The Urantia Book, MC5, Moondog, Trout Mask Replica, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, FZ, Sir George Martin, Yes, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir, Holst, Barber, Elgar, Mahler, Bernstein, John Williams, The Beatles...what else is there?
I'm back from Nashville. Next week I'm gonna post some new songs. My legendary Santana rehearsal mixes from 1976, Baby Grand, Eric Johnson and I, etc.
Born James David Prater in Ft.Worth, Texas, I'm known mainly as a record producer. I rarely work in the U.S. Originally a drummer, at the age of 20 I was officially a member of Santana (1976). Records I've produced have sold millions of copies domestically and internationally. Dream Theater's "Images and Words" and 'Change of Seasons" for Atco/East West. Firehouse's 1st and 2nd records on Sony/Epic. The movie "Dirty Dancing" singles "I've had the time of my life" (Academy Award winner) and "Hungry Eyes", although, due to pre-existing legal constraints, as of the present time I've yet to be formally acknowledged for the role I played in their creation. Nevertheless, it must be stated that without my involvement, the songs as the public has come to know them wouldn't exist. Including all the songs featured on this page, I've literally produced, engineered, mixed and performed on more records than I can remember.
hey dave how..s goin.. . Congragulations for your works, they are cool. my name is michael frelinghuysen i..m the vocalist of GODS, a chilean rock band.our space is www.myspace.com/godsrockband. would be very important for us to know your opinion about the band, the music and of course the voice.
Hi David!!! here Mattias from Chile, we talk a lot in your last visit during your work with Six Magic.... in a Little "Carrete" in the "Studio House".. jajaja
Well, you know that I like your work with ºFahrenheit and with Six Magics and I hope someday can work with you... for my own project.
I need a little help David, maybe in January I'm gonna go to EE.UU and I want to buy a Studio Tube Microphone... I was Thinking about the RODE K2, but i read bad things about this mic.... so, could you give me a hand with this?... which tube mic it's a good option for US$600 -700???
Love your work, especially on Images and Words, which is by far the best DT album ever IMHO. After all of these years of listening to that CD religiously, I still hear something new in the production with every listen. That (in my opinion) is the true definition of a well-produced CD!
hola david,how are you mon?just stopped by to listen to some really cool stuff,what up with kritikil?beau hills got um sounding like a FUCKIN POP GROUP!!!!!!!ricky,
Hi David. Thanks for the add. Love your work. Just got a copy of the Lethargy album. A good bunch of lads, and a great band. You've done them proud with the production. Budgieregards
How's everything going on your side of the planet? Our video for "A Lost Adoration" is now up, hope you like it... We went back to Mwnci Studio to shoot all the band footage, it brought back so many happy memories!
we shot a video for a lost adoration last monday. we are editing in two weeks time, i'll let you know when its up and running. i got some pics up from the shoot on my page and will have more up on the lethargy page soon. hope the move is going well.
Hey Puke...
Keep them fusion tracks up for a bit, I have to send a few guys this way to hear em, coo-ool!
Also, check out new Dungen. Tio Bitar. Some absolutely fabulous stuff on there....
Also an album called Dungen, out last year? Some extremely long tunes that have some stellar ideas......
loving this weeks tracks. what was the name of the band from the kyle bateman demo, really enjoyed that track. also, loved the stevie wonder vibe of your 1976 demos.
Thanks so much for your friendship, John
