airtommy Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 (edited) I was digging through papers and came across a Jan Hammer interview I had printed out years ago. It hasn't been posted on our forum and I could not find any trace of it on the Internet. I searched for the interviewer and was fortunate to find him on a guitar forum. He kindly re-posted the interview with updated links: Hammer Time: Talking ‘Miami Vice’ with Legendary Keyboardist Jan Hammer Ed Driscoll https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2024/04/02/hammer-time-talking-miami-vice-with-the-legendary-composer-jan-hammer-n4927822 He confirms that he left MV partly because the Dick Wolf regime de-emphasized him. Quote I wanted to leave after the third season. Again, there was another producer who was running the show, and I was getting sort of burned out. I was approaching episode #66 at this point, and you get drained. But also, I was not happy with the mixes, the music was sometimes buried, where it never was before-it was really featured, in the second season, especially. In the third season it got a little spotty. So I just said "enough". Plus I had offers to do other things. I wanted to sort of branch out and do more features, and whatever. Edited April 7 by airtommy 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakespyder Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Quote Jan: Believe it or not, there were people out there who would tape the episodes, and just records the snippets of the score that they could hear [without dialogue and/or sound effects], and then cut together their own mixes I know he's talking about more advanced users, but that was me as teenager! I had a cassette recorder with a builtin mic that I held up to the tv speaker. The quality was awful and the tapes inevitably got chewed up over time. I never would've imagined back then how many great Jan tracks and fantastic covers of his works I would have access to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 (edited) On 4/7/2024 at 3:36 PM, airtommy said: I was digging through papers and came across a Jan Hammer interview I had printed out years ago. It hasn't been posted on our forum and I could not find any trace of it on the Internet. I searched for the interviewer and was fortunate to find him on a guitar forum. He kindly re-posted the interview with updated links: Hammer Time: Talking ‘Miami Vice’ with Legendary Keyboardist Jan Hammer Ed Driscoll https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2024/04/02/hammer-time-talking-miami-vice-with-the-legendary-composer-jan-hammer-n4927822 He confirms that he left MV partly because the Dick Wolf regime de-emphasized him. Great — thank you for posting. I think he would have gone anyway - Dick Wolf or not. Love Jan! Edited April 10 by Matt5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtommy Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 (edited) Some clarity on Season 4: Quote in the fourth year, I collaborated with John Peterson in the middle of the season, where he took over a little while. He took over for a while, but most of it was using my already established thematic material. But I did the beginning of the season, and then I did some of the ending [ratings] sweeps episodes. Real guitar vs samples: Quote Jan: some of the rhythm guitar, I actually played on a guitar. Ed: I think I read the theme song has some real guitar on it. Jan: Oh yeah. There were more things, but that's the one that you can hear it: the chugging, distorted rhythm guitar. That's a live Strat. Ed: Now the lead guitar melody on the theme song-that was played on keyboard I assume. Jan: That was my sort of a trademark sound. Edited May 4 by airtommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 2 hours ago, airtommy said: Real guitar vs samples: Quote Jan: some of the rhythm guitar, I actually played on a guitar. Ed: I think I read the theme song has some real guitar on it. Jan: Oh yeah. There were more things, but that's the one that you can hear it: the chugging, distorted rhythm guitar. That's a live Strat. Ed: Now the lead guitar melody on the theme song-that was played on keyboard I assume. Jan: That was my sort of a trademark sound. The four times Jan played guitar on MV (all “chugging distorted rhythm” except for one): - MV Theme - teaser of No Exit - lead guitar at the beginning of Noogie’s wedding on Made for Each Other (also actual bass guitar on that one!) - Buddies Am I missing any @Crockettt? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtommy Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 28 minutes ago, Dadrian said: The four times Jan played guitar on MV (all “chugging distorted rhythm” except for one): - MV Theme - teaser of No Exit - lead guitar at the beginning of Noogie’s wedding on Made for Each Other (also actual bass guitar on that one!) - Buddies Wow, incredible that you know this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 9 minutes ago, airtommy said: Wow, incredible that you know this! If you know what DJs stunt double looks like vs the man himself, it’s easy to spot Bobby Foxworth in various scenes. I know what a real guitar sounds like vs. a synthesizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtommy Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 18 minutes ago, Dadrian said: If you know what DJs stunt double looks like vs the man himself, it’s easy to spot Bobby Foxworth in various scenes. I know what a real guitar sounds like vs. a synthesizer. I can do neither. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crockettt Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 6 hours ago, Dadrian said: The four times Jan played guitar on MV (all “chugging distorted rhythm” except for one): - MV Theme - teaser of No Exit - lead guitar at the beginning of Noogie’s wedding on Made for Each Other (also actual bass guitar on that one!) - Buddies Am I missing any @Crockettt? Jan also played some rhythm guitar on the second part of Airport Swap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 2 hours ago, Crockettt said: Jan also played some rhythm guitar on the second part of Airport Swap Just the best. 10 \ 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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