RIP Bob Moog (formerly "Bob Moog's Condition")

[Deef]

I was surprised to find no Bob Moog thread other than that in the Effects forum.

 

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1013405

 

His condition has worsened.

 

Bob Moog

 

I just received the "Moog" documentary from Netflix. I haven't viewed it yet but I'm looking forward to it. And I'm not even a synth nut.

 

Deef

[Counterpoint]

Thanks for posting the update. You are in my prayers, Dr. Moog.

[wooden]

This is going to be painful for all the music world. Dr Moog is one of the nicest guys in the industry, isnt he?

[blue2blue]

Musicians will always have a place in their hearts for those special instrument makers. And Bob was one of the pioneers in what was obvioulsy a major revolution in the way a lot of music is created.

 

Bob Moog's instruments were not designed to replace other traditional instruments (samplers using vastly different technology would end up in that role) but rather to bring a whole new range of sounds to working musicians, taking these innovative applications of technology out of the university experimental music labs and straight into the clubs and practice spaces.

 

His most notable instruments are anything but soulless or sterile, as electronic music critics have often branded electronic textures. They growl and pulse and sometimes soar with tones that sound like nothing in the natural world, yet somehow evoke what we long for, ponder, or fear in our deepest dreams and imaginings.

 

 

His inventions, his sounds, and the music they inspired and continue to inspire, will no doubt live far beyond our own brief times here.

[bp]

I would not be a musician if it weren't for Bob's instruments and his/their influence on me.

[Phil O'Keefe]

Originally posted by wooden This is going to be painful for all the music world. Dr Moog is one of the nicest guys in the industry, isnt he?

 

Yes he is.

 

Your in our thoughts and prayers Bob.

[Super 8]

Sorry to hear that his light is begining to flicker.

I'm sure this doesn't come competely unexpected to anymore. Still, it doesn't hurt to hope and pray. Sometimes people make amazing recoveries.....even if for just a short while.

 

I have certainly enjoyed the sounds of his instruments over the years.

I know he will be missed greatly. But his sound will live on.

Having a legacy to leave behind is a wonderful thing.

[Anderton]

There was a thread about Bob on SSS just before it moved over to Harmony Central. I think we're all somewhat in denial, which is why it wasn't brought up here again.

 

I'm so sorry to hear that things are getting worse for Bob. He is a wonderful guy and a gentleman. His "Afternoon with Bob Moog" at AES last year was absolutely delightful, and his work has inspired literally millions and changed the face of music. And throughout it all, he's been both kind and self-effacing.

 

I sure hope he makes a recovery, Bob rules.

[Anderton]

I just checked out the CaringBridge web site and didn't realize his condition had deteriorated so much.

 

This is so sad. Bob is such a great guy. He defined an era of music that continues to this day.

 

This rarely happens to me, but I'm speechless.

[Geoff Grace]

In April, there was an LA Area Synth Designer Symposium nearby that featured Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, and Dave Smith. I knew it was possibly a once in a lifetime occasion, but I had to miss it.

 

I never got to know Bob Moog, but I was fortunate to have spoken with him briefly at several other events.

 

The most recent of those was in January of this year when Stephen Fortner brought him by our table at the MusicPlayer NAMM dinner. We all applauded Bob, and I said goodnight to him as we left.

 

I'm saddened to think that was probably the last time.

 

Goodnight, Bob; you sure have had a wonderful life.

 

Best,

 

Geoff

[Anderton]

I must say it's always been very disturbing to me that Bob had to waste so much time and money getting the rights back to his name. I wish he could have spent that energy on the things he loved to do...now I wish that more than ever.

 

Geoff, I'm very glad you got to meet him. With Bob, what you see is what you get...so if you met him once, you pretty much know what he's about.

 

I can't tell you how distressing this is. I mean, I know we're all mortal and everything, but still, last time I saw Bob he was just fine and it's hard to imagine him any other way.

[felix]

Soundtrack for today:

 

Clockwork Orange Soundtrack

Switched on Boxed Set

 

[Dylan Walters]

This is really upsetting. I had the chance of meeting Bob back in College when he was visiting for a clinic. It was the first class of the day, and in waltzes the chair of the synth department with Bob totally surprising us. Me and the rest of the class are looking at each other with a look like "Holy crap, is that Bob Moog"? He spent some time talking with us in our class before his official clinic started. I'll never forget that. He's truly one of the most genuinely nice people that I've ever met and I have feel grateful for having the chance to meet him. If you haven't already, I'd highly advise singing his guestbook even if you don't have much to say.

[Geoff Grace]

 

Originally posted by Amos: Hello, Bob Moog passed on today at about 2pm eastern time, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. Many of you have been following the progress of his illness, and all here have been touched in one way or another by the remarkable achievements of this great and humble man. Keep Bob and his family in your thoughts. -Amos http://www.caringbridge.com/cb/inputSiteName.do?method=search&siteName=bobmoog

[Dave Bryce]

 

 

dB

[Ed A.]

More information at:

 

http://www.bigbriar.com/

[Phil O'Keefe]

:(

[Deef]

I watched the Moog documentary DVD last night. Do not neglect seeing this. It is less a timeline of invention than it is Bob Moog talking to us and his friends, both casually and directly, about his feelings on his instruments and music.

 

The moment that sticks with me is his only real musical performance in the film, outside by the river in North Carolina, playing "Old Man River" on his theremin. After all the far-out, spacey and virtuosic outings by numerous maestros of the Moog, his little tune is simple, direct, even naive, utterly human, as if the theremin was the most natural of folk instruments.

 

He made the world better.

 

Deef

[deanmass]

Nothing to say on this one.

 

;(

[Anderton]

Thank you for doing so much for all of us during your time here. Rest in peace.

[Gus Lozada]

What Craig said...

 

His legacy is so big and great he'll never been forgotten.

Rest in Peace, Bob.

 

[Spencer Crewe]

Sleep well, good sir.

 

Cheers and Thanks to Bob.

Spencer

[Jeff da Weasel]

Bob, you had all of the respect I could give. Not for your amazing creativity and its resulting innovations, though that's certainly worthy.

 

No, it's for your ability to remain a human being despite everyone's insistence that you were a god, or at least a minor deity.

 

Any human can only hope to leave a legacy that's barely comparable to yours. Rest well, sir.

 

- Jeff

[fantasticsound]

There are few icons in instrument design and manufacture whose names immediately evoke such recognition as Moog. The man's creations were as unique as his name. When I was really young (prior to camping out in music stores as a novice musician) I was entirely unfamiliar with Korg, Roland and other well known synth manufacturers. But everyone knew what a Moog was. Even kids who didn't play instruments.

 

To find that Bob was as giving and amiable as he was inventive is both delightful and disheartening. Good to know he was a wonderful person and bad that I never had the opportunity to speak with him.

 

RIP, Bob.

[kylen]

Mr. Moog - Thank you for stopping by with something beautiful and sharing it with everyone.