Michael, Bruce Swedien, my daughter Amanda, my wife Debbie, and me during production of the Dangerous album, 1991. Michael didn’t have much luck growing a mustache, but at least Bruce and I wore coordinated Hawaiian shirts. I remember one day Deb brought Amanda into the studio. She set up a play mat and brought someRead more
The HIStory project started in LA, then moved to New York, then was mixed in both cities. It was big in every respect. We did quite a bit of mixing at Larrabee North in Burbank (where this photo was taken). Nancy Reagan stopped by for a visit in this same room just a few weeksRead more
It wasn’t uncommon for Michael to keep late nights in the studio with one of the engineers (in this case, me) to work on a demo idea he had at that moment. For the team, it wasn’t about getting overtime, we were making some great music. See the old Synclavier in the background? Michael wasRead more