ARP Pro Soloist
Douglas as Electronics, Music
Feb|25|2009
When an obsession makes it to your Facebook status it is time to post a blog entry about it. The ARP Pro Soloist was an early preset synthesizer made by Massachusetts company ARP. It was originally designed for the home organ market with a matching wood cabinet. The Pro was a revision which made it look more roadworthy and improved some of the switches and mechanicals. It featured single oscillator subtractive synthesis. Basic stuff even back then. It was thought that universities would buy an ARP 2500 or Moog Modular and consumers would buy the Pro Soloist.
Kung Pao in Telluride
Douglas as Horn
Feb|18|2009
Last weekend I played a San Juan Symphony concert in Telluride. The program was Schubert “Unfinished”, Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty, a Vivaldi bassoon concerto, and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. We had to ride up from Durango in a Fort Lewis College van and felt like we were in high school again.