music production exam 3

Rudy Van Gelder

• November 2, 1925 - August 25, 2016

• appears on more jazz albums than any other engineer, producer, or musicians

• recorded thousands of records for Blue Note, Prestige, Impulse, Verve, A&M, CTI, and other labels

• recorded music in his parents house

• he built three consoles—one for Gotham and one for Les Paul

• opened his second studio at 455 Sylan Ave. Englewood Cliff, NJ in 1959

Bob Weinstock

• October 2, 1928 - January 14, 2006

• Record producer best known for his label, Prestige Records, established in 1949

• Responsible for many significant jazz recordings during his 20 years under Prestige

“Blue Monk” by Thelonious Monk

• produced by Bob Weinstock

• Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

• Made in Hackensack, NJ on September 22, 1954

• Appears on the first Thelonious Monk Trio Album

“Lush Life” by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

• produced by Bob Thiele

• Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

• Recorded September 15, 1957, in Hackensack, NJ

Alfred Lion

• started his record label, Blue Note

“Blue Train” by John Coltrane

• Produced by Alfred Lion

• Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

• Recorded September 15, in Hackensack, NJ

“Nature Boy” by Miles Davis

• Recorded July 9, 1955, in Hackensack, NJ

• produced by Charles Mingus

• Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

“A Love Supreme” by John Coltrane

• produced by Bob Thiele

• Engineered by Charles Mingus

• Recorded by December 9, 1964 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Christopher P. Thomas

• born January 13, 1947

• Worked with The Beatles, Pulp, The Pretenders, Pink Floyd, etc.

• Played harpsichord for “Piggies” by The Beatles

• Attended London’s Royal Academy of Music as a child

“Do The Strand” by Roxy Music

• Brian Eno on synthesizer and tapes

• Produced by Chris Thomas, John Anthony, and Roxy Music

• Recorded in 1973 at AIR Studios London

• Released July 1973

Brian Eno

• Born May 15, 1948

• English musician, record producer, songwriter, and visual artists

• called himself a “non-musician”

“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by DEVO

• recorded at Conny Plank’s Studio in Cologne, Germany

• recorded through October 1977- February 1978

• produced by Brian Eno and David Bowie

Bill Price

• September 3, 1944 - December 22, 2016

• English record producer and audio engineer

• Worked with The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Pete Townsend, Tom Jones

• Worked for Decca Records which is where the Beatles failed their audition on January 1, 1962, later signing with Parlophone Records

• Engineered the album “Empty Glass” by Pete Townsend. It was recorded from 1978-1980 at Eel Pie Studios and AIR Studios. the producer was Chris Thomas

Guy Stevens

• April 13, 1943 - August 28, 1981

• British music industry figure, DJ, record producer, and band manager

• promoted R&B music in Britain

• Worked with The Clash on London Calling

Rick Hall

• January 31, 1932 - January 2, 2018

• American record producer, songwriter, and musician

• Owner of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama

• “Father of Muscle Shoals music”

• Influential in country and soul music

• Worked with Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Duane Allman, and Etta James

“Land of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett

• Recorded at FAME Studios on May 11, 1966

• Released July 1966

• Produced by Rick Hall and Jerry Wexler

“I’m Your Puppet” by James and Bobby Purify

• recorded at FAME Studios in 1966

• Released in 1966

• Produced by Dan Penn

“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” by Aretha Franklin

• Recorded January 24, 1967, at FAME Studios

• Released February 10, 1967

• Engineered by Tom Dowd

• Produced by Jerry Wexler

• She and her husband, Ted White, were signed to the record label in January 1967

“Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones

• Recorded in December 1969 in Muscle Shoals

• Recorded by Jimmy Johnson

• Produced by Jimmy Miller

“Patches” by Clarence Carter

• Recorded in 1970 at FAME

• Released in July 1970

• Produced by Rick Hall

J&M recording studios

• operational from 1945-1954

• birthplace of rock n’ roll

• songs “Good Rocking Tonight” by Roy Brown, “The Fat Man” by Fats Domino in 1949, and “Tutti Frutti” by Little Richard were recorded here

“Good Rocking Tonight” by Roy Brown

• recorded by Cosimo Matassa

• Recorded in June 1947

• released in 1947

“Tutti Frutti” by Little Richard

• Recorded by Cosimo Matassa at J&M Studios

• Recorded on September 14, 1955 and released in October 1955

• Produced by Robert Blackwell

Allen Toussaint

• January 14, 1938 - November 10, 2015

• he was a producer for hundreds of recordings

• Recorded “Right Place, Wrong Time” by Dr. John and “Lady Marmalade” by Labelle

“Working in the Coal Mine” by Lee Dorsey

• Recorded by Cosimo Matassa

• Recorded at Cosimo Recording Studios, NOLA 1966

• Produced by Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn

The Meters

• lead guitar: Leo Nocentelli

• Organ: Art Neville

• Bass guitar: George Porter Jr.

• Drums: Joseph Modeliste

Norman Jesse Whitfield

• May 12, 1940 - September 16, 2008

• American songwriter and producer

• Worked at Motown during the 1960s and credited as one of the creators of the “Motown sound”

• Leader of the sub-genre psychedelic soul

Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff

• Gamble was born August 11, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA

• Huff was born April 8, 1942 in Camden, NJ

• American songwriting and production team

• Credited for the “Philly Sound”

“When Will I See You Again” by The Three Degrees

• Recorded 1973 by Joe Tarsia

• Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, PA

Giovanni Moroder

• Born April 26, 1940

• Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer

• “the father of disco”

• Credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music

• worked heavily with synthesizer and was a huge influence on Hi-NRG ,Italo disco, new wave, house, and techno music.

vocoder

• invented in 1983 by Homer Dudley at Bell Labs as a means of synthesizing human speech

Nile Rodgers

• born September 19, 1952

• American guitarists, singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and composer

• Cofounder of Chic

• Performed on albums that have sold more than 500 million units and 75 million singles worldwide

• Rock n roll hall of fame inductee, 3-time grammy winner, and chairman of songwriter’s hall of fame

• known for his chucking guitar style

“Upside Down” by Diana Ross

• From the “Diana” LP

• Produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers

• Recorded December 1979 - March 1980

• Released June 18, 1980

• #1 US Billboard 100

• Diana Ross disliked the results of the sessions and gave specific remixing instructions, but Edwards and Rodgers would not compromise. She went to other people to finish remixing it.

Gated Reverb

• Audio processing technique that combines strong reverb and a noise gate

• Most famously demonstrated in Phil Collin’s 1981 single “In the Air Tonight”

Synclavier

• Early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation

• manufactured by New England Digital Corporation of Norwich, Vermont

• Produced through 70s and 90s

Kraftwerk

• founded in Dusseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider

Konrad Plank

• produced the first 4 Kraftwerk albums

• produced for Neu!, Can, DEVO, Eurythmics, and Whodini

Vako Orchestrion

• used sampled recordings to replicate basic audio

• stored its light-scanned graphic waveforms on an early form of optical disc

• unlike the Mellotron, which stored sound samples on tape and replayed pitches depending on the key being pressed

“Die Roboter” by Kraftwerk

• from the Man Machine LP

• Recorded at Kling Klang from 1977- 1978

• Released May 19, 1978

• Produced by Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider

Kling Klang Studios

• Located in Dusseldorf, Germany

• by a train station?

Laurie Anderson

• Born June 5, 1947

• American avant-garde artist, composer, film director, and musician

• created performance art, multimedia projects, and pop music

• she became known outisde of the art world when her single “O Superman” reached number 2 on the UK singles chart in 1981

Tape bow violin

• created by Laurie Anderson in 1977

• uses recorded magnetic tape in place of traditional horsehair and a magnetic tape head in the bridge

“O Superman” by Laurie Anderson

• From the Big Science LP

• Recorded in 1981 at The Lobby NYC

• Released in 1981

• Produced by Roma Baran and Laurie Anderson