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This section (and subpages) includes information about tim p scott, his CV and works, contact information, and possibly other musicians, bands, composers and works of especial interest or merit. There are plenty of sites about famous or well known music, so this will try to not repeat all that thoroughly hashed out material… First some biographical information about tim p scott. Scott is “yet another solo composer/producer” currently living and working in southern California. Although in the 1970s and 1980s he played bass and drums in a few local bar bands, his dream was always to write and produce his own compositions. But not “solo singer/songwriter” stuff; rather composed music for small band/ensemble. So how does one do this when one is a loner/sociopath? A short history of “D.E.Y.” (“Do Everything Yourself”) This was not something that was easy to do back in those days. In the history of pop music there were some producers who wore the hats of songwriter, arranger, performer, and engineer. This was a very rare thing. The recording studio in the early days was not a place that musicians found comprehensible, and required a cadre of what we now think of as geeks. One who comes to mind was Joe Meek (look him up) who had his own vision of the way records should sound and sequestered himself in a studio in an effort to make it happen. More interesting to me was Frank Zappa, who I write about elsewhere. He also had a vision of music from an early age and then set out with a laser-like focus to somehow realize his musical visions. There was hardly anyone doing this at the level he did in the 1960s. A major pioneer in “D.E.Y.” was Mike Oldfield, one of the most famous examples of the “D.E.Y.” ethic. Oldfield wangled some studio time in the wee hours of the morning from Richard Branson, who at the time was not yet a world airline mogul, but just ran a mail order record business. Oldfield’s first and most famous production, and Branson’s Virgin label’s first release was the blockbuster Tubular Bells in 1973. Oldfield had the same dream as Scott but had a way (and the initiative) to actualize it. People still regard Tubular Bells as truly seminal if not brilliant. But for the average punter, especially living in a musical backwater (like southern California), things were not so easy. Technology was not quite up to the self-producing and recording task for the average person at that time. Then Frank Zappa came along and had the same burning desire. Interestingly, he came out of the southern California area and had even fewer resources than Scott. Zappa’s strategy was to put together a group to do humourous and possibly outrageous music, which would establish him as a Real Professional musician and (he hoped) provide him with a basis to do the less commercial and more serious stuff that he (claimed he) really wanted to do. Meanwhile in Europe, Tangerine Dream (and slightly later, Kraftwerk) were forming to make music pushing the envelope of the technologies available at the time. Their success starting in the 70s was really remarkable and gave hope to a person sick of the usual pop product.

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