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.
"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
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.
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
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'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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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. czcams.com/video/wTaZxI1x3rI/video.html
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
"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
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.
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.
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.
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
His expression about ideas, being something between discovering and witnessing... exactly right
Thank You. For sharing the Blessings of Dr. 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
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
How wonderful to see and hear Bob Moog laughing, enjoying himself and his well earned celebrity status...he is such as inspiration.
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 really like how they talked about using the synth sexually, because for the most part its all about how you feel while performing.
This is a really great look into the history of Moog! Thank You!
bob moog i think had the biggest individual impact on modern music. synthesizers are now the most prolific and widely used instrument
That monophonic segment was epic. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Happy Birthday Dr Moog! Thank you for your gifts of music and love of synthesis. It had changed my life for the better
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! 🤣
Very interesting and touching documentary about a very special man that brought a new dimension in sounds to us
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.
Bob Moog is such a wonderful person
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.
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!
Magnificent documentary! Love Moogfest in Durham NC!
A great man, I cant imagine a world without the Moog can you!
WOW Moog WOW!! Thank You.
the great man bob, left us with so much.
this is a wonderful documentary. thanks for posting. bob is as cool as i thought he would be.
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?
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.
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.
Stunning words...¡¡¡😎😎😎
Beautiful people. Beautiful documentary.
Thanks for archiving this
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
Very cool...love my Moog synths!
How perfect......Just think how many great things we have started out......In my little shop down in the basement....... :)
haha love the Wagon Christ style animation at the beginning ! :P
awesome
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 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. czcams.com/video/wTaZxI1x3rI/video.html
What a lovely man. Slightly mad but in a great way.
great video
Wow..bob was awesome guy.....
7:22 best moment with Bob Moog sitting in the back. hahaha
Everyone should watch this at least once. Even those who do not create music.
Great docco. Thanks for sharing!
what a great human being, influenced all our lives! cheers from sheffield ,england!
@47:33 the moment we all know. Seems just like yesterday. Time is running so fast. Amazing video!❤️
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.
Love the wood cutting in backgound during interview.
thanks so very much for uploading this
Thanks Bob !!!!
What a Fantastic man!
@ 1:02:55 - I love the way Robert Moog walks!
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.
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
wonderful
Fascinating and inspiring, I just hope current events pass into history and Bobs good name is protected from the corporate world now coveting it :(
great doc
Its because everything is wavesss 🙌🤘🥳💛
He makes the most important points in the last 10 minutes. I hope people watching this took fucking notes.
Legend
TOTALLY changed how we make music........
Thank God for Bob Moog.
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!
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.
Happy Birthday Bob.
Your circuits remember you.
And they are worth lots of money.
Legendary dude 😎❤️
Good knowledge 👌
I saw Bernie Worrel on the back of the dvd cover liner notes and immediately I wanted to see this documentary....
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.
I gained some really great knowledge from this video…
So thats how the Cylons came about!
Great!
He was such a likeable guy.
NICE✨
Lovin' the track: 10:10. And classic: 22:15.
I wasn't expecting to see Luke here :)
43:40 is gold🔑
I own some Moog Guitar Pedals which are really well made and sound good with old gear and present.
Robert Moog, WOW, 😳🙀 🎹❤️😌
very interesting
He's so cute.
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.
R.I.P Bernie
“I can feel what’s going on inside the transistors” dude literally started the documetary by saying “i am a nerd.” 😜
i love this
Rick Wakeman still uses the old style Moog. He has 9 of them and takes 3 on the road.
Thanx for this.
Any subtitles?
Please someone can help?
47:20 ... the same could be said as to why so many musical innovators aren't classically trained
What is the track that is playing in the background around 30:38?
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 💜
i liked the controversial garden scene.
The man himself!
Interesting to see Robert expressing some disdain for digital music much the same way early reviewers were suspect of electronic music.
upfront filming the hardest
Destroying to create to destroy to keep creating
@CWaldo428 Thanks.