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Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:59 |
One year after his death, Bob Moog, the inventor of the revolutionary Moog synthesizer, continues to help the area.
Moogës family and friends announced recently that they are founding the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation, which officially debuted Aug. 21 at www.moogfoundation.org.
The foundation will endow three scholarships ÇƒÓ one each at UNC Asheville, the Berklee School of Music in Boston and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
We applaud this step ÇƒÓ and see it as a further example of Moogës work to benefit the community.
In an era populated in large part by egotistical musicians and celebrities, Moog stands as a refreshing counter-example.
While his famous
invention jump-started an era of musical innovation and key to the
development of electronic dance and techno music, he didnët rest on his
laurels or try to use his fame for self-aggrandizing ends.
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Moog, fondly
dubbed "the Kahuna" by his colleagues at Moog Music Inc. for his almost
mystical ability with electronics, instead gave back to the community
extensively, through benefit concerts, financial gifts and even a
teaching stint at UNC Asheville.
This may explain
the manner of Moogës passing: surrounded by family and friends and
universally loved and respected a far contrast from the departures of
many involved in the music industry.
Now, with the
founding of the Moog foundation, his legacy continues to help those in
need ÇƒÓ and further the expansion of musical innovation to which he
dedicated his life.
Doorsë frontman
Jim Morrison, whose manner of living and dying could not have been more
different from Moogës, once famously said, "you can be either a candle
burning in the dark or a comet blazing against the night sky" to
justify his flashy, hedonistic lifestyle.
Moog proved the opposite ÇƒÓ with hard work, creativity, dedication and humility, that candle can set the world on fire.
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