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The Market for Musical Gear Is Amping Up Like Never Before Bloomberg 4 days ago Jonathan Roeder (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- The numbers are in, and the pandemic has officially turbocharged the market for musical equipment: Online retailer Sweetwater reported record growth last year, surpassing $1 billion in sales; Fender Musical Instruments signed up 900,000 users for its Play lessons app. Popular Searches The action has been especially pronounced in the secondhand market. Da...

The Quietus , February 20th, 2021 09:12 For half a century, synthesizer design has been dominated by the piano keyboard, but things could have gone another way. Author of a new book for Velocity Press called Synthesizer Evolution, Oli Freke takes a look at some of the roads not taken by electronic music All images by Oli Freke Synth manufacturers have pursued the perfection of electronic music for more than half a century, but in so doing they have arguably sidelined the hitherto wild-west nat...

The new documentary tells the story of the roles women played — and continue to play — in the creation and development of electronic music, from theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore to today.

The new documentary tells the story of the roles women played — and continue to play — in the creation and development of electronic music, from theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore to today.

January 20, 2021 10:23 am Pentagram partners Sascha Lobe and Yuri Suzuki have designed the new identity for the Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI), based on musical forms and frequency waves. The work includes a new logo (static and sonic), sound design, video and motion graphics as well as typography. MIDI is used by musicians, producers and DJs as a way to create and share musical work. Before MIDI technology, there was no standardised way of synchronising electronic musical inst...

Emulating a disembodied voice, the theremins potential was soon realized in Americas burgeoning film industry, where it was regularly employed to accompany the supernatural and extraterrestrial — a flying saucer, a ray gun, an alien creature, and all sorts of other phenomena in black-and-white B movies of the 1950s. Beyond that niche, the theremin also found a place — albeit marginally — in classical and popular music. Robert Moog was the first to mass-produce the theremin, which then ...

100 Years Of The Theremin | Podcast Still Making Waves In The 21st Century Left-right: Cyril Lance, Dorit Chrysler, Bruce Woolley and Katia Isakoff Theremin at 100. A special podcast in honour of the 100th birthday. We speak to Cyril Lance (Chief Engineer, Moog), Dorit Chrysler (composer/New York Theremin Society), Bruce Woolley (songwriter/Radio Science Orchestra) and Katia Isakoff (singer/songwriter and producer). Patch & Tweak With Moog book. 16:44 - Dorit Chrysler Clara Rockmore 1932...

$30.52, that was the close. of course $38 was the ipo price. and the big global market story of the morning, the european leaders are gathering for an informal summit today. they are expected to talk about growth-boosting proposals and the idea of a joint euro zone bond. french president francois hollande supports the plan, but angela merkel is opposed. well have a live report from europe in a moment. but for now, andrew, back over to you. >> thanks, becks, and joseph, i am here stan...