Ongoing History Daily: George Martin’s EDM(ish) roots
The musical evolution of The Beatles was insane. They went from songs like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to “A Day in the Life” in less than five years.
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Geoff Emerick, The Beatles’ chief recording engineer, has died
Imagine this. You’re just 15-years-old but you manage to land a job at EMI Studios (the original name of Abbey Road) as an assistant engineer. On your second day on
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Sad photos from George Martin’s once state-of-the-art Caribbean recording studio
When money flowed like water in the music industry, album recording budgets were as big as they needed to be. To soak up that money, expensive state-of-the-art recording studios were
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Random music news for Wednesday, May 9, 2019
The First Annual Toronto Vinyl Summit is TONIGHT! You’re coming, right? And in other music news for May 9, 2018… Millennials are stressed out by…voicemail? Some want it banned? Seriously.
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Don’t protect your hearing against loud music? This could be the ultimate cautionary tale
If you don’t think you need to protect your ears from overly loud music at concerts or through headphones, give some thought to what happened to George Martin. Sir George
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Are You a Beatles Fanatic? Then You’ll Want to Read These Unpublished Interviews About the Making of Sgt. Pepper
Reverb.com has acquired some unpublished interviews with the people who worked with the Beatles in the making of the Sgt. Pepper album. This is part one. Fifty years ago, Sgt. Pepper’s
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Monday Timesuck: Watch How the Beatles Pioneered Multi-Track Recording Techniques with the Primitive Equipment of the Day
The more I study the Beatles, the more I appreciate their genius. Once they retired from live touring in August 1966, they were free to experiment in the recording studio,
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Giles Martin, Son of George, on Producing The Beatles in the 21st Century
Giles Martin has been intimately involved with the Beatles from the moment he was conceived and continues carry on his father’s work with the Beatles organization. These videos offer a
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George Martin’s Last Music Project Looks Brilliant
Sir George Martin, the man who helped the Beatles reach their potential, died this past March 8 at the age of 90. Before he passed on, though, he was working
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Random Music News for Monday, October 24, 2016
Were you around on this date in 1992 when the Blue Jays won the World Series? And now, the music news… There seems to be some kind of fight over
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He Loves Them Not, Not, Not
George Martin secured his place in music history when he signed the Beatles after all other producers and labels in London refused. But the really surprising tidbit about the life
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