MOOG SOUND LAB: Phantogram, “16 years”
Phantogram came in to the Moog Sound Lab and re-imagined their unreleased song, “16 Years.” Vocalist/keyboardist Sarah Barthel sings hauntingly through an MF-104Z Analog Delay while playing not one, but two Moog synthesizers. Her left hand is in charge of the Minimoog Voyager Select Series providing big fat bass lines; the Little Phatty Stage II is arpeggiating in latch mode throughout the entire song. It is also being MIDI synced with the drum machine that percussionist Tim Oakley is performing on. In addition to the drum machine, Tim uses the Minimoog Voyager XL for a percussive sound. Meanwhile, guitarist/vocalist Josh Carter covers both the full sustain and the mute modes of the Moog Guitar. Going through an MF-104Z Analog Delay and the MF-102 Ring Modulator, Josh creates an ethereal backdrop with the tremolo arm of the Moog Guitar. See other Moog Sound Lab performances: moogmusic.com/sight-and-sound/sound_lab Learn more about the Moog Guitar: moogmusic.com/products/Moog-Guitars Learn more about the Phatty family: www.moogmusic.com Learn more about the Minimoog Voyager: moogmusic.com/products/Minimoog-Voyagers Learn more about Moogerfoogers: moogmusic.com/products/Moogerfoogers Visit Phantogram: phantogram.net/
Here’s my cover of Ewan Dobson’s tune Time 2. I’ve never really understod why he called it Time 2 until I started learning it my self. The tune is basically some sort of spin off of his other tune called Time. Or well, the bass tones are at least identical. I started learning this tune yesterday because a guy sent me a homemade tab of it, but it was unfortunately mostly wrong (except the intro) but it at least got me started working! The tune wasn’t really that hard, got it down in about 45 minutes. So if I am playing something wrong I’m blaming my lazyness of only practicing a day 
But I don’t think it’s any fatal error in it! Thanks for listening! If you have facebook, feel free to like this page! I’d be really happy if you did 
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Reader Comments
Her voice is like candy to my ears.
i love this song…i still remember the first time i heard it..wow!!
wow the feeling this song brings me, and i remember the first time i heard it….WOW!!!
the half time is way sicker than the album version. someone’s definitely gonna do a dubstep remix unfortunately though
amazing! please release this version of the song! so beautiful!
*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*
Holy friggin crap! this rules! An Amazing performance on amazing gear. Great example of Robert Moog’s vision realized utilizing this amazing technology as a vehicle for artistic expression. BRILLIANT!!!
I genuinely liked that.
lOv it <3
Gorgeous voice..she’s very beatiful as well
Sarah Barthel is awesome!
I wanna have sex to this song! (This is the biggest compliment I can give to a song)
im in fucking love with sarah
I really wish that this version would be made available to buy. I LOVE it. Not that the original is bad, love it as well
@JABRANE4 what episode was it on?
Vsauce.
@Xilosphere his name is Tim. he used to play in The Mathematicians
love them!
PHANTOGRAMS FROM MAH CITAYYYY TOGA SPRINGS 518 STAND UP!!!!
She says dont cry, but i always end up crying to this song <3
@lisax852 Heck no. I prefer dancin’ to this, thankyouverymuch.
beautiful.
Where can I download a copy of this version of the song?
Hey that’s the accessory guy who plays the drums but isn’t considered a part of the band!
vSAUCE!
Great work kid!! Keep it up. ; )
Sounds good kid. Keep it up!
nice, do you have tabs or something?
really good dude great job
@cwinget2580 Yeah, I wasn’t talking to you, but people in general that think it is a con. I just backed you up since other people earlier commented that it was a con!
@salomon9595 I don’t think his music is a con…next to Erik Mongrain Ewan is my favorite guitar player. I happen to love the song. It dosen’t have to be difficult to be a great song. I wasn’t trying to put Ewan down at all. I was addressing the people that say this song is a con.
can this be done without that kind o pick?? sweet styles
@cwinget2580 Ewan’s music are not any ripoff of any kind and it would be sad if people though so since it takes lots and lots of practice to be able to play the way he does. But this tune is, in my opinion, hugely overrated for some reason (I like his other stuff more) and you are clearly able to hear that he’s using a delay pedal. And that is the way this song gets it’s sound. If you think that is a con, you’re either extremely stupid and brain-dead or you’re trolling.
Ok if all his music is just a con then why is he signed eith candyrat along with Antoine Dufour and Mckee
Muito Bom mlk!!!!
=D
Toca muito..Parabéns!!!!
@jpbijos Are you deaf or just mentally retarded?
@GeorgeAAinswibble Congratulations, you have revealed the great secret which nobody was trying to hide. In fact in many of the videos of Ewan Dobson playing this song live, you see him playing a short set of intro chords specifically to show the effect of the delay that he uses. Quite a con that is.
It has been about four hours since you commented, plenty of time to learn such a simple half-hour song, and yet I don’t see a demonstration video in your uploads yet.
at the end of the day, this is all a big cheat. Absolutely anyone can play this. If you dream of playing it, dream no longer. The delay effect makes it sound like you’re playing twice as fast as you actually are. In this original video he only uses downstrokes. When combined with the delay effect, this creates the illusion of fast alternate picking. This song is a complete con and if you really want to be able to play this song, you could probably learn it perfectly in half an hour.
młody mistrz!
Hey Man, wich Amp do I need to use that effect on an acoustic guitar, just like yours?
I’ll wait for your reply.
THanks!
George.
Good job. I wish I had talent like yours.
how do you get your fingers to go where they need to? ive tried to play the guitar a couple of times but thats when i saw one and was like im going to play with it, but when i do i cant get my fingers on the cords right so when i strum it sounds like shit
TABs here in my video –> watch?v=CnhNMoMUuBo
Wow. Really good! *__*
P.S. I was always interested how this… khm… this thing on your thumb is called. Is this ring or something? ^^”
@LuisAzure The tune is Open C (CGCGCE)
What’s the tune plz ?
Tabs please. =)
Wow… ……….:D
great cover… cover… cover…
first 30sec are boring, I started my comment and then when the main part began I realized there was a lot of work there. You are great – keep it up man. still preferring the original one however I really enjoyed your cover – good job