Philadelphia has certainly had a busy July, and that in many ways kicked off with its Independence Day celebration earlier this month. Coined the Wawa Welcome America, the city-wide event included the 65-piece Philly Pops and audio help from the orchestra's chief engineer Andre Houser.
by Clive Young Arif Mardin was a recording icon, producing and arranging hits for decades as he created career-defining songs for Hall & Oates, Phil Collins, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, the Bee Gees, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan and many others. More than 50 million records were sold with Mardin's name on them, and he took home 12 Grammy Awards in the process. While he spent most of his life behind the scenes, the producer now takes centerstage in the documentary The Greatest Ears In Town: The Arif Mardin Story, just released on DVD and digital services.
"Let the record be the record and the live show be the live show. In the beginning, I was always trying to recreate what they did [on the record], but it's pointless; they are going to do what they do." - Joe Iwan, FOH engineer, Lacuna Coil
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