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  Sep 05, 09:49 PM

  Wendy is such a musical genius. She is a mastermind. Yet she is so very kind and humble. she actually replied to an email I sent her once with the humblest of remarks of appreciation for the kind words I had left her. I was astounded to recieve a reply at all, much less one of such kindness and humility. Wendy is a wonderful and incredibly talented human being!
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  Mar 29, 10:30 PM

  Been a fan since the beginning! Remember when Well-Tempered Synthesizer was released, bought the LP! Wendy if you read this YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
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  May 29 2008, 05:56 AM

  One of my synths from 1978
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  May 29 2008, 05:56 AM

  My first encouter was when SOB was first released. I had just started experimenting with electronic music myself (at the very tender age of 15), and subsequently built and played several synths. Wendy remains the best of the classical synth players, with folk like Tomita, Don Dorsey etc, only able to emulate her :) David
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  May 12 2008, 11:16 AM

  I discovered Wendy Carlos (Walter back then) sometime when I was in high school in the late 70s/early 80s. Had a copy of Switched on Bach (may have been an 8-track). Loved it. Only later found out about other albums, and got some of the rest. I prefered her take on the Bach stuff then her more original stuff.
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  Feb 16 2008, 08:58 AM

  I first encountered Wendy's music back in'68 when I was forced to watch a program, "Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concert, the Music Of J S Bach". Remember, at that time Bach was the stuff my parents used to listen to when they were travelling around on their dinosaurs. My idea of musical genus was Lennon/McCartney. However, at one point in the show, Bernstein brought out this "thing". It had cords going everywhere, and hundreds of dials. He started talking about this thing he calle... More... I first encountered Wendy's music back in'68 when I was forced to watch a program, "Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concert, the Music Of J S Bach". Remember, at that time Bach was the stuff my parents used to listen to when they were travelling around on their dinosaurs. My idea of musical genus was Lennon/McCartney. However, at one point in the show, Bernstein brought out this "thing". It had cords going everywhere, and hundreds of dials. He started talking about this thing he called the Moog Synthesizer, and how the next piece was performed on it. He flipped a switch on a reel-to-reel tape deck, and i heard The "Little" fuge in D maj, performed on the synth for the first time. Unfortunatly they did not give any credit to any artist, either then or at the end of the show. I was totally intrigued by the idea of synth music, and so I went to my local record store to see if I could find a synth record. The clerk told me that about the best album available was "Switched-on Bach". so I got it. It showed "Bach" sitting in front of a synth wearing a set of headphones and a rather startled look on his face. However, again, there was no artist listed on the front cover, only "performed on the Moog synthesizer". On the back there was a listing for a W. Carlos as performer. Well, I listened to that album, first to hear what the synth could do, and I ended up hearing what Bach was doing too. Thanks to that album I developed a keen appreciation for classical music, although I still can see the musical genius of Lennon/McCartney. I still follow Wendy's work. BTW, I never again heard that synth version of the "Little" Fugue until I got her "By Request" album.
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  Jan 07 2008, 10:31 AM

  You absolutely rock!
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  Oct 10 2007, 05:55 AM

  From: http://www.nndb.com/people/721/000031628/ In 1967, Carlos underwent a sex change operation, changing her name from Walter to Wendy. Yet she continued to release music as Walter Carlos until 1975, making public appearances in masculine clothing and fake sideburns, until her official coming-out in an interview published in the May 1979 issue of Playboy. Carlos has proscribed further discussion of the operation, to the extent that it has become something of an open secret in the music pre... More... From: http://www.nndb.com/people/721/000031628/ In 1967, Carlos underwent a sex change operation, changing her name from Walter to Wendy. Yet she continued to release music as Walter Carlos until 1975, making public appearances in masculine clothing and fake sideburns, until her official coming-out in an interview published in the May 1979 issue of Playboy. Carlos has proscribed further discussion of the operation, to the extent that it has become something of an open secret in the music press: for instance, she is listed in some prominent music discographies twice -- once for each of her different personas -- each entry containing duplicate information, yet with no reference to its obverse. Her sexual transmogrification was later glorified by eyepatched Scottish rock critic Momus. Momus had written a song about Carlos for his album The Little Red Songbook (1998), proposing that post-op Wendy Carlos could hypothetically twiddle through an Einstein-Rosen bridge and marry her pre-op self. Carlos sued Momus over this jape, and forced him to remove the song from his record.