How the synthesizer changed music forever

Forever Ago

American Public Media

Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.4 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Synthesizers are revolutionary instruments. These electronic devices use knobs, buttons and sliders to make different sounds — and you can hear them in all sorts of music, from pop to hip-hop. But that wasn’t always the case. Join Joy and co-host Lilike as they explore the history of the synthesizer and learn one album transformed it from an experimental instrument to an essential hitmaker. We’ll also hear from Switched On Pop producer Reanna Cruz about the legacy of these groovy instruments. All that, plus a new game of First Things First!

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0:00.0	Hey Joy, what are you up to?
0:05.0	Oh, you know, just single-handedly reinventing music?
0:11.0	Whoa, just another Wednesday, I guess.
0:15.0	And may I ask just how, you're reinventing music?
0:18.5	Well, you know, between being a beloved podcast host, actor, wrestling club president, and gum connoisseur. love it
0:23.0	podcast host actor wrestling club president and gum connoisseur I'm also
0:26.0	an aspiring DJ
0:29.0	Yes because DJ dole is just too good of a name to pass up.
0:34.4	Was that you making all those bleeps and bloops just now?
0:37.6	You better bleep, bloop, believe it.
0:39.4	I just found the most bananas, bonkers, never before seen an instrument in my closet.
0:45.0	It was right in between my collection of party hats and my signed Boys to Men poster.
0:49.8	I'm calling it the Dolephone Bleep Loop 5000.
0:55.0	That looks like a keyboard with a bunch of knobs.
1:00.0	Well, what it is is the DoOLophone Bleep Bloop 5000.
1:05.0	Because it bleep bloops to the 5,000s.
1:10.0	Want to hear what I've been working on?
1:12.0	Yeah. Yeah. Want to hear what I've been working on? Yeah!
1:13.0	Music to your ears, right?
1:19.0	It's definitely noise to my ears. Joy, I don't think that's any old keyboard.
1:28.6	You're right, it's not a keyboard.
1:31.3	It's the DOLO phone, Bleep Blue 5,000.
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