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Michael Durham Prince

Michael Durham Prince is a sound engineer who worked with Michael Jackson from 1995 to 2009. After he worked on the HIStory Tour, he became one of his closest collaborators in the 2000s, and became friends with Brad Buxer. Following the first two editions of the MJ MusicDay, we are happy to collaborate again with […]

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Sonic Fantasy by Marcos Cabotá

Thursday, April 14, 2022 Thursday, April 14, 2022, the sun is shining in the Parisian region, so much so that I’m having lunch on a terrace for the first time this year, with the risk of sunburn that goes with it. Still, at the beginning of the afternoon, in spite of the lovely weather, I […]

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Richard Stites

The Invincible album just celebrated its twentieth anniversary and I could not imagine not mentioning it on my website on this occasion. So I wanted to tackle my favorite song on the record, which is “Don’t Walk Away”. I then reached out to Richard Stites to discuss it in an interview. As a composer, a […]

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“Moonwalk” by Michael Jackson

(Doubleday, 1988) Any book review on my part is meant to be ambitious because I often keep this quote in mind: “It is easy to criticize”. By my lines, I wish to encourage reading and show that the book in question deserves the attention of readers. However, this will to give my impressions can also […]

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Bill Nation

In 1996, the promotion of the HIStory album was in full swing for our greatest pleasure. In addition to the videos, Michael Jackson was performing on television during ceremonies as if to announce his upcoming tour, not to mention the concert in Brunei. My desire to investigate this period is still present, and so I […]

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Adrian Grant

As an author connected to the world of Michael Jackson, Adrian Grant’s name is bound to be a role model. Through his magazines, books and events, he has contributed enormously to the King of Pop’s fans around the world, to the point that his work was praised and recognized by Michael Jackson himself. So I […]

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Elliot Scheiner

The Tambu album was Toto’s first studio album after the death of their drummer Jeff Porcaro. So I wanted to talk about this important turning point in the band’s discography in the mid-90s. Elliot Scheiner, producer and sound engineer of this record, was the ideal witness to evoke this subject, not without exchanging on his […]

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Christopher Currell

In 1987, I discovered Michael Jackson with the Bad album. It is easy therefore to figure out the personal bond that I have with this record. More generally speaking, it marked the last collaboration between MJ and Quincy Jones (following both the Off The Wall and the Thriller albums) which makes the topic all the […]

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“The King Of Pop and I” by Aileen Medalla

(AEP Publishing – 2020) Any book project related to Michael Jackson can spark my interest and by this statement I will have the opportunity to express all the nuances and subtleties of a subject that is dear to me. In my work as an author, I have tried to stay focused on the artist’s music […]

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“Michael Jackson, Voice upon a time…” by Isabelle Petitjean

(Delatour France – 2020) Isabelle Petitjean is definitely very involved in the Jackson community and confirms it with her new book “Michael Jackson – Il était une voix”. After a first book published in 2015 and entitled “La culture pop au panthéon des Beaux-Arts, Dangerous, de Mark Ryden à Michael Jackson”, the author confirms the […]