Ben Liebrand [Grandmix] interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 024 (Part 1)

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BEN LIEBRAND # 024 - PART 1 True House Stories’ of Ben Liebrand with Lenny Fontana gives a fascinating insight about how the music scene has advanced since the 1980’s and the reasons why. Ben Liebrand grew up in the Netherlands and played such a huge role in the way the music scene advanced and continued to build over the next 4 decades. Learn in this interview about how Ben’s fascination for technology and amazing ear for music and why it was so pivotal in the advances in DJing and music production.  Ben’s passion for technology and belief on creating his music from scratch without the involvement of external input is the reason he is so creative and has led  to over 800 incredible productions and remixes. This is a truly fascinating interview about Ben’s input in changing the entire music scene helping it to progress throughout the last 40 years and still be pivotal to today’s sound.  Discover how Ben Liebrand’s career started by chance in a club in 1978 and how he progressed very quickly to playing peak slots in clubs in Holland due to his discovery of  beat matching which is still how DJs play today. Discover how Ben worked on remixes with amazing bands such as Michael Jackson, Salt-n-Peppa, Pet Shop Boys and The Human League. Lenny Fontana uncovers the story of how Ben Liebrand’s skill for beat matching led to DJing on Dutch radio and how this new technique was so pivotal to how music is played on radio and in clubs to this day. Ben explains the differences between producing original tracks versus remixing, and his stance on different genres of music throughout his lifetime. Ben fully embracing digital progression and gives his about his opinions about analogue versus digital evolution. Such a huge instigator due to his never-ending excitement for advances in technology and equipment, Ben explains his excitement about why he embraces this. Ben has been working in the industry for 42 years now and it is clear to see how he played such a huge part in the evolution of music taking us through 4 decades of multiple musical genres and hoe he adapted to these changes but has also experienced many pitfalls along the way. Tune in to find out all about these tough times and how Ben is still such a huge leading figure in the industry. 👕OUR NEW MERCHANDISE SHOP: https://truehousestories.com/shop-merchandise/#!/