@@amyashlyn9293 Nope. Carlos has only made one big album, and that was of Bach. It was a gimmick, and she didn't make any actual advances in electronic music. She didn't explore the synth as Delia Derbyshire did. So her position in the history is clear but limited. As a rule I don't assume prejudice as a first response.
A union of two absolutely staggering talents - Wendy & Bob 🤩👍! I was brought up around music, and play several instruments, but it was Wendy’s Switched-On Bach that kindled my full-blown love of the Baroque which continues to this day ❤!
Wendy, very casually: "I'm using this auxiliary keyboard that I built which is triggering a Hewlett-Packard computer running a piece of software that I wrote." Amazing.
"... and by doing this (looks like an arpeggio on the aux) retunes the entire keyboard" unbelievable. I'm assuming the aux is triggering macros and she plays it like an instrument.
She speaks so positively about the music of the future. So passionately, full of love, knowing that art is going to make its way through all the commercial stuff that's necessary to build the base for the avant-garde. What a visionary person. 👍❤
@@BulkBogan1920 imagine coming back to a comment that you didnt get a response to 6 months later just to embarrass yourself by being a transphobic asshole ☠️
Anyway, yeah! I just learned about her today and she was so ahead of her time. Wish there were more interviews of Wendy talking about her process of making music, she speaks with such passion and love for the craft. Its almost like she knows that she’s the beginning for the future of music
Wendy Carlos' interpretation of Bach pieces is absolutely some of the most beautiful artistic expression I've heard. I love her music and I truly wish that it was more accessible online on things like itunes, spotify, etc.
I'm saying this not to self-promote because it was not a commercial endeavor, but I released an ElectroBach album last Christmas called "The Bach Virus". It is available on youtube, spotify and all the others ;) Just search "The Bach Virus" on one of those platforms 🤠
@@TimLucasdesign there is an album called switched on bach on spotify but it is not the Wendy Carlos album of the same name. The only Wendy Carlos music on spotify is from the Tron soundtrack and the Shining soundtrack.
Wendy Carlos was one of the main reasons that I got into synthesizers. Now I have a small room full of them and I couldn't be happier! I owe her a debt of gratitude.! And to Bob Moog as well even though I only just bought a Moog synthesizer last summer. My others are all Korg synths. I could afford these ones. Thanks for this great video!
I am so sad that there's so little content with Wendy in it, cause I could listen to her talk about music and technology ALL day. ❤ Her love and passion for both of these things just lights up my heart
I would 100% try to get into one of her classes in spite of being in social science. It's a gift to be able to talk about such complicated material so clearly.
Johann Sebastian Bach would have used a Synthesizer if it would have been available back then. And that's a fact. After all he composed a lot of music for the Organ. And the Organ, with all its different tone registers (or voices) was basically the first synthesizer / sampler / sound installation.
Absolutely. Bach was an experimenter at heart, and he was constantly looking for ways to push the medium forward. Take his Cello Suites for instance. Prior to his compositions for the cello, it was primarily relegated to being a bass instrument in ensembles, Bach saw the potential of the cello as a solo instrument and wrote what is still considered to be one of the greatest pieces for the instrument. Aside from being a composer, Bach was routinely hired to test keyboards for their abilities and limitations. And he composed many pieces for different types of keyboards, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Harpsichord Concertos, his Fugues for the organ, etc. Bach seemed to compose for virtually any instrument he came across, often setting the standard for those instruments to this day. So yes, Bach would have been all over synthesizers if he had the chance.
I wish there were more interviews available of Wendy. She explains things so simply . If any one wants to check out more about how she makes her music, I'd sugget finding out her Secrets of Synthesis CD❤️ Edit: its a shame that not many people honed in on all the possibilities that microtonal music and alternative tunings can bring to music, after Beauty in The Beast was released. Sure Wendy went on to make some more music like BiTB like "Afterlife" on the Tales of Heaven and Hell CD from 1998, but she always seemed to be alone in her opinion while other musicians carried on with commercial preset laden synths. I can't wait for the day when her music is easily available!
I remember first hearing Beauty in the Beast when it first came out circa 1987 (I was in high school). It was. . . challenging, to say the least. I eventually tracked down a copy on CD. I'd be lying if I said I listened to it regularly, but I cannot deny the historical importance of that particular album. In fact, I'd say it's as historically important as her albums Switched on Bach (the first true "commercial" synth album) and Sonic Seasonings (which was one of the first "New Age" albums). Still, Larry Fast's Audion label was legendary. It had such an amazing assortment of artists in all sorts of electronic subgenres.
@@mournblade1066 I was the same with BiTB, first few listens I hated it. I didn't know what the big deal was. The more I studied her work and read her entries on her fantastic website it all became very clear how not only was BiTB important, but just how important she was to music as a whole.
My favorite album of hers is Sonic Seasonings. It is brilliant. That’s what I was listening to in 1973. Her music for A Clockwork Orange is brilliant as well, especially Timesteps.
It never has and never will cease to impress me how casually and easily Wendy Carlos can talk about the technicalities of a synthesizer. Does it like she's talking about her morning routine.
She's elocuent because, it's what she did all her life and knows all the tech behind, that's why the confident talk, and still it's amazingly accurate if appleid to our actual state of the industry.
It's absolutely incredible how every single conclusion and prediction they both made about the future came exactly true. They knew what they were doing.
Alright, I've been learning/experimenting with electronic music for 15 years, and have done my best to learn the history of the technology and pioneers of the industry, how have I never heard of Wendy Carlos until now?! She's incredible!
Check out her Sonic Seasonings album. It’s really extraordinary. Also her music for A Clockwork Orange, in particular the piece Timesteps. Sonic Seasonings was released on vinyl originally, two records, each side a Season. Was released on CD with great extra tracks. No longer in print unfortunately but I’m sure used copies can be found.
Wendy Carlos is one of those rare geniuses, who does not only compose but understands music so well she can teach and articulate it in simple terms. That's just incredible...
in addition the little bit she said about appetites and flavours at the end of this video is as if she was looking right into the future. a true visionary
I’m trans and Wendy is my pride hero. What she said last about being able to have easier access to technology being easier to access the here on helping develop a hunger for knowledge in the youth. She made the future a brighter place.
@@rabarebra wtf are you saying? I'm talking about the profound impact these people have had on music synthesis and entire generations of musicians and you go where with it? Transphobia? A mouse from a body part? So what is rotting in your mind? Wendy Carlos is what, male? Bob Moog is what? A rodent genitalia? As a society I fear we are in real trouble
@@Terra101 Again, wtf are you taking about? The last transphobic ignoramous commenting on this video appears to have deleted his contribution of brain diarrhoea to this discussion. Is there something you would like to add to this ridiculousness so I can shut you down as well?
Wendy Carlos has been a kind of a hero for me since the early seventies. I was introduced to her work through her fantastic album The Well Tempered Synthesizer.
@@breakingames7772 She's done the soundtracks for Tron, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining + original compositions like the album Digital Moonscapes, (music inspired by astronomical objects), Sonic Seasonings (4 tracks loosely inspired by the seasons), Tales of Heaven and Hell, Beauty in The Beast (exploration of alternate musical tuning and scales, i.e farewell 12-tone) and this isn't even all of her original discography! And on top of that, while not her original compositions, but Bach's, it still required an immense ammount of skill to create her synthesized iterations of his works, for reference Glenn Gould himself praised Switched-On Bach as the album of the decade!
I first came across Wendy when she was Walter at Christmas 1970 when my Girlfriends father played the well tempered synthesiser album and I’ve been a fan ever since. My favourite album is her digital version of the clockwork orange soundtrack which I play regularly.
@Boodysaspie i just bought a keystep 37 and melodics and im learning the piano and trying to also learn ableton. and also blender but who isn't these days?
I remember this "Electronic Jam" document on television. Unfortunately I haven't anymore vhs-copy. E.g. Oscar Peterson played big, black Synclavier, Michael Boddicker played with T8Sync sound, Jean-Luc Ponty introduced electric violins, etc.
Yes, because preservation of accurate history is ‘hate’ now. I too have the original vinyl. And the new-and-improved CD. Hated what they did. I’d like to respect everyone. But not to the point of “oh, you just remember it wrong, bigot”.
@@billr3053Wendy wanted to transition even back then but you bigots won't let her. You are the same people who cry about CRTV and teaching about American sl*very system. You don't have leg to stand on.
@@billr3053Wendy wanted to transition even back then but you bigots won't let her. You are the same people who cry about CRTV and teaching about American sl*very system. You don't have leg to stand on.
@@billr3053 using her name is correct. Rereleasing the music under her correct name isn't being inaccurate at all. She was still Wendy when she originally composed it anyway, just not out due to fear of bigoted backlash. Using her current name is correct and respectful of her identity.
@@victorcampano8746 Laws are created to put me in jail if I explain what is the relation between homosexuality and possessions by low vibration spirits. So I never can do it openly now.
It was shown on BBC U.K. in the mid 90’s ..since then its just disappeared ...a pity as it was a compendium of music tech of the time. Someone somewhere has the ownership ..probably in Canada.
“Switched On Bach” was such a monumental achievement, ESPECIALLY considering the multi tracking and mixing of singular notes. Just incredible that she took that on. And FLAWLESSLY.
My then Airforce dad introduced his young rock and roll enriched SF hippie kids to Hooked on Bach and one other Moog music album, we were skeptical to say the least. This stuff was great and I remember that to this day! Thanks
I bought Switched On Bach II by Wendy Carlos, and I was hooked. I love classic music in electronic format and I would always look up 8-bit versions of them. So finding this vinyl at a second hand store for only 99 cents was just pure luck. Her first album even predates Giorgio Moroder's first album by one year, and he's usually seen as the father of electronic music. Though, from what I'm aware of, it is Wendy who is the Mother of Electronic music. Though, I did read on the back of the album that she studied under a Russian music composer who was teaching a class on classical music in electronic format. So I do wonder if someone else predates her.
Meh, I wouldn't say Giorgio Moroder is the father of electronic music; rather, he's the father of disco, which is still a pretty big deal. I think Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Tomita, and Larry Fast/Synergy were all doing stuff around the same time, if not before.
Having lived through those times, Carlos definitely hit the scene first and was listened to and celebrated for a good chunk of time before Moroder, Vangelis, Jarre ... who really didn't hit public awareness til later. I was a child listening to Wendy, I was a teen listening to Giorgio.
There were a LOT of people who did music on synths from the 1950's I think, but they weren't iconic or innovated that much as Wendy & Moog. She has a Music & Physic's degree at Princeton's. Not surprise for the outcome of such a genius career and unique approach to Arts.
As I see this again. She saw this before it has arrived. This is the realization of pioneering, vision, and the connected reality to all things seen and unseen. Just a gift. This applies to everything. We are capable of much more. Let us learn, relearn, think, and rethink the beauty of being a Human Being.
*Wendy Carlos: Authentically brilliant, AHEAD OF HER TIME, Articulate, Ground Breaking, Born in the wrong era in music history limited by primitive equipment, SLEPT-ON!*
So wait... Bob Moog, the person who single-handedly (or so I thought) pioneered the modern musical synthesizer, built based on specs directly given by Wendy? So I have a trans woman to thank for my craft. And we all have her to thank, in part, for almost all modern pop music. Beautiful. And yes I know about West Coast synthesis, which I love, but it is by far less common.
@@Frostified I agree with that, and it seems like she was extremely important in that field as well. I know synthesizers go back to the 1920s or so though....
Yes, she received recomendation from Harry Benjamin in NYC to start the medical process for transsexualism, but before that, or in these times, she was graduating at Princeton's for a Music & Physic's degree. Wendy is 81 today!
Hours ago, in an old school synth marathon, I've just readed someone comments telling about Spiegel's ''The expanding Universe'' album: ''if Tron have had a soundtrack'' How people can be THAT ignorant?? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
That's like asking if Scorsese watches Tarantino because they both identify as men ... it's a weird question... And kind of an ignorant one on face value, to me.
Carlos really dropped the ball with the copyright stuff, since the last few generations have never been able to listen to the music. Try finding any on the internet. It's as if she'd like to be forgotten.
No, actually she needs to make a living from sales and free torrenting kills the artist. If I understood your comment well, if not, sorry I'm not so fluent on english sometimes! She's tired of people wanting to know about her medical process than on her music and innovations. Look up her website for more details on Wendy.
@@bornagainbornagain6697 Zappa's estate did the same thing but they caved because well, these days people listen online, they aren't buying hard copies in significant enough numbers.
I'm going to guess circa 1988, since it mentions Beauty in the Beast, which I think was released in 1987 (I'm too lazy to look it up; all I know is I was in high school when it was first released).
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Wendy Carlos has to be the most underappreciated pioneer and visionary in music history.
Her and Billy Ray Cyrus
@@jondrew55 She and Delia Derbyshire maybe.
Let's not forget about the legend himself: Klaus Nomi
Perhaps ignored partly because she is transgender
@@amyashlyn9293 Nope. Carlos has only made one big album, and that was of Bach. It was a gimmick, and she didn't make any actual advances in electronic music. She didn't explore the synth as Delia Derbyshire did. So her position in the history is clear but limited. As a rule I don't assume prejudice as a first response.
Priceless video. I met Bob Moog once years ago at a NAMM show.
A union of two absolutely staggering talents - Wendy & Bob 🤩👍! I was brought up around music, and play several instruments, but it was Wendy’s Switched-On Bach that kindled my full-blown love of the Baroque which continues to this day ❤!
Wendy, very casually: "I'm using this auxiliary keyboard that I built which is triggering a Hewlett-Packard computer running a piece of software that I wrote."
Amazing.
While explaining 12 tone equal temperament. What a genius
I was so blown away by that!
Lol I was like WTF?!
Just wow
"... and by doing this (looks like an arpeggio on the aux) retunes the entire keyboard" unbelievable. I'm assuming the aux is triggering macros and she plays it like an instrument.
She speaks so positively about the music of the future. So passionately, full of love, knowing that art is going to make its way through all the commercial stuff that's necessary to build the base for the avant-garde. What a visionary person. 👍❤
*he
@@sarang8585 Walter is a man not a woman
@@sarang8585 That's "wendy's" original name before he changed.
@@BulkBogan1920 imagine coming back to a comment that you didnt get a response to 6 months later just to embarrass yourself by being a transphobic asshole ☠️
Anyway, yeah! I just learned about her today and she was so ahead of her time. Wish there were more interviews of Wendy talking about her process of making music, she speaks with such passion and love for the craft. Its almost like she knows that she’s the beginning for the future of music
Such an inspiration Wendy Carlos and Bob Moog
wendy is a wizard and this stuff is literally still relevant
This is why I love UA-cam, finding gems like this.
Wendy Carlos' interpretation of Bach pieces is absolutely some of the most beautiful artistic expression I've heard. I love her music and I truly wish that it was more accessible online on things like itunes, spotify, etc.
I'm saying this not to self-promote because it was not a commercial endeavor, but I released an ElectroBach album last Christmas called "The Bach Virus". It is available on youtube, spotify and all the others ;) Just search "The Bach Virus" on one of those platforms 🤠
Don't forget the Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas as well.
Switched on Bach is on Spotify
@@TimLucasdesign there is an album called switched on bach on spotify but it is not the Wendy Carlos album of the same name. The only Wendy Carlos music on spotify is from the Tron soundtrack and the Shining soundtrack.
Glenn Gould praised her Brandenburg #4
I love Wendy’s metaphor for broadening one’s horizons in food and how it relates to developing musical tastes and an ear!
Wendy Carlos was one of the main reasons that I got into synthesizers. Now I have a small room full of them and I couldn't be happier! I owe her a debt of gratitude.! And to Bob Moog as well even though I only just bought a Moog synthesizer last summer. My others are all Korg synths. I could afford these ones. Thanks for this great video!
I am so sad that there's so little content with Wendy in it, cause I could listen to her talk about music and technology ALL day. ❤ Her love and passion for both of these things just lights up my heart
I would 100% try to get into one of her classes in spite of being in social science. It's a gift to be able to talk about such complicated material so clearly.
The horrible way the public treated her then and now is mainly to blame.
She has very interesting website
I was also very sad about it for many years.
@@gelatinous6915 you know how it is. A dislike for the unlike.
Johann Sebastian Bach would have used a Synthesizer if it would have been available back then. And that's a fact. After all he composed a lot of music for the Organ. And the Organ, with all its different tone registers (or voices) was basically the first synthesizer / sampler / sound installation.
And escoffier would have used a microwave.
Absolutely. Bach was an experimenter at heart, and he was constantly looking for ways to push the medium forward. Take his Cello Suites for instance. Prior to his compositions for the cello, it was primarily relegated to being a bass instrument in ensembles, Bach saw the potential of the cello as a solo instrument and wrote what is still considered to be one of the greatest pieces for the instrument.
Aside from being a composer, Bach was routinely hired to test keyboards for their abilities and limitations. And he composed many pieces for different types of keyboards, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Harpsichord Concertos, his Fugues for the organ, etc.
Bach seemed to compose for virtually any instrument he came across, often setting the standard for those instruments to this day. So yes, Bach would have been all over synthesizers if he had the chance.
@Pan Darius Kairos whoa, let's not go crazy here.
@Pan Darius Kairos You wish such inanity was true. Nope it's not.
Jean-Michel Bach :)
I wish there were more interviews available of Wendy. She explains things so simply . If any one wants to check out more about how she makes her music, I'd sugget finding out her Secrets of Synthesis CD❤️
Edit: its a shame that not many people honed in on all the possibilities that microtonal music and alternative tunings can bring to music, after Beauty in The Beast was released. Sure Wendy went on to make some more music like BiTB like "Afterlife" on the Tales of Heaven and Hell CD from 1998, but she always seemed to be alone in her opinion while other musicians carried on with commercial preset laden synths. I can't wait for the day when her music is easily available!
I remember first hearing Beauty in the Beast when it first came out circa 1987 (I was in high school). It was. . . challenging, to say the least. I eventually tracked down a copy on CD. I'd be lying if I said I listened to it regularly, but I cannot deny the historical importance of that particular album. In fact, I'd say it's as historically important as her albums Switched on Bach (the first true "commercial" synth album) and Sonic Seasonings (which was one of the first "New Age" albums).
Still, Larry Fast's Audion label was legendary. It had such an amazing assortment of artists in all sorts of electronic subgenres.
@@mournblade1066 I was the same with BiTB, first few listens I hated it. I didn't know what the big deal was. The more I studied her work and read her entries on her fantastic website it all became very clear how not only was BiTB important, but just how important she was to music as a whole.
Thank you for the recommendations and the other insights (: I appreciate it.
*He
The horrible way the public treated her then and now is mainly to blame.
This woman is more than amazing AND brilliant to me! Love her❤
My favorite album of hers is Sonic Seasonings. It is brilliant. That’s what I was listening to in 1973. Her music for A Clockwork Orange is brilliant as well, especially Timesteps.
It never has and never will cease to impress me how casually and easily Wendy Carlos can talk about the technicalities of a synthesizer. Does it like she's talking about her morning routine.
Super high IQ, I bet!
She's elocuent because, it's what she did all her life and knows all the tech behind, that's why the confident talk, and still it's amazingly accurate if appleid to our actual state of the industry.
It's absolutely incredible how every single conclusion and prediction they both made about the future came exactly true. They knew what they were doing.
Alright, I've been learning/experimenting with electronic music for 15 years, and have done my best to learn the history of the technology and pioneers of the industry, how have I never heard of Wendy Carlos until now?! She's incredible!
SAME! so happy we now know of hee
her
I dunno. I’ve been listening to her since the sixties. Even saw her live concert.
Check out her Sonic Seasonings album. It’s really extraordinary. Also her music for A Clockwork Orange, in particular the piece Timesteps. Sonic Seasonings was released on vinyl originally, two records, each side a Season. Was released on CD with great extra tracks. No longer in print unfortunately but I’m sure used copies can be found.
5:53 So SUPREME! Could soak up hours of this... The temperament demonstration was one of countess gems in this interview excerpt. Many thanks!
Wendy Carlos is one of those rare geniuses, who does not only compose but understands music so well she can teach and articulate it in simple terms. That's just incredible...
That lady scored The Shining 🤯🤯 huge respect its one of my favourite films
TIL about this amazing woman. thank you Wendy for giving us the rich sonic universe we inhabit today
in addition the little bit she said about appetites and flavours at the end of this video is as if she was looking right into the future. a true visionary
Two massively influential people in electronic music collaborating together. This was fantastic to watch. Thanks for the upload.
Two great visionaries in music history. 👍
Thank you for sharing this. Timeless, Priceless, and Inspiring.
I’m trans and Wendy is my pride hero. What she said last about being able to have easier access to technology being easier to access the here on helping develop a hunger for knowledge in the youth. She made the future a brighter place.
She is a true pioneer in music, music technology and being oneself unapologetically.
Same here. I’m a trans woman and I’m obsessed with synthesizers and she’s the queen.
Wow. That was near transcendent. Mother and father of synthetic genesis. Incredible
@@rabarebra I’m not thinking that I am following your intent? I tend to be pretty obscure but could you help me out here?
@@rabarebra wtf are you saying? I'm talking about the profound impact these people have had on music synthesis and entire generations of musicians and you go where with it? Transphobia? A mouse from a body part? So what is rotting in your mind? Wendy Carlos is what, male? Bob Moog is what? A rodent genitalia? As a society I fear we are in real trouble
@@joshuareavis4401 Did you just assume Moog's genitalia?
@@Terra101 Again, wtf are you taking about?
The last transphobic ignoramous commenting on this video appears to have deleted his contribution of brain diarrhoea to this discussion. Is there something you would like to add to this ridiculousness so I can shut you down as well?
@@joshuareavis4401 It was a joke, calm down.
She’s just fascinating! 🥰😎👍
Wendy Carlos has been a kind of a hero for me since the early seventies. I was introduced to her work through her fantastic album The Well Tempered Synthesizer.
Very seriously: There should be a movie about Wendy Carlos
Without all the toxic, destructive, antiscientific gender politics on it, she needs to be recognized widely.
@@VeronicaGorositoMusic ???
I agree
She is very reclusive. If it happens, I hope it is told accurately.
@@VeronicaGorositoMusic You really need some actual perspective in your life.
The goddess of modern music
Wendy Carlos was, and is, a musical genius of the highest order.
Name a song she has written I'll wait while you Google it
@@breakingames7772 She's done the soundtracks for Tron, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining + original compositions like the album Digital Moonscapes, (music inspired by astronomical objects), Sonic Seasonings (4 tracks loosely inspired by the seasons), Tales of Heaven and Hell, Beauty in The Beast (exploration of alternate musical tuning and scales, i.e farewell 12-tone) and this isn't even all of her original discography!
And on top of that, while not her original compositions, but Bach's, it still required an immense ammount of skill to create her synthesized iterations of his works, for reference Glenn Gould himself praised Switched-On Bach as the album of the decade!
@@breakingames7772seriously?
@@breakingames7772ragebait trash.
What an icon. A pioneer of electronic music.
Wendy Carlos was my childhood hero. She is still my hero.
Exactly what I’ve always felt!
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I first came across Wendy when she was Walter at Christmas 1970 when my Girlfriends father played the well tempered synthesiser album and I’ve been a fan ever since. My favourite album is her digital version of the clockwork orange soundtrack which I play regularly.
So insightful. It would be great to hear what she has to say now about current music and where she predicts it will head next.
@Boodysaspie i just bought a keystep 37 and melodics and im learning the piano and trying to also learn ableton.
and also blender but who isn't these days?
Pronouns!
@@rsmko???
Wow I just found Wendy Carlos and I did not know how influential she was in the music game!!
She saw the future of music so clearly as she helped pioneer it and usher it in.
"Democratisation of music" - that was prophetic. Wow.
I remember this "Electronic Jam" document on television. Unfortunately I haven't anymore vhs-copy. E.g. Oscar Peterson played big, black Synclavier, Michael Boddicker played with T8Sync sound, Jean-Luc Ponty introduced electric violins, etc.
Have the original Album and was Shocked back then I purchased the CD with Wendy not Walter 80.s
Yes, because preservation of accurate history is ‘hate’ now. I too have the original vinyl. And the new-and-improved CD. Hated what they did. I’d like to respect everyone. But not to the point of “oh, you just remember it wrong, bigot”.
@@billr3053Wendy wanted to transition even back then but you bigots won't let her.
You are the same people who cry about CRTV and teaching about American sl*very system. You don't have leg to stand on.
@@billr3053Wendy wanted to transition even back then but you bigots won't let her.
You are the same people who cry about CRTV and teaching about American sl*very system. You don't have leg to stand on.
@@billr3053 using her name is correct. Rereleasing the music under her correct name isn't being inaccurate at all. She was still Wendy when she originally composed it anyway, just not out due to fear of bigoted backlash. Using her current name is correct and respectful of her identity.
She is one of those rare people who have true vision and act upon it in unwavering faith. Our progress in all things depends on people like her.
Holy shit she’s amazing.
And she was a he
@@jmbbao does saying that make you feel safe and warm?
@@victorcampano8746 Laws are created to put me in jail if I explain what is the relation between homosexuality and possessions by low vibration spirits. So I never can do it openly now.
@@jmbbao go see a therapist
@@victorcampano8746 What you don't like to hear will become obvious and common knowledge as darkness is vanquished
Thank you Wendy Carlos for the impact you made in the electronic music world
Jesus, a whole other genius this woman is!
it's scary how smart she is
Happy Birthday Wendy Carlos!!!
3:56 So, Wendy is not only an amazing musician, but she programs too?! I don’t know why I’m surprised, but I am. 🤭
Synth are just programs.
Synth are just programs.
A brilliant mind who has forever changed the shape of music. True genius.
She was so right about a magical moment happening once in a Historical moments. Nothing has come close since.
This is wonderful, thank you
Bro she is a giga-autist I love her
This is from a wonderful Canadian production called “Electronic Jam”.
Where can that be found?
It was shown on BBC U.K. in the mid 90’s ..since then its just disappeared ...a pity as it was a compendium of music tech of the time. Someone somewhere has the ownership ..probably in Canada.
No
The next, other wise
@@cloudhop I bet someone has it on a VHS somewhere.
Thank you, Dear Lord above, for allowing us this gifted individual to live among us. We are truly all blessed to have known her, known of her works.
I've got a feeling you wouldn't be saying the same thing if you actually knew about her.
both are amazing
Wonderful!
“Switched On Bach” was such a monumental achievement, ESPECIALLY considering the multi tracking and mixing of singular notes. Just incredible that she took that on. And FLAWLESSLY.
Wendy IS LEGEND 💕
My then Airforce dad introduced his young rock and roll enriched SF hippie kids to Hooked on Bach and one other Moog music album, we were skeptical to say the least. This stuff was great and I remember that to this day! Thanks
Wendy, we owe you so much! Bob too of course ;)
Wow. This really takes me back!
I'm proud to say I bought Switched On Bach when it came out!
Also Pierre Henry's Musique Concrete .
And at 4:03 , the moment I realise I can't hear the difference!
2 absolute legends. Her final words in this video were very inspiring.
So glad i found this
Oh Wendy! How amazing you are!
I bought Switched On Bach II by Wendy Carlos, and I was hooked. I love classic music in electronic format and I would always look up 8-bit versions of them. So finding this vinyl at a second hand store for only 99 cents was just pure luck. Her first album even predates Giorgio Moroder's first album by one year, and he's usually seen as the father of electronic music. Though, from what I'm aware of, it is Wendy who is the Mother of Electronic music. Though, I did read on the back of the album that she studied under a Russian music composer who was teaching a class on classical music in electronic format. So I do wonder if someone else predates her.
Meh, I wouldn't say Giorgio Moroder is the father of electronic music; rather, he's the father of disco, which is still a pretty big deal. I think Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Tomita, and Larry Fast/Synergy were all doing stuff around the same time, if not before.
Having lived through those times, Carlos definitely hit the scene first and was listened to and celebrated for a good chunk of time before Moroder, Vangelis, Jarre ... who really didn't hit public awareness til later. I was a child listening to Wendy, I was a teen listening to Giorgio.
@@netcowboy No, I mean that Jarre, et al. were doing electronic music before Moroder. I know Wendy Carlos was as good six or so years before Vangelis.
@@mournblade1066 I was only half misunderstanding your comment because the other half was focused on sharing a memory 💕
There were a LOT of people who did music on synths from the 1950's I think, but they weren't iconic or innovated that much as Wendy & Moog.
She has a Music & Physic's degree at Princeton's. Not surprise for the outcome of such a genius career and unique approach to Arts.
Can you imagine if Wendy Carlos and Frank Zappa had teamed up? Jazz From (Beyond) Hell!
What happened to her burns was it just a phase anyway she is a looker for sure
As I see this again. She saw this before it has arrived. This is the realization of pioneering, vision, and the connected reality to all things seen and unseen. Just a gift. This applies to everything. We are capable of much more. Let us learn, relearn, think, and rethink the beauty of being a Human Being.
This is so AWESOME!,
What synth did she use to demonstrate the xylophone sound?
It's rare DK Synergy polyphonic synth.
*Wendy Carlos: Authentically brilliant, AHEAD OF HER TIME, Articulate, Ground Breaking, Born in the wrong era in music history limited by primitive equipment, SLEPT-ON!*
“Real music makes real money”
So wait... Bob Moog, the person who single-handedly (or so I thought) pioneered the modern musical synthesizer, built based on specs directly given by Wendy? So I have a trans woman to thank for my craft. And we all have her to thank, in part, for almost all modern pop music. Beautiful.
And yes I know about West Coast synthesis, which I love, but it is by far less common.
That’s right!!
Wendy is awesome but it was a progression of peoples work since 1955. Many people deserve some credit.
@@Frostified I agree with that, and it seems like she was extremely important in that field as well. I know synthesizers go back to the 1920s or so though....
Yes, she received recomendation from Harry Benjamin in NYC to start the medical process for transsexualism, but before that, or in these times, she was graduating at Princeton's for a Music & Physic's degree.
Wendy is 81 today!
@@Frostified Exactly, as in everything, ''I was standing in giant shoulders'' (or something like that).
Well done Wendy......
Wendy is a musical genius crazy many don’t know about her
Hours ago, in an old school synth marathon, I've just readed someone comments telling about Spiegel's ''The expanding Universe'' album:
''if Tron have had a soundtrack''
How people can be THAT ignorant?? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
The woman is brilliant
True pioneers in the world of synthesized music.
Classic. Giants . Peace Christo👽
From 5:16 onwards, she saw it all. All that she says has been true.
Excessive talent and potential for one person.
Huh.
I didn't know about Wendy.
Switched on Bach is a great album. I found it at a flea market for like $2 and in great condition. Amazing stuff knowing the technology at the time.
So ahead of her time….
Wendy Carlos, pure genius at work!
I wonder if she listens to SOPHIE
No she doesn’t I asked her 😉
@@vogelvogeltje well tell her to
That's like asking if Scorsese watches Tarantino because they both identify as men ... it's a weird question... And kind of an ignorant one on face value, to me.
@@netcowboy well they’re both pioneers in electronic music and she might not listen to new music as much so i don’t think it’s that bad of a question
@@netcowboy I would love to know why you think it's a weird and ignorant question
from wendy carlos to sophie, trans women have done so much to pioneer electronic music and it's so inspiring
RIP...Bob....😪😪
This lady is a genius
She predicted the future at the end there. Damn
We are standing on the shoulders of giants.
Is Bob Moog from Brooklin?
... a pioneering genius!
Carlos really dropped the ball with the copyright stuff, since the last few generations have never been able to listen to the music. Try finding any on the internet. It's as if she'd like to be forgotten.
No, actually she needs to make a living from sales and free torrenting kills the artist. If I understood your comment well, if not, sorry I'm not so fluent on english sometimes!
She's tired of people wanting to know about her medical process than on her music and innovations. Look up her website for more details on Wendy.
That's the way she wants it. Some day more will be released.
@@bornagainbornagain6697 Zappa's estate did the same thing but they caved because well, these days people listen online, they aren't buying hard copies in significant enough numbers.
The Synclavier didn’t sound as good as a Moog. Sorry Synclavier!
What a mind!
someone make a fictional movie about these two immediately! I can see it in my head
What year is this?
I'm going to guess circa 1988, since it mentions Beauty in the Beast, which I think was released in 1987 (I'm too lazy to look it up; all I know is I was in high school when it was first released).
1989, you can see the date on other YT videos
*screams*
Thanks