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Ray Kurzweil: Synthesizer Genius

Guitar, Keyboards, Musician Profiles, Strings November 15, 2012May 31, 2019 Making Music 0 Comments

Ray Kurzweil was described as “the restless genius” by The Wall Street Journal and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes. The magazine Inc. ranked him number eight among entrepreneurs in the US, calling him the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison,” and PBS included Kurzweil as one of 16 “revolutionaries who made America,” along with other inventors of the past two centuries. He founded Kurzweil Musical Systems in 1982, when he applied reading machine technologies designed for the disabled to musical purposes.

Musician Dystonia

Guitar, Health, Strings July 19, 2012March 12, 2019 Glen Estrin 0 Comments

Focal dystonia is a neurological movement disorder affecting 1% to 2% of musicians, where involuntary muscle movements occur in various parts of the body. It is typically focal, affecting one body area, and task-specific, occuring during the performance of a specific task, for example, playing a musical instrument. Symptoms The first signs of dystonia are […]

David Pogue

David Pogue Integrates His Hobby for Music Into His Career

Keyboards, Making Music, Musician Profiles, Strings March 8, 2011March 18, 2019 Meredith Laing 0 Comments

While many people pursue music as a hobby outside of their working hours, David Pogue has found a way to integrate the two. His main musical endeavor is parodies á la Weird Al Yankovic, except that Pogue’s remakes all relate to computers and technology. For example, under his hand, “I Write the Songs” is transformed to “I Write the Code”

Robin Meade

CNN Newscaster Robin Meade Pursues Musical Singing Side

Keyboards, Making Music, Musician Profiles, Strings January 8, 2011March 18, 2019 Meredith Laing 0 Comments

“I got a standing ovation, which is really rare at the Grand Ole Opry; I remember it like it was in slow motion,” she gushes. “I finished my song, and I saw some of the people in the front stand up, and then I saw it spread toward the back, like a ripple, until the whole room was on their feet. And my hand came up to cover my mouth, like, oh my gosh! I just couldn’t believe it.”