The Language of Music: Tom Dowd

[sweetbeats]

Watching this right now. It is...unbelievable.

The perspective of the recording industry for one but the vintage footage is INCREDIBLE!!!

 

[sweetbeats]

Oh my goodness...everybody on this forum needs to see this documentary!!!

 

[Richard King]

I recorded that off the Documentary Channel a few years ago. I agree, it is a great program. Good stuff. I still have it in my computer somewhere. He did good for a nuclear physicist.

 

[Rich Smith]

Where did you see it?

Watching this right now. It is...unbelievable.

The perspective of the recording industry for one but the vintage footage is INCREDIBLE!!!

Ohhh.... guess I misssed it. Rats.
Where did you see it. PBS? History Channel? etc.

Rich Smith
"Keep it Reel"

 

[SteveM]

What's it generally about?

 

[ez_willis]

What's it generally about?

really? the title is pretty descriptive.

there's a part in there that has him talking about clapton and the allman bros. he solos duane's slide part and clapton's riff on layla and the hair on the back of your neck will stand up. awesome.

 

[sweetbeats]

Here's a link to an overview and there's a trailer link on the page:

http://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/

SO many incredible points about where music recording has come from and where it is at today...where the focus should be...listening skills...encouraging others through our work...

Interviews with music legend after music legend on this program...lots of shots of classic Ampex and Scully gear in this documentary.

Tremendous perspective.

I HIGHLY recommend picking up a copy (under $8 used at Amazon...links on the above webpage). If you like analog recording and history and want a fresh, historical view of your craft, then you will like this documentary.

 

[SteveM]

really? the title is pretty descriptive.

=.

I know it seemed like a dumb question but there's another "language of music" series that is about the effects of music on the brain. This is not the same one. I don't think.

Also was wondering if was about vintage....blah blah... but it sounds interesting. Like to check it out.

 

[sweetbeats]

there's a part in there that has him talking about clapton and the allman bros. he solos duane's slide part and clapton's riff on layla and the hair on the back of your neck will stand up. awesome.

Yeah...I think I muttered "aw no way" when it got to that scene...and its awesome to watch Tom Dowd during that whole scene...he indicated it'd been 30 years at that point since he'd heard the individual tracks...its a great scene in the documentary because they just roll the camera for a good part of the song and he just looks like a kid as he is walking through the piece and remembering what is what on each track. He looks like a kid at Christmas.

He clearly loved music and working with music in that way. Just absolute brilliance.

 

[sweetbeats]

Tom Dowd's work is like a Who's Who of modern music. Go to that link. The cover for the DVD says it all:

 

[RRuskin]

Watching this right now. It is...unbelievable.

The perspective of the recording industry for one but the vintage footage is INCREDIBLE!!!

You can buy the DVD of it. The film was shown on the Sundance Channel years ago and is re-aired every now and again. Indeed, Tom Dowd's fingerprints are all over American popular music from the end of WWII until his death in 2002.

I had the privilege of playing on 2 sessions with Mr. Dowd in the 70's when he was producing Jackie De Shannon and heard 1st hand the story of his 1st Stax/Volt session.

 

[Richard King]

A cut from the program...
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