by rhchadwick » Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:52 pm
I will be forever grateful to the kind people at Gospel Music... I was just a kid in jr. high school I believe (early 70's) and used to ride my bike to their store on Blackstone all the way from Sierra Vista and Shields just to oggle at all the instruments in there. I became a regular and at some point discovered the little room upstairs that had the synthesizers inside it. I asked if I could play with them and, to my surprise, they said YES. I learned everything about the fantastic analog Moog and Arp synthesizers they had there in the store and have never lost my fascination with them. I have later in life purchased a number of synthesizers which I still have, including an old Paia kit I bought from a friend at DeVry Tech many years ago.
Anyway, here's to the Gospel Music and Supply Company, without which I would probably have never been introduced to the weird and wonderful world of analog synthesizers and the fantastic sounds they can produce.
I will be forever grateful to the kind people at Gospel Music... I was just a kid in jr. high school I believe (early 70's) and used to ride my bike to their store on Blackstone all the way from Sierra Vista and Shields just to oggle at all the instruments in there. I became a regular and at some point discovered the little room upstairs that had the synthesizers inside it. I asked if I could play with them and, to my surprise, they said YES. I learned everything about the fantastic analog Moog and Arp synthesizers they had there in the store and have never lost my fascination with them. I have later in life purchased a number of synthesizers which I still have, including an old Paia kit I bought from a friend at DeVry Tech many years ago.
Anyway, here's to the Gospel Music and Supply Company, without which I would probably have never been introduced to the weird and wonderful world of analog synthesizers and the fantastic sounds they can produce.
