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8-bit Symphony - the Story behind the concert, Part 1

Posted by Chris Abbott on

Early Days The Story of 8-Bit Symphony starts with... nothing. Specifically, nothing on the TV in the 1970s. I lived through a period in the 1970s when sometimes the only thing on TV was a static graphic (called a "Testcard") and some light music. You can imagine a questing young mind listening to and processing that music. Filing it away. It was a great variety of music, from classical tracks done properly, to classical tracks done in a different style, to pop, and... to early synth music made purely on synthesizers of the time. It made quite an impression to hear...

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