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Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 17:40:11 EDT
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WINDHAM HILL RECORDS - "The identification that our label has is
really unprecedented; people know what Windham Hill record sounds
like."
	The "sound" is that of the impressionistic compositions of
guitarists Alex de Grassi, Michael Hedges, and Ackerman himself, plus
such artists as pianist George Winston and violinist Darol Anger.
	"Briefly, my first record [The Search For The Turtle's Navel]
was intended to be a single effort; but the response was so amazing
that it engendered other projects.
	"Our first criterion is that the music has to connect to the
heart.  Technique is important, sure, but what comes first is pure
heart.  It doesn't hurt if an act is touring, but we don't insist on
it.  My own first performance, ever, was after Turtle's Navel came
out, opening for Harry Chapin; and my second was at the Seattle Opera
House!
	"Owning a studio is a good way to lose your shirt, and I don't
intend to own one.  We do however, have digital equipment we bring
into studios that we use in the Stanford area.
	"A&M Records distributes our product, but they have no equity
in our company, and we have complete say in quality control and
production.  We've gotten expert advice on production; the company
that developed Quiex vinyl has created a special compound exclusively
for our records.  They make it easier for us to do what we always
wanted to do in production and promotion, and it's being done better.
I couldn't be happier with the arrangement."

 - From an April '84 FRETS magazine interview with Windham Hill
founder William Ackerman.

			- Dave Coleman
	"sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own"