We always started these albums as making demos, that went right on until Scary Monsters.
Tony ViscontiFortunately I own a vintage brain, and I am alive and well in the 21st century, still making records, still working at an intense pace and most of all, still having fun doing it.
Tony ViscontiToday a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.
Tony ViscontiPop was initially ignored as a moneymaker by the recording industry. In the seventies they were still relying on Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett for their big hits. You know, most of the budget for the record companies in those days went to the classical department - and those were big budget albums.
Tony Visconti