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David's interviews involved a more standard miking approach, as they involved traditional talking-head setups. David also has extensive music documentary experience, having just finished up a documentary on Barbra Streisand (with special guest Paul McCartney). Both Mark and David recorded interviews with Elizabeth Weber, Billy's first wife and manager who helped pave the way to his success. Her story was fascinating throughout Billy's career. Mark noted how she said this was both her first-and-last interview on the subject. Both the production and music mixers expressed how impressed they were with how well the diverse production and music tracks were managed, smoothed, and made even more expressive by the re-recording mixer, Bob Chefalas. Bob Chefalas started out as an engineer in New York and had a special connection to Billy Joel's story. "When I found out it was him [Billy], I was so happy. Because it's my hometown hero, you know? For me, living here in Hicksville, and his house where he grew up is only a mile from where I am right now. I would go in every day, and it was emotional. He talks about the town of Hicksville, the Village Green, and all these little phrases in his songs have a whole new meaning." Bob's re-recording career evolved smoothly from his engineering start. "Right out of college, I got a job helping at a New York studio called TransAudio. At the time, it was the biggest re-recording stage in New York City and eventually became Todd-AO. I started out as an engineer, and I ended up becoming the chief engineer. When Todd- AO took over, I became Vice President of Engineering for the New York facility. I would work with Richard Portman, Rick Dior, and I would do all these little projects, and I would sit with them, and just learn the trade. Richard Portman was great. He would mix and he would talk out loud and tell me everything he's doing. He would throw me faders. You finally get your chance to do your first student film and then it all worked out. I worked with Rick on Apollo 13. I did a couple films with Ron Howard, eventually doing 13 films with him in New York. And then I did all the episodes except for two of Sex and the City and that got me into TV." Bob has been very happy at the flexibility the New York mixing world has provided him, allowing him to work across multiple genres and formats, from big feature films to TV series (like Severance) to a long string of documentaries. Bradshaw Leigh KPop Demon Hunters Stage Crew Bob Chefalas CAS Jay Vicari