PAT MORAZ on RAY KURZWEIL
Posted: 10 Jul 2015, 08:11
I had the opportunity to attend an evening session at Winter NAMM 2015 at which Ray Kurzweil was scheduled to speak, and Pat Moraz was tasked with introducing Ray (after some mind-blowing playing and also a really great set from SHEL). Pat is not a man of few words, but as he closed his intro he summed it all up very nicely with just a few:
YOU MADE MY LIFE BETTER!
It was a beautiful moment, and as "unfond" as I am of Kurzweil complexity, I can certainly agree that Ray has made the lives of many better. The same can certainly be said of several people in the synth business over the years: Bob Moog, Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim are prominent names. Some names are less well-known. Hal Chamberlin literally wrote the book. Ray was charitable in accepting the accolade and generous in sharing it with his crew, no doubt justifiably.
No less can be said for Hans Nordelius and the entire Stockholm crew, occasionally seen posing alongside their new releases. When you're buying an expensive toy/tool which has been shipped halfway around the world to get to you, the cardboard box sort of acts as an impersonal barrier between you and the people at the other end who made it. The whole operation is only slightly more than two dozen people. And they have certainly made my life better.
How about you?
Bless,
Pablo
YOU MADE MY LIFE BETTER!
It was a beautiful moment, and as "unfond" as I am of Kurzweil complexity, I can certainly agree that Ray has made the lives of many better. The same can certainly be said of several people in the synth business over the years: Bob Moog, Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim are prominent names. Some names are less well-known. Hal Chamberlin literally wrote the book. Ray was charitable in accepting the accolade and generous in sharing it with his crew, no doubt justifiably.
No less can be said for Hans Nordelius and the entire Stockholm crew, occasionally seen posing alongside their new releases. When you're buying an expensive toy/tool which has been shipped halfway around the world to get to you, the cardboard box sort of acts as an impersonal barrier between you and the people at the other end who made it. The whole operation is only slightly more than two dozen people. And they have certainly made my life better.
How about you?
Bless,
Pablo
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