{"70379":{"#nid":"70379","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Music Technology Alumni Using Their Degrees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech Alumni are taking their experience in music technology and combining it with their entrepreneurial spirit to create and sell synthesizers, sequencers and other musical and robotic devices. Scott Driscoll and Travis Thatcher are both musicians, but it is how they are combining their music and technology talents that has them in business together.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThatcher, a designer, has created everything from modulators to synthesizers to sequencers, to use in his own performances. Although he has never had the time to perfect a design to take it to market, Driscoll, a fellow music technology classmate, had just the entrepreneurial spirit necessary to take Thatcher\u0027s creations to the marketplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Basically I\u0027ve created a business to help designers like Travis develop their devices, finish them and sell them,\u0022 said Driscoll. \u0022Today\u0027s technology has made everything more accessible to everyone. All of our designs are completely open source. Some customers may only want the raw materials so they can put the devices together themselves, while others will want the completed piece assembled for them.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This works out for both of us because I wouldn\u0027t have the time to enhance the instruments that I\u0027ve created,\u0022 said Thatcher. \u0022I am able to put the finishing touches on many devices that I may never have the time to complete otherwise.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two music technology alumni say the Georgia Tech Music Technology program is a big reason for their success and continued interest in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We were exposed to a whole new direction that you could take with music and technology,\u0022 said Driscoll. \u0022The fact that you could combine these two in an artistic path. For me it was like, oh, I get to be a creative engineer.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDriscoll and Thatcher say business is good right now and they plan on releasing new devices down the road. You can find more information about their musical creation at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/curiousinventor.com\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/curiousinventor.com\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/curiousinventor.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech Alumni are taking their experience in music technology and combining it with their entrepreneurial spirit to create and sell synthesizers, sequencers and other musical and robotic devices.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two Music Technology alumni creating more than just music."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-11-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:20","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70380":{"id":"70380","type":"image","title":"Travis Thatcher and Scott Discoll","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38"}},"media_ids":["70380"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/curiousinventor.com\/","title":"Curious Inventor"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1928","name":"devices"},{"id":"1178","name":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"170773","name":"Scott Discoll"},{"id":"1926","name":"Travis Thatcher"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}