While many adventurous boys were building tree forts or playing with model trains, young Bart could usually be found upstairs in his bedroom/recording studio. With the bottom bunk and some draped blankets serving as a sound booth, he spent hours clicking the buttons of his Panasonic front load cassette recorder. Doing all the voices of a movie spoof from MAD magazine while spinning sound effects records from the local public library, he’d proudly present his audio masterpiece on Saturday night to his parent’s boozy yet appreciative bridge party audience.
Bart would take that love for audio recording to New York City where he worked at real recording studios, founded the world’s first all-digital post audio facility and started a music production company in Times Square. The progress of digital technology allowed him to move to bucolic Seattle and build Bart Radio, start a TV and film production company, and create music for all mediums. But, for all his national recognition and award-winning success, little has topped the excitement of popping out that finished cassette in anticipation of Saturday night.