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    THE ART OF SYNTH SOLOING The Primal Synth Soloist

    Feb 22, 2022 3 minutes
    By Jerry Kovarsky

    sk any of the major old-school synth soloists and they all will likely point to the playing of Jan Hammer as one of their foremost influences. Jan first recorded with a synthesizer (a Minimoog) in 1972, on the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s second album, which was released in 1973. Speaking to in 1976 he said, “I was searching for an expressive melodic instrument, and the synthesizer was perfect… I learned about the instrument by fooling around. I used my ears and

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