[sdiy] Famous Gene?

[Gene Stopp]

That was my evil twin?

Uh oh I think I've been discovered... well really I'm one of the mortals - I
bow to the movers and shakers on the list who have paid their dues by
getting the math down and really understanding the physics in the silicon,
or those who have gone into debt offering products for sale with their own
garage business  complete with panels and pots and parts. I was just a
moog-hacker in the right place at the right time.

Some words of advice - never go on tour as a roadie with your favorite band.
("aw man, Tarkus again? I'm gettin sick of that...")

I spewed out a lot of stories back in '95 or so to AH - they're probably
still out there in the archives. I really should try to go to a DIY meeting
someday - I just got back from a 5-day get-together in Ohio of all places
for my wife's email list buddies (a parenting group). I'm wearing my giant
wooden roller coaster t-shirt as I type this :)

- Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Parkhurst [mailto:tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:59 AM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: [sdiy] Famous Gene?


Excerpt from an interview with ELP keyboard tech Will Alexander
>From http://www.keithemerson.com/techtalk.html

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(TD)So the Moog was retired for ten years. What brought it out of
retirement?

Keith feels it's an icon in the keyboard world. Even today it has a sense of
mystery. People come up and look at it and they don't care about the
technology. They could care less about samplers and synths, but they look at
that Moog and say, "Wow!" When I got the Moog it was in pretty bad shape. It
hadn't been used. There was lots of corrosion on all the contacts and
modules didn't work. I have a friend named ***Gene Stopp*** who is also a
Moog enthusiast, so we brought it into my living room for eight months.
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Gene? Gene Stopp who writes to us mere mortals on Synth DIY? I'm impressed!
What a great story to be able to tell at SDIY meetings. :)



Tim Servo

 
"Keith Emerson rocks!" - Albert Einstein