Epiphany

[Paul Maddox]

Thanks, I'm very flattered.

Paul

On 23 March 2013 20:46, Komatos <komatos at comcast.net> wrote:
> If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have heard of Her Dark Embrace & they wouldn't have had me as a fan. Following your work, both as a musician & as an instrument designer, has been a joy & an inspiration to me. I'm sure you made the right choice, your talents are truly a gift to the world of gear. I hope to own one of your designs within the next couple of years.
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> On Mar 23, 2013, at 3:46 AM, Paul Maddox <yo at vacoloco.net> 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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