The Wrecking Crew

swamprat69er · 01-15-15, 08:58 AM

They make two on my list for this year.

vienna · 01-15-15, 01:14 PM

I've seen the Muscle Shoals film; well worth the effort to find and view...

The use of studio musicians is a throwback to the heyday of the old, pre-Beatles/Dylan/Stones era when the record companies controlled almost every aspect of a recording artist's career. You would get signed to a label, then an A&R (Artist & Repertoire) man would find a song for you to sing, usually from a library of songs from the label's publishing arm. An arranger would do the charts for the session and a producer would assemble the studio musicians, backup singers, engineers, and anyone else need to do the recording sessions. Until the era of the Beatles/Dylan/Stones, the only artist who really had much say over their career was Buddy Holly, but his run was unfortunately very short...

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01-15-15, 08:58 AM	#1
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	They make two on my list for this year. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

01-15-15, 01:14 PM	#2
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,726 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I've seen the Muscle Shoals film; well worth the effort to find and view... The use of studio musicians is a throwback to the heyday of the old, pre-Beatles/Dylan/Stones era when the record companies controlled almost every aspect of a recording artist's career. You would get signed to a label, then an A&R (Artist & Repertoire) man would find a song for you to sing, usually from a library of songs from the label's publishing arm. An arranger would do the charts for the session and a producer would assemble the studio musicians, backup singers, engineers, and anyone else need to do the recording sessions. Until the era of the Beatles/Dylan/Stones, the only artist who really had much say over their career was Buddy Holly, but his run was unfortunately very short... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __