Orchestronics

A lifelong musical background merged with a broadcast television career in 1978 for Joe. While studying music at the University of Evansville, he spent nearly all of his savings on a rare and expensive PolyMoog synthesizer.? He was after the widest variety of electronic sounds that technology had to offer at the time, all in one instrument.? He began experimenting with electronic music, and tape-to-tape overdubbing.? Music technology has come a long way since then. "I love to make new sounds, especially in a classical style," he says. The same year he began as a part-time news videographer with the ABC affiliate in Evansville.? After graduation, he moved full-time to the #1 NBC television station. Since 1981, Joe has been a videographer and editor with KFMB-TV (CBS) in San Diego, telling stories daily with video. On many occasions, these stories and documentaries called for custom music. ? "Tight deadlines teach you how to focus, and carefully budget your time and energy," he says.? "Composing music with a deadline is exactly the same as editing a story." ? Wiedemann has scored music for film, news specials, documentaries, and commercial videos.? His unique style of blending electronic and orchestral instruments became known as Orchestronics(R).