| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
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Does anyone know who this man was/is?
He had a set of electro-mechanical drums (solenoids attached to
beaters) which were somehow sequenced by a big black box.
I saw him play at a college mixer in Sept. of 1972 (Waltham, MA).
His keyboard playing was mediocre, and his singing was worse
(as I remember), but we were all amazed by his drum machine.
I remember thinking that keyboard players with electronic drums
would never catch on :-).
I heard that later in the '70s, he had robots carry his
keyboards onstage.
Last I heard, he was a slum lord and had given up playing music
Was he an MIT student? Some say yes, some say no.
What type of programmable hardware was around then?
I have to chuckle whenever I see a solo performer with 10K
worth of the latest gear not sounding any better than Scorpio
did 17 years ago.
Guy Novello
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| 2088.1 | I saw him (I think)... | FGVAXX::LAING | Soft-Core Cuddler*Jim Laing*282-1476 | Mon Aug 21 1989 12:00 | 8 |
I think I saw this guy at B.U. around '77 or '78 or so. He did
have a robot to "entertain the crowd", alot of keyboards, played
some guitar, and had what looked like a PDP-something to control
his (real) drums. Maybe I was naive back then, but I remember being
impressed with the sound he was able to create by himself, and the
drum "machine". Maybe he'd improve since '72?!
-Jim
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| 2088.2 | Maybe? | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | Mon Aug 21 1989 13:00 | 8 | |
I think I may have known (and played with) this guy. I think his
last name is Terwilliger. I know his older brother was an MIT student,
he (his brother) lived in the same dormitory I did. I lost touch
with him (if it's the same guy) before he went off doing his Scorpio
thing. When I played with him, he was just a plain old guitarist.
len.
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| 2088.3 | Thanks. | UPOA1::NOVELLO | Tue Aug 22 1989 10:30 | 6 | |
Thanks for the info. I think that this dude was ahead of his
time in many respects.
Guy
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| 2088.4 | Everythings transient? 1-e(t) | LEDDEV::ROSS | shiver me timbres.... | Tue Aug 22 1989 16:30 | 11 |
SO WHY DIDNT IT WORK???????
I wonder.
I still have 'dreams' about doing that kinda solo thing.....
I dont tell anyone that, tho....
ron
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