Recording Synthesizers with Giorgio Moroder

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*ABOUT THIS VIDEO*

My long time friend Ross Hogarth and I affectionately recall our personal experiences about working and recording music with multi Grammy and multi platinum recording legend Girogio Moroder. Giorgio has been dubbed the godfather of modern dance music, but there is so much more to his vision. His work with synthesizers and his production style STILL has a large influence on me and many artists today in a multitude of musical styles including dance, pop, rock and film scoring.
In this video segment, we'll discuss Giorgio's unique and powerful songwriting style, meticulous attention to melody, sensitivity when producing vocals with iconic artists, innovative ilm scoring process, groundbreaking recording and mixing methodologies, vision using the latest technology and how he led all of us to deliver the highest level of music while having way too much fun doing it.
Ross and I played key roles on his dynamic music production team, functioning much like a musical ensemble with a multitude of talents for about a 6 year period. It was very much like a band but with a lot more people and moving parts, My focus was to arrange his songs and film cues as well as program unique sounds on the Synclavier, while Ross expertly handled the recording and mixing duties, seamlessly addressing a myriad of production requests as they arose. Together, we were part of a wonderfully close-knit group of musicians, technicians, and staff handpicked by Giorgio at Oasis Studios.
Giorgio treated all of us like family often organizing special gatherings at his house for all of us to look forward to attending. Prepare to be treated with enchanting stories and gain valuable insights into the life and career of this remarkable individual. We love you Giorgio!

00:00 Introduction to Ross Hogarth & Giorgio Moroder
00:41 Partial list of projects we worked on with Giorgio
02:18 Having a Sense of Humor While Working Quickly
02:48 Giorgio's Quotes & Working Style
04:07 Ultimate Importance of the Melody
05:04 Ross Intro to Giorgio from Richie Zito
05:20 Giorgio's Original Crew and the Equipment at Oasis Studios
05:55 24 Track Digital Tape Techniques & Cloning Tapes for Vocalists
08:24 Using 48 Track Digital Tape Machines
09:02 Tons of Reverb in the 80's
09:15 Giorgio's "Love Beat" and Sounds for Songwriting
11:04 Giorgio's Sound is about writing the best Song
12:09 Giorgio's Arranging Style with Synths is still Ahead of it's time today
14:35 Bringing the Synclavier to Giorgio
15:16 Recording and Mixing Synthesizers with Giorgio
19:34 Giorgio's Original Crew: Richie, Keith and Harold (working down the hall)
21:20 Music Superstars Were Showing Up Everyday at Oasis
21:57 Working Day & Night
22:38 A Friendly, Fun & High Achieving Working Atmosphere Designed by Giorgio
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*ABOUT ANTHONY*

Anthony's musical touch as both composer and performer is connected with some of the most influential creative minds over the last 40 years. He’s composed and conducted original orchestral scores for over 80 feature films including _*Young Guns*_ , _*Internal Affairs*_ , _*The Man From Elysian Fields*_ , _*15 Minutes*_ and _*Planes, Trains & Automobiles*_ , been commissioned by the *Los Angeles Philharmonic* for his symphonic work "In the Family Way", written over one thousand TV commercials in a myriad of musical styles, co-founded Levels Audio Post (LA's premiere post production facility) and performed and arranged on big-box-office films and influential hit records such as *Michael Jackson's* _*Thriller*_ .

His extensive work as a young arranger, orchestrator and performer for *Quincy Jones* , *Jack Nitzsche* , *Lamont Dozier* , *Arthur Rubenstein* and *Giorgio Moroder* was vital in launching his own career. His early years pioneering modular analog synthesizers along with his wide-ranging music scholarship positioned Anthony at the center of the music technology revolution. He attended the University of Southern California School of Music as a piano and composition major.

[leonardorodriguez]

Anthony Marinelli, once a standout in the musical industry, is now among the best individuals sharing his experience, knowledge, and stories on YouTube. He fulfills and completes the harmonic circle of life's best things.

Thank you, Anthony. You are an essential part of 20th-century music history, and I can't even imagine my favorite songs sounding different without you.

[mstudio]

I can't find more suitable words than a simple "Thank you!".
Thank you for the work you are doing on YouTube, for these open dialogues made available to explore this iconic sonic world that you have created.
It is extremely important for me to hear your stories; I am truly interested in delving into the connection between synth and creativity, and the relationship between production needs and the development of these fantastic instruments 😊

[PylonRecordsdotcom]

This is Pure Gold. You could never get this anywhere, maybe in some books but not to this great detail and available right away. This is the Best Channel to learn about the history of music, making music, and all the little details to separate yourself form the rest, all of this is still relevant today. Yes, they even use to add reverb to the whole mix in mastering.

[chriskelvin]

Since I was a boy in the 70’s, listening by myself to albums (either through headphones or on occasion blasting through Fisher 3-way cabinets) I always imagined the artist always knew exactly what what we wanted to hear. All of the little sonic surprises that often stick with you. But in reality it was a credited, but “unsung” hero, a producer or an engineer, that was looking out for me. Making a good core song magical!

[YotamPiano]

Very informative Anthony, thanks for bringing Ross Hogarth to the spotlight. Giorgio is a legend and I've been inspired by his music ! Merry Christmas !

[japoltube]

Thank you so much Anthony! Love your chanel. I was born 1967, so of course the '80s music is in my veins up to forever. I was always saying to my friends that they are wrong thinking about their idols as of authors of EVERY sound that you hear on the record. I always subconsciously knew that there have to be special guys, magicians, just musicians and engineers that are giving their talent to this work called the record. And finally now, thanks to YouTube, I can know your names and faces, and just how great people you are. I love you, admire you and of course envy you at the same time all those great moments you lived.
As a bedroom synth player and enthusiast, for my own pleasure only of course, I have to say that every bit of stories that you share with us, every little secret of synth tweaking is pure gold for me!

[btsndcts]

Some days I'm like Mehh! And not clue what to do.
Then I watch one of your uploads and hear a small idea then it sparks an idea, then I am ready to go at it.
Wealth of knowledge in these archives. ❤

[IZProJects]

This video Was super interesting & informative! Moroder was A legend & it must have been Awesome working with him! Keen for The next video :)

[fjfrancois]

Yes, everything comes later in my case, after the melody is ready 😊

[dabistudio_japan]

Anthony, you are one of my heroes! Thanks for sharing this amazing interview!

[martinlopez]

incredible content! amazing stories! bravo!

[laurencevanhelsuwe]

Wow, this is some top notch dialogue. So interesting and inspiring.

[jimrogers]

A friend of mine who worked with Georgio told a story about him using these Japanese made robotic hands that were designed to play the synth… but most of the session was fiddling with the technology… he didn’t have a lot good to say about Moroder so it’s nice to hear the better side of working with him.

[macho]

Fantastic information of how music production was done this will be preserved for future generations of musicians and producer to get inspiration from, thank you Mr Marinelli .

[davidsharp]

I can't wait Anthony. This will be a Holiday treat! Thank you

[Jesiahjesiah]

We've gone from blindly praising the popstars, to praising the producer (Moroder), to finally listening to the real geniuses who brought those talents into reality. Everyone plays a part, but I'm so glad listeners are finally becoming aware of how important engineer-musicians like you both are. I appreciate your humbleness, but you deserve so much more credit. There was no Moroder (or Loggins, or Donna, or....) without you guys.

[noisemodule]

What an amazing conversation, thank you both so much!

[udiorockmeamadeus]

I'm finding out I'm pretty good at creating chiptunes via UDIO.. I think the thing with UDIO, is determining what should come next.. But the cool thing is you never lose anything, the way the tracks are made, you always have your backups, cause it never deletes anything unless you do..

[tech]

What a treat, thank you and happy holidays

[pedermannerfelt]

Ok we're gonna need to hear WAY more Giorgio stories😎