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Pat Blythe – Synth What? …and Music

Posted in Opinion with tags A Girl With A Camera The Picture Taker, Allan Holdsworth, Arc, Basset, Bob Murrell, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Edgar Winter, Godwin Guitorgan, Godwin Organs, guitar synthesizer, Guitorgan, Hammond, Jan Hammer, Jimmy Page, Joni Mitchell, Keytar, luvthemusic, MIDI, Musiconics International (MCI), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Orphica, Pat Blythe, Pat Metheny, podcast, Roland, Sisme, Steve Pelletier, SynthAxe, SynthAxeDrummitar, synthesizer, The Basement Sessions, Tubon on April 14, 2021 by segarini

Last week I entered a wormhole I haven’t quite surfaced from. It all started with a offhand remark and has now ended up to a be two-part essay on all things synthesizer(ish). You’ve all read the history of this beast (test on Friday) so I shall now segue into the “guitar synthesizer”, the “SynthAxe” and a new find…..the “Keytar”.

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Pat Blythe – The Synthesizer…..and music

Posted in Opinion with tags 3D glasses, Allison Harris, Bob Segarini, Canadian Electronic Music Laboratory, DBAWIS, Donald Leslie, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Electronic Sackbut, Ernestine, Hammond B3, Hermann von Helmholtz, Hugh Le Caine, Jan Hammer, Korg, Laurens Hammond, Leslie speaker, Lily Tomlin. UNEWS, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mellotron, MIDI, Minimoog, Moog, Mulit-track, Musical Instrument Digital Interface, Novachord, On the Sensations of Tone, Pat Blythe, player piano, Podbean, podcast, podcasting, Prophet-5, RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer, Robert Moog, Roland, Sequential Circuit, Special Purpose Tape Recorder, synthesizer, Telharmonium, Thaddeus Cahill, tick-less clock, Walter Carlos, Wendy Carlos, Wurlitzer, Yamaha on April 7, 2021 by segarini

Note: OMG!!!! This is a very, very long and winding wormhole. What started out as simple piece on the synth guitar has blown up and created a universe all its own. If there was even a choice among door number one, two or three, I think I’ve now walked through door 100 and counting.

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