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Composed music for several films and TV shows

Worked as an Arranger for a number of Jazz and pop vocalists including Frank Sinatra

1985 - We Are the World

End

Daniel Lanois

Quincy Jones

- The Man Behind the Thriller

Quebec, Canada

Producer for:

Bob Dylan

Neil Young

Peter Gabriel

Emmylou Harris

Brian Eno

U2

Jazz and R&B Beginnings

Lionel Hampton at 19

Dizzy Gillespie

Studied in Europe with

Nadia Boulanger

Oliver Messian

The Walking Multi-track

4 stereo pairs of mics at varying distances

Peter Gabriel - So

Sledgehammer

Don't Give Up

Released several albums

under his own name

Featured numerous artists

The various roles o a traditional producer

  • Choose songs
  • Choose arrangements
  • Find appropriate arrangers
  • Choose and hire musicians
  • Set tempos
  • Dictate vibe
  • Critique performances
  • Sequence the tracks
  • Comminicate with engineers
  • Choose cover art
  • Manage budget
  • Be a psychologist

Thriller

  • Top selling album of all time
  • The second album collaboration between Quincy and Michael
  • Re-established the standard for overall album quality

The process

  • Created an album's worth of material
  • Assessed the music honeslty
  • Omitted the weakest 4 tracks
  • The 4 replacement tracks were all hits

Technical Aspects

Engineer Bruce Swedien

The Acusonic Process

Stringing multiple digital and anolog

multitracks together to produce unlimited numbers of tracks

Allowed for true stereo on all instruments

In order to arrange for 45 Singers Quincy had to:

Recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each

Know the song and choose a key that could accomodate ALL of their ranges and styles

Dan Aykroyd

Harry Belafonte

Lindsey Buckingham

Kim Carnes

Ray Charles

Bob Dylan

Sheila E.

Bob Geldof

Hall and Oates

James Ingram

Jackie Jackson

LaToya Jackson

Marlon Jackson

Michael Jackson

Randy Jackson

Tito Jackson

Al Jarreau

Waylon Jennings

"Pop-Up Video" stated that he left the recording session due to a dispute over the lyrics.

Billy Joel

Cyndi Lauper

Huey Lewis and the News

Kenny Logins

Bette Midler

Willie Nelson

Jeffery Osborne

Steve Perry

The Pointer Sisters

Lionel Richie

Smokey Robinson

Kenny Rogers

Diana Ross

Paul Simon

Bruce Springsteen

Tina Turner

Dionne Warwick

Stevie Wonder

Michael Boddicker - Synthesizers, Programming

Paulinho da Costa - Percussion

Louis Johnson - Bass

Quincy Jones - Producer

Michael Omartian - Keyboards, Producer

Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards

John Robinson - Drums

Place them in specific parts of the song

Deal with the personalities and egos

Not ALL 45 got Lead parts

There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie)

When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)

There are people dying (Stevie Wonder)

Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon)

The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers)

We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers)

That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram)

We're all a part of God's great big family (Tina Turner)

And the truth (Billy Joel)

You know love is all we need (Tina Turner/Billy Joel)

( CHORUS )

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Michael Jackson)

There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Diana Ross)

It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson/Diana Ross)

Well, send'em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick)

And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson)

As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson)

And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau)

( REPEAT CHORUS )

We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen)

We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Kenny Logins)

There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Steve Perry)

It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall)

When you're down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson)

But if you just believe there's no way we can fall (Huey Lewis)

Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)

When we (Kim Carnes)

stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)

(REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE )

(additional ad-lib vox by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, James Ingram)

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