NAMM WAS AMAZING !

We'd like to thank Moog Music for having us there for the second year in a row! All of the Moog Staff and Musicians involved this year were an amazing group of people! Special thanks to Mike Adams, Jared White, Linda Pritchard, Cyril Lance (The Moog staff) and Pamelia Kurstin (world's best Thereminist and extremely cool chick), Eric Frampton (AMAZING keyboardist and super cool guy - plays with Paul Simon, B52s !), Eri (great Thereminist from Japan and sucha sweetie), Eric Levy ( Funky Keys player from Garaj Mahal), and Don Preston (brought all the funk to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention) !!! It was such an honor to be there performing on the same stage with such virtuosos !! We love you guys.. It was also a very special week because we got to spend so much of it with Michelle Moog-Koussa, Bob's daughter... She is running the Bob Moog Foundation and is such a great person. BTW If you want to make waves by contributing to Bob Moog's legacy visit http://www.bobmoogfoundation.com . 

 Anna and I also got to meet two of our biggest influences for the first time. Roger Manning Jr (Beck, Air, Moog Cookbook, Jellyfish) whom we have wanted to meet for a long time and of course STEVIE WONDER (!!!!!!!!!!) whom we thought we'd never have the chance to meet! We also met alot of cool new folks that we will surely keep in touch with... Like Joe Buzzelli, Michell Sigman and many more cool folks!!

I  had a ton of fun performing with Anna (as The VPOs of course) and getting to demo the new Moogerfooger MF 107 FREQ BOX !!! I became quite the expert demo guy, that pedal is amazing!!! (It's an Audio Modulated VCO that can make any incoming audio signal sound just like your favorite vintage Moog patch! Plus it is all ANALOG ! MUAHAHA)

Of course it is also fun to be writing for Keyboard magazine now, so running around and finding new analog stuff was cool... Look for my reviews in the NAMM report issue of Keyboard Magazine due out this spring (MARCH Isuue)

To view our pictures from NAMM visit :

http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e286/MoogBenefit/

Thanks for reading !

- Nick Montoya

Nick is very happy about the fact that Moog Music inc has incorporated Nick's idea into the latest update (ver.3.2) for the Minimoog Voyager.

Nick wanted to see a pixelated portrait of Bob Moog (on the Voyager boot screen) and Rudi came through...

 The update is now available @ www.moogmusic.com

 Nick was also a contributing musician in the design of Moog Music's latest creation, The Moog Little Phatty..

Hey Moogers,

Joel Hartse @ the Times Standard in Eureka wrote an awesome review of "Sleeping In / Theta Release". Check it out @ http://www.times-standard.com/entertainment/ci_4335621

ATTN All Moog Fans ...

The Volt per Octaves have completed their debut album, "Sleeping In / Theta Release" and it is NOW available @ CD BABY , as well as thousands of retailers worldwide. To find out where you can order it locally email me and I'll find your local record store(s)!

The album was recorded in Humboldt County, Ca between October '05 and May '06. This limited edition Enhanced Cd features a live performance video of "Mausoluem Melody" from the Bob Moog memorial concert and a remix by platinum award winning artist/producer Anthony J Resta, aka "Ajax" .. He has worked with everyone ranging from Duran Duran to Megadeath & Perry Farrell to Elton John! He found the VPOs online, and offered up his amazing services.. To check out more on Anthony J Resta visit : http://www.myspace.com/bopniquemusique  

 A BIG thank you to Moog Music for all their support over the past two years. To visit the Moog website and check out their press release for our album visit Moog Music Inc.

HeyMoogers -

The Moog Benefit @ The Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara was a great success. I would like to start by thanking Moog Music Inc. for sponsoring this event by donating a Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter Pedal for the grand prize in our raffle. The grand prize was awarded to Dan "The Man" Edman, of Lompoc, Ca. Word is, he is making that 20 dollar Casio sound like a crazy Moog machine. Right on and congrats Dan !

I couldn't have put this together with out the help of Keyboard Magazine's very talented technical editor (and keyboard master) Steve Fortner. Thanks so much Steve.

Also to the performers that were willing to to donate their time and genius to such a great cause. Brian Kehew (Air, Moog Cookbook, Fiona Apple), Hans Fjellestad (Director of Moog Documentary), David ScottStone and Joey Karem (The Locust), and Robbie Gennet (Keyboard Magazine).. You guys rocked !

Also a big thanks to Matt Kettman ofthe Santa Barbara Independent for an awesome review !

You can view pictures at
http://photobucket.com/albums/e286/MoogBenefit/
There are more to come ! So stay tuned ( or tuned up a fifth if you wish)...

- Nick Montoya
The Volt per Octaves

The Volt per Octaves were recently featured in the January issue of Keyboard Magazine. You can find the mag at most Tower Records, Barnes and Noble, and Borders locations.

You can also check out the article online via : http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=28&storycode=12604 

The Volt per Octaves were recently added to the list of featured artists on the Moog Music web site. Check it out here : http://www.moogmusic.com/artists.html?cat_id=28