Nowadays, not to say that that doesn't happen, but music is made a lot almost in a laboratory where you get one guy working in one studio, they send the file to another guy in some other part of the world, they send it back and then they send it this way and that way. Musicianship is kind of - there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, some great music is made that way.
Dave KozBarry Manilow is a guy who's had a tremendous longevity that few have had in the music business. I'm in awe of what he does.
Dave KozAlan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney.
Dave KozI remember coming in to the studio and meeting Barry Manilow . I was kind of star-struck. He said, "I want to play you this song." We get to the end of the song and I hear him actually sing my name as part of the lyric. I had to pick my jaw up from the floor!
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