Jack de mello biography for kids

WRITING a musical score for the "Music of Hawaii" series 30 years ago meant, Jack de Mello says, hearing the music "with my eyes," mailing the work to Los Angeles or London, then flying over to conduct the recording sessions with no time for revisions. It was simply too expensive to keep an orchestra waiting in the recording studio while individual parts were changed.

When de Mello and his son, Mountain Apple Co.

I get it instantly, listen to it, make my suggestions, go into it and make a few changes, and I send it back. In 10 minutes we have the structure of the whole piece with computers. It's marvelous."

That's only one of the changes that de Mello has seen in the 30 years since he conceived and produced the "Music of Hawaii" series. Mountain Apple released a cross-section of the music from the original four double-album boxed sets on CD earlier this month. The first in the series was recorded over three days in late October 1965. The project -- a musical survey of Hawai Biography for kids helen keller.