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From: ix710@sdccsu3.UUCP (David Whiteman)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: My Favorite Martian music
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Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 04:23:38 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 21 04:23:38 1983
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A few years ago I took a history of Jazz class at UCLA taught by a
professor Tanner.  One day he told us about the theme song for My
Favorite Martian.  He said that he was one of the musicians who
recorded that song; he played an electronic device that he designed
that  made an eerie space-like effect at the begining of the song.

During the recording session Tanner had to be placed in a separate room
from the rest of the musicians so the engineers could balance the
instruments properly.  Since Tanner was in a separate sound proof room
they had trouble keeping in synch, so the conductor set up a close
circuit TV so Tanner could see the conductor on one monitor, and the
conductor could see Tanner on another moniter.  Well during the next
take Tanner was playing too slow, so the conductor thinking that the
monitor showing Tanner was Tanner, faced the moniter thus turning away
from the camera making it impossible for Tanner to see him.

Anyway the song does not have any words and is untitled.

David Whiteman UCSD