I have to do a project on one [well one slide of a powerpoint] i don't know who to do it on...
any ideas?
no rap.

phil spector LOLZ

lol well i have to give some info on how he came into the being a producer and stuff, but i don't know if having info on a guy that had a murder case would be a good end to a project.

DJ Premier or Havoc of Mobb Deep...

oh wait.

What about Stephen Street?

he said producer. not hair stylist.

John H. Hammond because he discovered and recorded Count Basie, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Bruce Springsteen.

xanonymousx said:

phil spector was well known for 'the spector sound' which was quite lavish sounding for the time. his heavy use of overdubbing and symphonic elements revolutionized recording in the 60s. google him.

Steve Albini:Landmark work Pixies, Surfer Rosa; Nirvana, In Utero

Andrew Loog Oldham for all those early Stones albums.

thanks for all these suggestions.

Rick Rubin: Run DMC, Raising Hell; Johnny Cash, American Recordings; Slayer’s Reign in Blood

did you pick one yet?
what info do you need on him?

ohhh Brian Eno! Almost forgot him!

Tom Dowd

i may do either Rick Rubin or Andrew Loog Oldham..
i just need some background info on the guy.
like how he got started and stuff like that, not too much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin

Rubin grew up in Lido Beach, New York. His father was a shoe wholesaler and his mother a housewife.[2] While a student at Long Beach High School he befriended the school's AV Director Steve Freeman who gave him a few lessons in guitar playing and songwriting and helped him create a punk band called "The Pricks". During his senior year Rubin founded Def Jam records using the school's four track recorder. Moving on to New York University he played guitar in a New York University art-punk band called "Hose", influenced by San Francisco's Flipper. In 1982, Hose became Def Jam release #1, a 45 rpm 7" vinyl single in a brown paper bag, and no label. The band played in and around the NYC punk scene, toured the Midwest and California, and played with seminal punk bands like the Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü, the Circle Jerks and the Butthole Surfers. The band broke up in 1986 as Rubin's passion moved towards the NYC Hip Hop scene.

Having befriended Zulu Nation's DJ Jazzy Jay, Rubin began to learn about hip hop production. By 1983, the two men produced "It's Yours" for rapper Scott La Rock, and released it on their independent label, Def Jam Records. Producer Arthur Baker helped to distribute the record worldwide on Baker's Streetwise Records in 1984.

Jazzy Jay introduced Rubin to concert promoter/artist manager Russell Simmons in a club, and Rubin explained he needed help getting Def Jam off the ground. Simmons and Rubin edged out Jazzy Jay and the official Def Jam record label was founded while Rubin was still attending New York University in 1984. Their first record released was LL Cool J's "I Need a Beat". Rubin went on to find more hip-hop acts outside The Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem including rappers from Queens, Staten Island and Long Island, which eventually led to Def Jam's signing of Public Enemy. "Rock Hard"/"Party's Gettin' Rough"/"Beastie Groove" EP by the Beastie Boys came out on the success of Rubin's production work with breakthrough act Run-D.M.C.. His productions were characterized by occasionally fusing rap with heavy rock.

It was Rubin's idea to have Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith collaborate on a cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" in 1986, a production credited with both introducing rap-hard rock to mainstream ears and revitalizing Aerosmith's career.

How about Les Paul? He only invented multi channel recording, among other things.

Ralph Bass would be a great project.

yeah thats another good one...
thanks again dudes and dudettes.

the project is already done i just need to do something on one person in the field.

that was fun=)

steve wilson

Bob Rock gets the best out of artists

secthammer said:

check out Andy Wallace however Eno is a good one.

FFEJ!

RZA

and yes I saw the no-rap thing, RZA does way more than hip hop

Going this long without an Andy Sneap mention, I'm surprised. Virtually any other board with metalheads and he'd have been the first mention, I'm sure.