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54 S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 C A S Q U A R T E R L Y You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up About a month ago, a pro- ducer called about a small indie movie, but I turned it down due to its low budget. When recently walking into my local salon for a hair appointment, I find a film crew in there shoot- ing on the exact same project I had turned down. Ironically, I ended up being in the soft background getting my haircut during one of the scenes. Knowing all the crew and some of the actors, they never even asked me to sign a release. If this picture ends up gaining traction in distribu- tion, I may just talk to a lawyer … just kidding. Small world. –Jamie Scarpuzza CAS It's no secret Stevie Wonder is a gifted musical genius. His songs, his playing, singing, and performances are nothing except unique one to the next. He was a performer on a program called Motown Returns to the Apollo, the grand reopening of the famed Apollo Theater on 125th Street in Harlem. Other performers included Patti LaBelle, Joe Cocker, James Brown, Diana Ross, etc., etc. When Stevie arrived for rehearsal, he came into the audio booth with a request. He wanted to sound on stage as "Little Stevie Wonder," that is, as he would have sounded as a young man. The song he chose was from that period but to make it sound proper, his voice needed to be modi- fied to a higher pitch. These were the days of analog audio, so all I had available was an Eventide Harmonizer. In this device when the pitch is modified, it changes the key. He knew the key of the orchestration, but to arrive at the vocal sound he wanted meant his singing in a lower key, but listening to his modi- fied sound in the key of the orchestration. I don't know of any other singer who would even try to do anything like what he was attempting to do. We spent some time arriv- ing at the sound he was looking for and I assured him it would be on his microphone for the performance, so we took it to the stage. Working with Stevie is always a musical surprise but this particular performance was the most remarkable of all for me. Later that evening after good rehearsals, he success- fully sang for the audience in a lower key while listening to the higher key in his monitors and PA as "Little Stevie Wonder." –Edward J. Greene CAS D������, I��. 25209 Avenue Tibbitts Valencia, CA 91355 Phone (661) 607‐0206 Fax (661) 257‐2236 www.denecke.com Email: info@denecke.com D������, I��. Makers of the original SyncBox ® Introduces the SB‐4! More features and higher stability than before.