Dubspot ‘Wireless’ Interview: Morton Subotnick – The Electronic Music Pioneer on Music Technology was uploaded by: DubSpot
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Synth pioneer Dave Smith shared some interesting thoughts, recently, on why hardware synths still matter: How silly it is to have a computer screen—QWERTY keyboard and mouse on one side, MIDI keyboard on the other—and somehow try to have fun. Fun is extremely important when playing with a synth! Menus and typing and clicking and so… Read More Dave Smith On Why Hardware Synths Still Matter – ‘Fun Is Extremely Important!’
Producer Jeff E. Winner shared this video with us, one of the bonus scenes on Stan Warnow’s Deconstructing Dad DVD. In the video, WInner & Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO check out Raymond Scott’s Motown Electronium, a unique early electronic music device. Deconstructing Dad is a documentary that looks at the life and work of electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott.
The latest episode of Motherboard TV features an interview with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick. Subotnick co-founded the San Francisco Tape Music Center, played a key role in the development of the Buchla modular synthesizer, created the seminal album Silver Apples Of The Moon and has created educational computer music games for children. Subotnick is… Read More Morton Subotnick Interview
In preparation for the 2012 Bloc Festival, organizers interviewed the headliners, including pioneering electroacoustic and classical composer Steve Reich. Reich talks about the relationship between West African and Balinese music and his early tape loop music. He goes on to discuss how this affected his early works. Reich’s work has been tremendously influential in electronic music,… Read More Steve Reich Discusses His Influences
Morton Subotnick on Pitch Painter for iPad was uploaded by: intervalstudios
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http://vimeo.com/32362481 This interview with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick, from the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy, digs into his experiences in the early days of synthesizers. Back in 1963 when synthesizers and electronic music were strictly the refuge of academic professors, Subotnick played Don Buchla’s Music Box on his experimental album Silver Apples Of The… Read More Morton Subotnick Interview (Madrid 2011)
[flickrvideo]http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkmital/5848169922/[/flickrvideo] Electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s Oramics Machine – a unique optical synthesizer – has been recreated as software. Oramics- an upcoming app for iOS – has also developed by Goldsmiths, University of London, to recreate the sound of the Oramics Machine. The app has been developed in conjunction with the UK’s Science Museum exhibit,… Read More Daphne Oram’s Oramics Machine Recreated In Software
I found out today, via synthesist Matthew Davidson, that computer music pioneer Max Mathews died today. Mathews (November 13, 1926 – April 21, 2011) is considered by many to be the father of computer music. Here’s what he had to say about his role as a computer music pioneer: “Computer performance of music was born in 1957,… Read More Max Mathews, Computer Music Pioneer, R.I.P.
Electronic music pioneer Roger Linn demonstrates the LinnStrument – a new pressure-sensitive multi-touch instrument that he is developing. The LinnStrument is capable of sensing independent and simulaneous pitch, timbre and expression data from each finger on each note within a grid. This allows you to slide pitches from one note to another and dynamically vary… Read More Roger Linn LinnStrument Sneak Preview
