Phil Ramone to host/narrate recorded music series

RECORDING: The History of Recorded Music—a documentary currently under production by LRSMedia—will soon explore the history of music from Thomas Edison’s phonograph cylinders to Steve Jobs’ iPod. To narrate this eight-part series, LRS enlisted Phil Ramone, a producer for various well-known artists including Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Elton John.

Ramone will join fellow music industry veterans Larry Rosen and Ramsey Lewis in an in-depth analysis of the technological advances that have revolutionized how audiences approach popular artists. Delighted to sign on to the project, Ramone said in a statement, "(The) story of American music and the story of music technology go hand-in-hand. What we hear, alone and as a society, is very much influenced by the technology of the day.”

The series' expected finish is tentatively set for early 2009.

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