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You became a record producer at a young age. I toyed with the idea of trying to get a job as a recording engineer but there were no jobs around when I graduated from UMass/Amherst. What got you decided to do that? When I was in my early 20's, I would never have thought being a record producer was something I could do. Was it "easier" to do something like this in the late 60s?

A tru.ly independent spirit. R.I.P.

Sad to hear this, he was an original. Long life and looks like he was active till the very end.

Another cooler morning, and I"m in a bit of pain, so distracting myself with Cannonball’s first recorded appearance on Kenny Clarke’s “Bohemia After Dark” after seeing another jazz pen pal playing the lp on another board. I found this version first, and as a further search might wake sleeping beauty Lucinda, and because moving about is a bit painful today, I’m spinning the version that begins this 2 cd set.

Very sad but he made it to a good age and left a great recorded legacy. I always feel his contribution is generally underappreciated. But not in this house.

Sad news. A ripe age and full life, and so many great records.

What a loss - his hometown Göttingen mourns with the whole jazz community - R.I.P.

First Miles and Coltrane events for me were at the Plugged Nickel. In 1965 I went (from Iowa City) with JR Monterose to catch the Coltrane quartet - JR was friends with Elvin. My first Miles experience was in 1968 and the band was Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Tony. As I left the club that night, Joe Segal stopped me to introduce me to Miles, who was leaning on the bar. Joe said I was a record producer, Miles took my hand and slapped me on my ass.

RIP, he made fascinating music.

RIP! He was great. And he was still active as far as I know

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This is some real exploitative anthropology shit. It's from Adrian Rew, correct? "I learned a lot about casino sonics in the process: game designers, for example, once tuned all their machines to the key of C major in order to optimize harmonic cohesion (strict adherence to the key is no more but C still dominates the game floor); one team of designers, the story goes, even spent a month perfecting a single 'ding' sound on one machine. In the interest of preserving the true ambient sounds of the casino these recordings are untreated, but lost in the sea of chance I did exert some affirmative control by means of meandering intent and my actual playing of the machines. And by participating in the games myself I got a taste of the financially debilitating consequences that accompany the enchantment of video gambling. The disc in your hands represents my endeavor to bring you the zone experience without the harsh comedown of its unfortunate reality." —Adrian Rew, 2014

Ugh, most terrible news!!! A giant, he will be missed.

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That's sad news. Heck of a trombonist and he was a big highlight of Kamasi Washington's Heaven & Earth.

Slot Machine Music, Vol. 1 & 2: Field Recordings from Middle American Casinos

One of the last products I worked on was a "beam former". These beasts are used in 5G type communication systems. They typically work with 4 signals simultaneously, which is how you get so much data with 5G. A simplified block diagram doesn't even do it justice. Mounting these devices onto a board is a bear too. Each solder connection has to work at all 8 RF ports across the whole frequency band over the entire temp range. Not as easy as it sounds. Board assembly was a huge part of my days at Analog Devices, as getting these parts soldered down perfectly every time was ultra-important to our customers. The last one of these I worked on came in a bumped package i.e. little solder balls in the bottom. The biggest problem with them was that they curl a bit under solder heat temps (~260 degrees C) and sometimes, the little solder balls don't make good connections if the curl is too great.