Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cataloging, donations, moog foundation archive, volunteers
At the beginning of Janauary a team of six volunteers, lead by our volunteer curator Douglas Babb and Moog enthusiast/historian Brian Kehew gathered for five solid days to begin the cataloging process of Bob’s Archives. We certainly accomplished quite a bit, but given the extensive nature of the archives, only about 25% have been cataloged. Our work continues – and what fascinating work it is! During the five day process, there were repeated exclamations of “Wow, look at this!” or “I’ve never seen this before!!” or “I never knew Bob worked on that!”. The discoveries were priceless! A special thanks to Doug, Brian, Wheat Williams, August Worley, David Hamilton and Jarod White for your help!
Look below to see photos of the cataloging process, and to see some of the historical treasures that we have uncovered. Click here to watch a video about the archiving process. We continue our campaign to raise $50,000.00 to proceed with the first step to preserving Bob’s archives. To aid this effort, donate today!
Brian, Wheat, Jared & Doug Sorting through the archives
Dave & August examining schematics
Brian with a photo of virtuosa thereminist Clara Rockmore
Dave Hamilton admires Bob’s Grammy
Minimoog Concept Design from early 1970s
Moog Speaker
Back of Moog Speaker
Bob’s analog tape machine from R.A. Moog, Co., Trumansburg, NY
Serial Number 001 of the Crumar Spirit
Click on the links below to see scans from Bob’s desktop notebooks. Bob kept careful notes on phone conversations and projects alike. We have these notebooks from 1961-1986. What a treasure trove of information.
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Add new tag, Archiving, Awards, Grammy, Preservation
We are proud to announce that the Bob Moog Foundation has been awarded an “Archiving and Preservation Planning Grant” from the GRAMMY™ Foundation to assess the preservation needs of the over 300 reel-to-reel tapes in Bob’s archives. These tapes include seminal works in synthesis from the mid-60s to the late 70s, such as works from Herb Deutsch, Wendy Carlos, Larry Fast, Isao Tomita, Keith Emerson, Roger Powell, Chris Swansen, John Weiss, David Borden, Joel Chadabe, John Eaton and many, many more. The $8,000.00 grant provides for the assessment of the tape’s condition by a team of experts including an archivist, a preservationist (responsible for digital transfer), a historian and a copyright expert. Our assessment team includes archivist Steve Weiss, Sound and Image Librarian for UNC-CH, preservationist Seva David Ball, recording engineer/mastering engineer, Soundcurrent Mastering, historian Douglas Babb, Curator for the Bob Moog Foundation, and intellectual property attorney Steven Schnedler. Michelle Moog-Koussa will be coordinating the project.
Once the assessment is completed, the foundation will have the opportunity to apply for a $20,000-$40,000 preservation grant to set about preserving the tapes in a digital format, so that they can be shared through our website, traveling exhibits and our eventual Bob Moog Museum. We are VERY grateful to the GRAMMY™ Foundation for their support and belief in our project!
Bob Moog’s 1970 Grammy Trustee Award for lifetime achievement
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Billy Corgan, EQ Magazine, Industry Press, Keyboard Magazine, NAMM
In the past year, the Bob Moog Foundation has garnered quite a bit of local, national and even some international press. Our local Asheville newspapers and magazines have been tracking our progress. We have also been featured in the Dec/Jan issue of Paste Magazine, the November issue of WNC Magazine, and the Jan/Feb issue of the german Synthesizer Magazine. Last month we were featured in SKOPE. The online reporting of the foundation’s efforts has always been generous, particularly in October when Smashing Pumpkin’s front-man Billy Corgan, raised his mighty voice in a plea to save Bob’s archives. View Billy’s letter here.
After giving people a glimpse at Bob’s archives at Winter NAMM ‘08, we were thrilled to be the subject of two editorials in leading industry magazines. Ernie Rideout, Editor-in-Chief at Keyboard Magazine put out a call to action in his March 2008 editorial. Click below to see what he had to say. Craig Anderton, Editor-in-Chief at EQ Magazine, also used his big voice to further our efforts to preserve the archives. Click here to watch him speaking out at the Propellereheads booth and NAMM.
