Fest For Beatles Fans, 2015: Russ Titelman Joins Gary Wright and Ken Dashow
RussTitelman (in the hat) is a record producer who's worked with George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and James Taylor, among others. He joined Gary Wright and Ken Dashow to talk about his work with George, particularly on George's self-titled 1979 album,. which includes the hits "Blow Away" and "Love Comes To Everyone." He noted that George was relatively easy to work with, while some artists are more temperamental.
Titelman also had an interesting story about working with Eric Clapton on his 1996 album From the Cradle. After numerous takes on a guitar solo, TItelman thought Clapton had played the best possible solo he could, but Clapton wanted to do another take. Against his own instincts, Titelman did another take. Clapton played an even better solo . . .and that was the one he kept.
Ken Dashow noted how such artists have long respected craft and how too many of today's performers use computers and auto-tuning, but he was preaching to the choir. Computerized music is, alas, the bedrock of today's pop charts.
Copyright 2015 by Steven Maginnis
Fest For Beatles Fans, 2015: Russ Titelman Joins Gary Wright and Ken Dashow
RussTitelman (in the hat) is a record producer who's worked with George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and James Taylor, among others. He joined Gary Wright and Ken Dashow to talk about his work with George, particularly on George's self-titled 1979 album,. which includes the hits "Blow Away" and "Love Comes To Everyone." He noted that George was relatively easy to work with, while some artists are more temperamental.
Titelman also had an interesting story about working with Eric Clapton on his 1996 album From the Cradle. After numerous takes on a guitar solo, TItelman thought Clapton had played the best possible solo he could, but Clapton wanted to do another take. Against his own instincts, Titelman did another take. Clapton played an even better solo . . .and that was the one he kept.
Ken Dashow noted how such artists have long respected craft and how too many of today's performers use computers and auto-tuning, but he was preaching to the choir. Computerized music is, alas, the bedrock of today's pop charts.
Copyright 2015 by Steven Maginnis