"When I'm thinking about how to solve a particular problem, I can think about it for days and weeks and nothing will happen. Then, someday when I'm cutting the grass or I'm having a hamburger or I wake up in the middle of the night, the idea would be there. I think it would be egotistical of me to say that I thought of it. What happened is I opened my mind and the idea came thru and entered my head. These ideas, I don't have to dig up anything, sometimes I don't even have to be thinking, and there they are. It's something between discovering and witnessing."
I'm an artist not a musician but we ALL do that, If your an engineer or a builder or anything else we all come up with stuff when we are doing other stuff, nothing special about that
An absolute legend. People tend to overlook the manner in which Moog (together with Buchla and some others) revolutionised music forever with his inventions. Electronic music is so ubiquitous nowadays that people think it has been like that for ages, but forget that these endless possibilities were once only ideas in the heads of genuises like Robert Moog.
I used to work at tower records... There was always some customer who thought that acoustic music was always better... like all you needed to to to evaluate music is its not electric. I'd say to them that music was ruined when the Piano replaced the Clavier. Totally silly. You use the best tools you can get. Now its DAWs. Nothing will replace the old stuff of course, we still have shovels, but we have backhoes too now.
Usually the dislike of electric instruments music are from people born before the 1940s so that person must have been really old and probably passed away.
i was in the MOOG builiding today in AVL NC putting tiles in the new bathrooms.. lol i had no idead DR> MOOG or who he was or what MOOG meant kinda knew it had to do with music and Synthesizers. So imma watch this and learn . i just started watching and already enjoy it
So disgusting, what happened in Asheville, NC. The final resting place for the Moog legacy. When the shop in Asheville died, that was the end of Moog. Then the vultures came for the carcass. Now a disgusting venture capital firm bought the name, sullied it, and are churning out crap in 2024. Roberts legacy deserves so so so SO much better.
I don't know why Wendy Carlos is not featured in this documentary. Switched On Bach did so much to popularize the Moog Synthesizer. Check out the early 16 Track Two Inch Tape Machine at 27:42. It's tremendous!
This is about Bob Moog, not Wendy … Switched On Bach is mentioned, as is Emerson and Wakeman who, I would argue, brought the sounds of the synthesizer to more people than Carlos
@@aeropilot4419 You would be flawed in that argument for two reasons. Carlos, being an early adopter of the instrument actually worked very closely with Moog to develop many of the components that became common in their systems. Also, it was Carlos' work that Emerson initially heard which brought the instrument to his attention in the first place. Emerson and Wakeman are better known for their virtuosity and stagecraft. When you think of Carlos you immediately associate with Moog. Know your history.
She's a very private person and rarely appears on camera. I suppose you can just add this clip in as an added bonus. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wTaZxI1x3rI.html
I'm just now coming across this video. And what funny is that I just purchased my very first Moog yesterday. I bought a Moog One 16 voice. And I can't wait for it to arrive.
It wasn't any single artist or genre that revolutionized music in the 20th century. It was two men. Les Paul and Robert Moog Mr Moog allowed music to reach new heights and expanded the capabilities of musicians to create new sounds. RIP Mr Moog
33:44 Sampling found sounds, cutting them up, putting bits of them back together, and mixing them, goes back to the early French Musique Concrete electronic music techniques.
33:44 Sampling found sounds, cutting them up, putting bits of them back together, and mixing them, goes back to the early French Musique Concrete electronic music techniques.
Without this instrument which was so groundbreaking bands/musicians would nt have existed-Kraftwerk Tangerine Dream Keith Emerson Vangelis Tomita Rick Wakeman the list goes on forever -big respect to Robert Moog!!
Kraftwerk did invent electronic music, using among other things ...moogs.... that is the real contribution to modern music moog made, also with the help from Jean Michel Jarre.... not a single word were mendtioned .of these artists
@@supernowa Neither of them were ever closely associated with Moog. JMJ used mostly EMS and ARP instruments in the early days, and while Ralf Hutter did use a Minimoog in the 70s, Kraftwerk were best known for creating their own instruments.
Also, has any group in society crowned him the Einstein of 20th century electronic music or analog sound reproduction?, or has that been given to Giorgio Moroder, Jan Hammer perhaps Daft Punk hell I dunno I'm new at this...anyone?
I love what Robert says about the importance of live music, that performers can interact with musicians and create a community right there on the spot! Damn right! Been a professional/semi professional musician for 31 years, and live music really needs to grow!!!
Bob is a legend, an icon. Probably one of the only synth makers that could be considered a household name. Even to people who know nothing about synthesis but just love music! To we synth geeks he's our Gandolf 🧙♂️🪄✨✨
Been interested in synths and electronic music my whole life, and just learned recently that Bob Moog is credited with inventing the VCO and the envelope generator. This man almost singlehandedly built the entire foundation upon which all electronic music sits. Insane when you think about it.
I often wear a Moog T-shirt and it never ceases to amaze me how many people come over and comment on it. All it says on on it is MOOG, but those who know, just know. I wish I could afford to buy a Moog synth, but I'll have to make do with listening to the amazing and iconic sounds that artists have recorded on those wonderful machines.
The best part is that funny interaction with Bob, Rick Wakeman and Bernie Worrell. That was hilarious so funny I had to watch it again this morning @ around between 38:00-42:00. I met Bob once at his booth at the NAMM show and talked to him for five minutes. Just got a Mini Moog last week, it’s great!
yes Bob you connect to us through your creation, and your creation connects us with endless possibilities, thank you Bob.. now BTW can you send some sort of message to you team on earth and tell them to lower the price of the Moog one? that could connect us even more! I hope you're listening
This is such a fine documentary, the mention of Switched on Bach at the beginning shows me the proper sequence of events, and Bob's mention on Ushevsky pardon the spelling, giving him credit for the Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release envelope control is so fair and accurate. The envelope is one of the finest creations and the ablility to exercise this control over a note is just off the scales. Like dynamics on a piano it gives the composer so much expression in the creation.
Seeing Bob Moog playing Taiko no Tatsujin is something I didn't know I needed until now. Phenomenal documentary. Rest in peace Bob! You were a true visionary.
I'm glad this film was made before Bob Moog and so many others who appear had passed. RIP Bob Moog, Gershon Kingsley, Walter Sear, Keith Emerson, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Sun Ra, and Bernie Worrell.
Edd Kalehoff was behind the theme for many gameshows including "Family Feud" and at least several of the cues for "The Price Is Right" among many others.
This documentaries dope, seeing bob sit there watching that chick practicing so hard on the theremin was hilarious, and listening to Bernie, Bob listen to rick was hilarious too.
