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Robert Moog Biography

Robert Arthur Moog (/ˈmoʊɡ/ "mogue"; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005), founder of Moog Music, was an American engineer and pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. During his lifetime, Moog founded two companies for manufacturing electronic musical instruments. His innovative electronic design is employed in numerous synthesizers including the Minimoog, Minimoog Voyager, Little Phatty, Moog Taurus, and the Moogerfooger line of effects pedals.

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What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

Composers, Inspire, Opportunity, Think, Thinking

One always has to remember these days where the garbage pail is, because it's so easy to make sounds, and to put sounds together into something that appears to be music, but it's just as hard as it always was to make good music.

Appears, Easy, Garbage, Sound, Together

By the time I got to building synthesizers, I had perhaps 20 years experience building electronic musical instruments.

Building, Electronic, Musical, Perhaps, Years

Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.

Baseball, Built, Electronics, Kids

Back in the 40s and early 50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you know, a few parts and - with tubes and build something on your kitchen table, and it would actually work.

Actually, Kitchen, Know, People, Projects, Simple

I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.

Building, Electronic, Instruments, Kids, Musical

I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer.

Firsts, Musician, Musicians, Order, Replace

I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers. . . They use my tools.

Customers, Musician, Tools, Use

To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.

Appreciate, Dad, Think, Thinking, Ties, Wearing

When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows.

Doe, Down And, Human, Machinery, Machines, Sits

I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago.

Cat, Invention, Long, Musicians, Thinking, Time

My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians.

Design, Engineer, Opportunity, Stuff, Training

Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft comes in knowing what science to use and what science not to use.

Crafts, Guess, Knowing, Part, Use

Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level.

Basic, Consciousness, Energy, Everything, Level, Levels