SOS Podcast – Alex Ball
I’ve been very remiss and have failed to keep you dear readers up to date with my podcast exploits, so please accept my most humble apologies!
Things have been getting busier here, which in the current situation we all find ourselves in, is probably a good thing, but a few months ago I got to chat with one of my favourite YouTube ‘slebs’, the delightful and genial Alex Ball.
If you like to watch great YouTube videos about synths, then you will almost certainly know who Alex is and he was one of a select few people I chose to do my first batch of podcasts about.
Starting with short videos about specific instruments, his work has grown into more in-depth and elaborate explorations of the companies behind the instruments and the people who used them.
Over the last year or so, Alex has been busy producing one of the most detailed examinations of the ARP company, its founder Alan R Pearlman, and the numerous people involved in making the American synthesizer manufacturer one of the most revered brands in the industry. This documentary film was made for the Alan R Pearlman Foundation, headed up by Alan’s daughter Dina Pearlman, with their full support.
I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed making it!
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/alex-ball-making-arp-synth-documentary-podcast
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