Interview with Al Schmitt, June 8, 1999

Project: Chasing Sound Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Al Schmitt discusses working in Los Angeles as an independent sound engineer. He begins by discussing his time working with Jefferson Airplane, and goes into some the detail about how he would record and work with them. They then move on to discussing studios that were in business when he first moved to Los Angeles, and the roles he feels that professional audio engineering societies play in the industry. The interview ends with the two discussing Walkmans and mobile recording.

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2016oh238_chase068

Interviewee Name

Al Schmitt

Interviewer Name

Susan Schmidt Horning

Interview Date

1999-06-08

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Schmitt, Al Interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. 08 Jun. 1999. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Schmitt, A. (1999, June 08). Interview by S. S. Horning. Chasing Sound Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Schmitt, Al, interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. June 08, 1999, Chasing Sound Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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