[sdiy] A synth Atlanta periodic get together?

[Aaron Lanterman]

Dear Synth DIYers and Analog Heaveners in the Atlanta Area [and assorted 
faculty of Georgia Tech],

Don Hassler at the Atlanta College of Art kindly hosted myself and several 
other folks from Georgia Tech the other day in a visit to their 
facilities; ever since then I've been toying with the idea of organizing 
some periodic get togethers for folks interested in synthesizers in the 
Atlanta area. I was thinking of trying to organize some sort of evening 
get togethers at Georgia Tech - I can get meeting space, and also put out 
ads to attract Tech students to the gatherings, but I'd like to do 
something open to the whole Atlanta community and not just Tech students. 
(I'm guessing some ACA folks would be interested). Maybe have them one a 
week, or once every-other-week?

I picked up DVDs of the Moog movie, and also the "making of" classic album 
series for Dark Side of the Moon (watching Gilmour recreate the On The Run 
sequence on the live sequence was great) and Who's Next (Townshend talks 
about using a Synthi on "Won't Get Fooled Again"). Showing of those 
movies could cover three meetings; other meetings could be folks bringing 
out and demoing their gear, something like a miniature AH meeting for the 
Atlanta area. Maybe at some point we could organize electronic music jams 
(The "New Music Circle" in St. Louis used to do such things there - I 
assume they still do.) I also might be able to talk Marshall Leach into 
doing a lecture on amplifier design or something like that...

I'm ccing some of our music and ECE faculty on this note (Gil, Frank, 
Jason, Doug, Jeff: maybe Music would be interested in "co-hosting" such 
gatherings with ECE? I'm not talking about outlaying any money - just 
meeting space. And maybe popcorn for the movie nights. Popcorn! I find 
popcorn machines to be very musical.)

If you're an Atlantan with potential interest in such gatherings, e-mail 
me back directly; I don't want to clutter up the AH and sdiy lists with 
messages that will only be relevant to those of us in Atlanta. Let me know 
your ideas for meetings. Maybe we wouldn't always meet at Tech - maybe 
meet at ACA one night; maybe Eyedrum would be interested in hosting 
something? (I was thinking about Tech since many of our students don't 
have cars...) This is all at the brainstorming stage. Don't be mislead 
into thinking I actually have anything resembling a plan.

Given recent events, maybe our first meeting should be a showing of the 
"Moog" movie, along with folks bringing out their Moogs - whether real 
Mini, Micro, Poly, etc... along with laptops running their software Moog 
emulations. Then, we make noise on our Moogs! Yes! Moog moog moog! More 
moogs!

- Aaron, who admits to having no Moog except a broken Minitmoog

P.S. If you're in Atlanta, my choir is performing tomorrow at 3:00 on 
Sunday. (That's in 13 hours). If you're looking for something to do, check 
out the DeKalb Choral Guild website at dcguild.home.mindspring.com and 
click on "performances." It's at the First United Methodist Church of 
Marietta; you'll find directions on the website. It's the American "kick 
off" to the European tour to Germany and the Czech Republic we're starting 
next week.

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