Moog to the beat of the Synth Club

ELECTRONIC musicians will soon have a regular meeting space to call their own.

On Sunday, 9 October, members of the Ballarat Synth Enthusiasts will hold their first monthly meet-and-greet session at Freight Bar.

Founder, Michael Groth, said the meet up will provide a regular place and time for the region’s electronically minded performers to socialise.

“It’s just a meetup where people can bring some of their gear, have a bit of a play with it and have a chat about it with like-minded people,” he said.

“People are always keen to meet up but now that we’ve got so many more people coming out of COVID it’s made the idea of this that much more significant.”

Following the inaugural session, the meet ups are set to take place on the second Sunday of every month.

Guest speakers are set to be enlisted for subsequent gatherings with the last half-hour dedicated solely to music performance.

Groth said he’s hoping for at least 20 members from the group to attend, which currently has more than 100 members on Facebook.

He said the meetups will take the group’s dealings off the computer screen and into a face-to-face setting.

“Hopefully these meet ups will really create a space where we can meet in-person to chuck on gigs and put on events, talk about our music,” he said.

“It’s to get it off Facebook, off online and make it a bit more personable. It’s something we’ve sort of always wanted to do since the start.”