New PBS Series Soundbreaking

[MylesBAstor]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7564731/pbs-series-soundbreaking-exclusive-clip

[rockitman]

Cool. Need to record this on the dvr.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Beauty! Hopefully it'll show on PBS Canada as well!

[Gusf]

Thanks Myles. Looking forward to seeing this.

[tom_hankins]

Very Cool, Thanks

[JCOConnell]

I'll watch.

[c1ferrari]

Thanks, Myles!

[MylesBAstor]

Show alert! At least on TW/Spectrum in NYC, the two episodes will debut this Monday 11/14 and Episode 3 on Wed 11/16. Check your local provider!

[JCOConnell]

with most DVRs, as long as you get the first show right and select "record series", it doesn't matter what day and time it comes on, it will record the episode.

[Rob]

kudos to PBS for tackling a project with such limited appeal and so audiophile-centric a topic at the same time (good for us). I'll def purchase the DVD.

[Johnny Vinyl]

with most DVRs, as long as you get the first show right and select "record series", it doesn't matter what day and time it comes on, it will record the episode.

Yep! I set it to record the whole series...love that feature!

[JCOConnell]

episode 1 was OK, episode 2 was really good.

we have parallel threads going on this....

[MylesBAstor]

Saw the first two episodes tonight. Excellent!

So many good segments hard to just talk about one. Loved though the Sun, Sam Phillips, Blues Singers and Elvis part in Episode 1. Perhaps the one message that I left with is appreciating even more how much work, time and effort goes into a 3-1/2 or 5 minute song. (well maybe not as much say with non-Blue Note jazz albums.) And how much the producer brings to the table in molding a song.

The Vocal/Part 2 episode was really interesting. One comment that really raised my eyebrows was how singers hate their voices. As Heidi pointed out to me, what a singer hears in their head and what it sounds like in a recording are two totally different things. The Amy Winehouse segment was just sad.

Another side note. Didn't realize Linda Perry had gone from 4Non-Blondes to being a music producer.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Re Linda Perry. That was a surprise to me as well.

[MylesBAstor]

I should have added the producer segment about Rick Rubin resurrecting Johnny Cash's career as was the Phil Spector was really good too. Rick can often be found wandering around the halls of CES or audio shows. No mistaking Rick! Rick did a lot of great things, save for compression.

It was also nice to see Larry Levine (remember a Taste of Honey and Pet Sounds) came in for mention in the Spector segement!

Of course the audiophile in me always comes out. When they talk about "sound," the industry is talking about the production, not audio sound quality. Like when they extol being about to put 300 tracks on an album to give it big sound. Yes at but what cosst? Only one person kinda said anything about analog vs. digital on the first two segments. And he said he didn't want to get into the debate.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Really enjoyed the entire thing. I watched 2 episodes at a time and finished last night. I wish we would get more of these types of programs here. The BBC does excellent work in this regard.