This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music. Herb Alpert brazilbrazilianinfect Change image and share on social
I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit. Herb Alpert bravadomexicomusic Change image and share on social
I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose. Herb Alpert adventurouscoltranesdavis Change image and share on social
It's very clean. With tape, you get noise. Herb Alpert cleannoisetape Change image and share on social
When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it. Herb Alpert albumcarfeel Change image and share on social
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record. Herb Alpert bascutdeep share on social
Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes. Herb Alpert audiencebrascigarette share on social
I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure. Herb Alpert confesslistenmusic Change image and share on social
It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical sounds are transferred to numbers and stored as numbers. Herb Alpert digitalexcitefrequency Change image and share on social
Mexican Shuffle was a turning point of the Brass. Herb Alpert brasmexicanpoint Change image and share on social
