Recognize anyone? (Photo taken at Larrabee Studios North, Burbank, CA)Read more
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Recognize anyone? (Photo taken at Larrabee Studios North, Burbank, CA)Read more
Michael liked his music LOUD. When he wanted it turned up to ear-splitting levels, he’d say “Hurt me, Brad, hurt me!” Back in 1982, when Bruce Swedien and Matt Forger were working on “Beat It”, they were listening to Eddie Van Halen’s guitar solo at “Michael-level” when of the woofers in the amazing Westlake HR-1Read more
Record One (Dangerous Project) was a very unique studio in that it felt so much like a house. It has a huge living room, full kitchen, lots of lounges and places to relax. The building only has two full studios, but we actually built a third production room in one of the lounges. This wasRead more
Bruce is legend, a master at his craft, and good friend. It’s pretty amazing just how talented Bruce really is. We were working together one time on a mix for Patti Labelle in a home studio that looked like a bomb blew up in. I spent a couple days getting the place ready for Bruce,Read more
“Brad, you be Santa.” (Come to a seminar to hear more…)Read more
One of my earliest “unique” projects for Michael. A couple months before the Bad tour hit the road, he told me how much he hated the TVs in most hotels because they looked and sounded terrible, and they were hard to operate. So we came up with the idea of building a portable production systemRead more
I jokingly call this photo “Beauty and the Beast”, taking during the Dangerous project at Record One. It was always hot in the studios, so I wore shorts and t-shirts. Michael likely had a photo shoot that day so he was decked out in a red shirt with metal strips attached to it. He stoodRead more
“To Brad | The miracle worker | Thanx a trillion | Love Applehead | Michael Jackson” It’s always pretty rewarding to get high praise from your boss – especially when your boss is Michael Jackson.Read more
Michael asked me to design a massive sound system for him to use during the filming of Ghosts. The result was this ground-shaking flamethrower. It was so loud that most of the crew wore ear protection when it was fired up.Read more