![]() ![]() ![]() Debt, depression, and added pressure from being homosexual at a time when homosexuality was illegal in the UK, contributed to Meek’s paranoia and he ended up taking his life at the age of 37, but not before he gifted music with reverb, compression, delay, echo, and DIY ethics. Sadly, Meek suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. ![]() Meek’s charting singles included the instrumental “Telstar” by The Tornados (written and produced by Meek) and was the first record by a British rock group to reach number 1 on the US Hot 100. His time in the Royal Air Force working as a radar technician deepened his interest in electronics and outer space. Robert George “Joe” Meek (1929-1967) helped pioneer experimental pop music and assisted in developing recording techniques like overdubbing and sampling. Joe Meek - Sound Engineer/Record Producer After that, I have a short list of “Honorable Mentions,” engineers and producers whose careers I’ve been following and can’t wait to see what they put out next. While this is definitely not an all-inclusive list, I’ve written a couple of paragraphs about those in the recording industry who have made notable contributions in their field, and most importantly, who are already publicly out. So I decided to make my own, slightly longer, list. I turned to Google and found a list on Wikipedia of LGBTQIA+ people in the industry that only included nine names and excluded some of the most prominent engineers in the industry. Since producers are often the ones making decisions about how a song should sound or be arranged, I started to wonder who my fellow queer engineers are and what kind of music they make and work they do. That being said, I do believe that our experiences shape who we are and influence the decisions we make. Shouldn’t we just celebrate good engineers/producers and leave the personal stuff out? After all, there’s no evidence to suggest that your sexual orientation affects your hearing in either a negative or positive way. A couple of friends asked me why this article should be written. ![]() After almost a month of digging around, I’m proud (get it?) to write a piece celebrating engineers and producers who, like me, are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. At the start of Pride Month, I decided I should spend the month researching and discovering the LGBTQIA+ music makers in the audio industry. ![]()
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