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ContactMusic.com reports that Billy Corgan is helping set up a museum dedicated to the late Dr. Bob Moog. Corgan has joined forces with the Bob Moog Foundation to restore and preserve Moog’s archives, which were left in a state of disrepair when he died in 2005. Corgan also hopes to establish scholarships in Moog’s name. [...]

Erik Norlander has contributed “high quality samples” of his famous modular Moog synthesizer along with samples of other Moog instruments from his collection to the forthcoming “SampleMoog” virtual instrument from Sonic Reality and IK Multimedia.
The most powerful and diverse plug-in of Moog sounds ever made featuring sampled sounds from 16 different legendary Moog instruments [...]

Courtesy Voiceprint Music:After many months of research and planning, not to mention restoration in certain cases, the Rick Wakeman Video Vault is ready to go. Fans of Rick Wakeman have long wanted a visual document from some of Rick’s classic solo shows from the seventies and the eighties and the Wakeman Video Vault aims to [...]

Monster keyboardist Erik Norlander will perform at Moogfest, the annual festival commemorating the achievements of inventor Robert Moog and his namesake synthesizers. Along with Norlander, other performers include Thomas Dolby, Jordan Rudess, Adam Holzman, Spiraling, Don Preston, Gershon Kingsley, Nail, and Herb Deutsch.
Moogfest will once again take place at B.B. King’s Blues Club, located at [...]

The Mini Moog has been chosen the greatest synthesizer of all time by SonicState.com:
Without a doubt the Mini Moog displays all the qualities of greatness that you could hope for in a single instrument. When it went on the market in 1970 it changed the face of modern electronic instrumentation forever. It’s features and [...]

Moogfest 2007 is fast approaching and will be held at the B.B. King Club in NYC, September 22nd. This year’s lineup includes Thomas Dolby, Jordan Rudess, Adam Holzman (Miles Davis), Spiraling, Don Preston (Frank Zappa) and Erik Norlander. Tickets can be purchased here.