Margouleff, Robert - Shaping Sounds: Stevie Wonder, DEVO, The Synth Revolution—And My Life Behind The Music

The inside story of a record producer and synthesizer pioneer who traveled uncharted waters to help create some of a generation’s most important and influential music. Contains rare and previously unseen photographs and an exclusive foreword by DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh. A first-hand, behind-the-scenes look at creating some incredibly important music with Stevie Wonder and many other significant artists while pushing the boundaries of sound and audio technology further and further. In Shaping Sounds, Robert Margouleff shares his stories of pushing the boundaries of art and technology while helping create some of the most significant and influential music of our time. Beginning with the production of his first film, Ciao! Manhattan, with Andy Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick, Margouleff takes us behind the scenes of the tragic beauty of New York’s East Village and the Factory as he discovers a powerful new way to score his movie: the Moog synthesizer. Margouleff became a leading producer and engineer for artists like Billy Preston, Jeff Beck, DEVO, The Isley Brothers, and David Sanborn. Margouleff interweaves his personal experiences with the teachers, friends, mentors, and influences who shaped him and gave him the insight, sensitivity, and humanity to empower so many others to realize their creative dreams. He could stand on the edge and create magic with these major artists because of those who helped him along the way. His memoir is an entertaining document of a key period in music history that brings readers deep into his world of record and film production and will inspire new generations of music-makers to stand on the edge themselves.