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ArevealingandpersonalprofileofGrammyAward–winningcomposerandproducerDavidFoster,withinterviewsfromtheartistswhoknowthemusiclegendbest,includingCelineDion,BarbraStreisand,LionelRichie,QuincyJones,andMichaelBublé.<br/> Oneofthemostsuccessfulrecordproducersandsongwritersofthepasthalfcentury,DavidFosterhasworkedoncountlesschart-toppingalbumsbyperformerslikeAndreaBocelli,BarbraStreisand,JenniferLopez,Chicago,WhitneyHouston,and,ofcourse,CélineDion.Andthisisonlyasmallfractionoftheartistshehasrecordedwith.(HealsodiscoveredMichaelBublé,bytheway.)<br/> BorninVictoria—hereferstohischildhoodas"almostperfect"—Fostermadehiswaytothepinnacleofthemusicindustry,butnotwithoutpayinghisdues,asBarryAvrich'sDavidFoster:OfftheRecorddemonstrates.<br/> Aworkaholicwhopursuedhisgoalssometimesatsignificantpersonalcost(allofhischildrendescribehimasanaffectionatebutabsentfather),Fosteremergesasadrivenmanforwhomcontroliseverything.AshetellsAvrichatthebeginning,"Youthinkthisisyourfilm,butyou'regoingtohavetodealwithme."Thatsaid,Foster'sneedforcontrolcomesfromhisclearviewofwhathewantsonhisproductions,andthissometimesrequirestoughdecisions.(HebasicallystrippedChicagoofthehornsthatdefinedthemwhiletryingtogetthembackontop.)Buoyedbyincredibleaccesstothesubjectandhiscollaborators,OfftheRecordpresentsanamplecaseforFosterasoneofthemostinfluentialcreatorsinpop-musichistory—asprovenbythestringofmajorartistswhoshowuptopaytribute(includingDion,whocan'tstopsinginghispraises).
