Michael Scott

Audio Unit Supervisor / Engineer

Mike Scott, or "The Wizard," is responsible for countless #1 hits and platinum, albums during his career with Sony Music and his own "Wizard Records". The GRAMMY Award winning engineer, while working directly for Tommy Mottola at Sony Music, engineered Mariah Carey through five platinum albums and has credits such as Billy Joel, Hall and Oates, Jennifer Lopez, Ten Thousand Maniacs and many more. Mr.Scott has also recorded the GRAMMY winning Nirvana "Unplugged" album.

" When I knew we were going ahead with filming the show, I had no idea as to who I would be able to get or trust to handle the most important part of the show; the sound.

I had met Mike Scott when he was doing the audio at one of my daughter's shows. I knew nothing about him or his impressive credentials at that time, only that I liked the way that he meticulously approached his work. We met over breakfast one morning and I pitched him the project. He was curious but needed to come to a rehearsal and see for himself what it was that I was doing before he would commit to anything.

The following week, Mike came to our rehearsal. We ran through "Forever" and "Desert Dance" for him and he did not say a thing. After a few minutes he asked me to step outside for a minute. Now I was nervous, this guy on board would be the icing on the cake! We walked out to his car just him and I, still not saying a thing. He opened his car, sat down , closed the door then rolled down the window and said " let's get to work."

In the weeks following the shows, as we got into post production on the audio, I got to first hand watch the "Wizard" at work and see why he was given the name. It was an honor to work beside him. Thanks Mike.

Cal