First of all, I just wanted to say that you guys have the best sense of humor, as a group, and something on this forum always makes me smile or giggle. So I am really excited to enter the world of theremins and thereminists, because you are all nuts.
Hello!!
I just bought my first theremin today, a Moog Etherwave... and I thought they were entertaining in videos... wow!
I first saw a theremin in 1999 (I was 14), and it was the spookiest experience. I remember thinking, "I know that lady is playing a violin, but I don't see the violin..."
When I was very small, my dad got me into Jean-Michel Jarre, who was really a pioneer of synthesized music... he really took it all to a new dimension (well, it was the first dimension for me, at the time). So, since I was little, it's always been a dream of mine to explore the strange and interesting sounds and devices of the world of electronic music.
In 2000 I met Bob Moog at NAMM (I had to pretend I was someone else, seriously - I may not be your typical female, but I sure as heck don't look like a Tim.) and the whole experience was nothing short of inspiring and life-changing! He was really an incredible person... I sometimes still can't believe he's gone.
So I thought it only appropriate that now that I have a job and a car, that I should take the road trip to Truetone Music in Santa Monica, along the beautiful California coast, and make my first theremin a Moog theremin.
I have tiny, tiny fingers. My middle fingers aren't more than 2" long - this makes it very difficult to play pretty much any musical instrument. I own a piano (the love of my life), an acoustic guitar (of the cheap variety), a violin (of the practically-made-of-cardboard variety), and an accordion (of the awesome variety)... and after about 10 minutes of playing, my hands are so sore that I can't go on. It's frustrating. Enter the theremin. No frets. No reaching 14 keys. This is good for tiny fingers. This is my reasoning behind owning a theremin. I can actually play it!
And so far, so good. Better than I expected. Then again, I've been watching a lot of videos and waving my hands around in the air like a maniac for several years. I'm not medicated anymore, really, the doctors said I was better.
Anyhow! It's good to be here. And I hope to learn a lot.
-EJ
Hello!!
I just bought my first theremin today, a Moog Etherwave... and I thought they were entertaining in videos... wow!
I first saw a theremin in 1999 (I was 14), and it was the spookiest experience. I remember thinking, "I know that lady is playing a violin, but I don't see the violin..."
When I was very small, my dad got me into Jean-Michel Jarre, who was really a pioneer of synthesized music... he really took it all to a new dimension (well, it was the first dimension for me, at the time). So, since I was little, it's always been a dream of mine to explore the strange and interesting sounds and devices of the world of electronic music.
In 2000 I met Bob Moog at NAMM (I had to pretend I was someone else, seriously - I may not be your typical female, but I sure as heck don't look like a Tim.) and the whole experience was nothing short of inspiring and life-changing! He was really an incredible person... I sometimes still can't believe he's gone.
So I thought it only appropriate that now that I have a job and a car, that I should take the road trip to Truetone Music in Santa Monica, along the beautiful California coast, and make my first theremin a Moog theremin.
I have tiny, tiny fingers. My middle fingers aren't more than 2" long - this makes it very difficult to play pretty much any musical instrument. I own a piano (the love of my life), an acoustic guitar (of the cheap variety), a violin (of the practically-made-of-cardboard variety), and an accordion (of the awesome variety)... and after about 10 minutes of playing, my hands are so sore that I can't go on. It's frustrating. Enter the theremin. No frets. No reaching 14 keys. This is good for tiny fingers. This is my reasoning behind owning a theremin. I can actually play it!
And so far, so good. Better than I expected. Then again, I've been watching a lot of videos and waving my hands around in the air like a maniac for several years. I'm not medicated anymore, really, the doctors said I was better.
Anyhow! It's good to be here. And I hope to learn a lot.
-EJ
