Bruce Swedien Records Tribute To Michael Jackson Called, “Timeless”
Bruce Swedien, known to fans as the recording engineer on
Michael’s best loved songs, has recorded a tribute to him, written &
sung by Scott & Michelle Dalziel. ‘Timeless’ is from their album
‘Another Roller Coaster,’ and is a moving tribute to the late Michael
Jackson, recorded at Bruce’s West Viking studio, Florida, in March 2013.
Bruce Swedien considers himself a lucky man. As The Man at
the desk for Michael’s ‘Thriller’ album, which has defended its
best-selling album status in the Guinness Book Of World Records for more
than 25 years, there’s no denying that he found himself in the right
place at the right time.
Bruce Swedien has said,
“I have never recorded Michael Jackson where he sang a lead
vocal with the lyrics in front of him. He always stayed up the night
before and had the lyrics committed to memory, which is kind of
interesting, and I challenge the young pop stars today to duplicate
that. I don’t think so. But Michael could.
I don’t think people have realized how serious Michael was
about the musical part of it, and he was indeed. “Serious” is a mild
expression—he had a passion for the music. I’ve worked with major forces
in the music industry and I think Michael was perhaps the top of the
heap there, and I just figured I’d be remiss if I didn’t say something
about it in detail. How could you not? To be in such an important place
as that was, at that point in music, I had to tell this story.”