Engineer Ken Scott |
MTSU and the campus
community can learn all about “Recording the Beatles at Abbey Road
Studios” on Wednesday, March 19, from two men who know plenty about the
world's best known band.
Engineer Ken Scott worked
with the Beatles in their prime, and musician/author Brian Kehew
co-wrote an acclaimed book about their studio approach. Both men also
have worked with a list of musicians that looks like a Grammy membership
roster.
Scott and Kehew's free
public lecture is set for 7 p.m. in the Keathley University Center
Theater on the MTSU campus. It's part of MTSU’s ongoing Distinguished
Lecture Series and is sponsored by the Department of Recording Industry
in the College of Mass Communication.
A searchable campus map with parking notes is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap13-14.
Scott, who started out as
one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, became one of the
pre-eminent recording engineers and producers of the 20th century. He
worked on the Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour” album, among others.
He's garnered gold,
platinum and diamond record sales awards, multiple Grammy nominations
and even a Clio for his recording of the classic Coke ad "I'd Like To
Teach The World To Sing." He recently released his memoir, "Abbey Road
to Ziggy Stardust."
Kehew, who is best known
for co-authoring "Recording the Beatles," an extensive look into the
making of their famous records, also is a musician who's played with The
Who, AIR, Hole and The Moog Cookbook.
He also works on catalog
reissue projects that have given him access to hundreds of rare and
unreleased tracks for artists such as YES, The Eagles, Alice Cooper,
Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath and
Van Halen.
MTSU’s Department of
Recording Industry, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, is one of
the university’s signature departments and is the only one of its kind
in the nation to be housed in a college of mass communication. It offers
a Bachelor of Science degree with concentrations in music business,
audio production and commercial songwriting, as well as a Master of Fine
Arts degree in recording arts and technologies.
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