Innovation is bringing the past into the future :: Buzz Amato

What is Innovation?

Buzz Amato, an independent producer, writer, arranger, & keyboardist with over 40 years in the music industry, talks on innovation in the music industry—including how it’s made, sold, and consumed

More about our guest:
Buzz has appeared on more than 150 CDs as a performer or producer. In 2000, Buzz created Amatones Music which focuses on independent production and film scoring. He has composed music for CNN, Delta Airlines, The Discovery Channel, the Weather Channel as well as for film and TV. His orchestration skills provided him the opportunity to score 2 pieces for jazz pianist Bob Thompson and the West VA Symphony Orchestra.

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Episode Guide:

2:17 - What Is Innovation

3:31 - History of Music and Technology

4:13 - Church music restrictions

5:18 - Legend Pianists

5:44 - Sound signature evolution

8:30 - Les Paul and Wes Montgomery

11:02 - Music in Innovation: Never finished

13:47 - Radios and selling records

15:18 - Impact of compartmentalization on music evolution

19:15 - Resurgence of record players and albums

22:00 - Copyright law of 1976

24:00 - Fair Music Act and online streaming

26:05 - Record labels and Napster

28:04 - Protection: A Human tendency

29:04 - Lessons from Curtis Mayfield

32:55 - Advice for future innovators

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