#Jim Masdea

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Boston - Hitch a Ride 

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Monday 8pm ET: Feature Artist: Boston Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, which had its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Las cintas del sótano de Tom Scholz (1973-75) haciéndolo todo menos tocando la batería (Jim Masdea) y cantando (Brad Delp) en un 24 pistas. 

Me pregunto si realmente tenían que volver a grabar estas canciones de nuevo, “profesionalmente”. Pero lo hicieron, caramba, lo hicieron, y el resultado no fue muy diferente a lo que aquí podemos escuchar.

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Greatness comes from flaws, not from perfection.

Jim Masdea (baterista de Boston, sobre la producción de “Boston”)

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Outside The Studio - Boston: Boston

By Robert Kaiser I know that the struggle can seem long, with never-ending difficulties.  It’s easy to believe that artists who have changed the music world came to success with relative ease.  Sometimes, it’s comforting to hear of a story that is (at least slightly) similar to your own . . . this may be one of those stories.  The tale begins in Tom Scholz’ childhood, where he studied classical piano at eight years old.  As he grew, his fascination and love for music moved him to teach himself the bass, drums and guitar.  When he was 22 years old, he started recording music that would eventually end up on his debut album: Boston.

Image: Boston Scholz seemed to stay grounded, keeping an arguably realistic outlook on his future career in music.  He worked for the Polaroid Corporation, using his degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to make a living.  He dreamed of stardom, but he believed that his job as a product engineer is what would continue to pay the bills.  From his actions though, it seems clear that he wanted badly, nothing more than to share his music.  Many of his evenings, he could be found playing the keyboards for a variety of Boston based bar bands.  Quite a few of his nights, he could be found following his passion of writing and recording original music.  Through his keyboard playing, he met, and often played with Jim Masdea who would end up playing drums in Scholz’ first band, Mother’s Milk. In 1970, Scholz and Masdea began working on recording their music with exacting standards.  Many songs were recorded over, and over again.  When singer Brad Delp was added to the band, the songs were recorded yet again.  Over the next three years, the group had amassed a solid collection of four songs to mail out to dozens of record companies.  Every company said no.  Things started to get really shaky for the band.  Brad Delp says “There was a period when I had to leave the band, because there just wasn't any money coming in . . . I had a wife and I had rent to pay and that kind of stuff.  So I had to leave the band . .”  About a year later, Tom called his old vocalist to enlist some help on a few new tracks.  In 1975, the last demo tape was created . . . finally, there was a small amount of interest at Epic Records. Keep in mind, Scholz’ band was no longer playing live, at this point.  The entire effort was placed towards creating a great recording.  The band was in such a degraded state, that there were really only two people left, Scholz and Delp.  When Epic called, they requested a live audition to seal the record deal.  Scholz and Delp scrambled to fill the other three positions in order to play live, for the first time, during their record audition.  While waiting for Epic’s response, Schulz finished the last two demos of his new songs.  The newest song to the line-up: “More Than a Feeling” which was actually written over a five-year period. Once the band earned a deal with Epic, the demo songs needed to be recorded again.  “. . wanted a studio version exactly like the demo. Now, the only way that could be possibly done was if I played those parts just like I did on the demo . .”  Scholz found that the only solution to this request, was to re-record each of the tracks in his home studio.  So, he and his band went to work in the basement of a Boston apartment, again.  Scholz remembers, "The acoustic guitar on 'More Than a Feeling' was recorded using a $100 imported Yamaha 12-string guitar, through a dynamic microphone, and the drums were recorded by a few Shure SM57s in a little tiny closet.”  For Schulz, it’s not about the equipment you have, it’s about the sound you get.  To that effect, Tom says "My only objective is to record the music in some way that it sounds good when it comes out of the other end of a CD player.  I don't think it's important enough to have a $2,000 microphone on your acoustic guitar; that's actually a pain in the ass." The values we learn from Boston are not as much about the recording process, but they revolve around perseverance.  The six year period that Boston trekked through, might make them the longest awaited “overnight success” in history.   The band lost, and re-gained two-thirds of its line-up.  Boston was dedicated enough to perfecting its sound that they spent three years recording a four song demo.  They were turned away from dozens of record labels over a multi-year period.  They did, however, learn what worked, and they stuck to it.  Scholz says "I still record the same way I always did, the master goes to tape, and I mix in analog.”  We can’t stop pressing.  We can’t stop chasing our passions.  Find a way feed your dreams, and one day your dreams will feed you! Resources: Tom Scholz  Tom Scholz Speaks With The Sierra Club Boston (album) Boston's Scholz engineers a rock dynasty The Rock Man - Maximum Guitar Tom Scholz Recalls the Making of 'Boston' and 'Don’t Look Back' Heaven is a Reel-to-Reel Tape Classic Tracks: "More Than a Feeling"   Boston History Click to Post

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Music History Today: January 24, 2021 January 24, 1977: Boston released the single "Foreplay/Long Time." "Foreplay" and "Long Time" make up one track on the album. "Foreplay" is based around a Hammond B3 organ riff, and is the instrumental intro to "Long Time." "Foreplay" is the first song Tom Scholz recorded for what was to become Boston. He wrote it in 1969 when he ws studying at MIT, and recorded it in 1971 with drummer Jim Masdea in Masdea's basement studio. Over the next few years, Scholz made various demo recordings with Masdea supplying drums. When Boston finally got a record deal in 1976, Masdea was replaced by Sib Hashian. Read more: https://www.olafsings.com/2021/01/music-history-today-january-24-2021.html

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Founding members of BOSTON, Tom Scholz and Brad Delp.  (Jim Masdea and Sib Hashian, drums)

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Former Boston Drummer Dies During Classic Rock Cruise Set

Former Boston Drummer Dies During Classic Rock Cruise Set

Sib Hashian, former drummer for classic-rock institution Boston, died recently after suffering from a heart attack while performing, as TMZ reports. Hashian was part of the Legends Of Rock cruise, which set sail earlier this week in Florida. Hashian was 67.

Hashian joined Boston in 1975, replacing original drummer Jim Masdea. He played on the band’s first two albums, including the monumentally…

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Boston Third Stage 1986 MCA ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Amanda 02. We’re Ready 03. The Launch    a. Countdown    b. Ignition    c. Third Stage Separation 04. Cool the Engines 05. My Destination 06. A New World 07. To Be a Man 08. I Think I Like It 09. Can’tcha Say (You Believe in Me) • Still in Love 10. Hollyann —————————————————

Brad Delp

Jim Masdea

Sib Hashian

Gary Pihl

Tom Scholz

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Boston - Amanda

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Thursday 2pm ET: Feature Artist: Boston Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, which had its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Third Stage

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In Memoriam: Sib Hashian (August 17, 1949 – March 22, 2017)

In Memoriam: Sib Hashian (August 17, 1949 – March 22, 2017)

As first reported by TMZ, and confirmed to ABC Radio by Adam, the veteran musician was performing on the Legends of Rock Cruise when he suffered a heart attack and could not be revived. Sib Hashian joined Boston in 1975, replacing the group’s original drummer Jim Masdea, and went on to play on the group’s hugely successful first two albums: 1976’s self-titled effort and 1977’s Don’t Look Back.…