Bent Festival '08
A report from Bent Festival '08 (New York edition), an annual gathering for musicians and artists into circuit bending. Check out a performance by the Furby Youth Orchestra, a chat with the inventor of the Theremin Bra, live soldering onstage, and lots more.
EM Covers the Blip Festival, 2007
A look behind the scenes and onstage at the second annual Blip Festival, a four-day celebration, held recently in New York City, of the "8-bit," or "Chiptune" scene, which features musicians who compose music on old video-game and computer hardware, and visual artists who produce videos to accompany the music.
Winter NAMM 2008
Alan White Interview
Yes drummer Alan White is interviewed at the Submersible Music booth. He also gives a brief playing demo on a MIDI drum-pad controller, triggering sounds from the Alan White kit in Submersible's KitCore MIDI drum-kit plug-in.
Tech 21 Character Series Pedals
Andrew Barta of Tech-21 demonstrates the Liverpool pedal from the company's new Character Series. Each pedal in the series emulates a particular amp type using SansAmp technology.
Herbie Hancock Interview
Herbie Hancock is interviewed by EM's Mike Levine at the Shure booth at NAMM.
What's New at Dave Smith Instruments
Synthesizer pioneer Dave Smith spotlights his Prophet 08 keyboard, Prophet 08 rack module and the new LinnDrum II drum machine collaboration with Roger Linn at Winter NAMM 2008.
EM Covers Moogfest: Part 1
Part 1 of Electronic Musician's special coverage of Moogfest 2007:
· Behind the scenes at the setup and soundcheck.
· The players introduce themselves.
· The "Bob Awards" are given to Gershon Kingsley and Herb Deutsch.
EM Covers Moogfest: Part 2
Part 2 of Electronic Musician's special coverage of Moogfest 2007:
· The players talk about their synth setups.
· Performance excerpts from Xenovibes, Don Preston, Tom Brislin and Spiraling, Adam Holzman and Brave New World, and T Lavitz.
EM Covers Moogfest: Part 3
Part 3 of Electronic Musician's special coverage of Moogfest 2007:
· Michelle Moog-Koussa of the Moog Foundation on the effort to save Bob Moog's archives.
·Performance excerpts from Neil Alexander and Nail, Herb Deutsch, Erik Norlander, Jordan Rudess, and Thomas Dolby.
Vernon Reid About the John Lennon Bus
Vernon Reid: Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid talks about his experiences producing music with kids on the John Lennon Bus.
Enter The Mind of Moog: Sean McDonald
Nonprofit organizer Sean McDonald provides EM with an overview of the Bob Moog Foundation’s charitable event, “Enter the Mind of Moog,” which took place on November 15, 2007, at the Orange Peel, a popular music venue in Asheville, North Carolina.
Enter The Mind of Moog: Steve Dunnington
Moog Music engineer Steve Dunnington explains the goals of the foundation and the “Mind of Moog” event. Along the way, he also divulges the origins of the name of Moog’s previous company, Big Briar.
Enter The Mind of Moog: Michelle Moog-Koussas
The executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation (Bob Moog’s daughter) tells EM about the organization’s objectives, which include establishing the Bob Moog Museum, college scholarships, and an outreach program to bring electronic music to schools.
Ironman composer Ramin Djawadi talks film-and-TV scoring. Go
What's New: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 XE and Guitar Rig Session, Rob Papen's Predator synth, and Haunted House Records's Electronic Critters, a sampling CD of circuit-bent toys.Go
