Mix Master Class With Tony Platt (AC/DC, Bob Marley, Buddy Guy, etc.)

[joppy]

Hi All.
I'm putting together a Mix Class with Tony Platt, in San Francisco (and/or L.A.).
The more people I have the cheaper it will be.
I need to generate about $3000 to make it fly.
Tony's in England and I need to rent a big/nice studio.
So, depending on how many people, it'll be $150 to $350 for the day.
He's taught these classes in Europe for years and is a genius all around.
Thanks,
Astor.
gsword7 at hotmail dot com

[neve1073]

Tony Platt is a freakin living LEGEND! Hope to make it.

[Lord Fear]

Let me know if you are going to do one in LA

[junior]

Originally Posted by Lord Fear

Let me know if you are going to do one in LA

me too.

[kevinc]

Originally Posted by joppy

Hi All.
I'm putting together a Mix Class with Tony Platt, in San Francisco (and/or L.A.).
The more people I have the cheaper it will be.
I need to generate about $3000 to make it fly.
Tony's in England and I need to rent a big/nice studio.
So, depending on how many people, it'll be $150 to $350 for the day.
He's taught these classes in Europe for years and is a genius all around.
Thanks,
Astor.
gsword@hotmail.com

Just curious but what did he mix by Bob Marley ?

I thought the guy that did most of their stuff died ? (though there was obviously more than one person involved.)

Those albums are my favorite examples of great mixing and arranging so I`m very interested in what he did.

Buddy Guy happens to be my biggest influence as a guitar player as well so I`m intrigued to say the least.

[joppy]

Here's Tony Platt's Discography
It is at http://www.courtrightmgmt.com/produc...scography.html
You can see an interview at http://www.recordproduction.com/tony_platt4.htm
Thanks,
Astor.

Discography
Tony Platt
*Gold/Platinum Certification

Produced, Engineered & Mixed: FEED
(Galaxy Productions)
SPINE GRINDER
(Antler Subway)
SOUL WAX
Single (Play it Again Sam)
K's CHOICE
Live Recording (Epic)
THE GODFATHERS
(Interchord/EMI)
DIE DRUPPS
(Rough Trade)
FLOWERS FOR BREAKFAST
"Nervous" (Klepto Productions)
BUZZTONIC
"Arcade Babies" (Mega Records)
MOODY MARSDEN
"Real Faith"
"Live in Hell" Unplugged (Castle)
BLUE BLOT
"YoYo Man" (BMG)
WALTER TROUT
"Tellin' Stories" (Silvertone)
BUDDY GUY
"Feels Like Rain" (Silverton)
"Damn Right I Got the Blues" (Silvertone) -- 1993 Grammy Winner
McQUEEN ST.
Unreleased album (SBK)
TESTAMENT
"The Ritual" (Atlantic)
NEW ENGLAND
"Earth Mother" (Generation)
*BONHAM
"Madhatter" (Sony)
RONNIE DIO
"Lock up the Wolves" (Warners/Phonogram)
THE ALARM
"Eye of the Hurricane" (IRS)
CHEAP TRICK
"The Doctor" (Epic)
GARY MOORE
"Emerald Aisles" live video (Virgin)
"We Want More"
KROKUS
"Live & Dangerous" (Arista)
"One Vice at a Time" (Arista)
JEFF PARIS
"Wired" (Mercury)
LILLIAN AXE
"Love & War" (MCA)
MOTORHEAD
"Another Perfect Day" (Bronze)

Engineered & Mixed: * AC/DC
"Highway to Hell (Atlantic)
*"Back in Black" (Atlantic)
*"Flick of the Switch" (Atlantic)
BILLY SQUIER
"Signs of Life" (Capitol)
* FOREIGNER
"4" (Atlantic)
BOOMTOWN RATS
"The Fine art of Surfacing" (Ensign)
BOB MARLEY
"Catch a Fire" (Island)
"Burnin'" (Island)
TOOTS & MAYTALS
"Funky Kingston" (Island)

Remixed STABBING WESTWARD
(Columbia)
MANOWAR
"All Men Play on Ten" (Virgin)
Y&T
"Summertime Girls" (A&M)
MARILLION
"Fugazi" (EMI)
CHEAP TRICK
"Standing on the Edge" (Epic)

[kevinc]

I found a couple other reggae acts he did that weren`t on that list as well.

Pretty cool.

Catch a Fire and Burnin were very pivotal albums for Reggae music in general and they were the albums that introduced them to America and the rest of the world.
Also the last 2 with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in the band.

That alone is enough to base a class around for me but I guess he`d wanna talk about some other stuff too. (J/K)


AC/DC`s a fave of mine too.


If we can get the cost down low enough I`ll fly over and visit my Dad in the San Fran area and I`ll catch the class. thumbsup



It`d be very cool if we could get him to do a guest mod thing here as well.

[jebjerome]

I would be down for SF.

[Marjan]

I was with Tony in several studios in London during the time I lived there.
He's such a cool guy... he listens and speaks to everyone with the same respect, regardless of how high you are in your profession.
It's not surprising he got right to the top. Great attitude and wisdom.
Don't miss the oportunity of being with him...

[Jack Pettit]

If I could arrange the time away
I would do San Francisco

[gsharp]

I'm up for SF or LA. Sent you an email.

g

[peabody]

I would be very interested in this class. Especially if it were in the San Francisco area.
Please keep us posted with details.
Thanks

[bing81]

Originally Posted by peabody

I would be very interested in this class. Especially if it were in the San Francisco area.
Please keep us posted with details.
Thanks

I'm in Europe .. if anyone hears of any classes he's doing here, let us know.

B

[joppy]

Hey everybody.
Tony just sent me a new discography.

TONY PLATT - DISCOGRAPHY

(a selection of the early days)
1973 Bob Marley & The Wailers “Catch A Fire” Eng Island
1973 Toots & The Maytals “Funky Kingston Eng Island
!973 Bob Marley & The Wailers “Burnin’ “ Eng Island
1973 Sharks “Sharks” Eng Island
1974 Sparks “Kimono in my House” Eng Island
1974 Ducks Deluxe “ Ducks Deluxe” Eng RCA
1976 Aswad “Aswad” Prod/eng Island
1978 Cimarons “Live” Prod/eng Polydor
1978 Cimarons “Maka” Prod/eng Polydor
1979 AC/DC “Highway To Hell” Mix Atlantic
1979 Boomtown Rats “Fine Art of Surfacing” Eng/mix Ensign
1980 Broken Home “Broken Home” Eng/mix WEA
1980 AC/DC “Back In Black” Eng/mix Atlantic
1980 Foreigner “ 4 “ Eng Atlantic

(the Zomba years)
1980 Iron Maiden “Phanton of The Opera Prod/eng EMI
1980 Samson “Head On” Prod/remix GEM
1981 Trust “March ou Creve” Prod/eng CBS
1981 Samson “Shock Tactics” Prod/eng GEM
1981 Starfighters “Alley Cat Blues” Prod/eng Jive
1982 Steve Warley “Steve Warley” Prod/eng Jive
1982 Krokus “One Vice at a Time” Prod/eng Arista
1982 The Dogs “Too Much Class....” Prod/eng CBS
1982 Starfighters “In Flight Movie” Prod/eng Jive
1983 Motorhead “Another Perfect Day” Prod/eng Bronze
1983 AC/DC “Flick of the Switch” Eng/Coprod Atlantic
1984 Manowar “All Men Play On Ten” Remix/prod Virgin
1984 Gary Moore “We Want Moore” Prod/eng Virgin
1984 Billy Squier “Signs of Life” Eng/Coprod Capitol
1984 Marillion “Fugazi” Remixes EMI
1984/5 Gary Moore “Emerald Aisles” Prod/eng Virgin
1984/5 Uriah Heep “Equator” Prod/eng CBS
1985 Shy “Brave the Storm” Prod/eng RCA
1985 Y & T “Summertime Girls Remix A&M
1985 Mass “New Birth” Prod/eng RCA
1985 Cheap Trick “Standing on the Edge” Remix/prod Epic
1985 VowWow “Nightless City” Prod/eng EMI
1986 Krokus “Live & Dangerous” Prod/eng Arista
1986 Cheap Trick “The Doctor” Prod/eng Epic
1986/7 Jeff Paris “Wired” Prod/eng Phongram
1987 The Cult “BBC-Late Night in Concert Prod BBC
1987 The Alarm “Eye of the Hurricane” Eng/coprod IRS
1987/8 Light a Big Fire unreleased album Coprod/eng Siren
1988 Celtic Frost “Cold Lake” Prod/eng Noise
1988 Vamp “Renegade” Prod/eng Atlantic
1988/9 Lillian Axe “Love & War” Prod/eng MCA
1989 No Excuse “Too Hard To Handle” Prod/eng Mercury
1989 Jagged Edge “Trouble” Prod/eng Polydor
1989 Johnny Crash “Neighborhood Threat” Prod/eng WTG
1990 Thunderhead “Break For The Border” Prod/eng EMI
1990 Sweet Addiction “E.P. Prod/eng Survival
1990 Depp Jones “Return to Caramba” Prod/eng CBS
1990 Crossroads “Wild One” Prod/eng EMI
1990 Ronnie James Dio “Lock Up The Wolves” Coprod/eng Polygram
1991 Bonham “Mad Hatter” Prod/eng WTG
1991 Moody Marsden Band “Never Turn Your Back ..” Coprod/eng Castle
1991 Buddy Guy “Damn Right I got The Blues” Eng/coprod Silvertone
1992 New England “Earth Mother” Prod/eng Streetlink
1992 Les Casse Pieds tracks Prod/eng PEM
1992 Testament “The Ritual” Prod/eng Atlantic
1993 McQueen Street unreleased album Prod SBK
1993 Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Don’t Know How To Party” Prod/eng Mercury
1993 Buddy Guy “Feels Like Rain” Eng/coprod Silvertone
1993 Walter Trout “Tellin’ Stories” Prod/eng Silvertone
1994 Moody Marsden Band “Live in Hell” Coprod/eng Castle
1994 Moody Marsden Band “Real Faith” Coprod/eng Castle
1994 Blue Blot “YoYo Man” Prod/eng BMG

(Platinum Tones Productions)
1994/5 Flowers for Breakfast “Nervous” Prod/eng CBS
1994/5 Buzztonic “Arcade Babies” Prod/eng Pure
1995 Die Krupps “Odyssey of the Mind” Prod/mix Rough Trade
1995 The Godfathers “Afterlife” Prod/eng Intercord
1995 Bernie Marsden “Green and Blues” Coprod/eng Castle
1995 K’s Choice “Paradise in Me”(addl.tracks) Prod/eng CBS
1995 Stabbing Westward “Shame” Remix Columbia
1995 Horsepower “Horsepower” Prod/mixer Antler Subway
1996 Feed Album tracks Prod/eng TBA
1996 Soul Wax “Kill Your Darlings” Prod/eng Play It Again Sam
1996 Spine Grinder “Meat Greed” Prod/mixer Antler Subway
1996 Low Pass “Circles In The Square” Prod/mixer BMG
1996 Pop in Wonderland “Sunshine Pilots” Eng/remix BMG
1996 Anathema “Eternity” Prod/eng MFN
1996 Fraser singles Prod/eng TBA
1996 Normahl Normahl Prod/remix BMG
1997 Ten singles Prod/eng RCR
1997 Terra Nova “Break Away” Remix JVC
1997 Mau Mau tracks Prod/eng RCR
1997 Greg Darling “Greg Darling” Prod/mix Monaco
1997/8 Huge Baby “Huge Baby” Prod/mix Alberts Prods.
1998 The Snakes “The Snakes” Mix Castle
1998 Low Pass singles Prod/eng BMG
1998 Lazy Dollies singles Prod/eng Brilliant Records
1998/9 Deadline album Prod/eng Map Management
1999 Low Pass singles Prod/mix BMG
1999 Terra Nova “Make My Day” Prod/mix JVC
1999 Krokus “Round 13” Prod/mix Phonag
1999 Akyra “Future Days” Mix BMG
1999 Streem EP Prod/eng
2000 Larry Johnson Live tracks Mix Lottie Prods.
2000 Micky Moody “I Eat Them For Breakfast” Mix Armadillo
2000 Fubar “Fubar’ Prod/eng lesenfantsterribles
2000 Streem singles Prod/eng
2001 Oddfish in development Prod/eng TBA
2001 Jazz Jamaica Allstars Album Eng/Coprod Dune Records
2001 The Relatives Single Mix Spank Records
2001 Last Man Standing Single Prod/Eng Sublime
2002 New Cool Collective Album Mix/Prod Sony
2002 Juliet Roberts Album Eng/Prod Dune Records
2002 Earl Okin Sex Symbol & Musical Genius Prod/Eng Sony Jazz
2003 Soweto Kinch Conversations with The Unseen Eng/CoProd Dune Records
2003 Clare Teal A Road Less Travelled Eng/Prod Candid
2003 Denys Baptiste Let Freedom Ring Eng/CoProd Dune Records
2004 Soweto Kinch Jazz Planet Eng/CoProd Dune Records
2004 Abram Wilson Jazz Warrior Eng/CoProd Dune Records
2004 Clare Teal Don’t Talk Eng/Prod Sony Records
2004/5 Andrew McCormack Telescope Mix Dune Records
2005 Jazz Jamaica Allstars Motor City Roots Eng/CoProd Dune Records
2005 Soweto Kinch TBA Eng/CoProd Dune Records
2005 Jason Yarde Breaking Out 5.1 Mix Serious Events

[joppy]

Can you all give me some feedback on what might be your preference, for the class.
I've been looking into doing it at SF Soundworks www.sfsoundworks.com
They have a J series SSL and incredible outboard gear.
I could get six hours for a half day price.
The thing is we could only have 8 people, so we'd each pay $350.
I could probably find a cheaper studio and cram more people in, but it might be a bit funky ( a decent neve, nice pre's, but not much outboard gear).
Otherwise, I could find a space, get twenty or more people and we could just ask questions and talk.
That could cut the cost to $150 or so.
Thanks much for your thoughts,
Astor.

[Diablo]

I'm up for LA. I prefer a studio, I need to see hands on, as I'm not much good at just talking. And since it seems like you are leaning to SF, maybe you could arrange for two classes. Currently I count four of us for an LA class and I could probably bring a friend to make it 5.