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Gavin Lurssen
Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California.Mix Profiles Lurssen Mastering Facility in Hollywood for MixOnline.com. Retrieved December 1, 2007. Lurssen's Grammy Award–winning work includes '''', a collaborative album featuring and , and the |
Mastering Engineer
A mastering engineer is a person skilled in the practice of taking audio (typically musical content) that has been previously mixed in either the analog or digital domain as mono, stereo, or multichannel formats and preparing it for use in distribution, whether by physical media such as a CD, vinyl record, or as some method of streaming audio. Education and experience The mastering engineer is responsible for a final edit of a product and preparation for manufacturing copies. Although there are no official requirements to work as an audio mastering engineer, practitioners often have comprehensive domain knowledge of audio engineering, and in many cases, may hold an audio or acoustic engineering degree. Most audio engineers master music or speech audio material. The best mastering engineers might possess arrangement and production skills, allowing them to ' trouble-shoot' mix issues and improve the final sound. Generally, good mastering skills are based on experience, resulting f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live (James Taylor Album)
''Live'' is the first live album by singer-songwriter James Taylor released on August 10, 1993 by Columbia Records. The double album presents selections from 14 shows during a November 1992 tour. In the US, ''Live'' peaked at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and has sold more than one million copies, being certified 2× platinum by the RIAA. A single-album CD of highlights of the double album was also released, titled ''Best Live''. There are two different versions of this album; a 17-track version was released in 1993, and a shorter 12-track version on June 21, 1994. On digital distributors such as ''Spotify'' and ''iTunes'', many of the verbal introductions that were present in the original CD have been cut. Track listing All songs by James Taylor except where noted. ;Disc one #"Sweet Baby James" – 4:13 #"Traffic Jam" – 2:10 #" Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) – 3:31 #"Your Smiling Face" – 3:03 #"Secret O' Life" – 3:45 #"Shed a Little Light" – 4:3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feels Like Home (Linda Ronstadt Album)
''Feels Like Home'' is a studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt released in 1995. It reached #75 and lasted 12 weeks on the '' Billboard'' album chart. It received excellent critical reviews upon release. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the disc sold precisely 188,815 copies in the United States. This album is now out of print physically, although it is available digitally and five of its tracks were remixed and subsequently included on ''Trio II''. A double sided single, Tom Petty's " The Waiting" and "Walk On", was released simultaneously with the album. "Walk On" returned Linda to the Billboard Country Singles chart for the first time as a solo artist (not counting the late 1980s 'Trio' hits) since 1983. The song was previously recorded by Matraca Berg on her 1990 debut album ''Lying to the Moon''. Adult Contemporary radio picked up the album track "The Blue Train" which reached 31 on that chart and lasted for ten weeks in the chart's Top 40. Album track " Feels Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Trust Your Heart
''Only Trust Your Heart'' is the second studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on February 14, 1995, by GRP Records. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Only Trust Your Heart''. Musicians * Diana Krall – vocals ; piano * Ray Brown – bass * Christian McBride – bass * Lewis Nash – drums * Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone Technical * Tommy LiPuma – production * Carl Griffin – executive production * Al Schmitt – recording, mixing * Rich Lamb – engineering assistance * Scott Austin – engineering assistance * Doug Sax – mastering * Gavin Lurssen Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand, to emerge as a widely recognized master of his instrument. He resides in the Minneapolis area with his family. Focusing primarily on instrumental composition and playing, Kottke also sings sporadically, in an unconventional yet expressive baritone described by himself as sounding like "geese farts on a muggy day". As a youth living in Muskogee, Oklahoma, he was influenced by folk and delta blues music, notably that of Mississippi John Hurt. Kottke learned to play trombone and violin before trying the guitar and developing his own unconventional picking style. A mishap with a firecracker permanently damaged the hearing in his left ear, a condition that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Kottke Live
''Live'' is a live album by American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1995. It includes two of Kottke's signature monologues ("Combat", "Roy Autry"), giving a small taste of the complete concert experience. A previously unreleased song "Flattened Brain" is also included. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Murrday Fisher wrote of the album "... as is characteristic of his style, it's his instrumental work on cuts like "Peg Leg," "Little Martha," and a mellow version of the old classic "Twilight Time" that show the artist in peak form... Definitely recommended." Track listing All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted. # "William Powell" – 5:32 # "The Room at the Top of the Stairs" (Randall Hylton) – 2:47 # "Airproofing" – 4:50 # "Jack Gets Up" – 4:49 # "Combat" - 6:05 # "Peg Leg" – 2:21 # " Twilight Time" (Buck Ram, Morty Nevins, Al Nevins) – 2:27 # "Bean Time" – 1:40 # "Roy Autry" – 6:25 # "Parade" – 4:11 # "I Yell at Traffic" – 5:40 # "Flattened Brain" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Walters
James Leland Walters Jr. (born June 13, 1969) is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and '' The Heights'' and singing lead vocal on " How Do You Talk to an Angel". Career Walters was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. After graduating from high school, he attended New York University and studied film for two years and studied acting at The Actors Space in New York City. While attending college, he was discovered at a bank by a casting agent who placed him in three high-profile commercials for Levi's 501 Jeans. He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting and musical career. He played a bit role on '' Everyday Heroes''. His film debut came in 1991 with the movie '' Shout'', alongside John Travolta, Heather Graham, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Walters performed the song "Rockin' the Pad" on the ''Shout'' soundtrack album. In 1992, Aaron Spelling cast Walters as the lead on the Fox series '' The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Walters (album)
''Jamie Walters'' is the self-titled debut from American actor and singer, Jamie Walters. The album's first single "Hold On", reached number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It placed at number 52 on the ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1995 list. The album sold over one million copies and was certified platinum in the United States. Critical reception Sara Sytsma of AllMusic gave it three out of five stars and was given an "Album Pick" tag, calling it "a well-produced collection of mainstream, adult contemporary-oriented pop/rock". But Sytsma commented that Walters "doesn't possess a great voice, but the producers of the album are quite talented; in their hands, he sounds very good." Tour Walters toured the US and Europe to support the album. The European leg of the tour featured performances that consisted of just Walters and Reb Beach on acoustic guitars. When asked about this tour, Reb Beach answered: "Jamie Walters was THE funnest tour I ever did. It was just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Lovett
Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) Lyle Lovett Pageat Allmusic – Lovett's Genre and Styles. Retrieved February 2, 2007 is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Active since 1980, he has recorded 13 albums and released 25 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man". Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album. His most recent album is ''12th of June'', released in 2022. Early life Lovett was born in Houston, Texas, when his family lived in the nearby community of Klein. He is the son of William Pearce and Bernell Louise (née Klein) Lovett, a marketing executive and training specialist, respectively. He was raised in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Lovett attended Texas A&M University, where he received Bachelor of Arts degrees in both German and Journalism in 1980. In the early 1980s, Lovett oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love Everybody
''I Love Everybody'' is the fifth album by Lyle Lovett, released in 1994. The album consists of songs written by Lovett prior to the recording of his first album, '' Lyle Lovett'' (1986). On the 8th track, "Record Lady," Lyle refers to college friend and fellow musician, Robert Earl Keen. ...Robert Earl, he's a friend of mine You know he's always looking out for my best interest... Several songs prominently feature one or more of Lovett's trademark penchants: wry humor ("They Don't Like Me"), playful surrealism ("Penguins") and disturbing frankness ("Creeps Like Me"). Lovett's wife at the time, Julia Roberts, provides backing vocals on several tracks. Other performers lending their voices include Rickie Lee Jones and Leo Kottke. "Ain't It Something" would later be rerecorded, in a longer form, for Lovett's soundtrack to the 2000 film '' Dr. T & the Women''. Track listing All songs by Lyle Lovett, except "Fat Babies" by Lyle Lovett and Eric Taylor Personnel *Lyle Lovett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, '' Billboard'' magazine named her the second greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time. Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debuting at the top of the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums. To date, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums. Early years Krall was born on November 16, 1964, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, the daughter of Adella A. (''née'' Wende), an elementary school teacher, and Stephen James "Jim" Krall, an accountant. Krall's only sibling, Michelle, is a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Krall's father played piano at home, and her mother sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepping Out (Diana Krall Album)
''Stepping Out'' is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released in 1993 by Justin Time Records. It has since been reissued several times on Justin Time, as ''Stepping Out: The Early Recordings'' on GRP Records, and as a vinyl record through Barnes & Noble. Track listing * Note: early editions omit On the Sunny Side of the Street meaning those copies have a running time of 54:15. Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of the 2000 reissue of ''Stepping Out''. Studios * Kingsound Studios (North Hollywood, California) – recording * Group IV Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) – recording * Studio Tempo (Montreal) – mixing Musicians * Diana Krall – vocals, piano ; arrangements * John Clayton John Clayton may refer to: Arts and entertainment Writing *John Clayton (architect) (died 1861), English architect and writer *John Bell Clayton and Martha Clayton, John Bell Clayton (c. 1907–1955), American writer *John Clayton (sportswriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
