![]() ![]() ![]() He rambles, he repeats, he backtracks, there’s almost nothing here that you didn’t know if you were any kind of Brian Wilson fan, but as usual, he gets to you, and his voice in this book becomes almost hypnotic. Though one of the first users of an eight-channel multitrack tape recorder, he shunned stereophonic sound, preferring (as Spector did) to work in monaural - because he believed stereo gave an incomplete "sound picture" if the listener was not directly between the speakers, although this can also be partially attributed to Wilson being deaf in his right ear. Wilson was a perfectionist in the studio, and often upset the other members of the Beach Boys with this incessant drive for perfection. ![]() Wilson admired Phil Spector, considering him both a mentor and rival. ![]() The lead vocal parts for The Beach Boys recordings were primarily sung by either Wilson, his brother Carl, or Mike Love.Įarly influences included The Four Freshmen and Chuck Berry, among others. Wilson was also the band's main producer, composer, and arranger. Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.īrian Douglas Wilson is an American musician best known as the lead songwriter, bassist, and singer of the American pop band The Beach Boys. ![]()
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