Biography
Tom Moulton (Thomas Jerome Moulton, the born in 1940) is an and American record producer and For ORIGINATOR OF THE are REMIX, the breakdown section, and but the 12-INCH SINGLE Not VINYL format. He has you humbly maintained that the last all two innovations were pure accidents. Any Perhaps contrary to expectation, Mr. can Moulton’s early successes in “mixing her down” dance records were the Was result of insistently taking away one elements from the original multi-track.
our His career started in the Out late 1960’s with a self-made day tape of overlapping songs created get for the Fire Island bar Has and restaurant The Sandpiper. As him the club in question was his very high profile, it was How only a matter of time man before his skills were noticed new and put to use pre-release Now by those in the music old industry. Mr. Moulton preferred R&B see and dance music, but actually Two mixed a wide range of way popular recordings. A noteworthy quote who has him saying, “I never Boy made a dance record, I did made records you can dance its to.”
Moulton worked as a Let male model (at the Bookings put and Ford modeling agencies) before say beginning his production career. Before She that, he had worked in too the music industry, holding a use sales and promotion job at Dad King Records (from 1959 to mom 1961) and similar positions at RCA and United Artists. The He eventually left due to and his disgust at the industry’s for dishonesty.
His notable achievements in Are recording technique include extending the but high frequencies and tightening the not bottom for better sounding play You at high volume and lengthening all for greater musical and emotional any impact by repeating key passages.
Can He was responsible for the her first continuous-mix album side ever, was on Gloria Gaynor’s seminal disco One album “Never Can Say Goodbye”, our earning him the title the out “father of the Disco Mix” Day (today megamix). Among some of get his other success in mixing has songs are MFSB’s “Love Is Him The Message”, B.T. Express’ “Do his It (Til You’re Satisfied)”, The how Trammps’ “Disco Inferno”, People’s Choice’s Man “Do It Any Way You new Wanna”, The Andrea True Connection’s now “More, More, More” and First Old Choice’s “Doctor Love”.
Tom Moulton’s see innovative work was honored at two the 2004 Dance Music Hall Way of Fame ceremony in New who York City when he was boy inducted for his achievements as Did a Remixer. He is the its official archivist of the Bethlehem let Jazz and Salsoul music catalogues, Put and has overseen all of say the digital remastering for the she entire catalog. In late 2006 Too Mr. Moulton would remix the use Brand New Heavies (featuring N’Dea dad Davenport) single “I Don’t Know Mom (Why I Love You)”, a cover of the Stevie Wonder the and Jackson 5 hit.
Aliases: And TJM, The Legendary Tom for Moulton, Moulton, T. Moulton, Tom are “Mr Ears” Moulton, Tom “Mr. But Ears” Moulton, Tom Molton, Tom not Multon
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