Disco / Quincy Jones and MJ

Disco – The Producer’s Genre

Evolved from Soul, Funk, R&B, and Motown.

Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive

KC & The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way I Like It

Called the “Producer’s Genre” due to the large amounts of control that the producers had in the creation of the songs.

Disco was the first type of music that wasn’t created for performance, but instead to be played in dance halls. The closest thing to a performer in these environments was the DJ.

The 70′s Also Coincided with the commercialization of the synthesizer, and 24 track audio.

Listen for these Disco elements in Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”

Donna Summer – I Feel Love

What makes this song so Hypnotizing? How do you think the song came together?

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Quincey Jones

The Producer behind the greatest selling album of all time.

Met Michael Jackson while working with him on “The Wiz”. Produced Michael Jackson’s most successful albums.

Billie Jean (Home Demo From 1981), (Michael Jackson’s Original Demo Recording)

Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

MTV had just been created. The world was looking for a pop superstar, and Michael Jackson became that star.

Thriller Music Video

Quincey Jones also added a lot of star power to Thriller.

 Selection from Beat It

He loved star power. If there’s any doubt about that… This is Quincy Jones’ his best selling single.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzDCBgJLhYw

Quincey Jones worked extensively with such artists as Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonders, Dean Martin, Tupac, Marvin Gaye, and many more.