Robert Musso
Robert Musso is a New York City-based guitarist,[1] composer,[2] engineer,[3] and producer. He is the founder of the independent record label MuWorks as well as the record label - MussoMusic.com. Over the course of a 40 - year career, Musso has produced, mixed, remixed,[4] played on, written, or contributed to over 2000 records, CDs, movie soundtracks,[5] on every continent in the world except Antarctica.[6]
Biography
After graduating from
As a musician, Musso studied jazz guitar with Ted Dunbar and played in the Livingston Jazz Ensemble.[6] He has played on recordings by Tom Waits, P.M. Dawn, Ginger Baker, Material, Machine Gun, Lunar Ensemble, etc.[6]
In 1986, Musso founded MuWorks records[7] in order to promote improvised music. Artists who have released CDs through MuWorks include Thomas Chapin, Last Exit, Lunar Bear Ensemble, Musso himself and Machine Gun.
Beginning in 1986, Thomas Chapin and Musso led the downtown improvisational ensemble,[8] Machine Gun. Three of their concerts have been preserved on CD.
He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and is a Certified Audio Engineer by the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE).[6] He is also a registered NYC 9/11 First Responder.
Discography
Solo work (as Robert Musso)
- Absolute Music (1989)
- Active Resonance (1992)
- Innermedium (1999, DIW Records)
- Live at the Bowery Poetry Project
Solo work (as Transonic - these releases appeared on the Fax label and Fax sub-label Ambient World)
- Downstream Illusion (7/94)
- Virtual Current (12/94)
- Future Primitive (10/95)
with Machine Gun
- Machine Gun (1988)
- Open Fire (1989)
- Pass the Ammo (1992)
References
- ^ "Asana OHM Shanti", liner notes
- ^ Robert Musso career info
- ^ "Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974", liner notes
- ^ "Taoue" liner notes
- ^ Musso Music Discography By Date Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f "Faculty". www.audioschool.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010.
- ^ The Music Forum - Reviews: Robert Musso
- ^ Going Outside