On Wednesday the 23rd, Google's homepage doodle was a fully functioning version of a Moog Synthesizer. Bob Moog is considered by many electronic musicians to be the father of electronic music. He started making Theremin's in his spare time after college and then invented the analog synthesizer. Moog Music is still in business today, even though the man behind it all, Bob Moog, passed away a few years ago. The 23rd would have been his 78th birthday.
Amazingly, some dedicated fans and artists alike have created several tributes to the man by crafting entire songs out of the digital-analog synth.
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