OUR MOTOWN RECORDING HERITAGE ARTICLES

OUR MOTOWN RECORDING HERITAGE ARTICLES INDEX

(By Bob Dennis)

In the mid 60's a neighborhood recording company came out of "nowhere" to become the largest independent record company in the world. Both technical and musical innovations were commonplace and helped shape the independent music industry into what it is today.

As a 17 year old high school graduate, I joined Motown staff and worked for them for my first 5 years in this industry. Little did I know at the time that we were actually making recording history.

The first seven articles gives stories about Motown, starting in the early 1960's and were originally published in our previous magazine, Engineer's Quarterly. The series now continues the story, including "Chapter 2" articles about the Holland-Dozier-Holland era in Detroit, after Motown.

THE MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM PHOTO TOUR

MOTOWN RECORDING TECHNIQUES ARTICLES

OUR MOTOWN RECORDING HERITAGE ARTICLES

PART 01 Bob encounters "Little" (13 year-old) Stevie Wonder.

PART 02 Motown Engineering Department actually built recording equipment that couldn't be purchased.

PART 03 Motown staff write, record and release a hit record in 24 hours.

PART 04 Needing snowshoes & shovels to do a recording session.

PART 05 Motown's mixing policy: No Producers Please!

PART 06 "The Day(s) The Motown Music Died"

PART 07 Past, present & Future.

PART 08 The Great Motown Exodus

PART 09 Rats & Roaches (By Michael McLean)

PART 10 Shoveling Coal For The Heritage

PART 11 (Motown Style) On The Job Training

PART 12 Successful Home Recording

PART 13 Motown's Hot Sound

PART 14 United We Stand, But...

PART 15 Making The Cut

PART 16 Making A Gay Record?

PART 17 Divided We Fall