When Brad Sundberg, owner of BSUN Media Systems, mentioned his work on Michael’s infamous Neverland Valley Ranch during his CE Pro of the Week profile, 質問 came to mind:
What was Michael Jackson like as a client? What was he like away from the cameras?
Sundberg, who says he worked with Michael on countless personal and professional projects over 18 years, wrote about his experiences in a long essay in a BSUN e-newsletter sent a 年 after Michael’s June 2009 death. Following are some excerpts:
Meeting Michael Jackson
“Michael was working on Captain EO for Disneyland and Epcot Center. He was fresh off the Victory Tour, the Thriller album, his dominance of MTV, and he was back in the studio. I wish I could remember our first meeting, but it was likely just passing each other in the hallway. He was always warm, yet shy. Over time we would chat now and then, but it took time to build the trust.”
Michael’s nickname for Brad Sundberg
“Early in 1986 the team moved into Westlake Studio D in Hollywood to record the Bad album, and welcomed me in. I worked other sessions during the day, but at night I was invited to sit in and learn. Eventually I worked my way up to technical director for the team, and the trust was solidified. It was during this time that Michael nicknamed me “Really Really Brad,” a twist on the chorus, “Bad, Bad, Really, Really Bad.” Check the album credits, it’s there.”
Michael’s 愛 of 食 and “family day”
“During the making of the BAD album, Fridays quickly became known as “family day.” He would have his two chefs, affectionately known as the Slam Dunk Sisters, prepare a large ディナー for the crew, musicians and any family members that might be around. Since I was working sometimes 80 hours a week, it was not uncommon for Deb to come have ディナー with us. Michael loved these family get togethers.
In later projects I would bring my girls, whom he loved and would play with. There is one moment in time in my head when Deb brought my daughter Amanda, who was just a baby at the time, into the studio for the afternoon. She set up a play mat and brought some toys, and Michael sat and played with her for a while. He looked at Deb and said, “This is her own little world, isn’t it?”
Celebrity visitors and chimps
“It was not uncommon for セレブ または VIPs to stop in. One 日 the Secret Service searched the building for a couple hours before Nancy Reagan came for a visit. 次 it was Princess Stephanie from Monaco … The chimps were common guests in the studio, as was a giant snake, both of which I would wind up holding during MJ’s vocals.”
Watching Michael write songs
I have watched him write many songs, and the process is amazing. I asked him where they came from, and he 発言しました they were gifts from God. He could hear the entire song in his head before we could get tape on the machines. He would sometimes sing the drums, bass, percussion, keyboards, etc., and we would later bring in musicians to replace his demo tracks.
Michael’s childhood
I remember him telling me about grown women throwing themselves at him when he was just 9 または 10 years old.
One story I will never forget was him telling of flying with his dad and brothers through a lightening storm at night. The plane was being tossed around, lightening was flashing, and he started crying in fear. His dad ignored him, embarrassed. A flight attendant sat with until the plane cleared the storm. Hearing him tell that story, with tears in his eyes, gave a glimpse into his life.
Working at Neverland
Somewhere around 1991 he asked me to visit a ranch he had purchased, and デザイン a sound system for a carousel. The 次 thing I knew I was at Neverland Valley Ranch, in Santa Ynez, CA. There was construction everywhere, and the amusement park was in the early stages of installation.
Over the 次 few years Michael asked me to build system after system, putting 音楽 on the bumper cars, in the petting zoo, on two trains, all around the amusement park, the ボート lake, the train stations, and eventually inside the house, and inside his bedroom and bathroom. Deb loves to tell of the times Michael would call at 2 in the morning (his sleep schedule was never normal) to talk to me about a new attraction he had coming to Neverland, and if I would put 音楽 on it.
I still have an old answering machine tape of him thanking me for one of the systems we had built.
I read in a magazine that Michaels's coffin was open and his body was gone. Do あなた think that this means he rose up and is coming into this world? または did someone take his body all for his/her own selfish goods? It all remains a mystery. Do あなた have what it takes to solve it? It all happened so soon... Died at fifty, somebody took Michael out of his expensive coffin, and now his pale, dead body is gone. No one knows where the person is keeping it. It could be you!!! If it is, あなた know you'll be caught, no doubt. So, I suggest that あなた 'fess up. It's all fact. I told a few people and they freaked out.
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The first shipment of Katherine Jackson's coffee 表, テーブル book about Michael Jackson isn't exactly flying off the shelves in Gary, Indiana. In fact the 本 never even made it to the shelves, because they were stolen.
A rep from the publisher, Vintage Pop, tells TMZ they FedEx'd seven boxes of "Never Can Say Goodbye" to the ホーム of a Jackson family friend in Gary ... and they were supposed to end up for sale at the new MJ monument. But someone absolutely, positively wanted them so badly, they ストール, 盗んだ them right off the front steps of the house where they were left.
A rep from the publisher, Vintage Pop, tells TMZ they FedEx'd seven boxes of "Never Can Say Goodbye" to the ホーム of a Jackson family friend in Gary ... and they were supposed to end up for sale at the new MJ monument. But someone absolutely, positively wanted them so badly, they ストール, 盗んだ them right off the front steps of the house where they were left.
Always think of you each and every day. I miss you still.
"It was very pretty, anyway, and it should not have any surgery, but plastic are obsessed. This was pushed and I had understood that after some time. And after the 秒 surgery in the nose had to be stopped, but people like the perfect "has the Gest.
"Michael had undergone multiple plastic surgeries and implants in the jaw and nose but had tattooed lips, lashes and on her head to improve its appearance.
David threw responsibilities to doctors, who surrounded the King of pop: «I am not surprised that was addicted to pills, I wish he had better people around him ....
