IN 2015, Marinelli sat for an interview with the [[BBC]], reflecting on his memories and contributions to Michael Jackson's ''Thriller''.<ref name="BBC 2015 k223"/> Tom Baylor had introduced Marinelli to music producer [[Quincy Jones]]. Marinelli and partner, Brian Banks were hired as session musicians working at "Studio B", at [[Westlake Recording Studios|Westlake Studios]] in West Hollywood for the creation of ''Thriller''. In addition to bringing in three truckloads of synthesizer gear, preliminary duties consisted of briefing Michael Jackson on the capabilities of the emerging technologies, sound creation and programming.<ref name="Carr 2022 b760"/>
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Most instrumental parts of ''Thriller'' were played by session musicians as sequencing and digital synthesizers had yet to be introduced to the industry (???)<ref name="Carr 2022 b760"/> ...the Synclavier originally used FM synthesis technology licensed from Yamaha,[15] before adding the world's first 16-bit, real-time hard drive streaming sampler later in 1982.[http://www.500sound.com/synclavierhistory.html 11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_synthesizer#History {{highlight|(Some performances required assistance as the performer played, while the programmer modulated the sound manually????)}} {{Citation needed}}