Dave accumulated a fair bit of studio gear over the years. Some items are pushing 40 something years old and some are in need of repairs, however most items are in full working order and many have now been donated to new homes, as you can see below:
|
Blackpool & the Fylde College Music Dept
The music department at Blackpool and The Fylde College were delighted to accept some of Dave's 'vintage' music technology. This included Dave's Roland Alpha Juno 2 synth, Ensoniq VFX-SD workstation, Akai S2000 sampler, Yamaha RX5 drum machine, Roland JV1080 synth and Alesis FX units. Students at the college are being taught about using vintage equipment and the staff are delighted that they can use Dave's gear in the lessons. Dave was a former B&FC student and I think he'd be really happy knowing that his gear is being used this way. Many thanks to Thomas Durkan for making this donation possible and for supplying the photos. |
Alesis FX units
|
|
This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete
Dave was a big fan of popular music creation You Tuber Sam Battle (aka Look Mum No Computer) who uses old instruments, forgotten technology and bizarre gadgets to create music. Sam is one of the major You Tube music influencers in the UK has over half a million subscribers and his videos have been viewed over 60 million times. Dave loved Sam's work, it inspired him to try building his own oscillators and he even went to see Sam when he played the Deaf Institute in Manchester in 2019. Sam has established a museum which he describes as 'home to experimental and obsolete scientific and musical technology'. One of Dave's more obscure musical relics was a Philips PMC100 and Sam has happily accepted this as donation to the museum. I know that Dave would have been delighted about this. You can find out more about the museum here and Look Mum No Computer here |
Dave meeting Sam Battle (Look Mum No Computer) at a Deaf Institute gig in Manchester, 2019.
The rarely seen PCM100
|
Gazelle Twin Scholarship for Women in Music Technology
Gazelle Twin (aka Elizabeth Bernholz) may be a familiar name to some of you. She is an incredibly talented, highly respected musician and has released five acclaimed albums. She has worked with University of Sussex to establish this new scholarship in her name. The scholarship is designed to address the under-representation of women in music technology.
Dave's Elektron Digitakt has been donated for use on the University of Sussex campus as part of the scholarship. You can read about the scholarship here and if you are not familiar with the wonderful Gazelle Twin, visit her website.
South Shore Academy
The school, formerly Palatine School (Dave's old school) is now making use of Dave's SE2200a condenser microphone, microphone stand, pop filter and reflection filter. Thanks to Angela Potter for sorting this out.
|
Trinity Hospice
Dave's Yamaha P200 piano was the centrepiece of Dave's home studio and can be heard on many of his compositions. It now has a new home at Trinity Hospice, Blackpool, where it is being used on a regular basis by the Dementia Choir. Thank you to Trinity Hospice for collecting the piano and putting it to such good use. If you would like to support the amazing work of Trinity Hospice, please visit their website. |
Dave's Yamaha P200 in place at Trinity Hospice.
|
