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Thom Holmes: Indexing the Moog Modular from 1967-1970

Thom Holmes: Indexing the Moog Modular from 1967-1970

The Moog Modular 1967–1970: An Index* Tabulating Leading Indicators of Early Moog Influence I want to look back to four years that changed electronic music history. The years were 1967 to 1970, the first years during which Bob Moog’s Modular Synthesizer were widely...
Moog: A History in Recordings by Thom Holmes

Moog: A History in Recordings by Thom Holmes

Guest blogger Thom Holmes explores how technology and musical artistry influence one another Some questions about electronic music are best answered historically. What qualities make electronic music inherently different than other music? Where did the idea originate...
Bob Moog’s Love of the Theremin

Bob Moog’s Love of the Theremin

  A note: You can turn to Thom Holmes’ podcast to hear all the tracks included here that use a Moog theremin as well as some others from the last 100 years of theremin recordings. As influential as the Moog synthesizer has been, Bob Moog’s original focus in...
On the Road: Early “Live” Moog Modular Artists

On the Road: Early “Live” Moog Modular Artists

Moog Modular Historian Thom Holmes Explores Early “Live” Moog Modular Artists (1965-1970) We stray from Moog recordings for this edition of the blog to document some of the early pioneers of live Moog Modular performance. While digging through many of the...