Epiphany

[Declan Gorman]

Hi Paul,
   I enjoyed reading your email and while I do not know you personally I 
can see that your passion for create instruments is second to none.  I 
am firm believer that you should always do what makes you happy so I 
wish you the best of luck as you pursue your dream.

Regards,

Declan.

On 23/03/2013 07:46, Paul Maddox wrote:
> for those not following me on facebook, or those without it -
>
> Last night, March 22nd 2013 was my last gig with Her Dark Embrace and
> marks the end of an era for me. It was a great gig and I'd like to
> thank those who came, I'd also like to thank Will, Mike, Tom, Tim and
> Steve. I will still go to the Her Dark Embrace gigs as and when I can,
> because I do like the music and support them where possible.
> I've done a lot of thinking over the last few weeks and a lot of soul
> searching, David Grohls key note speech at SXSW
> (http://austinist.com/2013/03/16/watch_dave_grohls_sxsw_keynote_spee.php)
> added a lot of fuel to the fire of the thought process that has been
> on going for a while.
> Why? because he talks about his passion for music, passion is the key here.
> Yes I love music and yes I enjoy playing music, but I've come to
> realise I'm not passionate enough to play music in a band.
> My idols aren't musicians like Klaus Schulze, Peter Baumann, Tony
> Banks, Tim Blake or Rick Wakeman though I can appreciate and love
> their music. They're people who gave these musicians the tools they
> use, I'm talking about Bob Moog, Alan Pearlman, Dave Smith, Dave
> Rossum, Chris Huggett and last, but not least Wolfgang Palm. These are
> my heros, these are the people who inspire me. These are people who've
> taken they're passion for electronics and music and given tools to the
> musicians. They're people who've take their love, their enthusiasm and
> passion and turned it into something new, something unique, something
> that didn't exist before. Admittedly times have changed, you no longer
> need lots of discrete electronic parts and you can accomplish a lot in
> software, but that's just the medium that modern day craftsmen work
> with, the passion still has to exist for the musicians tool to be
> created (Wolfgang palm is making some great apps for the iPad).
> This is what I'm passionate about, and upon reflection I always have
> been. Some of the things I enjoyed most whilst being in the Her Dark
> Embrace was making a simple switch box for to control his amp, and
> Will's original LED Mike Stand, Simple projects but I really enjoyed
> making them.
> Thinking about it more and in conjunction with a random comment Jessie
> made, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about my music
> electronics, how to solve problems how such and such might sound, or
> what if I did XYZ to an oscillator, or would I achieve a module that
> did ABC.
> Life is about change, even death is change (although admittedly
> extreme change) and I am sad to be leaving Her Dark Embrace, but it's
> a change I feel I need. I want to follow my heart and my passion, I
> want to spend more time building electronic music devices, be that
> through VacoLoco or other means.
> This really feels like my Raison d'être, it's taken me a long time to
> work it out, but I really do care about my electronic music devices,
> be they something like Gorf, Zira or JuJu or something as complex and
> diverse as Phoenix (my DSP based polysynth).
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