Danny Elfman


October 9th, 2009 – We’re all adults here, but sometimes we still idolize those with talents we wish we had. Well maybe I shouldn’t speak for everyone, but I still idolize, and am in awe of, people with extraordinary talent. I’ll start off the fanboy-ism. I’m a Danny Elfman super fan. I haven’t liked everything he’s done, but he is capable of such a wide range of moods, and orchestrations, it’s ridiculous. Who do you idolize?

This entry was posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 11:46 pm.
Categories: Producing, Questions, Songwriting.

2 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Julian

    Other than the usual pioneers (George Martin, Phil Spector etc), I was a fan-boy of Jeff Lynne for a long long time (The Move, ELO, Wilburys/Beatles etc). That famous “Jeff Lynne snare” (mic/compression technique) and his backing-vocals are copied by many rock producers and engineers to this day. I still am a fan, but these days I’ve been finding other producers I’m enjoying for all the different styles like Brian Eno.

    Oct 10th, 2009

  2. Jeff Shattuck

    Cool question.

    For songwriting, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Lennon/McCartney, U2

    For production, Daniel Lanois, Jimmy Miller, Rick Rubin

    There are MORE, but these leap to mind first, so there you go.

    Jeff
    http://www.cerebellumblues.com

    Oct 11th, 2009

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