Today is day 1 of Moogfest 2019. Got here in time to pick up my pass at 10am (when it opened) and they were still setting up the place. To say setting up the place, is a bit of an understatement. The didn’t even have the tent fully constructed. The VIP lounge wasn’t built yet, and the were trucks everywhere.

To be honest, this is not really unsurprising, given that they changed ticket companies within the last month… and the workshops were scheduled very very late this year. The content this year seems to be even lighter than last year.. but the good news is both Martin Gore (Depeche Mode), and Thomas Dolby are here.

I spent this morning look at the pop-up store hosted by Guitar Center. The coolest thing I saw this year so far is the following synth:

The name of the company is Folktek, the are using a mix of electronics, gold, and wood to create beautiful instruments. I didn’t get to hear it played yet, but I did sample a few other synths by others. It is amazing to me that you can get some many sounds out of these old school synths.

Looking forward to a ton of workshops tomorrow.. and getting to see Martin Gore get his award from the team at MoogFest!!