By mikael__
Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:25 pm
From an interview with Patrick Adams at http://www.disco-disco.com/tributes/patrick.shtml
"I produced a record once which I thought was a magnificent work of art. The song was great, the tracks were amazing, the string and brass arrangements were classic and the vocals were top-notch. After I delivered the 12-inch to the company everyone was excited and plans were made for immediate release. At this point the company hired a young hot DJ to do a club mix. Up to this point in my career remixes had done me no harm so I had no second thoughts about the matter. The resulting remix was a strong bass and drum piece with different elements of the original recording jumping in and out. It was a very interesting interpretation of the elements involved. Before the record was commercially released the DJ got about 50 white label 12-inch vinyl records and proceeded to do some promotion on his own. He approached radio stations and record pools and distributed the record playing his remix as the "A" side of the record. PLEASE DON'T MISS THIS POINT - If you hear a record for the first time and you have no point of reference, it is very difficult to make heads or tails of what you are listening to. A remix which features bass and drums going in and out and some thin vague vocal lines will not have the same impact as a well structured record with an introduction, a building tension with verses and choruses and a hot vamp out. So, many people including the program director of the then number one radio station in New York were not impressed by the record. The record never got off the ground."
Anybody know what record he is talking about ?
"I produced a record once which I thought was a magnificent work of art. The song was great, the tracks were amazing, the string and brass arrangements were classic and the vocals were top-notch. After I delivered the 12-inch to the company everyone was excited and plans were made for immediate release. At this point the company hired a young hot DJ to do a club mix. Up to this point in my career remixes had done me no harm so I had no second thoughts about the matter. The resulting remix was a strong bass and drum piece with different elements of the original recording jumping in and out. It was a very interesting interpretation of the elements involved. Before the record was commercially released the DJ got about 50 white label 12-inch vinyl records and proceeded to do some promotion on his own. He approached radio stations and record pools and distributed the record playing his remix as the "A" side of the record. PLEASE DON'T MISS THIS POINT - If you hear a record for the first time and you have no point of reference, it is very difficult to make heads or tails of what you are listening to. A remix which features bass and drums going in and out and some thin vague vocal lines will not have the same impact as a well structured record with an introduction, a building tension with verses and choruses and a hot vamp out. So, many people including the program director of the then number one radio station in New York were not impressed by the record. The record never got off the ground."
Anybody know what record he is talking about ?
