Rich B
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Bill Burton - Hello Goodbye
A tribute to Bill Burton from the current and former editors of car audio
While contemplating a few different subjects for this month's editorial I got the call that former Car Audio editor (and later editorial director), Bill Burton, had died in Austin, Texas. Car Audio started in the late '80s and Burton was a big part of the magazine's early success. Later on he would work at Car Stereo Review, where he served as technical director for about a decade until Hachette Filipacchi decided to stop publishing the magazine (by then called Road Gear). Until 2005 Burton also contributed to Mobile Electronics.
Burton knew the music of language. He earned his degree in literature from Berkeley where he wrote his graduate thesis on James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, a musical book if there ever was one. He also knew the language of music, whether you're talking about the notes themselves or the notes as conveyed by mobile audio systems. If you're a long time reader of this magazine you'll remember Burton's fine editorials. Those of you not that familiar with him can check out http://www.enjoythemusic.com/billburton.htm and read the interview between him and Steve Rochlin.
A lot of Burton's time was spent on bringing people together - as a part of the media he connected manufacturers and consumers through product reviews, various people in car audio through his industry dinners, and all of those on the competition scene who benefited from his participation. He influenced an industry and its culture as much as he covered it as a journalist, and that's no small thing, at least for those of us who love the world of car audio.
-- Ben Oh
A tribute to Bill Burton from the current and former editors of car audio
While contemplating a few different subjects for this month's editorial I got the call that former Car Audio editor (and later editorial director), Bill Burton, had died in Austin, Texas. Car Audio started in the late '80s and Burton was a big part of the magazine's early success. Later on he would work at Car Stereo Review, where he served as technical director for about a decade until Hachette Filipacchi decided to stop publishing the magazine (by then called Road Gear). Until 2005 Burton also contributed to Mobile Electronics.
Burton knew the music of language. He earned his degree in literature from Berkeley where he wrote his graduate thesis on James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, a musical book if there ever was one. He also knew the language of music, whether you're talking about the notes themselves or the notes as conveyed by mobile audio systems. If you're a long time reader of this magazine you'll remember Burton's fine editorials. Those of you not that familiar with him can check out http://www.enjoythemusic.com/billburton.htm and read the interview between him and Steve Rochlin.
A lot of Burton's time was spent on bringing people together - as a part of the media he connected manufacturers and consumers through product reviews, various people in car audio through his industry dinners, and all of those on the competition scene who benefited from his participation. He influenced an industry and its culture as much as he covered it as a journalist, and that's no small thing, at least for those of us who love the world of car audio.
-- Ben Oh
