Unit 5 : Phil Spector

 Phil Spector

Who is Phil Spector?

Phil Spector was an American music producer. 

What was Phil Spector known for? 

Phil Spector is known for his work The wall of sound. Which he used new techniques which made Phil Spector high demand with alot of artist and bands wanting him to produce for them 

such as Ike, Tina Turner, John Lennon, The Beatles. 

my source https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phil-Spector 

this is a reliable source according to academia stackexchange  

What was the technique Phil Spector used?

To achieve the wall of sound what Phil Spector did was recording multiple musicians at the same time in a small room which created a wall of sound with no interruptions from other noise sources. Phil Spector used what was round him which puts more emotion into any song.

my source https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/phil-spectors-wall-of-sound-technique/  

this is a reliable source according to biasly

What lessons can we take from Phil Spector?

The lessons we can learn from Phil Spector is to use the studio to its full potential what may look like chaos is actually a music master-peace to over dub the instruments making them more predominate in the song this creates more feeling in a song. 

my source https://www.nathanfieldsmusic.com/blog/wall-of-sound-technique-phil-spector

this is a reliable source as he works in the music field 

What was the dark side to Phil Spector? 

The dark side to Phil Spector was he was convicted of murdering Lana Clarkson using a gun which alot of past artist did bring up who have closely worked with Spector in the past. These action unfortunately  have tainted his technique causing pain too many people who worked with him. It is very hard to separate his art from him being the artist as his actions caused a life to be lost.

my source https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/phil-spector-true-crime-culture/