Vermont : A Love Story quite encouraged , because structurally , it was beautiful . It was all oak frame , no parallel walls , which would be great for a studio . So all of a sudden I own it .”
“ We started in 1969 as Earth Audio Techniques . We bought some basic recording equipment , and it actually did pretty well .” He doesn ’ t sound surprised .
Bill then decided , “ Let ’ s start a record company . We named it Philo Records after Mount Philo , which was right behind us . And we just started doing stuff . We had no idea what we were doing .”
The pig barn in North Ferrisburg
I asked , how did you learn how to create records ?
“ I did some research and some engineering , but the lion ’ s share of great music was done by Mike , the complicated , really , really beautiful stuff . We didn ’ t focus enough on what ’ s going to sell . We focused on what we loved . There ’ d be these funny albums , like Adirondack milking tunes , you know , Gaelic tunes about trees …”
Philo Records journeyed on for years , as did Earth Audio Techniques , the recording arm . I wondered , how did his next adventure start ?
“ We merged with a company called Blue Jay Films , which was a wonderful little film operation on Church Street in Burlington . And we decided to create an outfit , which we named , ‘ Resolution ’. We got a little office and went into business ; audio , and film production .”
How did you get TIME LIFE to work with you in far distant Burlington ?
“ Ladies and Gentlemen . . .” Bill Schubart with Ed Sullivan
“ This came over a long period of time . We started out just in audio production , and then it began to grow , and our first big client was General Motors Delco Bose . They were putting audio cassettes into their high-end cars and creating these very
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