Roger Interviews, Panel Discussions, Events
November 15, 2011, CNN iReport conducted after presentation on Tempest drum machine with Dave Smith at RobotSpeak store in San Francisco.
May 5-9, 2011, "New Musical Instruments" events at Stanford's CCRMA (pics, video), UC Berkeley's CNMAT (pics, video), SF Music Hackday (video 1, video 2) and SF MusicTech (pics, video).
March 7, 2011, Interview with Roger and Dave Smith at Red Bull Music Academy event in San Francisco (pics) (video segment of Roger demonstrating LinnStrument)
February 12, 2011, Roger receives Technical Grammy Award with acceptance speech video and photos
February 1, 2011, Video segment by local San Francisco NBC TV station about Roger and Grammy award
January 20, 2011, fan site for band Human League, interview with Roger
Autumn, 2010, Computer Music, interview with Roger "Get with the Programmers"
July 2, 2010, KVR Audio, interview with Roger in "Developer Focus" section
May 17, 2010, SF Music Tech, panel discussion on "The Future of Musical Instruments" with Roger, David Wessel, Max Mathews, John Chowning and Ge Wang (pic, video summary, full video part 1, full video part 2)
May 17, 2010, SF Music Tech, panel discussion on "The Resurgence of Analog Synths" with Roger, Tom Oberheim and Dave Smith (pic, video)
May 12, 2010, Electronic Musician, "An Esteemed Group of Music-Technology Pioneers Offer Their Visions for the Future of Electronic Instruments"
March 11, 2010, Electronic Musician, "Pondering the Future with the Breakfast Club"
January 2009, Sonic State, Video Interview About LinnDrum II with Roger & Dave Smith
August 2008, Current TV video segment about MPC drum machines, "Two Hand Band"
May 2008, BBC Radio 2, "Third Reich & Roll" narrated by Stephen Fry, (Roger's segment starts at 8:29 into the recording)
2008, Guitar Center, Interview with Roger & Dave Smith
June 2, 2007, BBC Radio 4, "From Berkeley to the Bronx"
January 2007, Remix, "Mr. MPC: Roger Linn"
October 2006, Dazed & Confused magazine (UK), "Doctor Beat"
September 2005, San Francisco Bays' East Bay Express, "The Italian Job"
2005, Sweetwater Music Instruments & Pro Audio, 10 Video Interviews
January 20, 2005, NAMM.org, Video: Roger talks about Dave Smith as part of NAMM's Oral History Program
2003, Sonic State, "The Daddy of the MPC and the modern drum machine"
October 2002, NPR's radio show Morning Edition, "TechnoPop - The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music; Part 6 - The Triumph of the Amateurs" (Roger's interview starts at 6:15 into the segment.)
June 2002, Sound On Sound, "Designer Drums - The Return Of Roger Linn"
May 15, 1976, Roger (with yellow shirt and cowboy hat) playing guitar on Saturday Night Live with Leon Russell.