Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job.

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Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.

Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.

Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the...

Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the...

In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with...

In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with...

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is...

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is...

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

I also mixed David Bowie's Young Americans album in 5.1 earlier this year and it...

I also mixed David Bowie's Young Americans album in 5.1 earlier this year and it...

I am flying back to New York as I write this. I will never forget...

I am flying back to New York as I write this. I will never forget...

I keep reviewing my feelings about the supernatural.

I keep reviewing my feelings about the supernatural.

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned...

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned...

No one else in our family was a professional musician so this took an enormous...

No one else in our family was a professional musician so this took an enormous...

We always started these albums as making demos, that went right on until Scary Monsters.

We always started these albums as making demos, that went right on until Scary Monsters.

Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low,...

Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low,...

I am not a creature of habit.

I am not a creature of habit.

The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got...

The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got...

My father loved people, children and pets.

My father loved people, children and pets.

Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in...

Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in...

I make records with an open mind, I always have.

I make records with an open mind, I always have.

Marc Bolan had inspired so many people to pick up a guitar and join a...

Marc Bolan had inspired so many people to pick up a guitar and join a...

Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep...

Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep...