Muad’Dib Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Gershon Kingsley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 RIP [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 He will be missed. I would like to think that right now, he and Jean-Jacques Perrey are having a joyful reunion in Heaven, with a whole squad of angels volunteering to do their tape splicing for them... Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I was riveted by that album, but he became a personal demigod when he and pianist Leonid Hambro released "Switched-On Gerhswin." That dialogue taught me a lot about analog synthesis in a big rush, but not the insane studio gear it took to get there at that time. Their version of "Rhapsody In Blue" is a bizarre little gem. If those two are in Heaven, there are no more tape hassles. They're using Ableton Live. Quote "I had a fight with my girlfriend during 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' on Christmas Eve. That earns me the white-trash black belt." ~ Christopher Titus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 At least he lived a good long life. It's strange timing, as I was working on my all-acoustic accordion-tuba-viola cover of "Popcorn" last night. I do not recall being aware of his tenure as music director of the Joffrey Ballet (ballet is my life passion). Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Ann P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico Bari, Dano Bari Select Strat/Tele, Am Pro Jazzmaster, LP 57 Gold, G5422DC-12, T486, T64, PM2, EXL1, XK4, Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 At least he lived as good long life. It's strange timing, as I was working on my all-acoustic accordion-tuba-viola cover of "Popcorn" last night. I find it very amusing that so many people, including me, have at least dropped in a quote from that somewhere. YouTube covers of it abound. Your idea sounds like one of the more hilarious ones. Please post it when its available. This silly tune is as anthemic to synths as "Jump" or Vangelis's opening to "Chariots of Fire." It had the right mix of novelty and inspiration at just the right time. For me, Mr. Kingsley leaves a positive mark. Quote "I had a fight with my girlfriend during 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' on Christmas Eve. That earns me the white-trash black belt." ~ Christopher Titus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Oh, I finished it two years ago, but never mixed or mastered it, and recently have started reviewing my choices of virtual instruments for Braslian percussion, which my arrangement uses in place of a drum machine or western Drum Set library. Surdos are so tricky to nail in virtual instruments. I may just order a few early next year and do it myself with live playing. Anyway, I consider an acoustic arrangement to be a great tribute, as the man was always about using synths in an organic way, with the dynamics and other factors that are present in acoustic music. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Ann P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico Bari, Dano Bari Select Strat/Tele, Am Pro Jazzmaster, LP 57 Gold, G5422DC-12, T486, T64, PM2, EXL1, XK4, Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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