Albhy Galuten

Albhy Galuten
Albhy Galuten
Background information
Birth name	Alan Bruce Galuten
Born	December 27, 1947 (age 76); Hartsdale, New York, United States
Occupation(s)	Record producer; composer; musician; orchestrator; songwriter; technology executive;
Instrument(s)	Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar

Albhy Galuten (born Alan Bruce Galuten; December 27, 1947) is an American technology executive and futurist, Grammy Award-winning^[1] record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and conductor. He has numerous inventions and has produced 18 number 1 singles with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies.^[2] He has won two Grammy Awards, a Dramalogue award, and a BMI Citation of Achievement.

Career

Musical career

Galuten attended Berklee College of Music.^[3]

Galuten's record productions include the soundtracks Saturday Night Fever, the theme song "Grease," the Eric Clapton recording of "Knockin on Heaven's Door" and albums for Jellyfish, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand (Guilty), Dionne Warwick (Heartbreaker), Andy Gibb, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Samantha Sang, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis, Titanic Love Affair and the Bee Gees. He also formed a production team with Barry Gibb and Karl Richardson under the name Gibb-Galuten-Richardson.^[4]

Galuten also contributed playing or orchestration skills to recording artists Wishbone Ash, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eagles, Kenny Loggins, Petula Clark and No Doubt. He is also credited with playing the first synthesizer in reggae.^[5]

His US singles include 13 number ones:

"You Should Be Dancing" – Bee Gees
"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" – Andy Gibb
"How Deep Is Your Love" – Bee Gees
"Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" – Andy Gibb
"Night Fever" – Bee Gees
"Shadow Dancing" – Andy Gibb
"Grease" – Frankie Valli
"Too Much Heaven" – Bee Gees
"Tragedy" – Bee Gees
"Love You Inside Out" – Bee Gees
"Woman in Love" – Barbra Streisand
"Islands in the Stream" – Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton

Other hit singles include "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door" (Eric Clapton), "Love So Right" (Bee Gees), Guilty (Barbra Streisand), "What Kind of Fool" (Barbra Streisand), "Emotion" (Samantha Sang), "I Can't Help It" (Olivia Newton-John & Andy Gibb), "Heartbreaker" (Dionne Warwick), "Chain Reaction" (Diana Ross), "Eaten Alive" (Diana Ross), "Eyes That See In the Dark" (Kenny Rogers)

Technology executive

He is a Founder at Agora Media^[6] and a Senior Fellow, Technology Initiatives at Intertrust Technologies.^[7] He has been a vice president at Sony and a Senior Vice President at Universal Music Group and a vice president at Ion. In his various roles as a technology executive, Galuten has filed patents, developed corporate technology strategy, negotiated technology deals and worked in the development of standards including the Content Reference Forum (chairman) and the Coral Consortium (Vice President).

Inventor

As an inventor, Galuten is noted for having created the first commercial drum loop^[8] ("Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees), the Enhanced CD, and has numerous patents in the areas content distribution and resolution, customer care, User Interface design, emotion-based algorithmic music generation, and media aggregation and optimization.

Issued Patents

US6918059 – Method and system for handling errors in a distributed computer system
US7209892 – Electronic music/media distribution system
US7574434 – Method and system for navigating and selecting media from large data sets
US7624046 – Electronic music/media distribution system
US8626732 – Method and system for navigating and selecting media from large data sets
US9159370 – Distributing media using a portable digital device compatible with optical drive devices
US9811799 – Distributed customer support credits
US10136189 – Method and system for re-aggregation and optimization of media
US10820027 – Method and system for re-aggregation and optimization of media
US11328700 – Dynamic Music Modification
US11563504 – Methods and systems for performing and recording live music using audio waveform samples
US11616589 – Methods and systems for performing and recording live music near live with no latency
US11941530 – Creating diversity in artificial intelligence and machine learning

References

^ "Albhy Galuten". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
^ Trust, Gary (2022-08-24). "The Songwriters & Producers With the Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
^ Small, Mark (1 June 2002). "On the Watchtower". Berklee College of Music. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
^ "Revisiting The 'Saturday Night Fever' Soundtrack (1977) | Retrospective Tribute". Albumism. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
^ Cumbo, Fikisha (25 July 2011). "First Synthesizer in Reggae". South Florida Caribbean News. Kingston, Jamaica. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
^ "Founders". Agora Media. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ "Leadership Team". Intertrust Technologies. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Nicolaou, Kyriacos (18 January 2021). "Humour and sadness in Bee Gees retrospective". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-05.