An
Interview With Joe Mardin
He is a
music producer, Grammy nominated filmmaker and the son of legendary music
producer, composer, arranger, musician, conductor and genius, Arif Mardin. Joe Mardin not only continues music in the
tradition and to the high standards his father set for the industry
internationally, but has completed a remarkable documentary biography on his
father entitled The Greatest Ears In Town,
which we recently covered and is easily one of the best music releases of the
year. Now we get a chance to talk to him
about music, family, industry, legacy, his late father Arif and completing a
massive album his father was in progress on working on up to his passing.
1) Thank you for
joining us. Most of these questions will
only scratch the surface of your father Arif Mardin's work and legacy in making
unforgettable, enduing, lasting music, but it is important for our readers to
understand the massive extent of his success and what a giant in music he
really was. I wanted to start with his arrival
at Atlantic Records, where he at first joined in a bureaucratic capacity in
1963 until record label co-founder Ahmet Ertegun found out what a music talent
he was. This led to the pairing of your father Arif Mardin and groundbreaking
producer/engineer Tom Dowd becoming this dynamite team of music makers, often
joined by or joining Jerry Wexler. When
were you first aware of this teaming and its groundbreaking nature?
I was aware
from a very young age but it was not Ahmet but Nesuhi Ertegun who hired my
father and it was Jerry Wexler who eventually added Arif to the team of Wexler
and Tom Dowd.
2) Your father's first
big production, The Young Rascals' Good Lovin'
in 1966 was a big #1 hit across the board and put him and the group in the map,
while keeping Atlantic Records one of the most important records labels
around. Any interesting untold stories
about the song and its success you can share with us?
The only
thing that comes to mind immediately is that when the Young Rascals signed to
Atlantic, they insisted their contract stipulate that they would self-produce.
When Tom Dowd
and my father were brought in to work with them, even though they were acting
as producers, if you look on the records, they are credited with supervision.
3)
After years at
Columbia Records, Aretha Franklin moved to Atlantic hoping for success that had
eluded her, then she met Mr. Wexler & your father, started to work with
them and her reign as The Queen Of Soul began in what
become more landmark music and some of the most important music this country
ever produced, including socially and politically. This included an amazing combination of
talent and chemistry. Why do you think
this worked so brilliantly?
Credit must
first go to Mr. Wexler. He had the vision and really, the chutzpah to think he and Atlantic could provide more success for Aretha than
she had managed to achieve with the great John Hammond [who discovered Miss
Franklin and...
For the rest of the interview, go to this
link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/interview/12488/An+Interview+With+Joe+Mardin
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Art,
Ike C, Charles Constantino on 56th Grammy Entry List
‘Around the World’ appears on the 56th Grammy
Entry List in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best
Rap/Sung Collaboration, and Best Rap Song.
The Recording
Academy has
selected the original version of Around the World, the rap/sung
collaboration by Art featuring Ike C, for inclusion on the 56th Grammy Entry
List in four categories. Around the World appears in the entry categories
of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and Best
Rap Song. Members of the Recording
Academy vote from the 56th Grammy Entry List for the nominees for the 2014
Grammy Awards.
Click
here to listen to a clip of Around the World.
The
Grammy Award for Record of the Year recognizes the artist; the tracking, mix
and mastering engineers; and the producer.
Chaz Peacock tracked Around the World. Charles Constantino and Chaz Peacock mixed
the song. Garrett Haines mastered the
Charles Constantino production of Around the World.
The
awards for Song of the Year and Best Rap Song recognize the songwriters. Steven "Art" Williams wrote the rap
lyrics for Around
the World. Isaac "Ike C" Cummings and Charles
Constantino wrote the sung lyrics. Charles Constantino wrote the music for the
song. The Grammy for Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration recognizes the artists.
Charles
Constantino Publishing—a member of ASCAP, the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers—is the exclusive publisher of Around the World. CoreCre8,
a division of Core Media House L.L.C., released the song. Core Media House cofounder and chief creative
officer Charles Constantino produced and co-wrote the Somerhill recordings of Free Your Mind (Tara Na) and Today or Tomorrow. Both of the Somerhill recordings appeared on
the 52nd Grammy Entry List in the categories of Best Rock Performance by a Duo
or Group with Vocals and Best Rock Song.
The
original version of Around the World is available at Amazon, Google
Play, iTunes, and other Internet
retailers. The song is available in
FLAC, MP3-320 and MP3 file types at CD Baby. On March 17, 2013, Around the World reached
number two on the list of the bestselling MP3 songs in neo soul at Amazon.
Click here to request
additional information.
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Click
here for a PDF version of the preceding press release,
“Art,
Ike C, Charles Constantino on 56th Grammy Entry List.”
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