.

I can't even think of anything to say about that. Just...wow.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:35 am

Yeah I think Bukowski slept with elephants and ate raw eggs and smoked about a trillion cigarettes a day and still mamages to make me laugh my butt off when I read his stuff.

MarkM

You know, Woodstock was cool and that sucks about Hendrix. But I think to myself all the time about a fea years ago in Memphis at their Music Festival.....it will never again ever get any funkier than seeing Galactic and PFunk on Saturday and Chicago and James Brown on Sunday.
(Although I coudl have done without CHicago)

Eric

Christopher Winkels · Post by **Christopher Winkels** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:34 am

EricK wrote: Only 3 synths? Ill bet soon those will all be Moog synths lol. Something will happen that will lead you to break that promise hehe. LIke if Moog makes a polyphonic synth.

I think this is one promise I'll be sticking with. Truth be told, the only two at the moment that are getting any use are the LP and the XS. Meanwhile the MKS-70 sits quietly. Although it's not a bad synth I won't lose any sleep if that one ends up going.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:51 pm

Ill bet if it came down to 3 Moogs youd have them all interconnected into 1 system, and then essentially that would be 1 synth.

THen youd have a huge Modular system that was actually 2 self contained synths.

THen you woudl just patch that into the Moog for 1 synth.

See? It never hurts to bend your promise....hehe

EricK

All roads lead to Modulars!

Alien8 · Post by **Alien8** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:08 pm

Hi, I'm (withholding my name due to attempts at theft of my identity) and I have GAS. I live about an hour outside of Toronto Canada, and am currently 29 years of age.

I'm a tone freak, and love just making sound. To many people it's not coherent 'music' but it is definitely sound. My main instrument is guitar, and started playing technically at the age of 3, but officially became dedicated in January of 1994 when my Dad bought me my MIM strat. I started playing Nirvana, and couldn't get over the sounds that they made, and had to make them too. From there I got into heavy loud guitars, and then came back to sweet sounding cleans. I play what feels right, and try to make it sound good while doing it.

I dabble in electronics, I make what I can't buy, and fix what is broken. I own all of the foogers except for the bass MuRF. Love em!

My dad taught me how to use my ear, and how to play guitar right handed (Go Lefties!)... I have been raised on music from many genre's, and lots of it. There hasn't been a day in my life where I haven't had some kind of music in the background. I have played for two bands in the past, recorded what would have become a CD, but never finished it, and have since been a guest musician on a number of band's CD's in the area. Music is a hobby for me, and it will stay that way... It's nice to have a hobby that you love, and will always have. I just recently started to play drums, and being completely un-coordinated between hands and feet has made it a challenge. I'm happy with how far I have come though...

My retirement goal is to have a studio, and the ability to take people's music from what they have and make it what they want.

Trigger · Post by **Trigger** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:38 pm

MarkM wrote:Well, I actually was at Woodstock, but after several wacked and strungout days, I left a few hours before Hendrix performed on the last day. I have cursed myself for years. But I did see Janis, the Stones ('69 and '89), Who, Bob Marley, and other acts from those times.

BTW, According to Roger Luther's Moog Archives, a Moog "Model I with Sequencer" was shipped to Jimi Hendrix, Electric Lady Corporation, on 11/19/69.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:33 pm

Alien,

Excellent! I can help you with your online security. Just provide me with the last 4 digits of your social and answer the following questions.
WHat is your mothers maiden name?
What is the school where you grew up?
WHat is your pets name?

I can protect your identity and best of all its free. If you are interested I can also authorize a transfer for 25 million USD from an associate of mine who recently died and has no heir, but due to the instabillity of the government (not in Nigeria) we can't hold the money in the bank any longer. Oh, have you heard of the band Lost in Translation? THey just got a new singer, Duffy, they sounded much better with Muffy though. THey will be in your area. CHeck them out!

No im just teasing. THanks for posting here. I have a feeling that by the time I retire (around the same time you retire) there will be lots of Music Studios around lol. We share similar goals. Of corse we all realize that there will have to be 2 studios, one for us and onefor the public, because they won't get to touch our then vintage synths.

Eric

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:56 pm

EricK wrote:Alien,

Excellent! I can help you with your online security. Just provide me with the last 4 digits of your social and answer the following questions.
WHat is your mothers maiden name?
What is the school where you grew up?
WHat is your pets name?

I can protect your identity and best of all its free. If you are interested I can also authorize a transfer for 25 million USD from an associate of mine who recently died and has no heir, but due to the instabillity of the government (not in Nigeria) we can't hold the money in the bank any longer. Oh, have you heard of the band Lost in Translation? THey just got a new singer, Duffy, they sounded much better with Muffy though. THey will be in your area. CHeck them out!

No im just teasing. THanks for posting here. I have a feeling that by the time I retire (around the same time you retire) there will be lots of Music Studios around lol. We share similar goals. Of corse we all realize that there will have to be 2 studios, one for us and onefor the public, because they won't get to touch our then vintage synths.

Eric

ROTFLOL I think I'm transferring my insanity to you, EricK!

Alien8, we have about the same talents (or lack thereof). It's so cool to know there are other "noisemakers" out there who just like making sounds. Cheers!

Alien8 · Post by **Alien8** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:05 pm

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Doe
St. Francis
Bill & Rhubarb

Please authorize the transfer, I could use it for more moogs... I feel much safer now, thanks!

Ahhh yes, the working studio and the "real" studio... I don't actually plan to make any money with it either, just hang out in it really, doing my own thing.

Voltor, I can actually play guitar, and well when I focus on a task... but I prefer messing with the sound to make it something else, and writing something that isn't quite understood due to it's cloak and current collective perceptions. Soon I will have the tools to be able to show you too!

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:05 pm

lol

I would like to retire and open my own studion business, but Im so anal about my gear I coudn't let anyone touch it. I got Miffed to say the least when I had to bring my Voyager into a studion where the owner smoked. My headphonessmelled like tobacco and I just can't imagine what must be inside the many holes of the Voyager.

But really I want to be able to have a facillity where I can make music in a professional environment and then go off into another room and there will be a digital editing system so that I can make films.

That and an office where I can hang up large portraits of myself and pretend that Im ray charles.

Eric

space_nerd · Post by **space_nerd** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:34 pm

I'm a quite (and a little bit strange

) guy that love my family, my friends, my animals, nature, my job (industrial design engineering) and music/synths........