76-579: Air-Sea Dolphin is a musical project by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo , James Husband (James Huggins from of Montreal and Elf Power ), Ryan Sterritt and The Brothers Chaps . The group was started after Robert Schneider joined the Homestar Runner live band in 2016 as a new songwriting vehicle for his song ideas with the creative input of the Brothers Chaps & Co. to form
152-567: A non-Pythagorean scale based on logarithms . He has also incorporated prime numbers and the sieve of Eratosthenes in both a composition to be performed by a bell tower, and in the score for a play by mathematician Andrew Granville and playwright Jennifer Granville that debuted at the Institute for Advanced Study on December 12, 2009, and he has written a plan for an electronic composition based on prime numbers lasting millions of years. Since September 2010, Schneider has performed using
228-464: A "Mr Everything" that had been so "run down mentally and emotionally [...] to the point where I had no peace of mind and no chance to actually sit down and think or even rest." Adding to his concerns was the group's "business operations" and the quality of their records, which he believed suffered from this arrangement. On December 7, in an effort to bring himself more emotional stability, Wilson impulsively married Marilyn Rovell. On December 23, Wilson
304-660: A 120-measure piano sonata for his final project, Wilson submitted a shorter 32-measure piece, earning an F. Reflecting on his last year of high school, Wilson said that he was " very happy. I wouldn't say I was popular in school, but I was associated with popular people." In September 1960, Wilson enrolled as a psychology major at El Camino College in Los Angeles, also pursuing music. Disappointed by his teachers' disdain for pop music, he withdrew from college after about 18 months. By his account, he crafted his first entirely original melody, " Surfer Girl ", in 1961, inspired by
380-466: A Dion and the Belmonts rendition of " When You Wish Upon a Star ". However, his close high school friends disputed his claim, recalling earlier original compositions from him. I wasn't aware those early songs defined California so well until much later in my career. I certainly didn't set out to do it. I wasn't into surfing at all. My brother Dennis gave me all the jargon I needed to write the songs. He
456-468: A PhD in mathematics from Emory University , where he studied number theory under Ken Ono . From 2018-2022, Schneider was a lecturer in mathematics at the University of Georgia . As of September 2022 he is an assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Michigan Technological University . Schneider conceived and developed a new non- Pythagorean scale with frequencies corresponding to
532-548: A development that deeply disturbed Wilson. In a 1966 interview, he commented, " The Beatles invasion shook me up a lot. They eclipsed a lot of what we'd worked for. [...] The Beach Boys' supremacy as the number one vocal group in America was being challenged. So we stepped on the gas a little bit." Author James Perone identifies the Beach Boys' May single " I Get Around ", their first U.S. number one hit, as representing both
608-432: A different place to cut Beach Boys tracks. The large rooms were built to record the big orchestras and ensembles of the 1950s, not small rock groups. At Wilson's insistence, Capitol agreed to let the Beach Boys pay for their own outside recording sessions, to which Capitol would own all the rights. Additionally, during the taping of their first LP, Wilson fought for, and won, the right to helm the production — though this fact
684-463: A guy who was crying because he thought he was too advanced". In 1995, he referred to " Caroline, No " as "probably the best I've ever written". The thing that I remember the most is that when Pet Sounds wasn't as quickly a hit or as huge or an immediate success, it really destroyed Brian. He just lost a lot of faith in people and music. —Wilson's first wife Marilyn Released in March 1966,
760-532: A hit in Los Angeles and reached 75 on the national Billboard sales charts. However, the group's name was changed by Candix Records to the Beach Boys . Their major live debut was at the Ritchie Valens Memorial Dance on New Year's Eve, 1961. Just days before, Wilson had received an electric bass from his father, quickly learning to play with Jardine switching to rhythm guitar. When Candix Records faced financial difficulties and sold
836-619: A jewelry store, his only paid employment before his success in music. He also cleaned for his father's machining company, ABLE, on weekends. Wilson auditioned to sing for the Original Sound Record Company's inaugural record release, "Chapel of Love" (unrelated to the 1964 song ), but was deemed too young. For his 16th birthday, he received a portable two-track Wollensak tape recorder, allowing him to experiment with recording songs, group vocals, and rudimentary production techniques. Wilson involved his friends around
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#1732794110902912-758: A job teaching architecture at Louisiana Tech University . There, Schneider befriended Bill Doss , Will Cullen Hart and Jeff Mangum , and began discovering and playing music with them. After graduating from Ruston High School , where he was Junior and Senior class president, and spending two years at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana , Schneider moved to Denver, Colorado to attend university. Although he subsequently left school to pursue his musical ambitions, his academic interests remained strong as an avid student of analytic number theory . Soon after moving to Denver, Colorado in 1991 Schneider met Hilarie Sidney , Jim McIntyre and Chris Parfitt , who formed
988-452: A mind-controlled analog synthesizer. The mind-controlled synthesizer uses a voltage generator made from a circuit-bent Mattel MindFlex electronic toy, scored for one "conductor" wearing an EEG sensor. Schneider, along with experimental musician and visual artist Robert Beatty , use the voltage generator to control the filters of Moog synthesizers. Pieces performed with mind control include Schneider's "Composition for Two Hemispheres" and
1064-465: A new group focused on 90s lo-fi 4-track recording with the addition of 8-bit style retro "video games" designed to accompany their music. They have released a 7" split single with label-mate Honey Radar and a split EP with sloshy , a parody band which lampoons indie rock tropes. Their EP, simply titled "Air-Sea Dolphin / Sloshy Split", was released alongside a video game programmed in Scratch , with
1140-609: A number-one hit in December, and a new batch of songs written with session musician Van Dyke Parks for inclusion on Smile , the planned follow-up to Pet Sounds . Wilson touted the album as a "teenage symphony to God" and continued to involve more people in his social, business, and creative affairs. Parks said that, eventually, "it wasn't just Brian and me in a room; it was Brian and me ... and all kinds of self-interested people pulling him in various directions." Television producer David Oppenheim , who attended these scenes to film
1216-402: A particularly stressful Australasian tour in early 1964, it was agreed by the group to dismiss Murry from his managerial duties. Murry still had a subsequent influence over the band's activities and kept a direct correspondence with Wilson, giving him thoughts about the group's decisions; Wilson also periodically sought music opinions from his father. In February, Beatlemania swept the U.S.,
1292-424: A score by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel . Other experimental musicians have subsequently built similar units from an instructional video Schneider released online. In 2012, Schneider completed his bachelor's degree (BS) in mathematics from the University of Kentucky . That same year, he announced he was stopping touring; whether this hiatus is temporary or permanent is unclear. In 2018, Schneider completed
1368-566: A set of largely car-oriented tunes for the Beach Boys' fourth album, Little Deuce Coupe , which was released in October 1963, only three weeks after the Surfer Girl LP. Still resistant to touring, Wilson was replaced onstage for many of the band's live performances in mid-1963 by Al Jardine, who had briefly quit the band to focus on school. Wilson was forced to rejoin the touring line-up upon Marks' departure in late 1963. Towards
1444-566: A solo artist from 1999 to 2022. Heralding popular music's recognition as an art form , Wilson's accomplishments as a producer helped initiate an era of unprecedented creative autonomy for label-signed acts. The youth culture of the 1960s is commonly associated with his early songs, and he is regarded as an important figure to many music genres and movements, including the California sound , art pop , psychedelia , chamber pop , progressive music , punk , outsider , and sunshine pop . Since
1520-516: A string of pop songs for the Kohl's department store chain. Schneider formed a comparatively dark band in 2004 called Ulysses in Lexington, Kentucky , which released the 2005 album 010 on Eenie Meenie Records recorded live with a single microphone, and released a second Marbles album Expo in 2005 influenced by Electric Light Orchestra , as well as Gary Numan , Michael Jackson , New Order and
1596-656: A successful response by Wilson to the British Invasion , and the beginning of an unofficial rivalry between him and the Beatles, principally Paul McCartney . The B-side, " Don't Worry Baby ", was cited by Wilson in a 1970 interview as "Probably the best record we've done". The increasing pressures of Wilson's career and personal life pushed him to a psychological breaking point. He had ceased writing surfing-themed material after " Don't Back Down " in April, and during
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#17327941109021672-607: Is also known for his formerly high-ranged singing and lifelong struggles with mental illness . Raised in Hawthorne, California , Wilson's formative influences included George Gershwin , the Four Freshmen , Phil Spector , and Burt Bacharach . In 1961, he began his professional career as a member of the Beach Boys, serving as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, he became
1748-515: Is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys . Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century. His best-known work is distinguished for its high production values, complex harmonies and orchestrations, layered vocals , and introspective or ingenuous themes. Wilson
1824-405: Is an instrumental venture which recorded a soundtrack for the as-yet unreleased film Dean Quixote . Schneider also collaborated with Andy Partridge of XTC in the early 2000s, with the pair reportedly writing over thirty songs together by telephone; the project, however, produced no recorded results. Schneider also composed a number of jingles for television commercials during the 2000s, including
1900-654: The Olivia Tremor Control , the Minders and a number of other artists, but is best known as a producer for his work on Neutral Milk Hotel ’s critically lauded In the Aeroplane Over the Sea . The Wall of Sound production style implemented by his heroes Phil Spector and Brian Wilson was used on these records and cemented Schneider's reputation as the producer-engineer behind the sound of many bands of
1976-612: The indie pop band the Apples (the name was subsequently changed to the Apples in Stereo ). The group made their first release in 1993 with the Tidal Wave EP that became the inaugural release on the Elephant 6 record label. Schneider's prowess in harnessing the sounds of Elephant 6 bands became apparent with his distinct production style. In addition to producing all of the albums for the Apples in Stereo, he's produced work for
2052-429: The natural logarithms of successive whole numbers . The scale was introduced in 2007 with the release of New Magnetic Wonder , the sixth studio album by the Apples in Stereo. The album featured two brief compositions using the scale. Enhanced CD versions of the album included a third composition as well as a variety of information from Schneider concerning the scale including audio files and instructions to enable
2128-423: The psychedelic drug LSD (or "acid") for the first time, under Schwartz' supervision. In Wilson's words, "I took LSD and it just tore my head off. [...] You just come to grips with what you are, what you can do [and] can't do, and learn to face it." During his first acid trip, he went to a piano and devised the riff for the band's next single, " California Girls ". He later described the instrumental tracking for
2204-473: The 1980s, his influence has extended to styles such as post-punk , indie rock , emo , dream pop , Shibuya-kei , and chillwave . Wilson's accolades include numerous industry awards, inductions into multiple music halls of fame, and entries on several "greatest of all time" critics' rankings. Brian Douglas Wilson was born on June 20, 1942, at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, California ,
2280-400: The Beach Boys' master recordings to another label, Murry ended their contract. As "Surfin'" faded from the charts, Wilson collaborated with local musician Gary Usher to produce demo recordings for new tracks, including " 409 " and " Surfin' Safari ". Capitol Records were persuaded to release the demos as a single, achieving a double-sided national hit. Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys. He is
2356-458: The Beach Boys' next album, Pet Sounds (May 1966). He produced most of Pet Sounds from January to April 1966 at four Hollywood studios, mainly employing his bandmates on vocals and his usual pool of session musicians for the backing tracks. Among the album tracks, he later described " Let's Go Away for Awhile " as "the most satisfying piece of music" he had made to date and " I Just Wasn't Made for These Times " as an autobiographical song "about
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2432-439: The Beach Boys' second album, Surfin' U.S.A. . To focus his efforts on writing and recording, he limited his public appearances with the group to television gigs and local shows. Otherwise, David Marks acted as Wilson's substitute on vocals. In March, Capitol released the Beach Boys' first top-ten single, " Surfin' U.S.A. ", which began their long run of highly successful recording efforts at Western. The Surfin' U.S.A. album
2508-518: The Beach Boys, albeit uncredited, was Rachel and the Revolvers' "The Revo-Lution", written with Usher and issued by Dot Records in September. By mid-1962, Wilson was writing songs with DJ Roger Christian , whom he had met through either Murry or Usher, and guitarist Bob Norberg , who became Wilson's roommate. David Marks said, "He was obsessed with it. Brian was writing song with people off
2584-420: The Beatles' former press officer Derek Taylor , who was subsequently employed as the Beach Boys' publicist. Responding to Wilson's request to inspire a greater public appreciation for his talents, Taylor initiated a media campaign that proclaimed Wilson to be a genius. Taylor's prestige was crucial in offering a credible perspective to those on the outside, and his efforts are widely recognized as instrumental in
2660-631: The Bubble Machine under that name. In 2017, Schneider formed the Atlanta-based band Air-sea Dolphin with guitarist Matt Chapman and bassist Mike Chapman (better known as The Brothers Chaps , creators of Homestar Runner ), guitarist Ryan Sterritt and drummer James Huggins III ( Of Montreal , Elf Power , Great Lakes , James Husband). Schneider has engaged in a number of experimental music projects taking inspiration from mathematical concepts. He has written several compositions using
2736-559: The Cars . During 2006, it was announced that Schneider was playing in a Kentucky-based psychedelic garage band with his brother-in-law, Craig Morris, called Thee American Revolution . Thee American Revolution released the lo-fi psych-pop album Buddha Electrostorm in 2009 on Garden Gate Records; the album was reissued worldwide on December 5, 2011, on UK label Fire Records . Schneider occasionally records and performs children's music as Robbert Bobbert and released an album Robbert Bobbert and
2812-532: The Elephant 6 label, which grew through the 1990s into a sprawling collective of psychedelic pop and experimental groups. Schneider has a number of solo projects. One, a project called Marbles , began with lo-fi Beach Boys -esque recordings done with Will Cullen Hart , and is the name most of Schneider's solo work appears under, beginning with the 1996 debut album "Pyramid Landing" and Other Favorites on spinART Records. Another project, Orchestre Fantastique,
2888-629: The Olivia Tremor Control and a number of other psychedelic and indie rock bands. Schneider co-founded The Elephant 6 Recording Company in 1992. He received a PhD in mathematics from Emory University in 2018. As of September 2022 , he is an Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Michigan Technological University . After spending the first six years of his life in Cape Town , South Africa, Robert Schneider's family moved to Ruston, Louisiana , where his father had taken
2964-585: The Timers, the Castells (" I Do "), Bob Norberg, Vickie Kocher, Gary Usher, Christian, Paul Petersen ("She Rides with Me"), and Larry Denton (" Endless Sleep "). Throughout 1964, Wilson engaged in worldwide concert tours with the Beach Boys while continuing to write and produce for the group, whose studio output for this year included the albums Shut Down Volume 2 (March), All Summer Long (June), and The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (November). Following
3040-410: The U.S., Pet Sounds faced similarly underwhelming sales. Wilson was "mortified" that his artistic growth failed to translate into a number-one album. According to Marilyn, "When it wasn't received by the public the way he thought it would be received, it made him hold back. ... but he didn't stop. He couldn't stop. He needed to create more." Thanks to mutual connections, Wilson had been introduced to
3116-410: The age of 10, Wilson "could play great boogie-woogie piano!" Carl remembered the numerous years when Wilson's life revolved solely around listening to Four Freshmen records and playing the piano for extensive periods. Dennis portrayed his elder brother as a "freak" who preferred listening to records over activities like baseball. One of Wilson's first forays into songwriting, penned on paper when he
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3192-430: The album's first single, "Caroline, No", marked the first record credited to Wilson as a solo artist. It led to speculation that he was considering leaving the band. Wilson recalled, "I explained to [the rest of the group], 'It's OK. It is only a temporary rift where I have something to say.' I wanted to step out of the group a little bit and, sure enough, I was able to." "Caroline, No" ultimately stalled at number 32. In
3268-486: The album's success in Britain. In turn, however, Wilson resented that the branding had the effect of creating higher public expectations for himself. The fact that the music press had begun undervaluing the contributions of the rest of the group also frustrated him and his bandmates, including Love and Carl Wilson. For the remainder of 1966, Wilson focused on completing the band's single " Good Vibrations ", which became
3344-488: The albums The Beach Boys Today! (March) and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (June). Campbell remained on tour with the band until he was no longer able to, in February. As a thanks, Wilson produced a single for Campbell in March, " Guess I'm Dumb ", after which the band recruited Columbia Records staff producer Bruce Johnston as Wilson's substitute on tour. In February, March, July, and October, Wilson rejoined
3420-437: The assistance of Schneider's son Max. This article on a United States-based pop music group is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Robert Schneider Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is an American musician and mathematician. He is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer of rock/pop band the Apples in Stereo and has produced and performed on albums by Neutral Milk Hotel ,
3496-529: The band. We're his fucking messengers. He is all of it. Period. We're nothing. He's everything. —Dennis Wilson As a member of the Beach Boys, Wilson was signed by Capitol Records' Nick Venet to a seven-year contract in 1962. Recording sessions for the band's first album, Surfin' Safari , took place in Capitol's basement studios in the famous tower building in August, but early on Wilson lobbied for
3572-549: The documentary Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution (1967), characterized Wilson's home as a "playpen of irresponsible people." Smile was never finished, due in large part to Wilson's worsening mental condition and exhaustion. His friends, family, and colleagues often date the project's unraveling and Wilson's onset of erratic behavior to around November 1966—namely, when he recorded the would-be album track " Mrs. O'Leary's Cow " (or "Fire"). In April 1967, Wilson and his wife put their Laurel Way home up for sale and took residence at
3648-512: The end of 1963, Wilson formed a record production company, Brian Wilson Productions, with an office on Sunset Boulevard, and a music publishing company, Ocean Music, for songs he wrote for other artists. Excepting his work with the Beach Boys, for the whole of 1963, Wilson had written, arranged, produced, or performed on at least 42 songs with the Honeys, Jan and Dean, the Survivors, Sharon Marie,
3724-450: The first music producer auteurs and the first rock producers to apply the studio as an instrument . In 1964, Wilson had a nervous breakdown and resigned from regular concert touring to focus on songwriting and production, leading to works such as the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and his first credited solo release, " Caroline, No " (both 1966), as well as the unfinished album Smile . As he declined professionally and psychologically in
3800-648: The first child of Audree Neva ( née Korthof) and Murry Wilson , a machinist who later pursued songwriting part-time. His ancestry includes Dutch, Scottish, English, German, Irish, and Swedish origins. Wilson's two younger brothers, Dennis and Carl , were born in 1944 and 1946. Shortly after Dennis' birth, the family moved from Inglewood to 3701 West 119th Street in nearby Hawthorne, California . Wilson, along with his siblings, suffered psychological and sporadic physical maltreatment from their father. His 2016 memoir characterizes his father as "violent" and "cruel"; however, it also suggests that certain narratives about
3876-417: The first pop artist credited for writing, arranging, producing, and performing his own material. He also produced other acts, most notably the Honeys and American Spring . By the mid-1960s he had written or co-written more than two dozen U.S. Top 40 hits, including the number-ones " Surf City " (1963), " I Get Around " (1964), " Help Me, Rhonda " (1965), and " Good Vibrations " (1966). He is considered among
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#17327941109023952-462: The first time. [...] he was finally able to make a new set of friends without parental interference." By Gary Usher's account, Wilson had had few close friends and was "like a piece of clay waiting to be molded". By the end of the year, Wilson was one of the most successful, influential, and sought-after young musicians in Los Angeles. However, a wider public recognition of Wilson's talents eluded him until 1966. Wilson's closest friend in this period
4028-408: The group's first major European tour, in late 1964, replied angrily to a journalist when asked how he felt about originating the surfing sound. Wilson resented being identified with surf and car songs, explaining that he had only intended to "produce a sound that teens dig, and that can be applied to any theme. [...] We're just gonna stay on the life of a social teenager." He later described himself as
4104-483: The group, named the newly formed membership "Carl and the Passions". They performed songs by Dion and the Belmonts and the Four Freshmen, impressing classmate and musician, Al Jardine . Fred Morgan, Wilson's high school music teacher, noted his aptitude for learning Bach and Beethoven at 17. Nonetheless, he gave Wilson a final grade of C for his Piano and Harmony course due to incomplete assignments. Instead of
4180-689: The harmonies of the Four Freshmen by listening to short segments of their songs on a phonograph , then working to recreate the blended sounds note by note on the keyboard. Moreover, Wilson owned an educational record titled The Instruments of the Orchestra and was a regular listener of KFWB , his favorite radio station at the time. Carl introduced him to R&B , and their uncle Charlie taught him boogie-woogie piano. Both brothers would frequently stay up listening to Johnny Otis ' KFOX radio show, deliberating over its R&B tracks and incorporating them into their musical lexicon. Carl remarked that by
4256-464: The influence of marijuana. [In 1965] I had what I consider to be a very religious experience . I took LSD , a full dose of LSD, and later, another time, I took a smaller dose. And I learned a lot of things, like patience, understanding. I can't teach you, or tell you what I learned from taking it. —Brian Wilson, 1966 Early in 1965, a few weeks after Wilson and his wife moved into a new apartment on West Hollywood 's Gardner Street, Wilson took
4332-517: The late 1960s, his contributions to the band diminished, and legends grew around his lifestyle of seclusion, overeating, and drug abuse. His first comeback, divisive among fans, yielded the would-be solo effort The Beach Boys Love You (1977). In the 1980s, he formed a controversial creative and business partnership with his psychologist, Eugene Landy , and relaunched his solo career with the self-titled album Brian Wilson (1988). Wilson disassociated from Landy in 1991 and went on to tour regularly as
4408-439: The listener to prepare a MIDI keyboard to play in the non-Pythagorean scale. Below is a list of selected works crediting Schneider as performer (incomplete list). In addition to producing all of the albums for The Apples in Stereo, Schneider has produced, engineered and mixed numerous albums for fellow Elephant 6 bands and other artists, including the following. Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942)
4484-545: The live group for one-off occasions. With his bandmates often away on tour, Wilson distanced himself socially from the other Beach Boys. Since the autumn of 1964, he had moved from the Rovells' home to a one-bedroom apartment at 7235 Hollywood Boulevard , and given his newfound independence, had begun forming a new social circle for himself through the industry connections he had accumulated. Biographer Steven Gaines writes, "Brian had total freedom from family restraints for
4560-520: The meantime, Wilson became closely acquainted with the Rovell family and made their home his primary residence for most of 1963 and 1964. Wilson was for the first time officially credited as the Beach Boys' producer on the album Surfer Girl , recorded in June and July 1963 and released that September. This LP reached number seven on the national charts, with similarly successful singles. He also produced
4636-636: The mistreatment had been overstated or unfounded. From an early age, Wilson exhibited an unusually high aptitude for learning by ear . His father remembered how, after hearing only a few verses of " When the Caissons Go Rolling Along ", the infant Wilson was able to reproduce its melody. Murry was a driving force in cultivating his children's musical talents. Wilson undertook six weeks of accordion lessons, and by ages seven and eight, he performed choir solos at church. His choir director declared him to have perfect pitch . When Wilson
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#17327941109024712-471: The piano and would most frequently harmonize with those from his senior class in these recordings. Written for his Senior Problems course in October 1959, Wilson submitted an essay, "My Philosophy", in which he stated that his ambitions were to "make a name for myself [...] in music." One of Wilson's earliest public performances was at a fall arts program at his high school. He enlisted his cousin and frequent singing partner Mike Love and, to entice Carl into
4788-495: The same time, Wilson began producing a girl group, the Honeys , consisting of sisters Marilyn and Diane Rovell and their cousin Ginger Blake, who were local high school students he had met at a Beach Boys concert during the previous August. Wilson pitched the Honeys to Capitol, envisioning them as a female counterpart to the Beach Boys. The company released several Honeys recordings as singles, although they sold poorly. In
4864-406: The song, held on April 6, as "my favorite session", and the opening orchestral section as "the greatest piece of music that I've ever written." For the remainder of the year, he experienced considerable paranoia, which he attributed to his LSD consumption. Following unsuccessful attempts to distance her husband from Schwartz, Marilyn separated from Wilson for at least a month. She later said, "He
4940-485: The street in front of his house, disc jockeys, anyone. He had so much stuff flowing through him at once he could hardly handle it." In October, Safari Records, a label created by Murry, released the single " The Surfer Moon " by Bob & Sheri . It was the first record that bore the label "Produced by Brian Wilson". The only other record the label issued was Bob & Sheri's "Humpty Dumpty". Both songs were written by Wilson. From January to March 1963, Wilson produced
5016-504: The time, Wilson described it as "the first of a series of three breakdowns I had." When the group resumed recording their next album in January 1965, Wilson declared to his bandmates that he would be withdrawing from future tours. He later told a journalist that his decision had been a byproduct of his "fucked up" jealousy toward Spector and the Beatles. In 1965, Wilson immediately showcased great advances in his musical development with
5092-528: Was Loren Schwartz , a talent agent that he had met at a Hollywood studio. Through Schwartz, Wilson was exposed to a wealth of literature and mystical topics—largely of philosophy and world religions—that he formed a deep fascination with. Schwartz also introduced marijuana and hashish to Wilson, whose habitual use of the drug caused a rift in his marriage to Marilyn, further strained by his frequent visitations to Schwartz's apartment. Beginning with " Please Let Me Wonder " (1965), Wilson wrote songs while under
5168-757: Was 12 years old, his family acquired an upright piano, and he then shifted his focus from accordion. He began teaching himself to play piano by spending hours mastering his favorite songs. He learned how to write manuscript music through a friend of his father. I got so into The Four Freshmen . I could identify with Bob Flanigan 's high voice. He taught me how to sing high. I worked for a year on The Four Freshmen with my hi-fi set. I eventually learned every song they did. —Brian Wilson, 1998 Wilson sang with peers at school functions, as well as with family and friends at home, and guided his two brothers in learning harmony parts, which they would rehearse together. He also played piano obsessively after school, deconstructing
5244-464: Was also a big hit in the U.S., reaching number two on the national sales charts by July. The Beach Boys had become a top-rank recording and touring band. Against Venet's wishes, Wilson worked with non-Capitol acts. Shortly after meeting Liberty Records ' Jan and Dean (likely in August 1962), Wilson offered them a new song he had written, " Surf City ", which the duo soon recorded. On July 20, 1963, "Surf City", which Wilson co-wrote with Jan Berry ,
5320-454: Was his first composition to reach the top of the US charts. The resulting success pleased Wilson, but angered both Murry and Capitol Records. Murry went so far as to order his oldest son to sever any future collaborations with Jan and Dean, although they continued to appear on each other's records. Wilson's hits with Jan and Dean effectively revitalized the music duo's then-faltering career. Around
5396-511: Was nine, was a reinterpretation of the lyrics to Stephen Foster 's " Oh! Susannah ". In his 1991 memoir, he recalls writing his first song for a 4th grade school project concerning Paul Bunyan . In a 2005 interview, he said that he began composing original music in 1955, when he was 12. In high school, Wilson played quarterback for Hawthorne High 's football team, played baseball for American Legion Ball, and ran cross-country in his senior year. At 15, he briefly worked part-time sweeping at
5472-707: Was not acknowledged with a production credit in the album liner notes. Wilson remarked, "I've always felt I was a behind-the-scenes man, rather than an entertainer." He had been a massive fan of Phil Spector — who had risen to fame with the Teddy Bears — and aspired to model his burgeoning career after the record producer. With Gary Usher, Wilson wrote numerous songs patterned after the Teddy Bears, and they wrote and produced some records for local talent, albeit with no commercial success. Wilson gradually dissolved his partnership with Usher due to interference from Murry. Wilson's first record that he produced outside of
5548-680: Was not the same Brian that he was before the drugs. [...] These people were very hurtful, and I tried to get that through to Brian." The couple soon reconciled, and, in late 1965, moved into a newly purchased home at 1448 Laurel Way in Beverly Hills . The house was constantly occupied by visitors, a situation that he, in his words, "didn't mind" so long as he had space to "cop out and sit, thinking". Wilson recalled that after relocating to his Laurel Way home, he experienced an unexpected surge of creativity at his "big Spanish table", where he sat for hours developing ideas for new music. He said, "I
5624-431: Was taking a lot of drugs, fooling around with pills, a lot of pills, and it fouled me up for a while. It got me really introspective". Over a period of five months, he planned an album that would reflect his growing interest in "the making of music for people on a spiritual level". In December 1965, Tony Asher , a jingle writer whom Wilson had recently met, accepted Wilson's offer to be his writing partner for what became
5700-617: Was the surfer and I was the songwriter. —Brian Wilson The three Wilson brothers, Love, and Jardine debuted their first music group together, called "the Pendletones", in the autumn of 1961. At Dennis's suggestion, Brian and Love co-wrote the group's first song, " Surfin' ". After practicing in the Wilsons' music room, the group secured Murry Wilson as their manager and prepared for their initial studio session. Produced by Hite and Dorinda Morgan on Candix Records , "Surfin'" became
5776-468: Was to accompany his bandmates on a two-week US tour, but while on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, began sobbing uncontrollably over his marriage. Al Jardine, who had sat next to Wilson on the plane, later said, "None of us had ever witnessed something like that." Wilson played the show in Houston later that day, but was replaced by session musician Glen Campbell for the rest of the tour dates. At
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