Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album Podcast

Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album
Presentation
Hosted by	Anthony Marinelli, Steven Ray
Genre	Music journalism Serialized audio and video interviews
Directed by	Christian D. Bruun
Language	English
Updates	Thursday and Tuesday
Length	Variable (8–35 minutes)
Production
Production	Christian D. Bruun David Wolf Anthony Marinelli Steven Ray
Audio format	Podcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3)
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	59
Publication
Original release	December 22, 2022 (2022-12-22) – present
Website	www.storiesintheroom.com

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Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album is a music podcast series that features conversations and demos with songwriters, producers, engineers, and musicians behind the Thriller album, about creating the music together in the famous Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood. The series is hosted by Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray.

Series overview

In connection with the 40th anniversary of the release of the studio album Thriller (released on November 29, 1982), the hosts invited key members of the team behind the album, to share their stories and inside details of how the music came together.

The hosts

The podcast series is hosted by film composer Anthony Marinelli who programmed synthesizers for seven songs on the album and A&R veteran and film producer Steven Ray who was Quincy Jones' assistant and the only person who was present in the studio every day during the recording of the album. As the multitrack production came together, each night Steven would drop off audiotapes with demoes of tracks for potential inclusion on the album, at Quincy Jones' house.

Format and production

The podcast is released as both audio-only and video episodes. Each interview is segmented into episodes running from 8 to 16 minutes. Production started in 2022 during COVID-19, and the initial interviews were performed and recorded remotely, with each host in Los Angeles and the guests in their respective home or studio. Later on the interviews would be recorded live in Anthony Marinelli's studio, where many of the original synthesizers used on the album were set up and available for the guests to demonstrate the intricacies and details of various parts of the songs. Among the equipment that is being demoed is the Linndrum machine,the ARP 2600 synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Synclavier II, Dr. Click sync unit, and the Minimoog Moog synthesizer. The remote recording sessions were produced by AudiVita Studios. The in-studio interviews were recorded by Ben Rachlis. All audio postproduction was completed at Audivita Studios by Shaun Hettinger and Jay Spang. The video episodes and graphics were shot, produced, edited, and designed by Ditlevfilms. The series is directed by award-winning director Christian D. Bruun.

Social media and celebrities

Besides being distributed across most podcast networks such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, TuneIn through the RedCircle platform, the series has a strong social media component, with additional segments released several times a week on Instagram and YouTube. Livestream Q&A sessions are released regularly, featuring the guests of the episodes, with an opportunity for the audience participation. The social media campaign is created and edited by Dante Marinelli. The campaign has reached millions of accounts and many of the clips have garnered millions of views and count among their followers such celebrities as Questlove, John Mayer, DJ Khalil, Timbaland, and Lauryn Hill.

Audience and reception

The series has garnered positive reviews from music journalists and articles on music websites and newspapers around the world, and massive views on social media sites, such as Instagram and TikTok. On Michael Jackson fan sites the podcast has beomce an important resource for content related to the music of the Thriller album. The podcast is currently in the top 10% of all podcasts, according to the podcast ratings website Listen Notes

Global ranking and popularity

Music history podcasts

Date	Country	Platform	Ranking
February 15, 2023	United States	Apple	12
February 14, 2023	United Kingdom	Apple	3
February 22, 2023	Finland	Apple	1
February 28, 2023	Denmark	Apple	3
February 28, 2023	Sweden	Apple	1
March 6, 2023	Norway	Apple	2
March 2, 2023	South Korea	Apple	1
March 12, 2023	Switzerland	Apple	3
March 8, 2023	Uruguay	Apple	1
March 13, 2023	New Zealand	Apple	5
February 5, 2023	Canada	Apple	5

Sources: Rephonic, Chartable

The guests

• Greg Phillinganes
• Steve Porcaro
• Julia Waters
• Maxine Waters
• Oren Waters
• Matt Forger
• Paul Jackson Jr.
• Larry Williams
• Lorraine Fields

External links

• Official website
• Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album. Official Channel on YouTube
• Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album on IMDb Search this movie on
• Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album on Apple podcast
• Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album on Podtail
• Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album on Scribd
• Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album on podcast24 in the UK

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