SAN DIEGO — Ed Stasium's goal has remained happily unchanged in the nearly 50 years he has worked as a recording engineer and album producer for such varied artists as Talking Heads, Ramones, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Mick Jagger, Living Colour, Kool & The Gang and gospel-music queen Shirley Caesar.
"I just put up the microphones and do my best to capture the band's essence," said the former New Yorker, who now works out of his suburban home studio in San Diego's North County.
"I love what I do. I can work at home in my underwear, if I want! I've put so much effort into everything I do, whether it's Mick Jagger or a local band here in San Diego doing a demo. And I've been very lucky, being at the right place at the right time."
