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Tom Scholz is the founder, main songwriter, and only remaining original member of the rock band Boston. He is an MIT-trained engineer who designed and built his own recording studio and holds several patents related to his work in music production and electronics. In recent years, he has dedicated much of his money and time to charitable work.
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Donald Thomas Scholzis an American musician. He is the founder, main songwriter, primary guitarist, keyboardist and only remaining original member of the rock band Boston. He has appeared on every Boston release. Scholz, a multi-instrumentalist, plays guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums.
Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who designed and built his own recording studio in an apartment basement in the early 1970s. A fan of rock music throughout his teen years, Scholz began writing songs while earning his master’s degree at MIT. The first Boston album was mostly recorded in his basement studio, primarily using devices he invented. After the success of Boston, he founded Scholz Research & Development, Inc. to develop and market his inventions, many under the Rockman brand. Scholz holds several patents related to his work at SR&D over the years.
He was described by AllMusic as an “un-rock n’ roll” figure who did not enjoy the limelight of being a performer, preferring to concentrate on music, production, and inventing new electronic equipment. In more recent years, he has dedicated much of his money and time to charitable work.
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Tom Scholz is a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums.
Tom Scholz began writing songs while earning his master’s degree at MIT, and the first Boston album was mostly recorded in his basement studio using devices he invented.
Tom Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who founded Scholz Research & Development, Inc. to develop and market his inventions, many under the Rockman brand.
Tom Scholz is the founder, main songwriter, primary guitarist, keyboardist, and only remaining original member of the rock band Boston.
In more recent years, Tom Scholz has dedicated much of his money and time to charitable work.
Tom Scholz was described as an ,un-rock n’ roll, figure who did not enjoy the limelight of being a performer, preferring to concentrate on music, production, and inventing new electronic equipment.
Tom Scholz’s MIT-trained engineering skills allowed him to design and build his own recording studio in the early 1970s, which he used to record the first Boston album.
10 Quotes by Tom Scholz
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And sometimes I actually start to think human life is just as cheap to corporate America as animal life, so long as there are big profits to be made.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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I was a fixer, a builder – an inventor – ever since I can remember.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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People have been convinced that growth for growth’s sake is a good thing.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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Everybody’s seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip mall.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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Most people live their life around what other people do.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they’ve squashed stories that they don’t want the public to know about.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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Music is an escape for me.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician
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Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.
Tom ScholzAmerican rock musician