filmandmusic
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So I was watching the Janet doc and when the segment came up of Janet and Michael writing scream there was a brief moment where Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis talked about Michael in the studio recording "scream". It wasn't shown but I'm pretty sure there is footage of that, the was my perception when watching the scene.
By now we should all just accept that the music has dried up, there are probably dozens and dozens of demo's and other unfinished recorded snippets but the Estate is clearly not very interested in doing something with those.
So what about a documentary of Michael Jackson the artist, in the studio. His natural habitat...
Over the years we have seen several small clips of Michael in the studio and we have heard a lot of people talk about how it is to work with MJ, we have heard dozens of anecdotes of what it is like. One thing always comes back. It is the complete commitment, professionalism and energy that MJ brought with him in the studio. Not once did I hear a producer not being in awe of watching Michael in the studio. Watching Michael laying down his vocals for all these iconic songs should all lift our spirits as fans.
Include as much as you can. The writing process, the discussions, jam sessions, interviews with people who worked with and on the songs and a lot A LOT of Michael singing. There are reports that Michael did a lot of full takes in the studio, singing his tracks from start to finish. This is as good if not better than any live concert… Focus on the artist and in my opinion genius artist.
We got glimpses on the 2 documentaries but it didn't focus on the music enough, it should be more in depth, stripping the music to its skeleton and building it up again, brick by brick. It is the only way to get into the mind of Michael the artist and to show the world he was more than that controversial figure.
I really hope there will be something that focusses on that after the movie releases and Taj's documentary drops.
By now we should all just accept that the music has dried up, there are probably dozens and dozens of demo's and other unfinished recorded snippets but the Estate is clearly not very interested in doing something with those.
So what about a documentary of Michael Jackson the artist, in the studio. His natural habitat...
Over the years we have seen several small clips of Michael in the studio and we have heard a lot of people talk about how it is to work with MJ, we have heard dozens of anecdotes of what it is like. One thing always comes back. It is the complete commitment, professionalism and energy that MJ brought with him in the studio. Not once did I hear a producer not being in awe of watching Michael in the studio. Watching Michael laying down his vocals for all these iconic songs should all lift our spirits as fans.
Include as much as you can. The writing process, the discussions, jam sessions, interviews with people who worked with and on the songs and a lot A LOT of Michael singing. There are reports that Michael did a lot of full takes in the studio, singing his tracks from start to finish. This is as good if not better than any live concert… Focus on the artist and in my opinion genius artist.
We got glimpses on the 2 documentaries but it didn't focus on the music enough, it should be more in depth, stripping the music to its skeleton and building it up again, brick by brick. It is the only way to get into the mind of Michael the artist and to show the world he was more than that controversial figure.
I really hope there will be something that focusses on that after the movie releases and Taj's documentary drops.
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