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Thom Holmes | Keith Emerson: An appreciation of his Moog musicianship
This blog entry provides an appreciation of Keith Emerson’s playing and musicianship, especially with the Moog Modular synthesizer, and points out some of the ways in which he was an exceptional synthesist. My thanks to Brian Kehew for contributing his...Early “Live” Moog Modular Artists: Richard Teitelbaum and the First Moog Modular Synthesizer in Europe
The earliest and boldest use of the Moog in improvisational music was the work of Richard Teitelbaum (b. 1939), an American composer and co-founder of the free improvisation ensemble Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV).
Early “Live” Moog Modular Artists: John Mills-Cockell
This is the first of a series of blogs on early live uses of the Moog Modular. Before Keith Emerson took his mammoth “Monster Moog” on tour in 1971an astonishing feat by any measurethere were several forays into live performances by a number of Moog users. Their experience spanned music genres, from classical, experimental, art rock, and jazz. All before the year 1970.
A History of the Moog Modular in Space Music
While most musicians were finding ways to adapt the Moog Modular to popular music–using the keyboard controller to play the instrument like an organ– others found satisfaction in creating “beds” and continuously changing background textures of sounds.