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Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution (Hardcover)
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Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution (Hardcover)
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The Moog synthesizer "bent the course of music forever" Rolling
Stone declared. Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a
lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked
into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly
became a sensation--suddenly everyone wanted a Moog. The Beatles,
The Doors, The Byrds, and Stevie Wonder discovered his synthesizer,
and it came to be featured in seminal film scores including
Apocalypse Now and A Clockwork Orange. The Moog's game-changing
sounds saturated 60's counterculture and burst into the disco party
in the 70's to set off the electronic dance music movement. Bob had
singlehandedly founded the synth industry and become a star in the
process. But he was also going broke. Imitators copied his
technology, the musicians' union accused him of replacing live
players, and Japanese competitors started overtaking his work. He
struggled to hang on to his inventions, his business, and his very
name. Bob's story upends our notions of success and wealth, showing
that the two don't always go together. In Switched On, author
Albert Glinsky draws on exclusive access to Bob Moog's personal
archives and his probing interviews with Bob's family and a
multitude of associates, for this first complete biography of the
man and his work. Switched On takes the reader on a roller coaster
ride at turns triumphant, heart-breaking, and frequently laugh out
loud absurd--a nuanced trip through the public and private worlds
of this legendary inventor who altered the course of music.
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