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Hudson Music – Taking Center Stage – A lifetime of live performance
Taking Center Stage
A lifetime of live performance
The Making of Taking Center Stage
In this four-part series, Hudson Music’s lead editor and co-producer of Taking Center Stage, Joe Bergamini, shares his personal insights and experiences from the process of planning and filming this unprecedented work.
Part 1: The Beginnings of an Idea
As I walked up the steps to the restaurant, I glanced over toward the parking lot, and it looked empty. I assumed the Ghost Rider had gone, and was speeding over some distant highway back toward the Pacific Ocean.
Part 2: Coming to an Accord, Production Begins
The months came and went, our lives went on, Hudson put out a bunch of other products, and then suddenly, just as I began to assume this whole Neil project was probably never going to happen, Paul and Rob notified me that Neil was coming to New York to play in a Buddy Rich tribute concert, and that he would make time to meet us for breakfast.