tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13104742.post6460242205539357564..comments2023-09-03T02:34:28.488-06:00Comments on dB's Blog: GEORGE MARTINBondelevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04903592870589154181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13104742.post-3990636935180834452008-08-28T14:18:00.000-06:002008-08-28T14:18:00.000-06:00This is why I am not a professional writer. I neve...This is why I am not a professional writer. <BR/><BR/>I never said anything to take away from his contributions to the band. I said that in the hour I heard him talk, he repeatedly referred to "the five of us in the band, I played keyboards" which overstated his role as performing musician with them. <BR/><BR/>I stand by that.Bondelevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903592870589154181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13104742.post-59030152203449576412008-08-28T14:15:00.000-06:002008-08-28T14:15:00.000-06:00Mr Bondelevitch,While I can see how it must look, ...Mr Bondelevitch,<BR/><BR/>While I can see how it must look, from the outside looking in, when George Martin equates himself as a Beatle collaborator as ego... in fact it is pretty fair. Remember, at the time the Beatles were self-taught musician teenagers at the time, sneaking up to the rooftop of Abbey Road Studios to smoke pot between sets and George Martin was a classically trained arranger and producer wrangling them in. He is responsible for all the orchestral arrangements and a big part of their sound.<BR/><BR/>As a former student of yours (2003), i am surprised that you would acknowledge the collaborative aspect of film but not George Martin's contribution to the Beatles.<BR/><BR/>George MAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340199431561329335noreply@blogger.com