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Tom Dowd & The Language Of Music

2004, Movie, NR, 88 mins

Tom Dowd & The Language Of Music: Review

Legendary recording engineer and producer Tom Dowd (1925-2002) spent more than five decades in the studio, his career mirroring the development of studio engineering as an art form in its own right, a complement to making music rather than an afterthought. Born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Dowd came from an arts-oriented family — his mother was a singer and his father a stage manager; as a youngster he studied violin and piano, took up the tuba in high... read more leave a comment