Wendy Carlos' Recording Tips for the Beginner
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inverseroom wrote:My neighbor just told me that there's an article on WC in MOJO! WTF? Gotta go get that.
He also said that, in it, she claims that there never was a "Walter Carlos." That he was simply the creation of the record company, which wanted a male artist.
that's really good!
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Wow, I had no idea I was opening such a can of worms by posting a link. Not my intention.
That Peter and the Wolf looks amazing!
If anyone is interested in THAT story, there's a reasonable amount about it (handled in a way I presume she's comfortable with) as a sidebar in "Analog Days, the Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer", which is an awesome book to read anyway.
One of my favorite Wendy bits is a rant she wrote in the Last Whole Earth Catalog regarding the state of the synthesizer industry in 197...3? Hysterrical. fills nearly a page worth of text of her railing against the technical (and finiancial) limitations of the times.
Her website is pretty cool.
Inverseroom, definitely try and get an interview! I would LOVE to read that.
That Peter and the Wolf looks amazing!
If anyone is interested in THAT story, there's a reasonable amount about it (handled in a way I presume she's comfortable with) as a sidebar in "Analog Days, the Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer", which is an awesome book to read anyway.
One of my favorite Wendy bits is a rant she wrote in the Last Whole Earth Catalog regarding the state of the synthesizer industry in 197...3? Hysterrical. fills nearly a page worth of text of her railing against the technical (and finiancial) limitations of the times.
Her website is pretty cool.
Inverseroom, definitely try and get an interview! I would LOVE to read that.
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Yeah, that's my friend's book.apropos of nothing wrote:If anyone is interested in THAT story, there's a reasonable amount about it (handled in a way I presume she's comfortable with) as a sidebar in "Analog Days, the Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer", which is an awesome book to read anyway.
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No response from Wendy yet...but given the MOJO thing, maybe she's becoming more comfortable with press attention. I hope so anyhow!
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But Wendy's album has SOUNDS you've never heard (certainly beyond Riley's famous Farfisa, and not from synth or real instruments) and music far beyond the scales on a 12-note organ keyboard. It's an amazing combination of things.inverseroom wrote:My favorite in that category is Terry Riley's "Shri Camel"--all done on a Yamaha combo organ customized with just intonation. I listen to it all the time, actually, and i don't even smoke pot.Knights Who Say Neve wrote:"Beauty in the Beast" is one of the few "alternate tuning" records (from someone with a western academic background) I've heard that is actually good, listenable music. Well worth checking out.
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My, my, Brian. FARFISA!??! You of all people should know it was a Yamaha YC-45DBrianK wrote:But Wendy's album has SOUNDS you've never heard (certainly beyond Riley's famous Farfisa, and not from synth or real instruments) and music far beyond the scales on a 12-note organ keyboard. It's an amazing combination of things.inverseroom wrote:My favorite in that category is Terry Riley's "Shri Camel"--all done on a Yamaha combo organ customized with just intonation. I listen to it all the time, actually, and i don't even smoke pot.Knights Who Say Neve wrote:"Beauty in the Beast" is one of the few "alternate tuning" records (from someone with a western academic background) I've heard that is actually good, listenable music. Well worth checking out.
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I definitely need to get that Carlos record though. I'll order one today...
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There are MANY more Shining cues and bits in her new CD's "Lost Scores"; some of her very best work is on there, suprisingly for "outtakes".
Terry Riley used a Farfisa live, I used to have the same exact model - I don't like the music myself, so I beg to be excused!
Best work from her - VERY hard to say. If you like classical music done on a synth, I'd say Clockwork Orange, or Switched on Bach II. If you like weird sounds (really unusual ones) try Beauty and the Beast. There's also "Sonic Seasonings", which is an "experimental/ambient" synth album that recreates the seasons of the year pretty effectively....
Terry Riley used a Farfisa live, I used to have the same exact model - I don't like the music myself, so I beg to be excused!
Best work from her - VERY hard to say. If you like classical music done on a synth, I'd say Clockwork Orange, or Switched on Bach II. If you like weird sounds (really unusual ones) try Beauty and the Beast. There's also "Sonic Seasonings", which is an "experimental/ambient" synth album that recreates the seasons of the year pretty effectively....
Relax and float downstream...
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