Wendy Carlos
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  • 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!
  • 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!!!
  • One of my synths from 1978
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • You absolutely rock!
  • 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...
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