"Real Shit"? I think it's safe to say you are very young, I have a pretty good idea about many, many varied types of music.
I have been playing "Real Instruments" longer than you have been alive. And they pay me to do so.
moog? extra credit if you built it yourself.
or a cigar box guitar maybe, same bonus applies
either way beats me, i "play" bass, uke, and harp. if you can call it "playing".. cats hide when i go near my instruments. come to think of it so does my wife. but with her playing her violin and flute, they come sit and listen. me? they hide for days
OK. I do not usually tell this story publicaly... but whatevs... Also bad opsec... also whatevs...
Back in the 80s I went to college in the mountains of NC as a Music/Audio engineering double major.
I met an adjunct professor in the cafeteria completely randomly. He was not currently teaching, but he had a love for electronic music and prog rock which I also liked. His name was Bob. We become fast friends, and would meet for lunch often over the next several weeks. He liked to talk about what I wanted to do with music, and he also told me lots about some of the crazy projects he was doing. At the time he was working out the idea for a Theramin (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin ). He was wanting to build one that sent MIDI. I told him I thought this was super cool, and that I would want one myself, but that I thought it would be a niche instrument at best.
I will never forget the look on his face at this one moment in our friendship there at the lunch table one day. A knowing smile came over him as well as an obvious look of disappointment. Because he had just seen my jaw hang open and my eyes get as wide as saucers when I realized who he was.
"You just figured out my last name didn't you Xxxxx (My first name)?", Bob asked me.
"I think so", I replied.
"Well, you're right... but hopefully we can continue this friendship the same even now that you know... and I want you to continue to be as honest as you were before about my ideas! I was quite enjoying getting to know you without you knowing my last name. It makes relationships hard with like minded folks".
We did remain friends, but I think it was hard for it not to affect me that I was hanging out with Robert Moog, the inventor of the first synthesizer you could buy, and such a tremendous influence on electronic music.
I never kept up with Bob well after I left school which is typical of me, and I was DEVASTATED when I learned he had brain cancer some 20ish years later. What an irony that someone with such an amazing mind died because if a disease in it. He did go on to invent the Moog Etherwave which was, as I had predicted, a bit of a niche product.
That is my own Minimoog (with my new Blockstream Jade sitting atop it!). I bought it from a guy for $100. He did not know what he was selling. I sort of felt guilty. I will never sell it though even though it's worth quite a bit more than $100. It needs an overhaul, and I am about to get the capaciters needed to get it back to tip top shape. You guys have all heard this thing... it's all over pop music from the 70s to today. Particularly used for big ass bass sounds.
Here's to Bob...
