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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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...

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.

Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.

Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.

I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household.

I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household.

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...

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...

It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new.

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...

My profession is called record production.

My profession is called record production.

My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college...

My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college...

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 love Logic Audio and have been using it for years. All my track outputs...

I love Logic Audio and have been using it for years. All my track outputs...

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...

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 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.

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...

Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician,...

Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician,...

Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to...

Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to...

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not...

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not...

I am not a creature of habit.

I am not a creature of habit.