"When I'm thinking about how to solve a particular problem, I can think about it for days and weeks and nothing will happen. Then, someday when I'm cutting the grass or I'm having a hamburger or I wake up in the middle of the night, the idea would be there. I think it would be egotistical of me to say that I thought of it. What happened is I opened my mind and the idea came thru and entered my head. These ideas, I don't have to dig up anything, sometimes I don't even have to be thinking, and there they are. It's something between discovering and witnessing."
I'm an artist not a musician but we ALL do that, If your an engineer or a builder or anything else we all come up with stuff when we are doing other stuff, nothing special about that
So you’ve had the Behringer for a year now. How is it working out for you? I just got some Volca’s and now looking towards a Model D, but I couldn’t afford one. Does the Poly satisfy and is it keeping you interested?
@@IdeologieUK lol, I am interested too, they are only £163 on andertons right now. I have a PRO 800 from behringer and its great which is also cheap now but I want the model D for bass, lead.
@ oh cool! Looks like I might buy myself a sneaky Christmas present (in addition to the MOC One+, the 4 Volca’s and a few EFX I already bought for myself for Christmas!) 🤶…been a good boy I have! Cheers, that’s the best price I’ve ever seen! 👍
An absolute legend. People tend to overlook the manner in which Moog (together with Buchla and some others) revolutionised music forever with his inventions. Electronic music is so ubiquitous nowadays that people think it has been like that for ages, but forget that these endless possibilities were once only ideas in the heads of genuises like Robert Moog.
i was in the MOOG builiding today in AVL NC putting tiles in the new bathrooms.. lol i had no idead DR> MOOG or who he was or what MOOG meant kinda knew it had to do with music and Synthesizers. So imma watch this and learn . i just started watching and already enjoy it
This is such a fine documentary, the mention of Switched on Bach at the beginning shows me the proper sequence of events, and Bob's mention on Ushevsky pardon the spelling, giving him credit for the Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release envelope control is so fair and accurate. The envelope is one of the finest creations and the ablility to exercise this control over a note is just off the scales. Like dynamics on a piano it gives the composer so much expression in the creation.
I laugh at how im born in 1994 and im such a old soul , im shouting out Gherson out like he just came out but between diggin and listening, being born around the time i was i am super cultured and studying the history and can sit with the best of em when it comes to music topics. Gotta love it
The best part is that funny interaction with Bob, Rick Wakeman and Bernie Worrell. That was hilarious so funny I had to watch it again this morning @ around between 38:00-42:00. I met Bob once at his booth at the NAMM show and talked to him for five minutes. Just got a Mini Moog last week, it’s great!
I love what Robert says about the importance of live music, that performers can interact with musicians and create a community right there on the spot! Damn right! Been a professional/semi professional musician for 31 years, and live music really needs to grow!!!
I'm just now coming across this video. And what funny is that I just purchased my very first Moog yesterday. I bought a Moog One 16 voice. And I can't wait for it to arrive.
I don't know why Wendy Carlos is not featured in this documentary. Switched On Bach did so much to popularize the Moog Synthesizer. Check out the early 16 Track Two Inch Tape Machine at 27:42. It's tremendous!
This is about Bob Moog, not Wendy … Switched On Bach is mentioned, as is Emerson and Wakeman who, I would argue, brought the sounds of the synthesizer to more people than Carlos
@@aeropilot4419 You would be flawed in that argument for two reasons. Carlos, being an early adopter of the instrument actually worked very closely with Moog to develop many of the components that became common in their systems. Also, it was Carlos' work that Emerson initially heard which brought the instrument to his attention in the first place. Emerson and Wakeman are better known for their virtuosity and stagecraft. When you think of Carlos you immediately associate with Moog. Know your history.
She's a very private person and rarely appears on camera. I suppose you can just add this clip in as an added bonus. ruclips.net/video/wTaZxI1x3rI/видео.html
I often wear a Moog T-shirt and it never ceases to amaze me how many people come over and comment on it. All it says on on it is MOOG, but those who know, just know. I wish I could afford to buy a Moog synth, but I'll have to make do with listening to the amazing and iconic sounds that artists have recorded on those wonderful machines.
@40:44 - I've seen this performance before, several times. I only just noticed who is playing with and behind Rick - Jordan Rudess! While Jordan isn't someone you'd obviously associate with a Moog the first time I saw him in 2006 he had a giant Moog (1?) on stage... having learned what I have learned about those early large Moogs - playing it live was no easy feat because of all the tuning drift as well as tending to something the size of a telephone switching station.
Bob is a legend, an icon. Probably one of the only synth makers that could be considered a household name. Even to people who know nothing about synthesis but just love music! To we synth geeks he's our Gandolf 🧙♂️🪄✨✨
Been interested in synths and electronic music my whole life, and just learned recently that Bob Moog is credited with inventing the VCO and the envelope generator. This man almost singlehandedly built the entire foundation upon which all electronic music sits. Insane when you think about it.
Without this instrument which was so groundbreaking bands/musicians would nt have existed-Kraftwerk Tangerine Dream Keith Emerson Vangelis Tomita Rick Wakeman the list goes on forever -big respect to Robert Moog!!
Kraftwerk did invent electronic music, using among other things ...moogs.... that is the real contribution to modern music moog made, also with the help from Jean Michel Jarre.... not a single word were mendtioned .of these artists
@@supernowa Neither of them were ever closely associated with Moog. JMJ used mostly EMS and ARP instruments in the early days, and while Ralf Hutter did use a Minimoog in the 70s, Kraftwerk were best known for creating their own instruments.
It wasn't any single artist or genre that revolutionized music in the 20th century. It was two men. Les Paul and Robert Moog Mr Moog allowed music to reach new heights and expanded the capabilities of musicians to create new sounds. RIP Mr Moog
33:44 Sampling found sounds, cutting them up, putting bits of them back together, and mixing them, goes back to the early French Musique Concrete electronic music techniques.
I used to work at tower records... There was always some customer who thought that acoustic music was always better... like all you needed to to to evaluate music is its not electric. I'd say to them that music was ruined when the Piano replaced the Clavier. Totally silly. You use the best tools you can get. Now its DAWs. Nothing will replace the old stuff of course, we still have shovels, but we have backhoes too now.
Usually the dislike of electric instruments music are from people born before the 1940s so that person must have been really old and probably passed away.
Seeing Bob Moog playing Taiko no Tatsujin is something I didn't know I needed until now. Phenomenal documentary. Rest in peace Bob! You were a true visionary.
yes Bob you connect to us through your creation, and your creation connects us with endless possibilities, thank you Bob.. now BTW can you send some sort of message to you team on earth and tell them to lower the price of the Moog one? that could connect us even more! I hope you're listening
I'm glad this film was made before Bob Moog and so many others who appear had passed. RIP Bob Moog, Gershon Kingsley, Walter Sear, Keith Emerson, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Sun Ra, and Bernie Worrell.
Edd Kalehoff was behind the theme for many gameshows including "Family Feud" and at least several of the cues for "The Price Is Right" among many others.
So disgusting, what happened in Asheville, NC. The final resting place for the Moog legacy. When the shop in Asheville died, that was the end of Moog. Then the vultures came for the carcass. Now a disgusting venture capital firm bought the name, sullied it, and are churning out crap in 2024. Roberts legacy deserves so so so SO much better.
I mean you could argue Mike Adam’s way of running Moog was not in line with how Robert would have run it as well. The legacy isn’t dead that will never die. But Bob Moog’s Moog music has not been around for a very long time unfortunately. He is deeply missed in this community and industry. That being said there are still many who carry on his legacy through both his designs and inspirations into new designs.
This documentaries dope, seeing bob sit there watching that chick practicing so hard on the theremin was hilarious, and listening to Bernie, Bob listen to rick was hilarious too.
This is a documentary as he was reflected in real life. Things we would have missed if not put as it was directed and cut. Only wish that there was more of his life early on as he developed the synthesizer as it was and not updated to better video. He deserves notoriety as he was a pioneering developer.
"When I'm thinking about how to solve a particular problem, I can think about it for days and weeks and nothing will happen. Then, someday when I'm cutting the grass or I'm having a hamburger or I wake up in the middle of the night, the idea would be there. I think it would be egotistical of me to say that I thought of it. What happened is I opened my mind and the idea came thru and entered my head. These ideas, I don't have to dig up anything, sometimes I don't even have to be thinking, and there they are. It's something between discovering and witnessing."
Channeling information
Platonic forms?
I'm an artist not a musician but we ALL do that, If your an engineer or a builder or anything else we all come up with stuff when we are doing other stuff, nothing special about that
Thank you
@@RonWylie-gk5lc nothing special about your opinion
I could watch old Moog footage all day. The colors and the architecture of old gear is super dope. Rip MOOG
Everybody should see this, and very few will. It's a beautiful portrait of a great man.
Brilliant and informative for lovers ofvelectronics and music
I agree.
Revolutionary man. I am in electronic music since 1984. he is my hero. I just bought my Behringer Poly D „minimoog“ remake. Thank you Mr Moog!
So you’ve had the Behringer for a year now. How is it working out for you? I just got some Volca’s and now looking towards a Model D, but I couldn’t afford one. Does the Poly satisfy and is it keeping you interested?
@@IdeologieUK lol, I am interested too, they are only £163 on andertons right now. I have a PRO 800 from behringer and its great which is also cheap now but I want the model D for bass, lead.
@@IdeologieUK Damn, I should have got one, they all sold out, can't get for another 3 months now, sheeeet.
@ oh cool! Looks like I might buy myself a sneaky Christmas present (in addition to the MOC One+, the 4 Volca’s and a few EFX I already bought for myself for Christmas!) 🤶…been a good boy I have! Cheers, that’s the best price I’ve ever seen! 👍
@@chinering23 bloody hell! Pre-order!!!!!
An absolute legend. People tend to overlook the manner in which Moog (together with Buchla and some others) revolutionised music forever with his inventions. Electronic music is so ubiquitous nowadays that people think it has been like that for ages, but forget that these endless possibilities were once only ideas in the heads of genuises like Robert Moog.
How wonderful to see and hear Bob Moog laughing, enjoying himself and his well earned celebrity status...he is such as inspiration.
I'm reading a book about him. The man was genius. Absolutely legendary 🎉
That monophonic segment was epic. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
His expression about ideas, being something between discovering and witnessing... exactly right
To the memory of Robert Moog... your Minimoog changed the course of my life and I have loved synthesizers ever since. Thank you so very much.
i was in the MOOG builiding today in AVL NC putting tiles in the new bathrooms.. lol i had no idead DR> MOOG or who he was or what MOOG meant kinda knew it had to do with music and Synthesizers. So imma watch this and learn . i just started watching and already enjoy it
I love that you looked it up!
@@Delicateduality I'm glad I did. Glad to find out Dr. Moog is from Avl and how long he has been helping the music game with his synthesizers
The great moogsuem
This is such a fine documentary, the mention of Switched on Bach at the beginning shows me the proper sequence of events, and Bob's mention on Ushevsky pardon the spelling, giving him credit for the Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release envelope control is so fair and accurate. The envelope is one of the finest creations and the ablility to exercise this control over a note is just off the scales. Like dynamics on a piano it gives the composer so much expression in the creation.
Thank You. For sharing the Blessings of Dr. Robert Moog.
I laugh at how im born in 1994 and im such a old soul , im shouting out Gherson out like he just came out but between diggin and listening, being born around the time i was i am super cultured and studying the history and can sit with the best of em when it comes to music topics. Gotta love it
The best part is that funny interaction with Bob, Rick Wakeman and Bernie Worrell. That was hilarious so funny I had to watch it again this morning @ around between 38:00-42:00.
I met Bob once at his booth at the NAMM show and talked to him for five minutes. Just got a Mini Moog last week, it’s great!
A MiniMoog is An experience not a synth 🎹. Got a Subsequent, fantastic!
This is a really great look into the history of Moog! Thank You!
I love what Robert says about the importance of live music, that performers can interact with musicians and create a community right there on the spot!
Damn right! Been a professional/semi professional musician for 31 years, and live music really needs to grow!!!
I remember when he was in Stockholm to get the Polar Prize. He had a day with his fans. Very nice.
I'm just now coming across this video. And what funny is that I just purchased my very first Moog yesterday. I bought a Moog One 16 voice. And I can't wait for it to arrive.
I don't know why Wendy Carlos is not featured in this documentary. Switched On Bach did so much to popularize the Moog Synthesizer. Check out the early 16 Track Two Inch Tape Machine at 27:42.
It's tremendous!
This is about Bob Moog, not Wendy … Switched On Bach is mentioned, as is Emerson and Wakeman who, I would argue, brought the sounds of the synthesizer to more people than Carlos
@@aeropilot4419 You would be flawed in that argument for two reasons. Carlos, being an early adopter of the instrument actually worked very closely with Moog to develop many of the components that became common in their systems. Also, it was Carlos' work that Emerson initially heard which brought the instrument to his attention in the first place. Emerson and Wakeman are better known for their virtuosity and stagecraft. When you think of Carlos you immediately associate with Moog. Know your history.
switched on bach was a very popular album.
@@horowizard yeah it is surprising that she isn't featured. every other article/video on Moog history mentions her.
She's a very private person and rarely appears on camera. I suppose you can just add this clip in as an added bonus. ruclips.net/video/wTaZxI1x3rI/видео.html
bob moog i think had the biggest individual impact on modern music. synthesizers are now the most prolific and widely used instrument
I really like how they talked about using the synth sexually, because for the most part its all about how you feel while performing.
I often wear a Moog T-shirt and it never ceases to amaze me how many people come over and comment on it. All it says on on it is MOOG, but those who know, just know. I wish I could afford to buy a Moog synth, but I'll have to make do with listening to the amazing and iconic sounds that artists have recorded on those wonderful machines.
@40:44 - I've seen this performance before, several times. I only just noticed who is playing with and behind Rick - Jordan Rudess!
While Jordan isn't someone you'd obviously associate with a Moog the first time I saw him in 2006 he had a giant Moog (1?) on stage... having learned what I have learned about those early large Moogs - playing it live was no easy feat because of all the tuning drift as well as tending to something the size of a telephone switching station.
Bob is a legend, an icon. Probably one of the only synth makers that could be considered a household name. Even to people who know nothing about synthesis but just love music! To we synth geeks he's our Gandolf
🧙♂️🪄✨✨
Been interested in synths and electronic music my whole life, and just learned recently that Bob Moog is credited with inventing the VCO and the envelope generator.
This man almost singlehandedly built the entire foundation upon which all electronic music sits. Insane when you think about it.
"It only plays one note at a time!" ❤ Great story Rick! 🤣
I saw this dvd at the library in nice dvd cover packaging....now, I can just watch it in full online...thank you......
Hi, I was at this show and would love a copy...can you give me the title of the dvd?
Without this instrument which was so groundbreaking bands/musicians would nt have existed-Kraftwerk Tangerine Dream Keith Emerson Vangelis Tomita Rick Wakeman the list goes on forever -big respect to Robert Moog!!
Kraftwerk did invent electronic music, using among other things ...moogs.... that is the real contribution to modern music moog made, also with the help from Jean Michel Jarre.... not a single word were mendtioned .of these artists
@@supernowa well, WE know about them … isn’t that enough ??
@@supernowa Neither of them were ever closely associated with Moog. JMJ used mostly EMS and ARP instruments in the early days, and while Ralf Hutter did use a Minimoog in the 70s, Kraftwerk were best known for creating their own instruments.
It wasn't any single artist or genre that revolutionized music in the 20th century. It was two men.
Les Paul and
Robert Moog
Mr Moog allowed music to reach new heights and expanded the capabilities of musicians to create new sounds.
RIP Mr Moog
33:44 Sampling found sounds, cutting them up, putting bits of them back together, and mixing them, goes back to the early French Musique Concrete electronic music techniques.
Happy Birthday Dr Moog! Thank you for your gifts of music and love of synthesis. It had changed my life for the better
I used to work at tower records... There was always some customer who thought that acoustic music was always better... like all you needed to to to evaluate music is its not electric. I'd say to them that music was ruined when the Piano replaced the Clavier. Totally silly. You use the best tools you can get. Now its DAWs. Nothing will replace the old stuff of course, we still have shovels, but we have backhoes too now.
Usually the dislike of electric instruments music are from people born before the 1940s so that person must have been really old and probably passed away.
How did the customer listen to his acoustic recordings, I wonder?
I bet Bach would have blown minds with what he could have done with a synth 😮💪😀
Seeing Bob Moog playing Taiko no Tatsujin is something I didn't know I needed until now. Phenomenal documentary. Rest in peace Bob! You were a true visionary.
A great man, I cant imagine a world without the Moog can you!
Thank you for posting this!
Very interesting and touching documentary about a very special man that brought a new dimension in sounds to us
Magnificent documentary! Love Moogfest in Durham NC!
Nice one Bob, Kate and all at Ashville.
WOW Moog WOW!! Thank You.
this is a wonderful documentary. thanks for posting. bob is as cool as i thought he would be.
Bob Moog is such a wonderful person
Thanks for archiving this
what a great human being, influenced all our lives! cheers from sheffield ,england!
the great man bob, left us with so much.
yes Bob you connect to us through your creation, and your creation connects us with endless possibilities, thank you Bob.. now BTW can you send some sort of message to you team on earth and tell them to lower the price of the Moog one? that could connect us even more! I hope you're listening
How perfect......Just think how many great things we have started out......In my little shop down in the basement....... :)
@47:33 the moment we all know. Seems just like yesterday. Time is running so fast. Amazing video!❤️
What a lovely man. Slightly mad but in a great way.
Beautiful people. Beautiful documentary.
It gets a little woo-woo at the end there, but a great doc on a true pioneer
Need another one on Buchla
I'm glad this film was made before Bob Moog and so many others who appear had passed.
RIP Bob Moog, Gershon Kingsley, Walter Sear, Keith Emerson, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Sun Ra, and Bernie Worrell.
And tomita, RIP
Love the wood cutting in backgound during interview.
7:22 best moment with Bob Moog sitting in the back. hahaha
the reason why I’d never be an engineer is because I’m looking at mr Moog’s pens in his pockets instead of listening to what he’s saying
Everyone should watch this at least once. Even those who do not create music.
thanks so very much for uploading this
I gained some really great knowledge from this video…
Very cool...love my Moog synths!
Stunning words...¡¡¡😎😎😎
Wow..bob was awesome guy.....
Great docco. Thanks for sharing!
haha love the Wagon Christ style animation at the beginning ! :P
I saw Bernie Worrel on the back of the dvd cover liner notes and immediately I wanted to see this documentary....
great video
Moog was going belly up in 1970 when the Thomas Organ Co. Invested in them to get Moog on the map. But no credits at all given to the Thomas Organ Co.
awesome
@ 1:02:55 - I love the way Robert Moog walks!
Fascinating and inspiring, I just hope current events pass into history and Bobs good name is protected from the corporate world now coveting it :(
Thanks Bob !!!!
What is the track that is playing in the background around 30:38?
Edd Kalehoff was behind the theme for many gameshows including "Family Feud" and at least several of the cues for "The Price Is Right" among many others.
Good knowledge 👌
He makes the most important points in the last 10 minutes. I hope people watching this took fucking notes.
Its because everything is wavesss 🙌🤘🥳💛
47:20 ... the same could be said as to why so many musical innovators aren't classically trained
So disgusting, what happened in Asheville, NC. The final resting place for the Moog legacy. When the shop in Asheville died, that was the end of Moog. Then the vultures came for the carcass. Now a disgusting venture capital firm bought the name, sullied it, and are churning out crap in 2024. Roberts legacy deserves so so so SO much better.
I mean you could argue Mike Adam’s way of running Moog was not in line with how Robert would have run it as well. The legacy isn’t dead that will never die. But Bob Moog’s Moog music has not been around for a very long time unfortunately. He is deeply missed in this community and industry. That being said there are still many who carry on his legacy through both his designs and inspirations into new designs.
This documentaries dope, seeing bob sit there watching that chick practicing so hard on the theremin was hilarious, and listening to Bernie, Bob listen to rick was hilarious too.
wonderful
I own some Moog Guitar Pedals which are really well made and sound good with old gear and present.
Happy Birthday Bob.
Your circuits remember you.
And they are worth lots of money.
Thanx for this.
Any subtitles?
Please someone can help?
great doc
It was because of Robert Moog, groups like Kraftwerk, other Electronic music artists like Moby or the 80's synthesizing sound got their influence.
TOTALLY changed how we make music........
What a Fantastic man!
Just do yourself a favour, buy a Moog.
Thank me later.
My wallet says 'fuck you' ;-)
Just got a Voyager - been waiting 10-15 years. Not looking back!
I wasn't expecting to see Luke here :)
42:45 man bob looks uncomfortable like, please you two, settle down before you start feeling my knobs.
Yeah, and Rick Wakeman is dirty and funny like a guitarist.
You Love bernie or you hate him. I love that guy, hes born on the same planet as me 💜
Flushing, Queens.
This is a documentary as he was reflected in real life. Things we would have missed if not put as it was directed and cut. Only wish that there was more of his life early on as he developed the synthesizer as it was and not updated to better video. He deserves notoriety as he was a pioneering developer.
Thank God for Bob Moog.
R.I.P Bernie
Robert Moog, WOW, 😳🙀 🎹❤️😌
He was such a likeable guy.
Legendary dude 😎❤️
very interesting
43:40 is gold🔑
NICE✨
Lovin' the track: 10:10. And classic: 22:15.
He's so cute.
Rick Wakeman still uses the old style Moog. He has 9 of them and takes 3 on the road.
So thats how the Cylons came about!