From ssouza@utexas.edu Thu Aug 03 20:02:58 1995
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From: ssouza@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Souza)
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Subject: Data: 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.
Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment.

Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion.

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=== Seo-yeon Souza ===
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From dperez@delphi.com Fri Aug 04 07:11:58 1995
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Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Aug03.200258.9646@utexas.edu>, ssouza@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Souza) writes:
> Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths.

Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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