Re: [microsound][ot] pop tart music

[phill harding <phillharding@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 of course, many composers have been influenced by
breakfast food. schoenberg set a whole genre in motion
with his cereal technique.
:O)
 
--- under the radar <analog_life@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
I really think people are overlooking the influence
> of synthetic breakfast 
> food on microsound, and abstract electronic music in
> general. I would arguee 
> that the divergence of abstract electronic music and
> pop music correlates to 
> the intoduction of Tang Orange drink into American
> culture.
> 
> Analyze the breakfast drink market after Apollo 11,
> expectations or tastes 
> are allowed to change, be very analytical (you may
> need to know that the 
> Apollo astronauts drank Tang orange drink in space).
> After the splashdown 
> May 26, 1969 there began a HUGE influx of synths
> into the marketplace that 
> fundamentally changed the way electronic music was
> created: THe VCS3 (aka 
> The Putney), VCS4, DK1 (aka The Cricklewood), Synthi
> KB1, Synthi 100, 
> Sequencer 32, Sequencer 164, Sequencer 128, Synthi
> Sequencer 256, Pitch to 
> Voltage Converter,Eight Octave Filter Bank were all
> created after the 10 
> year span post Tang inception.
> 
> And let's not forget about pop tarts.
> 
> "After World War II, Post had a research team
> working to come up with new 
> non-cereal products. Their first successful product
> was Tang, the powdered 
> orange juice substitute that became a big success
> when the astronauts drank 
> it in space. Using the same technology, they came up
> with a fruit-filled 
> pastry that could be stored for months without
> refrigeration. On February 
> 16, 1964, Post unveiled their new toaster pastry to
> the press, and the food 
> industry went into an uproar."
> 
> Just one year earlier, Robert Moog developed a
> voltage controlled interface 
> for a synthesizer which led to the development of
> the"MiniMoog" -- the first 
> commercially available/successful synthesizer. (Art
> influencing breakfast 
> foods, or vice versa?)
> 
> And look for yourself what's happened since:
> 
> <Post- Pop Tart, Pre-Tang>
> 
> 1964
> Milton Babbitt Began applying serial techniques to
> electronic music.
> 
> 1964
> Morton Subotnik Realised "Silver Apples of the Moon"
> which demonstrated the 
> first real-time control of voltage controlled
> synthesis.
> 
> 1967
> Karlheinze Stockhausen Realised "Hymnen" a piece
> which blended musique 
> concrete and electronic music.
> 
> 1967
> The Beatles Released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
> Club Band" Contained on 
> the album was "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" in which
> George Martin and Geoff 
> Emerick utilized musique concrete and electronic
> music techniques.
> 
> 1968
> Wendy Carlos Released "Switched On Bach" --
> realization of Bach's music 
> using the Moog synthesizer. This became the first
> platinum-selling classical 
> music album.
> 
> <Post Tang>
> 
> 1970's
> Logarthmic increase in the use of synthsizers and
> electronic music 
> techniques in pop music.
> 
> 1979
> Sequential Circuits Introduction of the Prophet --
> first synthesizer to 
> exhibit microprocessor control.
> 
> 1982
> October  Bob Moog announces the MIDI specification
> in an article in Keyboard 
> Magazine.
> 
> 1982
> December  Sequential Circuits introduces the Prophet
> 600 -- the first MIDI 
> keyboard.
> 
> 1983
> Yamaha Corporation Introduces the Yamaha DX7 --
> first digital synthesizer to 
> use FM synthesis techniques developed by John
> Chowning. This became the most 
> popular electronic music keyboard -- selling
> thousands of units throughout 
> the 1980s.
> 
> 
> Needless to say, I think all of this information
> speaks for itself.
> 
> 
> Stephen / Zygote
> http://www.undertheradar.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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