Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys
by David Foster
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Author: David FosterBrand: PBS
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-04
ISBN: 1439103062
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Gallery Books
Book Reviews of Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys
Book Review: Superb achievement from a towering musical talent- "HITMAN" by David Foster
Summary: 5 Stars
For over forty years, David Foster has been making great music. When I read this book, I passed it on to other members of my MainStar entertainment staff and our artists. I am beyond enthusiastic! At MainStar we write music with the aim of enriching the lives of all who hear our music as we rise to the top of the charts. As Founder and CEO of MainStar, it wasn't enough to just pass a copy of David Foster's book around. I ordered copies for everyone of our artists: Arthur King and Ashley Goode being the first among our musical artists to finish the book. The entire staff found the book to be inspiring. I am recommending this book to everyone I know and will make it required reading for all new staff as we build our multi-million dollar entertainment firm. Mainstar is turbocharged from this book.
Anyone reading this book will be engrossed with David Fosters description of his early life and his parents' recognition and encouragement of his musical talents (his mother noticed that David has perfect pitch and his father was a pianist), his introduction to the music business, his failures and how he dealt with and learned from them, the people who gave him a chance and how he created his own "breaks" resulting in his ultimate and continuing success in writing for and producing an amazing array of musical talent over the previous forty years (the list is vast; read the book and get the companion album). He deserves more than the 15 Grammy awards he has gotten so far. And the man is still going strong!
After reading this book you will be impressed, as the entire staff of MainStar music entertainment is impressed with the many astonishing musical, business and human insights provided by David Foster. He has been writing the soundtrack for our lives. Get this book! You will love and cherish "Hitman"!
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Summary of Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys
After almost four decades in the music business, David Foster -- producer, arranger, songwriter, performer -- is finally ready to talk. In this compelling and outspoken memoir, Foster shares some of his incredible stories: the first time he met Barbra Streisand, as a young session player in Los Angeles; his first of 15 Grammys® for "After the Love Has Gone," Earth, Wind & Fire's memorable hit; the making of Unison, Celine Dion's English-language debut; the challenges he faced on his way to putting the group Chicago back on the charts; his award-winning contribution to Unforgettable: With Love, Natalie Cole's comeback album; those back-to-back recording sessions with Madonna and Michael Jackson; and the incredible chain of events that spawned Whitney Houston's historic blockbuster, "I Will Always Love You."Foster has worked with superstars of every decade, including:
Celine Dion - Josh Groban - Whitney Houston - Michael Bublé - Barbra Streisand - Andrea Bocelli - Madonna - Michael Jackson - Natalie Cole - George Harrison - Earth, Wind & Fire - *NSYNC - Chicago - Paul McCartney - All-4-One - Katharine McPhee - Toni Braxton - Alice Cooper - Olivia Newton-John - Michael Bolton
...and many more.
From his unique and privileged vantage point, Foster describes the delicate balancing act between artist and producer, offers revealing portraits of some of those artists at work, and shares his secrets for success in the maddeningly fickle music industry.
At its heart, this is the story of a boy with perfect pitch who grew up to become one of the most influential musical forces of our time -- the solid gold hitman who produced the soundtrack of our lives.
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