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Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution

Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution

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The Moog synthesizer "bent the course of music forever" Rolling Stone declared. Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensation---suddenly everyone wanted a Moog. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds, and Stevie Wonder discovered his synthesizer, and it came to be featured in seminal film scores including Apocalypse Now and A Clockwork Orange. The Moog's game-changing sounds saturated 60's counterculture and burst into the disco party in the 70's to set off the electronic dance music movement. Bob had singlehandedly founded the synth industry and become a star in the process. But he was also going broke. Imitators copied his technology, the musicians' union accused him of replacing live players, and Japanese competitors started overtaking his work. He struggled to hang on to his inventions, his business, and his very name. Bob's story upends our notions of success and wealth, showing that the two don't always go together. In Switched On, author Albert Glinsky draws on exclusive access to Bob Moog's personal archives and his probing interviews with Bob's family and a multitude of associates, for this first complete biography of the man and his work. Switched On takes the reader on a roller coaster ride at turns triumphant, heart-breaking, and frequently laugh out loud absurd---a nuanced trip through the public and private worlds of this legendary inventor who altered the course of music.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola Prelude PART ONE: THE FLUSHING GEEK Chapter 1: Depression's Child Chapter 2: Bronx Cheers Chapter 3: Our Guarantee Chapter 4: No Exit PART TWO: SLIPPING BACKWARDS ON A BANANA PEEL Chapter 5: Transistor Man and the Crusaders Chapter 6: Do It Yourself Chapter 7: The Abominatron Chapter 8: A Eunuch in a Harem Chapter 9: A Few Thousand Screws PART THREE: COSMIC SOUNDS Chapter 10: Hallucinations for Your Ear Chapter 11: The Star Collector Chapter 12: Long Live the Moog! Chapter 13: Hello, HAL Chapter 14: The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog Chapter 15: Socket To Me, Baby! PART FOUR: SHORT CIRCUITS Chapter 16: Panicsville Chapter 17: Mini and the Beast Chapter 18: A Palace Revolution Chapter 19: The Island of Electronicus Chapter 20: I Bought Bob Moog PART FIVE: AN APOCALYPSE NOW Chapter 21: The Gelatin Pit Chapter 22: Vexations Chapter 23: Genericide Chapter 24: Yankee Go Home Chapter 25: The Briar Patch PART SIX: THE GRAND POOBAH Chapter 26: Genius for Hire Chapter 27: Comes Now the Defendant Chapter 28: The Desperate Voyager Chapter 29: Patron Saint of Electrogeeks Chapter 30: The Show That Never Ends Postlude Acknowledgements Notes Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780197642078
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 164 mm
  • No of Pages: 496
  • Spine Width: 41 mm
  • Weight: 862 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0197642071
  • Publisher Date: 24 Nov 2022
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution
  • Width: 243 mm


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