{"id":1052,"date":"2017-03-06T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theremintimes.ru\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2017-03-06T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:22:22","slug":"robert-meyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theremin.today\/?p=1052&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Robert Meyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

So please, if you have anything that you would like to say publicly about Clara Rockmore, her creativity and her works, — please write.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clara Rockmore was the first person I recorgnized on Youtube, of course long before Google made her public. I was impressed by her feeling and her exactly playing on this old valve Theremin. But after seeing the interview with Bob Moog at her home, i also realised that she had to be a very very symphatic, intelligent person that i would like to meet, if she was still alive.<\/p>\n

What prompted you to play theremin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My mother told me about, when she was a child in the 1950s, someone used it making a concert at my hometown in East-Germany. She was allowed to even play around on this magic thing. So since i was young, i also wanted to try out this instrument. In my own compositions, i used synthesizers to simulate a Theremin. I always thought, only a few persons still have an old Theremin and its impossible to get one. 2006 I was in Munich at the Museum of Technic, there was a one-antenna-Theremin I tried. It was so frustrating, that I thought i never can play on this strange box. But then i discovered Moog and the Theremins got cheaper, so the wish became true.<\/p>\n

What were your first feelings when you heard the sounds of theremin and where did it happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first time i heard a Theremin, was in some old science fiction movies and in the 90s, someone did demonstrate it in a tv show. I was completly fascinated and i did know, this thing that name i didn\u00b4t know, i have to play someday.<\/p>\n

What is your musical philosophy and what place it occupies a theremin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Music is free. Everything is possible, thats made with passion and seriousness. The Theremin is my voice i can transmit music to a higher, special, outstanding level. Including the kind of the performance. With my Industrial-Band SCHRAMM, i switch between singing and playing melodic Theremin to very hard guitars and danceable beats. In this energetic performance the Theremin is an isle of silence.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Prospects for theremin and its place in modern music space — how you see them? For what qualities you value this tool?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the Theremin could bring a kind of fairy and magic back into modern music. In times of cold high-end productions and videos of button-pressing DJs jumping around, the Theremin shows a true and unique image of musicality and body control . But if you look around, the most bands use it only for effects or use the pitch-correction of the Theremini. That doesn\u00b4t make so much sense for me.<\/p>\n

Which manufacturer of theremin do you prefer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Until now, Moog ( Etherwave Standard modded with the Espe-01 of Thierry Frenkel ) and Subscope, Kiel Germany.<\/p>\n

What you can recommend for beginners thereminists, or those who are just going to start their way of thereminist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Play melodies. Don\u00b4t use the Theremin only as gimmick or for effects, it is a waste of its potential. Do not buy a one-antenna-Theremin. Be clear that results can take a lot time. Be clear the the Theremin is a very sensible instrument, reacting on many physical influences. Practize and try so often you can. Let it be your main-instrument you invest most energy. Watch the Youtube-videos of the professional players and try to visit Theremin Schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So please, if you have anything that you would like to say publicly about Clara Rockmore, her creativity and her works, — please write. Clara Rockmore was the first person I recorgnized on Youtube, of course long before Google made…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1","wpcat-1-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t