Roger Nichols RIP

supersonic

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μας έφυγε μέσα στον Απρίλη στα 66 του.

Ο πρωτεργάτης και δημιουργός του αξεπέραστου ήχου των Steely Dan...

τέλος εποχής ...και για ηχολήπτες....
 

supersonic

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είπε ο ίδιος για τους Steely Dan....

"...they were trying to kill me."
 

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για το show biz kids....

"It was just one of those tunes that that was so very difficult to play exactly in tempo, with every instrument in sync. ... There were no drum machines in those days, so we made a 24 track, eight bar tape loop, which at 30 ips was a considerable length of tape, trailed it out through the door into the studio, around a little idler which was set up on a camera tripod, back into the studio and then copied that to a second 24 track machine. Everything was on tape except the lead vocal and the lead guitar. It worked like a dream."
 

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Anyone who sold high end stereo gear in late '70s owes a debt to Roger Nichols. Every store in America had "Aja" on a turntable for demos.
 

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Φυσικά θα είναι λάθος να περιοριζόμαστε στη δουλειά στους Dan. Απλά εκεί τον ξεζούμισαν. Αλλωστε εκεί ήταν που πήρε και 6 grammy. Ενα ακόμα με τον John Denver.
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