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Andy Jones

Did Michael Jackson really use a sampler demo riff for the intro to Beat It?

Anthony Marinelli is the well respected synth expert and player with a long career programming and performing with some of the biggest musicians in the world. He's played on albums by the likes of Michael Jackson, Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie and Supertramp, and contributed to film scores including Young Guns, Internal Affairs and the mighty Planes, Trains & Automobiles. 

Over the last few months Marinelli has been releasing a series of Youtube videos with interesting revelations about how he put together famous keyboard parts, most notably for Michael Jackson's Thriller album, on which he worked on several songs. One of the videos covers how Marinelli put together the intro to the title track, while another covers its famous Theremin sound.

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