How Music’s Weirdest Instrument Went Mainstream
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How did the theremin go from science fiction movie soundtracks to influencing pop and electronic music as we know it today? Linda Diaz chats with Michelle Moog-Koussa on how the theremin influenced Robert Moog and led to the invention of the first portable synthesizer. Linda also explores how the theremin works and how it is being utilized today with musician Caroline Scruggs.
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@Le_Mer
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Awesome vid!
@jurjenbos228
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Anybody who has worked with high frequency electronics knows how it works. Calibrating that stuff is almost impossible because any move you make has some effect.
@hka11726
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
augmented reality can really help beginners to learn the theremin easily.
@VELVETPERSON
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
I am an actor at the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. I had to play the theremin on stage in the play "Elizaveta Bam". It was an amazing feeling of something magical and high-tech at the same time. Playing this instrument always added a huge amount of happiness to me.
@thedanitone
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
While watching I kept wondering if that was what Jimmy Page used. After watching the whole video you confirmed that it is. Thank you for covering this part of music history!!! 💙
@8teenOfficial
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
kid me reminds of the Ben10 theme song lol
@rillloudmother
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
I really love musical instruments of all types, but the theramin is down the list with bagpipes for me.
@gamerguy2458
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
You look like Laura Gemser. Time to go JO
@jfmax2000
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Yess it was a Truly Amazing Invention and Opened The Door to The Synthesizer, And May I Say You are One of The Most Beautiful Women I've Ever Seen 😘😘💘💘💘💘
@ikeekieeki
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
amazing story, very cool
@QuestionMan
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
The Theremin is that which binds us through time.
@kibrika
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
I love that it's playing the air. I also loved the name of the instrument, cool to learn it's from a surname.
@mhyzon1
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
I literally just picked up a copy of Switched on Bach at a thrift store earlier this week. It’s a wonderful album. It’s my second copy, I found one 3 years ago the beginning of September as well. I guess early fall is early electronica season! 😂
@dannyvalentine468
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
One use of the Theremin I love is Ronnie Montrose using one built in his guitar during the intro for the song Space Station #5 live in 1973. It's the only time of I can recall him using it, but it adds some great atmosphere!
https://youtu.be/D5B3vbwSuUc?si=COx5q0miT17o8-8C
@GillamtheGreatest
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
im a theremin player. always nice to see them out in the world
@doogless
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
My sister's cat is named after Clara Rockmore
@Rob_Owe
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Worst video ever
@Beryllahawk
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
One of the most fascinating, wonderfully weird instruments ever! My son has gotten quite fond of the theremin's sound and actively looks for music that makes use of it!
@TheCHRISCaPWN
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Wait…. so it's pronounced Moag, like woah, and not Mooog, like a cow moo?! Well this is against everything I've heard in my life! 🤦♂️
@micktheman6
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
This is such a great video when I heard Led Zeppelin whole Lotta love as a kid I knew I had to get myself a Thurman. I’ve had one ever cents, and one of the coolest instruments out there.
@fulosophy724
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
This theremin cover of Daft Punk's "Something About Us" is simply amazing, such an entertaining video. 👏👏
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkp9bDGDd1w
@cthulhu5707
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
The opening song on Portishead’s first album has always stood out to me for its iconic theremin usage
@dacresni
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
I watched Erica Badu use a theremin on stage at Afropunk this year.
@tutubism
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Incredible, i believe some very old bands like Kraftwerk & The Beach Boys might have also used the same instrument cause heard similar sounding tones in some of their songs like "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" & "Neon Lights"
@ВиталийДмитриевичБутерин
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Make a video about the Shoegaze revival
@AndrewGordonBellPerc
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
If you want to cover synths it would be cool if you look into the counterpoints to Bob Moog and "East Coast Synthesis", at the same time Don Buchla was creating more experimental sounds making "west coast style synths", this was then followed by Yamaha and the digital revolution of the DX7. Modern production essentially is a fusion of all of these mindsets into a collection of tools.
@ned_interrobang
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
probably the most annoying and pretentious of all electronic musical instruments, IMO
@double8328to
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Love Linda she is great <3 (her new song is great too!))
@nettricegaskins1871
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Shout out to Dr. Madd Vibe (Angelo Moore of Fishbone). His use of the theremin inspired me to use electric paint, microcontrollers, and computer coding to teach high school students about theremins.
@cronkitesatellite
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
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@ordinarryalien
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 am
Please stop using it to create alien-themed music, we don't like that. 👽😒