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= ''Thriller'' memorialized =
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''.<ref name="BBC 2015 k223"/> In addition to bringing in three truckloads of synthesizer gear, preliminary duties consisted of briefing Michael Jackson on the capabilities of the emerging technologies and sound creation / programming.<ref name="Carr 2022 b760"/>
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"/> (Some parts required assistance as the performer played, while the programmer modulated the sound manually????) {{Citation needed}}
The nine minute and two second BBC "Witness" podcast was followed by three ''How We Created It'' pilot vlogs for Marinelli's YouTube channel. In the first, Marinelli demonstrates how to recreate the falling star sound that opens the "Thriller" song, followed by a two part series called "Studio Stories".<ref name="Carr 2022 b760"/> Quincy Jones production assistant, Steven Ray, who was present at both studios, joins Marinelli to compare stories in 2020.<ref name="Anthony Marinelli // Music Forever 2020 y199"/ > Marinelli and Ray continued recording episodes and was approached by Audivita Studios and a podcast distribution deal with David Wolf producing, Christian D. Bruun directing and . <ref name="MJVibe 2023 k028"/>
== References ==
<ref name="Carr 2022 b760">{{cite web | last=Carr | first=Dan | title=The synth sounds of Michael Jackson's Thriller (and how to recreate them in your DAW) | website=MusicRadar | date=2022-11-30 | url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/thriller-synth-sounds | access-date=2024-02-02 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240117053822/https://www.musicradar.com/news/thriller-synth-sounds | archive-date=2024-01-17 | quote = Looking for a more ‘cinematic’ sound, Quincy Jones enlisted synthesizer programmers Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks, who bought every synth available at the time and turned up to Westlake Studios with three trucks full of instruments.}}</ref>
<ref name="Anthony Marinelli // Music Forever 2020 y199">{{cite web | title=Blog | website=(/\/\) Anthony Marinelli // Music Forever | date=2020-10-13 | url=https://www.anthonymarinelli.com/blog | access-date=2024-02-03 | archive-date=2024-02-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203012039/https://www.anthonymarinelli.com/blog}}</ref>
<ref name="MJVibe 2023 k028">{{cite web | title=Stories In The Room: Michael Jackson’s Thriller Album | website=MJVibe | date=2023-02-11 | url=https://www.mjvibe.com/stories-in-the-room-michael-jacksons-thriller-album/ | access-date=2024-02-03 | archive-date=2024-02-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203013207/https://www.mjvibe.com/stories-in-the-room-michael-jacksons-thriller-album/}}</ref>