I never knew Mike personally.
But growing up in Detroit I knew of him.
As an engineer myself I worked there until I moved to LA.
My second gig was at Todd-AO known for the great musicals and 70 MM...
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I never knew Mike personally.
But growing up in Detroit I knew of him.
As an engineer myself I worked there until I moved to LA.
My second gig was at Todd-AO known for the great musicals and 70 MM...
I understood that Ford Motor Company had donated 50 million dollars to the project. Having been involved with museum projects I know that when the architects and consultants and contractors get...
I just found out. Before the pandemic I had visited his home in Royal Oak Mi...My original town too. What a great guy. I knew he had a problem but really didn't think it was this bad. The Acme Direct...
Chet was a hell of a drummer that could really drive a big band! Yes on staff at the Roostertail with my dad Don Palmer, John Trudell, Chuck Robinette, Terry Harrington and more great Detroit...
The bass part is the most "Motown [[Jamerson) sounding" part to me.
Try listening on headphones for the best, cleanest bass reproduction. :)
Jury finds Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" Copied from 2009 Christian Rap Song
The jury selection is THE name of the game here folks. By not having pro musicians do the judging things like this happen....
I worked there for 13 years. There have ALWAYS been fires on that lot. By that time Universal Studios did NOT own the record division at that time, They still don't. It's the UMG behemoth now....
The Michigan Department of Transportation [[MDOT) has purchased the historic United Sound Systems recording studio for $1.7 million and plans to relocate it.
Pretty good! Danielle Scott buys for...
Late to the party on this one!
Well, I too thought it was a non-Motown Motown show segment. But please know that the producers are TV people. They do not care about tradition. It's only about...
Lots of memories for me
My sister and I sang a Classmate shoe commercial there in the 50s!
My brother sang a Little Caesars Pizza Commercial there. My dad played lots of jingles, Industrial films...
The old jukeboxes had AGC Automatic Gain Control which basically boosted the level AND the bass. They were terrific for "that" sound that you liked!
My wife and daughter did the tour this morning.
They loved it! No photos allowed indoors. The stories told and the fact that this was where it all happened, were thouroughly entertaining. Their...
And before that, a huge amount of commercials, jingles, industrial films [[Remember this was the car capital of the world!) were recorded there also. I remember my dad driving us down 2nd Ave to that...
If you are in Detroit and want to hear something extremely different...
Jacob Collier will be playing a hole in the wall in Mexicantown in Detroit
Feb 16 8PM
"El Club"
4114 W Vernor Hwy Detroit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE0CVraUvFQ
Here it is. She is so good, the perfect piano backing, and the perfectly syncopated and stylized vocal. This stuff is so terrific! And I contend would...
Same beat for sure
Vocal uses same rhythm not melody repeated over and over....Its not sampled. Should this constitute a theft? No. Was it a conscious effort to retain that groove? Yes, it had to...
The dynamics of mixing for a vinyl record and a CD are quite different. And there is less headroom the closer you get to the center of the vinyl record. A CD can be very accurate but as always people...
I am the engineer for The Motion Picture Academy's "Oscars Outdoors" outside screening facility right in Hollywood three blocks south of Sunset and Vine.
Last Thursday we screened a pre-release of...
Bristol Farms? in Beverly Hills?
I was there a week ago...and yes saw some celebs...but who cares...leave them alone.
Nobody goes to the grocery store to get noticed...especially has-beens!
This should be interesting to see as this is an internet created and self-promoted group.
This may become a way to start a record carrier in music in the new age.
They are now working it all out...
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<<< There is one word for Swedish pop-fusion band, "Dirty Loops": Extraordinary!
It’s the sort of band you want to be able to say you were a fan of, before everyone became a fan. >>>
The...
My Favorite new band from Sweden [[of all places!) "Dirty Loops"
Uncommon depth, performance, and arranging skills from these young conservatory-educated cats from Sweden. A total new-media...
Allen Sides Ocean Way as I had mentioned in the email thread.
Leo just may have something here.
Allen usually moves in on the significant studio closings or auctions....and cherry picks the best...
My father Don Palmer worked with him for so many years. He was like family. Terrific musician in all genres and a true ambassador for the art form known as music.
From my brother Dan: Once when I...
But Uncle Russ Gibb said Paul is dead.....