Peer Comment
Great job on this Revolver blog Derek! The content that you have used was well thought out and researched. It is obvious that you have spent a good amount of time seeking out the right words to use for your explanation of this Beatles album. I personally like your comparison of the album to a Rubik’s Cube. The analogy does fit well in comparison from to start of the album to the end. Your punctuation and grammar is spot on with no visible mistakes. It really does come across that you have a great appreciation for The Beatles, and the amazing achievements that they have accomplished. Overall great writing Derek!
Peer Comment
You have done a really great job on this blog Shane. It has been a while since I have heard Anthrax, but I remember growing up and listening to this album. Your research was well executed allowing for the reader to pick up on some great facts and history about the band. You have explained in nice detail the main focus of this blog in specifically referring to this particular album and not steering off to just talk about the band itself. Your use of vocabulary is done intelligently as well as your grammar and punctuation is all done correctly. It was a please to read and overall great job Shane.
References
Are You Experienced
http://www.allmusic.com/album/are-you-experienced-mw0000537390
When Albums Ruled the World BBC Full musical documentary movie 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tx57wB8Kac Time: 18:45
Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? Review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c3gb
Image: Jimi Hendrix – “Earth Blues”
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/rock-music-unreleased-jimi-hendrix-earth-blues-mp3.html
Image: Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced is one of the most impactful albums that have defined the psychedelic era that exists in rock history to date. Hendrix synthesized numerous elements of the cutting edge of 1967 rock into music that was both rooted in the best of blues, rock, soul and pop, toping it off with having a futuristic sound. His mind-blowing guitar work mixed with new sonic territories, distortion and sheer volume linked him to the British innovators Pete Townsend and Jeff Beck. This allowed for him to really be heard and portrayed, as he wanted to be. He has impacted many artists with his contribution to the industry. His uncanny guitar playing and thinking outside of the box ideas has continued with guitarist to this day. He pushed his guitar and tested it to the limits of what it could produce in sound and ability. He also can sing beautifully, and does so on all of his tracks on this album.
Jimi Hendrix was an innovator of the guitar to me in a 2013 opinion. This album is not my favorite. Patience is to be had compared to his others. It is poetically beautifully, however slower in many ways. This all represents his style to a “T”. The production quality of the album could not be any more accurate. I feel that exactly what he wanted to be released was. Without doubt, he has influenced the likes of every guitarist in any rock, metal, country, pop album that is in the charts or working for.
First off, I have been a guitarist ever since the age of 5. I learned very early on without even understanding about Jimi Hendrix. All I was able to understand about him and his playing is that it was loud, aggressive, and different from what I was listening to. His unique approach to music, defining the guitar, and defining the rock star has always appealed to me. His introduction to the music industry was one of saying, “I am not like you,” and I love that! As an industry professional, I will always be searching and seeking out the new and different in all of my work. I have always leaned towards the non-pop version of things at that particular time, as did Hendrix.
Jimi Hendrix was a guitar god back then, and is still perceived the same today. What he brought to our industry is unparalleled to even the best that are working now. His soul is felt through his music as I listen to it tonight. There really is no denying his timeless talent in guitar and lyrical content. This inspires me in so many ways. Knowing myself up to this point, I will always seek out the ones that are pushing for the new. To feel that you have completed the reason or existence of what that guitar is capable of and feeling there is nothing else to achieve within it is remarkable. To break it or set it on fire because of this feeling is nothing short of poetic. In five years from now I will still be playing his records and am certain that I will be as inspired as I am today.
Peer Comment
Denia, you have created a great entry here on Krafterk. Your use of research was extremely thorough and relevant to all the areas of topic. You have shown and explained that you understand their history from the beginning leading up to their most current work and projects. Your are obviously a well spoken person. This really comes through on your use of grammar and punctuation throughout this posting. You mentioned that you are more in tune with today’s electronic and trance music, which I also believe Kraftwerk has had a tremendous influence in. I believe that you had a nice connection with this assignment, and that Kraftwerk has had an influence on you and your music. You have really created a great post here Denia!
References
Kraftwerk, and the Electronic revolution (1/19)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqlx_8MtoSk
Kraftwerk, and the Electronic revolution (3/19)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stxNqqldndE
Kraftwerk, and the Electronic revolution (11/19)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vezoWuXeW5o
Kraftwerk – Album By Album
http://www.uncut.co.uk/kraftwerk/kraftwerk-album-by-album-feature
Image: Kraftwerk’s co-founder Florian Schneider leaves band
Bob Moog: A Timeline
http://www.moogmusic.com/legacy/bob-moog-timeline
Robert Moog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moog
Robert Moog, Forefather of Synth, Inducted Into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.spin.com/articles/robert-moog-honored-national-inventors-hall-of-fame/
Image: Robert Moog
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/robert-moog-makes-the-inventors-hall-of-fame
Electronic Music Innovations: Robert Moog
Robert “Bob” Moog was born on May 23, 1934 and died August 21, 2005. He was an American pioneer of electronic music and is best know for the invention of the Moog synthesizer. Moog earned a bachelor’s degree in physics, another in electrical engineering, as well as a Ph.D. in engineering physics.
Robert Moog or the “Forethfather of Synth,” began building and selling Theremins with his father in 1954. Inspired by the composer Herbert A Deutsch, Moog designs and conducts the first Moog Modular synthesizer. “ I was interested in electronic musical instrument for as long as I can remember,” Moog explains. The Moog synthesizer was one of the first widely used electronic musical instruments. Moog’s innovative electronic designs can be found in numerous synthesizers including the Minimoog Model D, Minimoog Voyalger, Moog Taurus Bass Pedals, Little Phatty, Moog Minitaur, as well as the line of effects pedals Moogerfooger.
The electronic industry and most of all of the music that comes out of it, is hooked up to, or has had a synthesizer or Moog product running through it. This goes back to the mid sixties, and can be found being used on yet to be released projects being worked on in studios right now. Electronic music would not sound the same if it had not been for this man.
One of the early pioneers influenced by Moog’s products was Wendy Carlos. She released the Moog-only Bach album Switched on Bach in 1968 and went on to score such classic films by Stanley Kubrick’s, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, along with Disney’s original Tron. The Moog showed up on a wide range of music in the late 60’s including Diana Ross & the Sumpremes, the Beattles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, the Doors, the Byrds, and Simon & Garfunkel.
Through the mid-70’s records by Giorgio Moroder and Kraftwerk we using Moog’s products. He has influenced disco, synth-pop, hip-hop, electronic dance music, and virtually everything that has come after. After his death, there is an annual Moog festival in Asheville, NC. in his honor.
As an industry professional myself, Moog has left me with a lifetime of sounds to utilize in my projects. I love Electronic music and plan on producing it for many years to come. As a listener, I personal love the sound of a good synth. There is so much room to play with in creating and alternating the library of options that you can pull from a synth. Robert Moog leaves me with the never-ending possibilities he has created for the rest of my career.
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