FREQ SOUND & WORKMAN COMPUTER SERVICES

As a musician in the Baltimore/DC area since 1975, I played piano and B3 organ and avoided the synthesizer technology of the day. I bought a Kurzweil K250 and a Macintosh in 1985 and that was the beginning of my continuing spiral into electronic music. I rented the keyboard and computer setup out for $250 a day (it happened to come with me attached and you had to buy me lunch) and as the technology advanced and improved (and became much more affordable) I was in the proverbial right place at the right time. I worked in a small music store that sold mostly used gear at first, but quickly became a dealer for most of the keyboard and software companies that were booming during the early age of MIDI, including MOTU, DigiDesign, Opcode, Emu Systems, Akai, Dr. T, & Southworth. I started testing software for Southworth by accident, and at the time "beta tester" wasn't really a job description. I was good at finding problems in software and was able to articulate repeatable causes and their..

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