Akili Walker, Clip 2: Introduction to Studio Engineering
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Akili Walker
Date: Time Period: 1970s; 2016-04-12; Interview recorded: April 12, 2016
Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:05:47
Creator: Akili Walker interviewed by Frank Gattie
Identifier: aql:19860 qmp-aw-clip-000002
Description: Akili Walker knew he wanted to be a studio engineer at the age of nineteen. This revelation occurred when he walked into a jazz club and saw his friends using a mixing board to control sounds. He learned how to manipulate and create new sounds by hanging out with his peers in the jazz club. He was then asked to go on a tour with the musician Lonnie Liston.
Creator :
Akili Walker interviewed by Frank Gattie
Date :
Time Period: 1970s; 2016-04-12; Interview recorded: April 12, 2016
Summary/Description :
Akili Walker knew he wanted to be a studio engineer at the age of nineteen. This revelation occurred when he walked into a jazz club and saw his friends using a mixing board to control sounds. He learned how to manipulate and create new sounds by hanging out with his peers in the jazz club. He was then asked to go on a tour with the musician Lonnie Liston.
Subject :
Hip-hop; Music trade; Liston, Lonnie
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Brooklyn, Queens, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:05:47
Identifier :
aql:19860 qmp-aw-clip-000002
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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