Originally broadcast on NBC on August 14, 1980, Suzanne Ciani’s nine-minute appearance on the David Letterman Show is a genuinely remarkable document, the pioneering electronic musician and synthesizer innovator demonstrating her specialized sound-processing equipment live on late-night television, explaining how she created sound effects for commercials, and performing with the orchestra in a segment that remains one of the more quietly influential appearances in the history of the format.
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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