Zappa said, we wouldn’t get signed today, at least those cigar chomping guys took risks on people like us, the Beach Boys too.
I wouldn’t sign Zappa either, same with Hendrix, sorry.
The Beach Boys were a different matter, Brian Wilson’s dad was a jingle composer and was able to talk with industry insiders, plus that early sound was pure pop, nothing experimental or hippyish (long hair, drugs) about it.
Basically, it was a single sine-wave oscillator, the tuning or pitch being controlled by a mechanical linear slide action with a contact moved against a keyboard-like scale -- much like a trombone slide, which isn't surprising given that Tannerin was a trombonist. This made it much easier to play in tune than a real Theremin, and to control the vibrato.
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(But generally posting my own personal views and not necessarily those of SOS, the company or the magazine!)
In my world, things get less strange when I read the manual...
