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A Wizard, A True Star. Todd Rundgren.

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'N towenaar, 'n ware Star. Todd Rundgren.

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A Wizard, A True Star. Todd Rundgren in the Studio. By Todd Rundgren. Book. Softcover. 320 pages. Published by Jawbone Press. HL.333134. ISBN 1906002339. 6x8.5 inches. Few record producers possess the musical facility to back up such a bold promise, but in over 40 years behind the glass, Todd Rundgren has willed himself into becoming a not only a rock guitar virtuoso, an accomplished lead vocalist, and a serviceable drummer, vocal arranger and keyboard player, but also a master of perhaps his greatest instrument of all, the recording studio. Throughout his career, Rundgren has ping-ponged between the worlds of producer and recording artist with varying degrees of critical and commercial success. After learning his craft as a songwriter and arranger, with Nazz, Rundgren gained attention by engineering recordings by The Band. His reputation was cemented by a string of noteworthy productions beginning in 1971 with Sparks, and continuing with classic albums for Grand Funk, The New York Dolls, Badfinger, Hall & Oates, Meat Loaf, Patti Smith Group, Psychedelic Furs and XTC. All of this alongside his own solo albums – including Something. Anything. A Wizard, A True Star. and Hermit of Mink Hollow – on which he played and sang virtually everything, and a series of albums by his band, Utopia. Researched and written with the cooperation of Rundgren himself, A Wizard, A True Star is a fascinating, authoritative account of four decades of making magic in the recording studio.

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'N towenaar, 'n ware Star. Todd Rundgren in die Studio. Deur Todd Rundgren. Book. Softcover. 320 bladsye. Gepubliseer deur kakebeen Press. HL.333134. ISBN 1906002339. 6x8.5 duim. Paar rekord produsente in besit van die musikale fasiliteit te back-up so 'n vet belofte nie, maar in die afgelope 40 jaar agter die glas, het Todd Rundgren homself wou in om 'n nie net 'n rock kitaar virtuoos, 'n voldonge hoofsanger, en 'n diensbare tromspeler, vokale verwerker en klawerbord speler nie, maar ook 'n meester van miskien sy grootste instrument van alles, die opname-ateljee. Dwarsdeur sy loopbaan, Rundgren het ping-ponged tussen die wêrelde van die produsent en opname kunstenaar met wisselende grade van kritiese en kommersiële sukses. Nadat die leer sy kuns as 'n liedjieskrywer en verwerker, met Nazz, Rundgren opgedoen aandag deur ingenieurstudente opnames deur die band. Sy reputasie was gevestig deur 'n string van noemenswaardige produksies begin in 1971 met Sparks, en voort te gaan met die klassieke albums vir Grand Funk, The New York Dolls, Badfinger, Hall. Enigiets. 'N towenaar, 'n ware Star. en Hermit van Mink Hollow - waarop hy gespeel het en feitlik alles gesing, en 'n reeks van albums deur sy band, Utopia. Nagevors en geskryf met die samewerking van Rundgren homself, 'n towenaar, 'n ware Star is 'n fassinerende, gesaghebbende rekening van vier dekades van die maak van magic in die opname-ateljee.