{"id":1198,"date":"2008-12-31T02:55:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T07:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2008-12-31T02:57:29","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T07:57:29","slug":"marc-mac-the-soul-arranger-part-5-the-soul-crate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/?p=1198","title":{"rendered":"Marc Mac &#8211; The Soul Arranger (Part 5) &#8211; The Soul Crate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/marc4hero.podOmatic.com\/entry\/eg\/2008-12-29T14_43_46-08_00\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/marc4hero.podomatic.com\/mymedia\/thumb\/1002955\/460%3E_1470058.gif?1230590853\" title=\"Marc Mac - The Soul Arranger Podcast\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"301\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\" http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/marc4hero\" >Marc Mac<\/a> is one of my musical heroes. As a key member of the legendary production\/composing team <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4hero\" >4hero<\/a>, Marc has been pioneering music styles for the better part of the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year or so, he has also put out a series of podcasts highlighting the work of various arrangers who have inspired him:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have always been moved by great orchestral accompaniments and the amazing arrangers of the 60&#8217;s and 70&#8217;s, sadly this art form is slowly receding throughout today\u2019s Soul music. Although I also love the classical\/pop arrangements of masters such as George Martin, Lalo Schifrin, Hal &#038; Burt and the great reggae arrangements of Brian Rogers (arranged for Jamaican singer John Holt) throughout this series of podcasts I wanna focus on my fave soul arrangers cats like Charles Stepney, Richard Evans, Gene Page, Wade Marcus, Charles Chalmers, Quincy Jones and Jerry Peters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Long overdue, he&#8217;s just posted the latest installment, forgoing the single arranger focus of previous episodes to pull together gems &#8220;from the back of the soul crates, great vocal, string, horns and riddim sections all over these&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/marc4hero.podOmatic.com\/enclosure\/2008-12-29T14_43_46-08_00.mp3\" >The Soul Arranger (Part 5) &#8211; The Soul Crate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marc Mac&#8217;s crates are never to be fuxed with. Amazing tunes from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/marc4hero.podOmatic.com\/\" >his podOmatic page to catch the rest of the episodes<\/a>. You won&#8217;t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Also, check out the video below from 4hero&#8217;s most recent album, <em>Play With the Changes<\/em>, if you&#8217;re not yet familiar with the brilliance of Marc Mac&#8217;s composing\/production:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/haf6O02DCQ8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/haf6O02DCQ8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Mac is one of my musical heroes. 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