[sdiy] A synth Atlanta periodic get together?

[Matt Simpson]

Heck yeah!

I just showed the Moog DVD as a memorial (after 6 hours of moog-based
musci) at my loft, and I'm entirely down on this.

Let's do it.

threv

On 8/28/05, Aaron Lanterman <lanterma at ece.gatech.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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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