About this episode
Robert Margouleff discusses his innovative career in music and his memoir, Shaping Sounds.
It's difficult to summarize Robert Margouleff's career in a nutshell. He's a musical innovator thanks to him and his musical partner Malcolm Cecil's invention of a sort of synthesizer they dubbed Tonto's Expanding Headband. Tonto caught the ear of Stevie Wonder, who brought the guy's onboard to engineer/produce him during that peak 70s period (Innervisions, Talking Book, etc). This lead to further jobs with other legends like Devo, Billy Preston and Richie Havens. Music might be most of the story, but not all. He's made movies, sang opera, sailed ships, sang opera, started businesses and tons more. He tells his story well in his newly published memoir, Shaping Sounds. Robert joins us this week to discuss it all. You won't want to miss our chat or the book! www.margouleff.com www.patreon.com/c/thehustlepod
People in this episode
Host: Jon Lamoreaux
Guest: Robert Margouleff
Topics covered
- music innovation
- synthesizers
- memoirs
- music production
- interviews
Keywords
- synthesizer
- Tonto's Expanding Headband
- music production
- memoir
- Stevie Wonder
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Shaping Sounds
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