Tom Dowd and the Language of Music - very interesting and well done
Added 8/18/2009
This DVD contains a great collection of pictures and some video from recording in the early 50s through the 80s. Interviews, while sometime frivolous in content, are interesting because of who the interviewees are and how they are played against each other. In general the historical content is handled well, and Tom Dowd, a talent that will be missed, is shown in a truthful yet endearing manner. Loved it!
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Tom Dowd, the music engineering genius
Added 8/14/2009
I could call myself an amateur music historian. I prefer to think of myself as a music history nut. No study of modern music history would be complete without viewing this video. It tells how Tom Dowd, the lead audio engineer at Atlantic Records, helped create his sound. Interviews with Dowd help music history students and rock music history lovers understand what a profound influence audio engineers have had on the sounds we all enjoy.
Tom explains, mostly in layman's terms, how he created the sounds that went onto the records and how the artists were "discovered" by Atlantic, Stax, and other record producers. Many stars in the business are interviewed, from Ray Charles, to the Allman Brothers, showing how Dowd helped them create the sound they were looking for without him being too overbearing on sensitive artists' creativity. In doing so, Dowd was as much a A&R man and a publicist as he was an audio engineer. He was nothing short of a genius and this video tells his story as well as the story of music creation during early rock'n'roll better than any of the books I've read.
More than this, the video tells how Dowd, Atlantic, and Stax were foremost in breaking down the walls of segregation in the south through music and helped bring soul music to the masses. I highly recommend this video to anyone who loves rock music and would like to know more about it's history.
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Worth Seeing
Added 6/21/2009
Mandatory veiwing for anyone connected with the industry; and thoroughly enjoyable watching for anyone who loves the music.
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Thorough overview of a key music man
Added 5/12/2009
Anyone viwing this probably already knows the Tom Dowd story. Still, this is a very complete look at the many innovations made by Tom Dowd during his long career at Atlantic Records where he recorded many of today's classic r&b, rock and jazz hits. For music experts and those interested in music history, this dvd hits the right note.
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Real talent rarely seen anymore...
Added 4/12/2009
Tom Dowd. What an amazingly talented engineer and producer. His unique ability to have such a technical understanding of engineering coupled with his musical prowess made him such a special talent in the studio. Thanks Tom... wherever you are!
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