Roll call!

Zerobeat - enthusiasm is a good thing! It is necessary to have it to get past the frustrating early stages of "darn I can't get 3 Blind Mice outta this thing!"
Persevere - do a little evey day. Get some effects - eg a delay - to have some atonal fun as well developing your pitch work.

Your life will never be the same. You'll find yourself bringing the theremin up in conversation way too many times for polite conversation, you'll dtream of theremins, you'll go and hear live bands and think that all they need is some good theremin in the mix, etc.

Oh and as for Lydia K - when I ordered her Live in Concert Italian CD "Concerto Per Theremin" - it came with a poster - this is framed and on my wall. (blush)

Good choice - I love my ehterwave pro, tho i have a standard too for travelling and little not-much-theremin gigs.

oooh, that's the poster i need for my theremin wall. so far i have framed the poster from TAEO, and the one from the first theremin festival in Portland. I have them hanging in my music room.

Andy

Theremin noob here. I play a few instruments well(gtr, drums, harp) and some not well (banjo, cello) and am looking forward to making some joyful noise with my Etherwave.

Welcome eric451!
Hope your adventures with the threremin are delightful, musical, and growthfilled. I'll never regret getting one and learning to play it.

Please keep us posted on your personal advenures in the Arther!
The world needs more theremin players.

all the best - John

Eric, at first there may be more noise than joy but hang in there.


It gets better.

Lowfer, I just noticed your post about open mics and coffee houses. I have done a few of these with my Etherwave, both with and without spoken word accompaniment and it is a blast.

First off, you get mad props just for showing up with a theremin.

Then when you turn it on and the first wail or squeak comes out of it you can usually see the audience members stop what they are doing and turn your way.

At that point you pretty much have them and it's just a matter of not messing up too badly or too often.

Have fun with it.

One quick update for anyone who could possibly care...

In my post on page one of this thread I mentioned the first theremin I ever played. It had two sheet metal hands for antennae.

When I went to the museum where it lived I was surprised to find that it was no longer there. I think I need to give them a call and see if it is still in their collection.

It may just be in need of some tuning or repair.

One quick update for anyone who could possibly care...

In my post on page one of this thread I mentioned the first theremin I ever played. It had two sheet metal hands for antennae.

A few months ago I went to the Jacksonville Museum of Science and History where it lived and I was surprised to find that it was no longer there.

I just emailed them to see if it is still in their collection.

It may just be in need of some tuning or repair.

Even though there are those who would say that the world would be a better place if I had never discovered the theremin I would still like to see it back on the floor at the museum.

w00t its my 100th post!

Also i just got an etherwave, may the real theremooning begin!

Hey all.
My name's Jamie, I'm an 18-year-old music student at Vanier College in Montreal. My main instrument is the flute, but I play the sax, the guitar and the piano too. I've recently taken up the french horn but I'm at the point where I can hardly play a scale. The whole brass thing's going to take a while to catch on to. I unfortunately don't have perfect pitch (man that would be great) but I have really good relative pitch so I think I might be able to get somewhere with the theremin.

During my first semester I took History I which is just a general music history course. We had a guest speaker come in to talk about modern music from Shaeffer to Eno to Cage and everywhere in between. He brought in a theremin too, and I got to try it. Unfortunately the class was cut short because a fire extinguisher exploded a floor above us (O_o).

I'm at the point of "Man, I really want a theremin" so I'm going to try to get one of the Australian ones. Wish me luck, eh?