[Imc-makerspace] Oddmusic is having space issues.

[Brian Duggan]

Allow Ms. Rockmore's cat to demonstrate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNMm5CKmknQ&feature=related

(weird that a friend sent this to me without any knowledge of my
Theremin discussion today)

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Stewart Dickson
<MathArt at emsh.calarts.edu> wrote:
> Theremin.   Pronounced "Terra-Meen".   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
>>
>> It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who
>> patented the device in 1928.
>
> My friend, Michael Scroggins http://emsh.calarts.edu/~aka was at an
> experimental video conference in Moscow in the 1980s.
> Theremin came up in conversation.   Somebody said to him, "Oh, yes.   He's
> still alive.  He lives near here."
>
> You need to be a serious analogue circuit *artist* like Robert Moog to build
> a good one.   http://www.moogmusic.com
> I attended Bob Moog's Memorial Celebration in 2005 and heard the story of
> when, in the 1970's, Bob was called to New York to restore Clara Rockmore's
> Theremin, which had been built in the 1930's by Theremin, himself.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Rockmore    Once he got it restored, he
> watched Rockmore warming-up on it and his jaw dropped.   She was doing
> things with the instrument that he never thought were possible.
> The best Thereminists are violinists first.
>
> I worked in Asheville, NC from 2005 to 2007.  In 2006, we bought my son,
> Nate (See him at the Bike Co-Op)  an electric violin.   I took him on a tour
> of the Moog Music factory.   The sales lady let him plug his violin into the
> Moogerfooger stack in the demo room.   He tried out a Moog Theremin, too.
> http://www.moogmusic.com/theremin/?section=product&product_id=70
>>
>> 110V Etherwave Theremin Kit
>> $359.00
>
> -Stewart,
> http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/portfolio/SPD_Acoust_portfolio.html
>
> Wayne Byarlay wrote:
>>
>> Yeah! The first thought that comes to mind is a. A... What's that thing
>> called that you play by putting your hand near it?
>>
>> Wayne Byarlay
>> Active directory administrator, CITES systems management group
>> Rm 1501, DCL
>> 217-244-7617
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I spoke to Jacob from Oddmusic a couple minutes ago about their space.
>>> The issue is that their room is basically a large closet attached to
>>> the Family Room and they're outgrowing it. It sounded like they're
>>> going to try to work something out at the next steering meeting to
>>> arrange use of the Family Room when they need it.
>>>
>>> Jacob appreciated the possibility of using the Makerspace, but he
>>> doesn't think it's where Oddmusic is headed right now.
>>>
>>> Oddmusic does do really cool stuff, though, like building and
>>> programming their own electronic instruments. It would be really fun
>>> to partner on some kind of project in the future.
>>>
>>> Brian D.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Brian Sheppard <bshepp at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oddmusic seems to be having space issues.  Any objections to letting
>>>> them
>>>> use our space when needed?
>>>> brian shepaprd
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