[sdiy] [OT] How did you start?

[Michael Lloyd]

As a precursor, these two things laid the groundwork:
1. i was an electronics tinkerer as a very young kid and
2. my dad's night job was a drummer in some bands for years)

After that, these two things initiated my DIY Synth start in the 70's:

1. i used to fix radios as a kid to make money. i'd take my time fixing the 
nice ones. i repaired a good dx model and listened one night to a far away 
station playing what i later learned was Chick Corea bending on that 
MiniMoog pitch bend wheel playing fusion ... then Rick Wakeman doing his 
thing ....
:-)  what can i say - youngsters are impressionable ...  :-)
2. when I was young, I showed my mom a picture a picture of the VERY early 
PAIA synth - you know - the one with the typewriter keys for a keyboard.
I told her I wanted one of those. She said "that likely won't happen, but 
knowing you, I bet you can make something just as good"
Moms ALWAYS know just what to say.
Little did she know ...

Thanks for asking, brings back good memories ...

Michael


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Smith" <taciturn_unquiet at hotmail.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:51 PM
Subject: [sdiy] [OT] How did you start?


>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm posting this as off topic because it's more about you people than 
> synths. I'm doing an informative speech on SDIY for my public speaking 
> class and I'd like to have some testimonials about how other people 
> besides myself got started in SDIY. I'm not looking for anything lengthy 
> or profound, just one or two sentences about what got you into this 
> awesome hobby/addiction.
>
> Thanks for your time and patience,
>
> -Ian
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