We’ve had the pleasure of hearing thousands of musical pieces that might not have been created otherwise.Ĭan you provide us with some background about how you became a sample/sound developer? What was your first product, and when was it released.Īfter deciding to pursue a music career, my family and I moved from New York to a small island in the Pacific Northwest. However, what has moved me most has been the music that our customers have made with our libraries. Gershwin, the Beatles, the Moody Blues, Debussy, and the list can go on and on. I studied privately with some of the best harpists – jazz harp with Daphne Hellman, pop harp with Dwayne Fulton, South American harp with Atahualpa Poalasín, and took some country harp lessons with Louise Trotter. My music education was mostly private lessons. Where did you study music? Did you have one or many mentors? I had listened to others who told me “be a musician and you’ll starve.” My passion was music, so I followed my heart and switched careers to music. But deep down that was not what I really wanted to do. I went to graduate school for applied math, graduated law school, and practiced law in New York for a short time. Also during my teenage years, I built a rudimentary synthesizer, some electric guitars, and attempted to build a tape sampler (like a Mellotron).ĭid you ever have to choose between music and another life? As a teenager, I took harp lessons and realized that I found the perfect instrument for me. I started a pop band at age 11 and then took classical piano lessons.
My earliest musical experiences were taking guitar and accordion lessons at age 5 and taking up more instruments in elementary school. My parents always encouraged me toward music.
What were your earliest musical experiences? To commemorate this milestone I spoke to the company’s founder, Gary Garritan, about his roots, some highlights of the last twenty years, and his reaction to the recently released Garritan Anthology. While twenty years at any pursuit is a remarkable accomplishment, in the world of music software it represents several lifetimes.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Garritan virtual instrument library.
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