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Remembering John Eaton (1935-2015)
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. -- Sir Isaac Newton Bob Moog was renowned for his remarkable humility, despite his tremendous accomplishments. One of the reasons that he deflected many accolades was due to his...
Malcolm Cecil’s iTONTO to benefit Bob Moog Foundation
Synthesizer maverick and Grammy award winning producer Malcolm Cecil announces the release of iTONTO, an app for iPad and iPhone that offers up a trove of historical and technical information about the worlds largest synthesizer. Best known for its prominence on four...
Cruise to the Edge Names Bob Moog Foundation as Beneficiary
Progressive Rock Cruise Provides Support to Education and Archive Projects Cruise to the Edge, the ultimate progressive rock cruise, is honoring the Bob Moog Foundation as the official beneficiary organization for its third annual Caribbean cruise. The music-based...
Thom Holmes: The Rarest of Moog Modular Recordings
Moog Rarities: A Survey of the Most Hard-to-Find Moog Recordings In past blogs I've written about the first recordings of the Moog Modular Synthesizer: and Moog Obscura, odds and ends from the Moog Modular catalog. This time I'm going to take a crack at listing a...
RadHaus Releases Ambient Tribute to Edgar Froese to Benefit Bob Moog Foundation
Remembering Froese: Ambient Electronica Album "Legacy & Evolution" Honors a Legend The RadHaus US audiophile label has released a compilation project with music from over 20 ambient and electronic musicians as a tribute to the late Edgar Froese, who passed away...
The 40 Year Friendship: Bob Moog and David VanKoevering
The 40-Year Friendship: David Van Koevering and Bob Moog with Images from the Bob Moog Foundation Archives || Van Koevering Collection. [Note: This blog is the result of information mined from archival material and an extensive interview with David...
Circuit of My Mind: Art and Bob Moog Converge
Bob Moog Foundation Releases Historic Artistic Rendering of Bob Moog In honor of Bob's upcoming 81st birthday on May 23, 2015, we are releasing a particularly beautiful artistic rending of Bob, which was originally drawn by graphic artist extraordinaire,...
MOTU Announces Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank
The Bob Moog Foundation and MOTU are proud to announce the release of the Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank, a new, compelling collection of instrument and percussion sounds produced in commemoration of Bob Moog's 81st Birthday, coming up on May 23rd. In a...
“Switched-On” Exhibit Closes with Legacy Legends and Bob’s Birthday Bash
Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer, comes to a close this month after a successful year-long run at The History Center in Tompkins County in Ithaca, New York. The exhibit celebrates the seminal creation of Moog modular synthesizer over 50...
Herb Deutsch interview: Moog legacy legend on the Moog Liberation
As part of our spring 2015 raffle for a vintage, analog Moog Liberation, we delved into the story of this synthesizer. Composer and music educator Herbert Deutsch was an early collaborator of Bobs with his first modules, and was the marketing director for Moog Music...