joel mcneily, brilliantly talented composer who arranged 15 charts just so visually and exquisitely.at capital with old microphones. >> i love that. >> we recorded it to reel to reel tape. our engineer rich breen did a lot of research to find out what it is that makes the albums sound as warm as they do. one of the things was recorded to tape. it's not recorded digitally. and that's what gives it that mid rangy richness. >> you're content with conquering television and music. you just finished directing your first movie called "ted." it stars mark walburg. tell me about that. >> ted is about a guy who gets a teddy bear for christmas when he is 8 years old and makes a wish that the bear would come to life and speak to him and be his best friend. magically, it happens. so it opens in a very disneyesque fairytale kind of way. and then the movie itself takes place about 30 years later. and he's now got a girlfriend who he lives with and the bear is still with him. but it's now tattered, it's, you know, got rips and stains on it. and it gets high what him and drinks beer with him and it's