A Decade of Service!
2008-03-31 by Grant Richter
May 5th will mark the beginning of Wiards 10th year as a modular handcrafting organization. I thought it was a good time to comment on the positive and negative aspects of the journey. 1. On the plus side, this news group has provided a most lively debate on the astonishing innovations Wiard has provided over the last 10 years. For my tastes, too much conversation has been wasted on minor module appearance issues. This has forced out conversation on the innovative functional improvements of the modules and the potential music to be made with them. I chose to consider this imbalance to be "birthing pangs" of a new instrument and hope mature topics will dominate in the future. 2. On the negative side, too few people know that private e-mail is protected under US and International copy right laws. The frequent appearance of quotations from my private correspondence appearing on public forums (which is illegal) has forced me to abandon e-mail as a mean of communication almost entirely. For overseas customers, I still do make exceptions. On the whole, the thing I am most proud of is the discussion on this news group. It has brought together some of the most accomplished minds in the infant field of electronic music and has started a tenuous community. I really consider the discussions here more important than the 1000 modules shipped. Thank you all for your past and future support, and keep the music growing and evolving! Grant Richter Wiard Synthesizer