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01:00:48 5.45 |
VIDEO PRODUCER SITS FOR CAMERAMAN TO SET UP HIS SHOT FOR INTERVIEW. WEARS TEE SHIRT T-SHIRT THAT READS "INSTANT REPLAY". WEARS CHUCK TAYLOR CONVERSE ALL STARS SNEAKERS.
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01:00:59 17.05 |
INTERVIEW WITH ALAN JACOB CREATOR OF MUSI-GRAMS. A COMBINATION OF MUSIC AND TELEGRAM. HOWARD ALBERT PHOTO BOMBS THE SHOT. TALKS ABOUT HOW THE CONCEPT DEVELOPED. WORKS AS AN AUDIO GREETING CARD THAT YOU PLAY ON YOUR RECORD PLAYER TURNTABLE. MENTIONS KOOL AND THE GANG, FIREFALL, ROD STEWART. FIREFALL WROTE A SPECIFIC SONG, "CHRISTMAS IN LOVE" FOR THE MUSIGRAM MUSI-GRAM. THEY WILL BE SOLD IN MUSIC STORES AND TRADITIONAL GREETING CARD STORES. TALKS ABOUT HAVING OFFICES IN MIAMI AND NEW YORK CITY. MENTIONS RONN AND HOWARD ALBERT AS BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF MUSIC PEOPLE COMING TO MIAMI FLORIDA BECAUSE OF THE FLORIDA TAX SITUATION. ALAN JACOB SAYS MIAMI WILL RIVAL LOS ANGELES FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION IN THE FUTURE. ALAN SAYS HE THINKS THIS PRODUCT WILL STIMULATE ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING MUSIC TO PEOPLE.
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01:09:13 511.02 |
MIKE PRAGER, VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF MARKETING FOR MUSIGRAM INTERVIEW. SAYS IMMEDIATE REACTION HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE. SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT MUSIC CARDS BEFORE BUT NEVER WITH HIGH PROFILE ARTISTS. MENTIONS THAT IN JANUARY THEY WILL BE EXPANDING THE CARDS TO INCLUDE COMEDIC TALENT. COMEDIANS. COMEDY CARDS. TALKS ABOUT PROMOTING THEIR PRODUCT ON RADIO STATIONS AND MEDIA BLITZ. PRICE WILL BE $2.50 EACH. TALKS ABOUT HOW THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT HAS IMPROVED GREATLY OVER THE YEARS.
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01:17:39 1016.17 |
DISPLAY STAND OF MUSIGRAMS. INCLUDES CU SHOTS OF THE DISPLAY. CU HANDS HANDLING RECORDS.
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01:20:11 1168.86 |
INTERVIEW WITH THE ALBERT BROTHERS, RON AND HOWARD. MUSIC PRODUCERS. RON AND HOWARD BOTH SIT AT RECORDING STUDIO MIXING BOARD. HOWARD EXPLAINS HOW THEIR CAREERS BEGAN INCLUDING ENGINEERING RECORDS FIRST AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING NAME ACTS SINCE 1970. TALK ABOUT HOW WHEN THEY STARTED THERE WAS NO COMPETITION IN MIAMI AND THEY LEARNED BY TRIAL AND ERROR AND BY THEIR IGNORANCE THEY CREATED SOME SOUNDS THAT NO ONE HAD HEARD BEFORE. ATLANTIC RECORDS BEGAN SENDING THEIR ARTISTS DOWN TO THEIR STUDIO. CRITERIA STUDIOS BECAME KNOWN AS ATLANTIC SOUTH. ARTISTS THEY PRODUCED INCLUDED: ARETHA FRANKLIN, WILSON PICKETT, BROOK BENTON, THE RASCALS, DELANEY AND BONNIE ETC. RON TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH PUTTING MICROPHONES ON EACH DRUM RATHER THAN ONE MICROPHONE FOR THE WHOLE DRUM KIT. (VIDEO QUALITY VARIES THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW.) HOWARD TALKS ABOUT WORKING WITH THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND AWB AND HOW BACK THEN THEY WERE JUST WHITE KIDS TRYING TO PLAY BLACK MUSIC AND IT JUST DIDN'T SOUND GREAT. A FEW YEARS LATER THEY SOUNDED GREAT. RON MENTIONS THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AND HOW THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE WORKING ON WHAT WOULD LATER BE LEGENDARY SONGS. TALKS ABOUT THE SONG "MIDNIGHT RIDER" VOCAL BEING RECORDED IN ONE TAKE. TALKS ABOUT JOE WALSH THOUGHT HE WAS REHEARSING THE SOLO FOR "ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY" AND AFTER ONE TAKE THEY STOPPED AND THEY DECIDED THAT WAS THE SOLO THEY SHOULD USE ON THE RECORD.
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01:28:22 1659.2 |
TALKS ABOUT WORKING WITH STEPHEN STILLS EXTENSIVELY AND STILLS WANTS EVERYTHING RECORDED THE WHOLE TIME JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENS. HOWARD STAYS THAT THE SPONTANEOUS MUSIC IS LOST. TOO PROCESSED NOW.
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01:29:59 1756.16 |
TALKS ABOUT THE BEE GEES CHOOSING THEIR SOUND WITH THEIR PRODUCERS AT CRITERIA STUDIOS BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO RECORD A RHYTHM SECTION FOR 55 DAYS. THEY TALK ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS BEING THE IDEAL TIME TO RECORD AND ALBUM. WHEN YOU GO ON FOR AS LONG AS 24 MONTHS YOU LOSE THE CREATIVITY AND BECOME STALE.
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01:31:00 1817.76 |
TALK ABOUT RECORDING DEREK AND THE DOMINOES DOUBLE ALBUM OVER 3 OR 4 WEEKS. TALKS ABOUT HOW THE RECORDING WENT.
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01:32:49 1926.63 |
TALK ABOUT WORKING ON STEPHEN STILLS' NEXT ALBUM AFTER THE CROSBY, STILL & NASH TOUR. TALK ABOUT WORKING IN THE VARIOUS STUDIOS. MAKING CHANGES TO THE PLACE. PROGRESS. TALK ABOUT STEPHEN STILLS NOT BEING A "SINGLES" MUSICIAN. MORE OF AN ALBUM ARTIST.
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01:34:57 2054.56 |
TALK ABOUT THE MUSIGRAM PROJECT. THE "SOUND SHEETS" SOUND JUST AS GOOD AS A RECORD.
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01:36:09 2126.45 |
RON TALKS ABOUT THE EAST COAST, NY, NASHVILLE, MIAMI SHOULD BENEFIT FROM THE DOWNFALL OF THE L.A. LA LOS ANGELES PROBLEMS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. TALK ABOUT MIAMI RECORDING STUDIOS ARE GROWING RAPIDLY AND STUDIO MUSICIANS ARE COMING, TOO.
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01:38:40 2277.54 |
FIREFALL
CHRISTMAS IN LOVE (PARTIAL)
(live)
THE ALBERT BROTHERS AT WORK IN THE RECORDING STUDIO WITH THE BAND FIREFALL. HANDS ON RECORDING STUDIO EQUIPMENT. CU. CRITERIA RECORDING STUDIOS LOGO ON BACK OF SATIN JACKET. FIREFALL RECORDING CHRISTMAS SONG. HANDS ON MIXING BOARD. ALBERT BROTHERS FEELING THE MUSIC. GIVES THE OK SIGNAL AND THUMBS UP. SOME FOOTAGE IS SILENT. MOS.
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01:44:58 2656.16 |
MOS FOOTAGE. LOW LIGHT. MAN WALKS TO CAMERA AND OPENS HIS FLY ZIPPER. ZIPS BACK UP.
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01:45:18 2675.8 |
LOW ANGLE SHOT OF TURNTABLE IN FOREGROUND. WOMAN WALKS UP TO TURNTABLE AND SHOWS LENS THE MUSIGRAM SLEEVE. SEVERAL TAKES.
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01:47:08 2785.75 |
CU WOMAN OPENS THE MUSIGRAM. SHOWS IT TO THE LENS.
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01:48:30 2867.85 |
MUSIGRAM RECORD ON SPINNING TURNTABLE. PLACED ON TURNTABLE. HANDS HANDLING THE MUSIGRAM ON THE TURNTABLE. SEVERAL TAKES OF HANDS PUTTING MUSIGRAM ON THE TURNTABLE. PLAYS THE RECORDS. KOOL AND THE GANG "CELEBRATION". CU NEEDLE ON RECORD. CU RECORD TURNING. VARIOUS TAKES.
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01:53:09 3146.57 |
CU RECORD FIREFALL "CHRISTMAS IN LOVE". PULL BACK TO SLOW IT ON THE TURNTABLE. ROTATING. STOPPING. VARIOUS TAKES.
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01:55:23 3280.45 |
CU HAND WRITTEN NOTE READS: "1ST ANNIVERSARY. WE'RE HAVING A PARTY AND YOU'RE INVITED! BE THERE OR BE SQUARE. AUG 1 - AUG. 31. LOVE, MTV AND INSTANT REPLAY". SEVERAL TAKES.
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01:58:06 3443.29 |
CU HAND PUTTING MAIL INTO HOMEOWNER'S MAILBOX. SEVERAL TAKES. WOMAN LIFTS MAILBOX LID AND LOOKS INSIDE. WOMAN GETS THE MAIL. WOMAN LOOKS AT HER MAIL ENVELOPE. ADDRESS READS: MS SPUD WANKER, 100 POTATO WAY, ISLE OF FRIES, FLA 33133.
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01:59:33 3530.5 |
STILLS OF DEREK AND THE DOMINOS IN STUDIO, JOE WALSH ALBUM COVER, PHOTO OF STEPHEN STILLS. STILLS CANNOT BE LICENSED.
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02:00:31 3588.66 |
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