Al Schmitt, legendary producer and engineer, dies at 91
28th April 2021
Legendary recording engineer and producer Al Schmitt died on Monday at the age of 91, his family has confirmed.
Schmitt, worked with a huge range of recording artists including Sam Cooke, Paul McCartney and Madonna, and received a record-breaking 20 Grammy Awards during his career, having been nominated a staggering 36 times.
His family revealed in a statement on Schmitt’s Facebook page that he passed away on 26 April.
The statement reads:
“Al Schmitt’s wife Lisa, his five children, eight grandchildren, and five great grandchildren would like his friends and extended recording industry family to know that he passed away Monday afternoon, April 26. The world has lost a much loved and respected extraordinary individual, who led an extraordinary life. The most honored and awarded recording producer/engineer of all time, his parting words at any speaking engagement were, “Please be kind to all livin
The Musicians Who Demanded Trump Stop Playing Their Music in 2020
28 Dec 2020
This year, President Donald Trump was confronted by more than a dozen musicians and bands with demands that he stop using their music at his rallies and events.
The attacks by left-wing artists and other apolitical musicians started the minute Trump began holding rallies after he came down from Trump Tower to announce he was running for president in June of 2015. Before that year closed, then candidate Trump was assailed by rock star Steven Tyler and his band, Aerosmith, for using songs including “Dream On,” and “Living on the Edge.” But the hits just kept on rolling with artists including Adele, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Neil Young, and even representatives for the Beatles, all of whom demanded that Trump pull their music from his events.