Yeah, I'm shocked that a pioneer such as Bebe Barron has received so few views on my Channel. She and her husband Louis worked in R. H. Ranger's Studio, assisting John Cage. A truer pioneer one cannot find! Uh, please let your friends and online contacts know, so there can be more subscribers!

Same audio that was heard live in Niagara Falls, NY. The performances ran continuously at night for the entire Festival of Lights that year, and my "First Album For OxyLights" original music ran roughly 1-2 times per hour. The rest of the time OxyLights became a color organ with images by Tom Makar. Bob Makar, his brother, was the genius behind all the software, the Editor on which I could program not only the music but the images for the huge light show, as well as that needed to create the show. See drtomrhea.com site for details. Best, Tom Rhea.

Thanks for the comment. The whole story of OxyLights is there with color graphics on my web site drtomrhea.com perhaps I will add some verbiage to this KZbin channel to explain. It was a very big deal for the Niagra Falls Chamber of Commerce, as OxyLights won the "I love NY" award and appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. Of course, I received no credit by name, what does one expect?

Yep! On the Occidental Chemical Building, and it wasn't just "sound by Moog" as it says in the Guinness Book of World Records. Moog Electronics built the entire system, with software by Bob Makar for the lowly Commodore 64-we used 2 of those. The documentation is on drtomrhea.com take a look!

Don't forget Paul Beaver's work since 1967 doing all kinds of synth work: tonal and experimental. Very popular records, very influential.

@@OFR Yes, I knew Paul Beaver, and Dan Wyman as well. Dan told me that Paul would leave quite complicated patches on the modular Moog to be figured out by Dan and others-a wonderful teaching modality. I would never forget either person. Best, Tom Rhea.

Yes. I am not "engineer," but I know enough about what goes under the hood to avoid embarrassing myself. At least, not in public forums as so many others have done. The "West Coast vs. East Coast" bromides are incredible simplifications-or worse, misguided marketing ploys, typically founded on a lack of understanding about musical genres, and basic ways to differentiate among early equipment technical designs. Perhaps I should have mentioned early electronic music pioneers such as Tristram Cary and Peter Zinovieff, and instrumentation designed in U.K. Which "coast" was that? Unfortunately, the internet can promulgate nonsense-and the self-serving "boosterism" of certain "camps" more quickly than people who actually research their viewpoints can counter such nonsense . . . I'm not in anybody's camp, except that of keeping the historical record straight. Best, Tom Rhea.

@@electronicperspectives I like the way you described it as actually being a more "tonal vs non-tonal" philosophy. Not keyboard vs keyboard or live vs studio - it's really about experimental music vs traditional/tonal. Because that is people's "impression" (right or wrong) that "West Coast/Buchla" were more experimental, and East/Moog was tonal - which is quite untrue - except the Buchla could NOT be used tonally. MOST of the "East Coast" composers were experimental/atonal during the 60s.

@@conbriosynthesizers3428 You have it.

Yes. I was fortunate to interact with Clara and that entire crew. And, this program deserves to have a wider audience, so tell all your friends where they can enjoy this version restored by Matt Traum. Best, Tom Rhea.

More to come, please let your friends know!

There is actually an entire day that honored Alan R. Pearlman, but evidently the powers that be don't want to make all those videos publicly available.

I've not made public #1 and #2 to complete this series of 3 discussions re marketing ARP instruments. Tell your friends to subscribe!

Yes, Helberger and Lertes' instrument preceded Trautwin's Trautonium. PIC in my book, see electronicperspectives.com for a view/listen! Thanks for commenting. Best, Tom Rhea

Yes, "You Know What This Is-Because Your Hear It Everywhere" was one of my Minimoog ad concepts; the brass at Norlin almost freaked out when I insisted that no address, company name, even the name of the instrument appeared in the ad! I'm surprised they allowed it. Tom Oberheim told me it was the best ad he had seen lately . . . thanks for the recollections! Best, Tom Rhea.

Thanks! Please let your friends know about this Channel. Many more videos to come! Best, Tom Rhea.

Thanks Russell. I was fortunate to participate. Much more to make public! Please tell your friends! Best, Tom Rhea.

You're very kind, thank you. Pl;ease tell your friends and possibly my site drtomrhea.com might be useful.

Thanks! Anybody who has heard "Forbidden Planet's" underscore will never forget it! Yes, the studio-driven man-woman interactions portrayed in the film are so puerile that they are embarrassing! I used to play this for my students, and warned them in advance that "nobody from the 'fifties really acted that stupidly!" At any rate, please talk up this Channel so we can spread the word? How can Louis and Bebe Barron be allowed to be ignored?