Arranger Quotes - Page 1

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
Norman Granz / Music Producer
Leadership
Musician
Track
Arranger
Tracks
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It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.
Michael Bolton / Singer-Songwriter
Intention
Moments
Arranger
Producer
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Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called 'Raunchy.'
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Musician
Saxophone
Arranger
Big Hit
Bill
Mine
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Working as a producer, an arranger, and, in some cases, as a writer for some other people gave me a super different perspective.
David Longstreth /
Cases
Different Perspective
Arranger
Producer
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My father, Kali Gannguli, is an arranger, composer and accordion player who has worked with Salilda whose songs I had grown up hearing.
Jeet Gannguli /
Accordion
Arranger
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I've sort of decided that I can settle for being just the artist, arranger, writer and part-time engineer. That seems like enough to do.
Tom Scholz / Musician
Artist
Decided
Part Time
Seems
Writer
Arranger
Settle
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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
Marcelene Cox /
Family
Determined
Opposite
Face
Arranger
Bouquet
Flowers
Desires
Direction
Opposite Direction
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I picked all the tunes before I went to Memphis, and the band was all set. Willie Mitchell is an arranger like I am, and he let me do what I had to do.
Otis Rush / Musician
Memphis
Tunes
Arranger
Mitchell
Picked
Willie
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When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer.
Lenny Kravitz / Singer-Songwriter
Kids
Cutting
Records
Ripped
Arranger
Bought
Engineer
String
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I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that.
Bobby Vinton / Singer
Blue
Guitar
Musician
School
Schooled
Velvet
Arranger
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Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two.
Mel Torme / Musician
Careers
Giving
Precedent
Two
Arranger
Author
Directions
Marks
Opposed
Performer
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We spent a month in LA using a pool of musicians, a string arranger called Benjamin Wright, some great backing singers, and it gave tracks like Dynamite, which was written there, that kind of flavour.
Jay Kay / Musician
Dynamite
Pool
Singers
Month
Arranger
Backing
Gave
La
Musicians
Spent
String
Tracks
Wright
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Little Steven - the songwriter, producer, and arranger - stayed alive doing the 'Lilyhammer' score. That pretty much took up three or four years of my life, and all of my musical energy went into that.
Steven Van Zandt / Musician
Score
Life Energy My Life
Arranger
Producer
Stayed
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Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff.
Benmont Tench / Keyboardist
Easier
Play
Thinking
Trying
Ahead
Me Know Try
Arranger
Barely
Himself
Jeff
Wants
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But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.
Buddy Rich / Drummer
Interpretation
Play
Thinking
Writing
Arranger
Becomes
Chart
Create
Drum
Mechanical
Plays
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Success is good, but I have seen the other side. I don't think much about it. I just work towards making a good melody, with catchy yet meaningful lyrics, and as I'm a music producer and arranger myself, I know the sound I need.
Amaal Mallik /
Catchy
Meaningful
Melody
Success Work Good
Arranger
Success Is
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Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an orchestrator, an arranger and a musician first. I know how to write and rewrite songs, and the genius is really in the rewriting.
Nile Rodgers / Musician
Brian
Composer
Genius
Musician
Producers
Song
Writing
Almost All
Arranger
Dig
Rewrite
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.
Narada Michael Walden / Drummer
Artist
Crave
Glory
Helping Others
Solo
Soul
Spotlight
Arranger
Bandstand
Producer
Solo Artist
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Glenn's passing was so unexpected and has left me with a very heavy heart filled with sorrow. He was so young and still full of amazing genius. He was an extremely talented songwriter, arranger, leader, singer, guitarist - you name it - and Glenn could do it and create 'Magic' on the spot.
Don Felder / Musician
Filled
Guitarist
Heavy
Passing
Sorrow
Unexpected
Arranger
Amazing Heart Me
Glenn
Spot
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When I first started, I didn't know what I was doing. I was such a - like a kid that got into things before I was ready. I was like the original learning-on-the-job-experience guy. All I knew was, if I hired the best musicians, I got the best arranger, and got the right songs for the right singer, I had did my job correctly.
Dr. John / Singer-Songwriter
Ready
Arranger
Original
Correctly
Singer
Hired
Musicians
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