Scheiner: Well, I'm doing the whole Steely Dan catalog — that'll be fun - and the Cars' first record…
LS: So basically you can do whatever you want.
Scheiner: No, no, I can't, but I've developed a pretty decent reputation, so guys do call me to do some of their stuff. You know, I don't get all the calls, mainly just from Warner Brothers and Universal. I haven't done any for BMG, and only one or two for Sony, and one piece for EMI. I don't know who's doing it for them. I know that BMG is getting ready to release a lot of stuff, and I'm not doing any of it.
LS: Besides your own recordings, and the Linda Ronstadt album you mentioned, what other surround recordings do you enjoy?
Scheiner: You should check out Insane Clown Posse — ah, it's outstanding! Nathaniel Kunkel did it — it's absolutely amazing.
so these bits are most interesting to me,
1.) so its confirmed! Mr.Scheiner did remix The Cars' 1st album into 5.1., its not just conjecture! as to why its never been released, who knows?..,
2.) What were the 2 x project's Mr.Scheiner mixed into 5.1 for Sony? I'm presuming Foo Fighters' "In Your Honor" was one? What was the other?
3.) What was the EMI title Mr.Scheiner mixed in 5.1?
4.) "BMG was getting ready to release a lot of stuff"..!! not mixed by Mr.Scheiner unfortunately but.. what might any of that have been? ..and what happened..!? did anything in 5.1 make it out from BMG and if so on what format?
5.) Mr.Scheiner rates Nathaniel Kunkel's 5.1 stuff, which makes me think all the more, given his James Taylor mixes are solid, that his Keane "Hopes & Fears" 5.1 did in fact get screwed up, as I suspected all along and needs the 'Fronts and Rears' treatment!
..I hope the mostly positive response to the new GnR 5.1 encourages the maestro back out of retirement, so we can hear some more of his surround music work soon.. when he's on it he is THE MAN (imho).