tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56432497176376896242024-03-06T04:08:43.380-05:00Raymond Scott Archives BlogComposer, bandleader, pianist, arranger, engineer,<br>electronica pioneer, musical philosopher, inventor, mad man.<br> (And his music appears in countless classic Bugs Bunny cartoons.)Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-68773914018472383732018-06-18T19:17:00.000-04:002018-06-18T19:17:29.930-04:00ScottWorks: The Raymond Scott Festival<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-57271923076345721222018-01-26T16:43:00.000-05:002018-01-26T16:51:21.817-05:00AllMusic's BEST OF THE YEAR: "Three Willow Park"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-49772360172353353082018-01-15T16:39:00.000-05:002018-01-16T04:11:29.873-05:00HELP WANTED: Animators & Motion-Graphic Artists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Oskar Fischinger: <a href="https://youtu.be/6Xc4g00FFLk" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6Xc4g00FFLk</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Hans Richter: <a href="https://youtu.be/CMd2J9teidY" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/CMd2J9teidY</a></span><br />
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Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-60499337096761401212017-12-19T21:47:00.000-05:002017-12-20T12:55:17.216-05:00New Nickelodeon show features Raymond Scott<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From <b>Bugs Bunny</b>, to <b>Ren & Stimpy</b>, and <b>The Simpsons</b>, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Raymond Scott's music has a long history with animation. But now the <b>Nickelodeon</b> TV show 'Harvey Beaks' will be the first series to utilize the <i>electronic</i> music of Raymond Scott. Composer <b><a href="http://facebook.com/EgoPlum/" target="_blank">Ego Plum</a></b>, who scores 'Harvey Beaks', has just completed "Missing Harvey," featuring Scott's mid-1960s title, "In The Hall Of The Mountain Queen." The vintage recording is heard, and the tune recurs throughout the new episode with original stylistic rearrangements conjured by Plum. "Missing Harvey" premiers on <b>December 27th, 2017</b>, at <b>8:30 PM</b> on <b>Nicktoons</b>.</span></span><br />
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Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-46300398008060135652017-12-15T00:00:00.000-05:002018-01-02T02:54:35.205-05:00Deluxe Figurine & Music Set<div style="text-align: left;">
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Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-47413479477649199642017-12-11T18:26:00.001-05:002017-12-11T18:29:12.079-05:00Xylophone<br>
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<br />Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-8177294945901408162017-07-16T08:00:00.000-04:002017-07-16T08:00:26.663-04:00Breaking News from 1910<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Front-page item (below the fold) in the <i>Brooklyn Standard</i>, July 16, 1910. Harry recovered and went to engineering school and a career in music. No word on the conditions of Mr. Stander or his errant horse.Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-77961305972935218392017-07-15T19:24:00.000-04:002017-07-15T19:35:42.839-04:00"further confirmation of Scott's singular genius"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This <a href="http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/162907957418/raymond-scott-three-willow-park-electronic" target="_blank">critical assessment</a> by <b>Marc Medwin</b> (<i>Dusted</i> magazine) of the new Raymond Scott electronica set, <i><b><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/three-willow-park/" target="_blank">Three Willow Park</a></b></i>, isn't just the best review of the package—it's the best TEN reviews.<br />
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Unlike many of his contemporaries who churn out assembly-line reviews by cutting-and-pasting passages from press releases, Medwin practices old-fashioned music journalism. That takes time, because it requires the writer to actually LISTEN to the music being reviewed.<br />
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Here's an excerpt:<br />
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There is something romantic about Scott's quirky visions, something slightly humorous in the sounds often squeaking and brapping from his devices, as if nothing could be taken completely seriously at all times. Revel in the electro-acoustically saccharine “<b>Portofino 3</b>,” in which high-register women’s voices and saxophone pepper the electronic ripples and arpeggios. This whimsy even applies to his own corpus, as heard in the completely reworked and daffy version of “<b>Toy Trumpet</b>” from 1966, complementing the longer one that can be heard on <i><b>Manhattan Research Inc</b></i>. It’s Scott’s most well-known melody, but it’s given a complete makeover, as <b>Miles Davis</b> might have done with “So What” or <b>Chick Corea</b> did with “Spain.” Then, there are the positively zany sounds taken from the effects reel for <b>Jim Henson</b>’s 1966 film “The Organized Mind,” whose soundtrack is heard complete on <i>MRI</i>. Hearing the sounds divorced from context, like little misshapen galaxies, is instructive and a bit unnerving, a few jump-cut and smile-inducing moments notwithstanding. It’s all very far removed from the “serious” worlds of <b>Stockhausen</b>, <b>Berio</b> and the weighty concepts they imagined and championed. Ultimately, despite its complexities of vision and execution, there’s something endearing, almost childlike, in Scott’s music, something wondrous, sparking the imagination to travel paths similar to the trails its creator blazed.</blockquote>
Medwin brings lots of knowledge to his criticism.—he's an <a href="http://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/medwin.cfm" target="_blank">assistant professor</a> in the music program at American University's College of Arts & Sciences, and wrote his dissertation on the late works of <b>John Coltrane</b>.Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-42777313100801069052017-07-11T07:30:00.000-04:002018-01-02T03:01:38.693-05:00Jeff Winner: Three Willow Park interview<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<b>Layne Weiss</b> recently wrote a fine article for the <b><i>L.A. Weekly</i></b> about <b>Raymond Scott</b>'s electronic music years. The online version can be read at <i>"<a href="http://www.laweekly.com/music/raymond-scotts-electronium-nearly-changed-the-sound-of-motown-now-its-being-restored-8346526" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Can Synthesizers Compose Music? Nearly 50 Years Ago, This One Could</a><b>.</b>"</i><br />
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Weiss conducted many interviews, and editorial space invariably limits each respondent to a few choice quotes. Last week we posted the full interview with Irwin Chusid, the co-producer of <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/three-willow-park/" target="_blank">Three Willow Park</a>,</i> the new 3-LP/2-CD collection of vintage, previously unissued Scott electronica. This week we offer the complete interview with <i>Three Willow Park</i> Associate Producer <b>Jeff Winner </b>(who also co-produced <b><i>Manhattan Research Inc.</i>, </b><i>3WP</i>'s Scott electronica predecessor).</div>
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<b>Layne Weiss: </b><i>When and where did Raymond Scott develop his <b>Electronium</b>?</i><br />
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<b>Jeff Winner: </b>Raymond had been developing Electroniums out of the public eye throughout the 1950s. He moved to L.A. in 1971. He was nearing his mid-60s, had lived his life in New York, and was willing to make a major transition at that stage. He had his third wife, Mitzi, and this was like a whole new start. It ended up being his final professional gig because his health declined during the period.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>How long did he work before his health started declining?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>He started having heart trouble much earlier—in the 1950s. Later he had a stroke and heart attacks. The span of his <b>Motown</b> tenure was about 7 or 8 years from the time he started working for them under contract on Long Island, through moving west and getting a full-time position with Motown. They retired him around 1977 because of his health.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>When did he start working for Motown and how did he transition to L.A.?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>In 1969 he started to publicize the Electronium. In 1970, Motown owner <b>Berry Gordy</b> and his entourage arrived at Scott's Three Willow Park facility in Farmingdale, Long Island, to see a demonstration of what was, at the time, Scott's state-of-the-art Electronium. Gordy was so impressed that he said, “Here’s a check for $10,000 to get started and build one for me.” That one that you see in the color photograph with the beautiful wooden cabinet—that’s the one Raymond made specifically for Motown.<br />
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When Gordy ordered the Motown Electronium, he stipulated that it was his exclusive thing. Raymond was not allowed to publicize the deal. He couldn’t even put out a press release declaring that he was employed by Motown. Gordy did not want word to leak out that hits were being generated by robots. Raymond was disappointed about that.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>When did all this info start coming out?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>It was known prior to Scott's death but hadn’t been explored in detail. We’ve made attempts over the years to reach Gordy for comment, but we’ve received only polite declines. Hopefully someday that will change. We would love to know how he looks back on it now.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>How did the other Motown artists react or warm up to Scott being there?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>Some of the studio musicians — when they attempted to play along with the machine, they didn’t like it. They resented being told to play to a click-track. Musicians rely upon their own internal metronomes, their own sense of rhythm—and these guys were amazing instrumentalists. For them to be asked to subordinate their talent to a machine, to let the machine be a leader, some resented that. On the other hand, <b>Michael Jackson</b> was fascinated by the Electronium and wanted to use it. He thought it was the future. And he was right.<br />
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Others? We don’t know. We don’t have any evidence. But we know they were all working at the same facility and we presume that everybody was at least given the opportunity to utilize the technologies that they were bringing in. This all goes to a broader wave of technology. Motown had the best recording equipment. As a new decade was dawning, there was buzz about this new thing called a "synthesizer." In 1970 <b>Bob Moog</b> introduced the Minimoog to the consumer market. Now you had a mobile synth. It could go from city to city on tour for the first time. That was the year when the revolution really coalesced in terms of technology, availability, price and mobility. It’s probably not a coincidence that Gordy was so turned-on by the Electronium at the same time.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>Do you have any examples of artists that weren’t thrilled by working with Scott or his Electronium.</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>Hoby Cook, an engineer, was assigned to record session musicians playing along with the Electronium. He provided an interesting chronicle of the musicians rebelling against the experiment. We don’t know of any high-profile names who were not into it. People have speculated that Stevie Wonder would be a logical candidate to use it because he loves synthesizers. I don’t think he was a great prospect. For one thing, he’s blind and probably couldn't operate it. Second, the main purpose of the Electronium was to come up with its own bass-line, grooves, melodies, and rhythms. The last thing <b>Stevie Wonder</b> needed was help generating musical ideas. <br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>Scott was not very sociable and he created a lot of his devices so he wouldn’t have to deal with people. What was it like for him having to meet people and demonstrate how this stuff worked?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>He was fine with that — as long as there was something technical as a conduit. He was probably in his element at Motown. He respected them, and they respected him. They were fascinated by the technology and he was the grand wizard who was trying to give them the keys to the future. He taught studio staff at Motown how to help musicians use the device, so he wouldn't have to keep doing it. He was happier in that later stage of life because he was doing what he really wanted to do. He explained that in a letter to a fan in 1980. He said it was the most enjoyable time of his life, working with electronic instruments and electronic music.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>Do you know how his family felt about relocating?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>Mitzi, his third wife, loved him tremendously and she would have done anything he wanted. It was a lot of work for her because he was so busy — it fell on her to return to Three Willow Park to close down the facility. He had tons of equipment, and tape reels, and she had to sell some of it. Some stuff got thrown away and the rest of it she had transported to L.A. They rented a furnished apartment while Gordy and Raymond worked at Gordy’s house. He had an amazing estate in Bel-Air. They set up a laboratory above the garage, and then it all got moved to the Motown facility. Mitzi and Raymond eventually settled in Van Nuys. After Raymond passed in 1994, Mitzi moved to Santa Clarita. Raymond stayed in California for the rest of his life. He loved the weather and taking long drives through the mountains and near the coast. <br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>Was he star-struck at all?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>Not at all. He'd been a celebrity since he was young. He wrote his first hit tune at age 25. His older brother was a CBS radio star before he was. He rubbed elbows with everybody from <b>Sinatra</b> and Crosby to <b>Smoky Robinson</b>, Michael Jackson and <b>Diana Ross</b>. He collaborated with Jim Henson. He was part of the 20th century entertainment industry. There were artists he admired, but the idea of him, say, asking for an autograph seems unfathomable. He was a celebrity himself, but he didn’t go out and party with other stars. He was a recluse who focused on work.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>Were Raymond and Gordy friends or was it just professional?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>They got along great. Raymond was at his house from 9 to 5 every day. They were close the first couple of years. Gordy was aware of Scott's early career as a hit-maker, starting in the 1930s. Gordy was aware that he was getting not just a technological wizard, but a guy who knew how to compose hit tunes. And of course Scott was aware of Gordy’s amazing accomplishments. In the 1960s Motown was unstoppable. They dominated the pop charts. Even in the ‘70s they continued to be potent with the <b>Jackson 5</b>, <b>Diana Ross</b>, <b>Stevie Wonder</b>, <b>Earth, Wind & Fire</b>, and <b>Marvin Gaye</b>.<br />
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<b>LW: </b><i>How about some info on the new album, '<b>Three Willow Park</b>'?</i><br />
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<b>JW: </b>This is the first time the public will be hearing the Motown Electronium. The span of the recordings is from 1961 to 1971, so there’s material that pre-dates the Motown Electronium, when Raymond was still living in Manhasset, New York, in a giant 32-room mansion, with then-wife <b>Dorothy Collins</b>. There’s material from #3 Willow Park after he moved there in 1965. And there's some material from the early part of his Motown tenure in L.A. through 1971. So the 1970-’71 recordings feature the Motown Electronium. All prior recordings with the Electronium feature earlier versions of the device. It’s a progression in terms of chronology — from the material on Manhattan Research Inc. to Three Willow Park. <br />
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The non-working Motown Electronium was purchased in 1996, a couple of years after Scott passed away, by <b>Mark Mothersbaugh</b> of <b>Devo</b>. He’s also a successful film composer. He's done <b>Wes Anderson</b> movies and Disney projects, such as <i>The Lego Movie</i>. Mark kept the Electronium in his L.A. studio for a long time. It was moved to Portland for restoration. It’s now coming back to L.A. because a new restoration attempt is being undertaken by <b>Brian Kehew</b>. Among many other roles, he’s a keyboard tech for The Who. He’s working with <b>Wally de Backer (a.k.a. Gotye)</b>, who’s providing financial assistance.Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-50905654670187049692017-07-03T21:39:00.002-04:002017-07-12T08:53:08.264-04:00Irwin Chusid: Three Willow Park interview<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<b>Layne Weiss</b> recently wrote a fine article for the <b><i>L.A. Weekly</i></b> about <b>Raymond Scott</b>'s electronic music years. The print version, genuflecting to Thomas Edison, bears the clever title "The Wizard of Willow Park." The original online title, "In the '70s, Motown Hired a Synth Wizard to Build Them a Songwriting Machine," was later changed to "<a href="http://www.laweekly.com/music/raymond-scotts-electronium-nearly-changed-the-sound-of-motown-now-its-being-restored-8346526" target="_blank">Can Synthesizers Compose Music? Nearly 50 Years Ago, This One Could</a>."<br />
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Weiss interviewed me two months before the release of <b><i><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/three-willow-park/" target="_blank">Three Willow Park</a></i></b>, the new 3-LP/2-CD collection of vintage, previously unissued Scott electronica, which I co-produced with <b>Gert-Jan Blom</b> (with <b>Jeff Winner</b> as Associate Producer). Weiss conducted many interviews, and editorial space invariably limits each respondent to a few choice quotes. Below are the full replies I sent to Weiss, provided here for additional background on the development of <i><b>Three Willow Park</b></i>.</div>
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<i><b>Layne Weiss:</b> Why is now
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<b>Irwin Chusid:</b> Because we
finally finished it. The followup to <i><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/music/streaming-audio/mri" target="_blank"><b>Manhattan Research Inc.</b></a> </i>(released
in 2000) was long overdue, but for a number of reasons, was repeatedly
postponed. The additional time made it a better project because we were able to
collect more material and construct a more detailed chronicle about Scott’s years at
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special for Raymond's family, you, Gert-Jan, Jeff, and for music fans in general?</i></div>
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<b>IC:</b> It’s
different than <i>MRI</i>. For one thing, it features the sounds made on
Scott's <b>Motown</b>-era <b>Electronium</b>, which was the "Mark 2," refined
version. There was no "Mo-tronium" on <i>MRI</i>. An earlier, less-refined incarnation was featured. That album also
included dozens of early TV and radio commercials with electronic music and
effects soundtracks. There are no commercials on <i>3WP</i>, although there are
a handful of sound effects from ads. <i>3WP</i> features a wide array of
music and sounds. Some are accessible and pleasant. Others will peel layers off
your cerebral cortex. We tried to program the
tracks for constant surprises. Everything we used we consider listenable. There's something for everyone, but we can’t guarantee that everyone will enjoy it all. The moods range from relaxing to brutal. </div>
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life at Three Willow Park or just explain what it was and why
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<b>IC:</b> Number 3 <b>Willow Park Center</b> was a large rental bunker in an industrial
development in Farmingdale, New York. Built in the early 1960s, Willow Park
Center was a patch of suburban real estate where corporations based
headquarters, small companies leased office space, and manufacturers kept
warehouses. Sometime after the summer 1964 demise of his marriage to
singer <b>Dorothy Collins</b>, Scott moved to Willow Park to set up his<b> electronic
music lab</b>. When I say "moved," I mean "moved in." He lived
there. Residential occupancy wasn't legal under local zoning regulations, but
Scott paid his rent and outfoxed the lease police. It was at Three Willow Park that
he built the Electronium. He was living there when he met and married his third
wife, <b>Mitzi</b>—who besides cooking his meals, kept his books and learned how to
solder circuitry. She’s an important part of the story, and there’s a photo of
her on the back of the LP set. This makeshift compound remained Scott's atelier
and bedroom until around 1971, after which Raymond and Mitzi decamped for <b>Los
Angeles</b>, where he went to work for <b>Berry Gordy</b> at MoWest.</div>
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<b>IC:</b> It's a nice, tidy decade. The earliest
tracks we considered date from 1961. Anything earlier was on <i>MRI</i>, whose oldest track dates from 1953. The
recordings on <i>3WP</i> end at 1971, because in 1972 Scott went to work for Motown. Gordy hired him to develop the Electronium—which composed by itself using
<b>programmed intelligence</b>—as an "idea generator." In particular, the
Electronium was great at improvising complex melodies and rhythms. While Scott
was employed there he was under a strict gag order. Motown contractually
prohibited him from publicizing the nature of his employment. They were worried
that their fans might think that Motown’s instrumental stylings were being
performed by “Mo-bots.” As far as we know, the Electronium was never used on
any Motown recordings, but we know that a young <b>Michael Jackson</b> would
occasionally drop in Scott’s on-site studio to watch the device work. We don't have a direct quote, but someone who worked there with Scott said Jackson was quite excited by the machine's possibilities. </div>
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<b>IC:</b> 98% of the
music on <i>3WP</i> has never been publicly circulated, altho a few pieces have been
played on the radio or previewed for inquiring journalists. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>IC:</b> Anywhere fine
music is sold. We have expressly forbid it to be sold where bad music is
purveyed. <i>3WP</i> will be available as a 3-LP set, 2-CD package, and digital.
We will also offer a free 349-page <a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/artifacts/" target="_blank">downloadable pdf</a> consisting of documents,
photos, and ephemera chronicling Scott’s career in electronic music and
engineering.Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-17939184097210289852017-06-20T18:46:00.001-04:002017-06-20T18:54:11.434-04:00A Rhythm BalletNPR's "Songs We Love" <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/06/20/533524894/songs-we-love-raymond-scott-a-rhythm-ballet" target="_blank">premieres</a> "A Rhythm Ballet," a track from the forthcoming Raymond Scott electronica album, <i><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/three-willow-park/" target="_blank">Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space, 1961–1971</a></i>. The track is "performed" by Scott's Electronium—the "Mark II" version he built for Berry Gordy of Motown. <i>Three Willow Park</i> will be issued on June 30, on Basta.<br />
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<br />Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-41831087659062327352017-06-16T11:00:00.000-04:002017-06-16T14:33:20.085-04:00Artifacts from the Archives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/artifacts" target="_blank">
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We are offering a FREE 349-page pdf compendium of Raymond Scott artifacts and ephemera, including previously uncirculated historic material. The contents of <i><b><a href="http://raymondscott.net/artifacts/" target="_blank">Artifacts from the Archives</a></b></i> are intended as informational supplements to the Scott albums <i><b><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/three-willow-park/" target="_blank">Three Willow Park</a></b></i>, <b><i><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/music/streaming-audio/mri/" target="_blank">Manhattan Research Inc.</a></i></b>, and <b><i><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/music/streaming-audio/ssfb/" target="_blank">Soothing Sounds for Baby</a>.</i></b><br />
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The chronological, annotated documents and images spotlight Scott’s career in the field of electronic music, from his 1920s Brooklyn high school days to his 1980s post-<b>Motown</b> years in Los Angeles. Much of the content focuses on Scott’s most productive period, from 1958 (when he began working on electronic music full-time) to 1972 (his first year at Motown). The collection features Scott’s handwritten and typed technical notes, photographs, sketches, correspondence, art, schematics, patents, circuit diagrams, vintage news articles, and family ephemera. The pdf is offered for download in two formats: high resolution (for viewing and printing), and reduced resolution, suitable for paging through on-screen.Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-55358905928458400882017-05-12T08:15:00.000-04:002017-05-12T08:15:00.145-04:00The Portofino Variations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Raymond Scott's 1962 tune "Portofino" has become a belated "hit." It's been licensed for the TV show <i><b>Narcos</b></i>, the film <i><b>Best of Enemies</b></i>, used in a Gucci commercial, and garnered more single-track downloads than any track on <i><b>Manhattan Research Inc.</b></i>, the Y2K anthology of vintage Scott electronica on which it was first released. Basta has commissioned 20 contemporary versions of the composition and collected them on a new album, <b><i>The Portofino Variations</i></b>. The album, officially released today, features "Portofino" recorded by <b>Fay Lovsky</b>, <b>Arling & Cameron</b>, the <b>Metropole Orchestra</b>, <b>Ocobar</b>, <b>Davide Rossi</b> (Goldfrapp, Coldplay, The Verve), <b>Jacco Gardner</b>, <b>Eva Auad</b>, and others. The tune is interpreted in a wide array of styles: surf guitar, whistling, electronica, chamber ensemble, minimalism, pop, rock guitar, and scat vocals. The compilation even contains two song versions with original lyrics. The album is available on <a href="https://bastamusicstore.com/products/the-portofino-variations-various-artists-cd?variant=35970513608" target="_blank">CD</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/portofino-variations-interpretations-raymond-scotts/id1230208814" target="_blank">digitally</a> on <a href="https://bastamusicstore.com/products/the-portofino-variations-various-artists-2lp?variant=35970603208" target="_blank">Basta</a>, and on LP by <a href="http://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/raymond-scott/the-portofino-variations-raymond-scott-s-portofino-as-performed-by#.WRRlF1KZNUQ" target="_blank"><b>Music on Vinyl</b></a> (a limited edition of 1,000 numbered LPs on gold vinyl, featuring two previously unreleased 1962 takes by Scott). The cover art features an adaption of a painting by <a href="http://www.jimflora.com/" target="_blank"><b>Jim Flora</b></a> entitled <i>Portofino</i>—which by coincidence was rendered in 1962.<br />
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Listen <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6duKnt3whfufyl4PufPZ82" target="_blank">here</a> on Spotify.Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-30048556562863375722017-05-11T15:49:00.002-04:002017-05-11T18:18:35.881-04:00Limited-Edition Color-Vinyl LPs<br />
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Basta's historic compilation of early Scott electronica, <b><i>MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC.</i></b>, has been reissued in a tricolor 3-LP set by Music on Vinyl, under license from Basta. The newly designed package is officially available today. <i>MRI</i>, first issued in 2000, contains 69 tracks recorded 1953–69 — over two hours’ worth of Scott’s groundbreaking electronic work. Forays into abstract musique concrete are heard alongside film soundtrack collaborations with a young <b>Jim Henson</b>, and pan-galactic sonics seemingly beamed down from hovering UFOs. In addition, <i>MRI</i> presents some of the first TV and radio commercials to feature electronic music. <b>ORDER: <a href="http://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/raymond-scott/manhattan-research" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br />
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<b><i>SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY</i></b>, Scott's 1963 proto-ambient music for infants and stressed-out adults, has been reissued in a 3-LP set by Music on Vinyl (also via Basta). Explore the overlooked roots of rhythmic minimalism, predating works by <b>Eno</b>, <b>Fripp</b>, <b>Steve Reich</b>, and <b>Philip Glass</b>. Limited edition of 1,000 copies on silver vinyl, with liner notes and download coupon for all tracks. Purchase link in Euros, but if you're outside EU, Paypal will make the conversion. <b>ORDER: <a href="http://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/raymond-scott/soothing-sounds-for-baby-vols-1-3#.WRS-TiMrL5Y" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br />
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Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-64386429473354344192017-05-10T09:59:00.001-04:002017-11-10T20:38:01.685-05:00Amber Alert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Bernstein," a German name, means "amber" in English. In the early 1940s, a young composer-conductor in New York working under the pseudonym "Lenny Amber" produced piano transcriptions and arrangements of popular tunes. Among the titles arranged by young "Lenny" Bernstein are four compositions by Raymond Scott: "Powerhouse," "The Penguin," "Toy Trumpet," and "In an 18th Century Drawing Room." The sheet music is available for FREE download at </span><a href="http://www.raymondscott.net/sheet-music/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">RaymondScott.net.</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> You can access the complete folder of Scott works arranged for piano and organ <a href="http://bit.ly/1P5qkTJ" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
<br />Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-36826859549651754052017-05-08T07:20:00.000-04:002017-06-16T11:03:58.761-04:00Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space, 1961–71<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>THREE WILLOW PARK: ELECTRONIC MUSIC FROM INNER SPACE, 1961–71</i></b>, a new collection of previously unreleased Raymond Scott electronica, will be issued June 30th by Basta Music. The album features 61 tracks, many showcasing the Motown-era Electronium — Scott's invention that composed using programmed intelligence — which will be heard for the first time on disc. This long-awaited followup to <b><i>Manhattan Research Inc. </i></b>(recorded 1953-69) will be available in 3-LP, 2-CD, and digital formats, and includes a 20-page book, plus a free 350-page downloadable PDF of archival artifacts. Produced By: <b>Gert-Jan Blom</b> and <b>Irwin Chusid</b> • Associate Producer: <b>Jeff Winner</b> • Art Direction: <b>Piet Schreuders</b> • Order from Amazon here: <a href="http://amzn.to/2q2NZ11">http://amzn.to/2q2NZ11</a>Irwin Chusidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15226232494945112888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-82862404226170008272016-11-10T15:31:00.001-05:002022-04-13T15:26:48.536-04:00Ice-T was First to Sample Raymond Scott?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">So you thought <b>J Dilla</b> was first artist to sample Raymond Scott in Hip Hop? Think again. Long before he began to fight crime in the year 2000 as NYPD Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on the NBC-TV drama <b><i>Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</i></b>, and before drawing controversy with his 1992 song “Cop Killer,” which depicts a criminal’s revenge on the police, rapper and actor <b>Ice-T</b> was an unlikely early advocate of recycling Raymond Scott’s music. In 1985, the same year he appeared in the movie <b><i>Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo</i></b>, he released the single "Ya Don't Quit,” which incorporates the famous ‘B’ section from Scott’s iconic 1937 hit tune, “Powerhouse.” A year later he released a sequel, "Dog'n The Wax (Ya Don't Quit Part II)” — which features a different “Powerhouse” element — on his album <i>Rhyme Plays, </i>and as a single on the Sire/Warner Bros. label. Both tracks, which have a Def Jam-era <b>Beastie Boys</b>/<b>Run-D.M.C.</b>-like production, represent the earliest-known examples of Raymond Scott’s music in Hip Hop. Listen to both songs below:<br /></span><br />
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Jeff Winnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819458914762405782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643249717637689624.post-49563675248497141392016-05-26T14:05:00.000-04:002016-05-26T14:44:38.834-04:00Miles Davis & Raymond Scott<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Interstate, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
<b>Miles Davis</b> was born on this date in 1926. Although there's no indication that Davis met Raymond Scott, it appears he may have been a fan. About 4 years-ago, I found a Miles Davis 'Blindfold Test' from 1968 — listening to<b> Sun Ra </b>(a tune titled "Brainville"), Davis said: <i><b>"That's gotta come from Europe. We wouldn't play no shit like that. It's so sad. It sounds funny to me. Sounds like a 1935 arrangement by Raymond Scott. You mean there's somebody around here that feels like that? Even the white people don't feel that sad."</b></i></div>
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<b>MD: Yes, I think it’s the heat out there.</b> (both laugh) <b>And the movies. I really don’t understand that. You know, I like</b> [jazz drummer and bandleader] <b>Chico</b> [Hamilton]<b>, he’s a good friend of mine, ya know, but his band makes me sick!</b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On this date in 1937, Raymond Scott returned to CBS studios with his Quintette for their third session to record "<b><a href="https://youtu.be/XRYImQfxUBo" target="_blank">Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals</a></b>." It was an immediate hit when it was released 79 years ago, and is immortalized in "<a href="http://youtu.be/9-kTz3wO8EE" target="_blank">Which Is Witch</a>" along with at least 16 other classic <b><i>LOONEY TUNES</i></b>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>Download the vintage Columbia recording from the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/music-raymond-scott-reckless/id192755964" target="_blank">iTunes store</a>, or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-Music-Pack-Hungry-Cannibals/dp/B00138A2N8" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, and check-out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-Music-Pack-Hungry-Cannibals/dp/B0018ALVCM/" target="_blank">this cover by <b>Kronos Quartet</b></a>, plus a live performance by <a href="https://youtu.be/vpiD5KTNznk" target="_blank"><b>Ego Plum</b></a>. Below is a private rehearsal by the original Quintette, released on the 2-CD </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><b style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"><i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/microphone-music/id105632155?l=en" target="_blank">MICROPHONE MUSIC</a></i></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">collection from the <a href="https://www.bastamusicstore.com/" target="_blank">Basta</a> label:</span><br />
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</em> <em>"Spotlight on Film: Deconstructing Dad, excerpt of Powerhouse by The Raymond Scott Quintet... Thanks also to Chainsaw Chuck Majewski for the long ago tip to Raymond Scott’s web site."</em></span><br />
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</strong> <strong>Begins at 6:45 </strong><strong> >>> <a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDroYltE8BQ&feature=youtu.be&t=6m18s" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDroYltE8BQ&feature=youtu.be&t=6m45s" style="color: #00aadc;" target="_blank">Click to listen: here</a></strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Raymond Scott Quintette drummer<b> Johnny Williams </b>once remarked about his boss's penchant for exhaustive rehearsals: <i>"All that discipline helped. It had to. I developed a technique way beyond what I'd had."</i> <b>The West Point Band</b>'s <b>Quintette 7</b> understands discipline, and it pays off in their performances of Scott's quirky tunes, which they'll offer in a FREE concert at the Chappaqua Library Theater on Sunday, May 7th, 2016. (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The program will also feature the Q7 performing non-Scott selections such as "Misty" and "Big Noise from Winnetka.") <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/874968909293062/" target="_blank">RSVP via Facebook: here</a></span><br />
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