From tdubois@unam.mx Tue Dec 13 03:05:32 1994
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From: tdubois@unam.mx (Thiago Dubois)
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Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths.

Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.
Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles.

Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983.

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From tsmirnov@mindspring.com Wed Dec 14 20:27:32 1994
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From: tsmirnov@mindspring.com (Thiago Smirnov)
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Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994Dec13.030532.4792@unam.mx>, tdubois@unam.mx (Thiago Dubois) writes:
> Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths.

Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference.

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From jsokolov@inria.fr Thu Dec 15 03:08:32 1994
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Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994Dec13.030532.4792@unam.mx>, tdubois@unam.mx (Thiago Dubois) writes:
> Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths.
> Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.

Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference.

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