Otto D’Agnolo
// Author, Music Producer & Sound EngineerOTTO D’AGNOLO is an author, music producer, sound engineer, vocalist, and writer from Phoenix, Arizona. His book “The Music Business Is Burning Down – Thank God! [CD Included]” (2005) is available from Trafford Publishing. He has over twenty years experience in the music industry as a musician, recording engineer, record producer, and songwriter. Otto D’Agnolo also owns and operates a professional audio recording facility called Chaton Studios.
Website: www.ottod.com
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Interview:
The spiritual significance of music is as personal an experience as the spiritual significance of a ceremonial garment. A thing that makes one person bow in genuine awe can be completely ignored by another person unable to perceive its power and beauty. For me personally there is only one time and place where I feel I am at church; one time I feel God talking to me; one time I feel blessed, powerful, happy, sad, awe struck, humbled, rejuvenated, worn out, and reborn all at once. That place is my audio control room with the lights down low and the music up loud, not painfully deafening, just powerfully moving. Monthly visits are required for me to maintain my sanity. I prefer weekly visits and I am not against prolonged daily sessions. This is my time alone and it centers me. It washes away all the stuff of the music business, and continually reminds me that I am music. It reminds me that I am a creator and that if I stop, I’ll die inside. The music I receive and understand emotionally is God’s gift to me through others, and the music I make is a gift from God through me to others.
“The music I receive and understand emotionally is God’s gift to me through others, and the music I make is a gift from God through me to others.”
– Otto D’Agnolo, author of “The Music Business Is Burning Down – Thank God!”
