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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 and , sound creation / and programming.<ref name="Carr 2022 b760"/>

<div style="background-color:green; border: 1px solid red;"><div style="background-color:#ffffff; padding: 0 50px 0 50px;"> 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}}</div></div>

The nine minute and two second BBC "Witness" radio podcast was followed by three ''How We Created It'' pilot vlogs for Marinelli's YouTube channel. In the first episode, 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. ''Stories In The Room:'' “Michael Jackson’s Thriller Album” has published 72 episodes as of February 2024. <ref name="MJVibe 2023 k028"/> Guest appearances include:

* Matt Forger (sound engineer)<ref name="MusicTech 2023 n031Matt Forger"/>* Lorraine Fields (Thriller zombie dancer)<ref name="The Telegraph 2018 Lorraine Fields"/>

<ref name="MusicTech 2023 n031Matt Forger">{{cite web | title=Original programmer who worked on Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean reveals how he created its iconic four-chord stack | website=MusicTech | date=2023-12-22 | url=https://musictech.com/news/music/programmer-michael-jackson-billie-jean-how-created-four-chord-stack/ | access-date=2024-02-03 | archive-date=2024-01-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106023325/https://musictech.com/news/music/programmer-michael-jackson-billie-jean-how-created-four-chord-stack/