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@Snooze the entire ending track on the album is a rip off a sauna building YouTube video. Hhahahaahahahaha I’m excited to reference all the samples.
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I've always loved the documentaries showing the making of albums and songs. Please keep them up
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Insights to your production process beyond the general creative idea of the song would be huge! As you’ve suggested, vocal presets, intentions behind mixing processes, etc.
@Derrian-Berry he more specific!
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Beyond ridiculous to have an opportunity to ask these questions Jon, thank you for creating this
Curious if you can shed some light on how far you take a record before needing to bring in Mix / Mastering Engineers, in context of records like Holy (Justin Bieber), as opposed to a record that you may have mixed yourself like The Definition album.
I've understood from listening to Serban Ghenea interviews that a guy like Max Martin will bring the record to roughly 80% during the production and recording phase, but the last 20% really is dialed in by the experienced ears of engineers.
Separately, I've always been geeked out on your drum programming and sound selection.
- An Immigrant
- JT
- Jungle (I still haven't been able to recreate the drum fill on the turnarounds haha)
-Young Gun
I noticed that the programming of All Time Low is really similar to "Wild" by Dilla
I like how you've been able to consistently weave a refreshing take on the triplets rhythm with your songwriting throughout the years. Its just an incredibly pleasant and human experience watching your growth. I've seen it happening since 2015.
Thank you, immensely
Austin@Austin-scott great question. I use Manny for my personal music, he mixed the whole next record. I like how he builds on what I build entirely. I like delivering songs at 90 percent and having manny just do his magic by realizing the already templated direction I set. It’s NEVER good to say “the mixer will make this sound good when he gets his hands on it”
It has to sound good before you send in my lowly opinion. Sometimes they reinvent it and show you a new approach that’s even better than what you thought was already perfect. But that’s a rare bonus, not an expectation. Make the song you wanna send to the world BEFORE mixing.
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I’d do disgusting things for bts videos even if they’re just walkthroughs in your DAW
@Jb_artist69 my DAW is humans these days. 3 computers running sometimes with monsters behind them. I like producing producers. teddy Riley the best of all time.
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I think I found my new favorite website. Any insight into unique ear candy / vocal synthesizing plugins that aren’t well known but are on your radar would be very welcomed. Thanks JB
@tsangiorgio ask @tenroc what my fave synth is and why is it EXHALE hahhahahaha
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I'd love to see a production category! Place where other producers can maybe link up make some tunes together and chat! Also, j think I speak for everyone and would absolutely love to see a category of all unreleased tracks you've made! Let's goooooooo!!
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@mmaniscalco a lot of these making ofs for this album would just be me directing multiple people in a room and long discussions on approach. I plan on releasing them, but I’ve lost a lot of my love for doing everything alone. Producing producers is more of my wave now. It’s all being ran through my taste and final say. Like I said I produce producers at this point. Getting the best out of my collaborators is the new chase.
@User12261990 Would love to see what the collaborators are doing on their side of things to match your creative vision! Zoom in on the technicals of the process, ig interview them too
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I wanna see more of the process like how you did the guillotine video. The creative process is incredible and I’m on Long Island I wanna come to the studio and hang! Thatguycraigmgmt@gmail.com manifesting the come thru email it’s a dream. I’m off till next Tuesday so hmu I’ll come thru
@thatguycraigmgmt i agree with you!!
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I think we all want “making ofs” for all the new songs
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@Derrian-Berry he more specific!
@User12261990 Okay! I've always been super interested in the processing behind your beatboxing/mouth noises that you include in your tracks. Particularly how you work them into the percussion of your record, i.e Woodstock or Overwhelming; EQing, recording, mixing, etc, basically any clue into how you get your iconic vocal percussion/ear candy to sound so distinct and blend so well into your records would be super cool!
Derrian W. Berry
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All things related to sonic production would be amazing to dive into. Would love to get a feel for what makes your sound so unique
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Would also love to know if Ojivolta had any part to play in the making of this new album…
and also, just out of curiosity, who your favorite producers to work with are and why -
Would also love to know if Ojivolta had any part to play in the making of this new album…
and also, just out of curiosity, who your favorite producers to work with are and why@Connerjackson_ Facts, ojivolta have had some dope tracks recently, timeless by the weeknd and carti is so good, especially with Pharrell and the Mike dean synths.
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Its a huge ask, but I'd love to see just a full on display/breakdown of one of your more technical songs similar to how Jacob Collier does his Logic Breakdown sessions. I love picking apart songs to gain a better understanding of what underlying instrumentation makes stuff pop, but also I know I'm definitely bound to miss SOMETHING (like an ambient pad or texture SFX) with how much cool stuff is going on in your music at once (like Woke the F*ck Up or Kid Again).
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I would love to hear what your process would be if you only had one hour to make a song to write a song from start to finish.
What would the process look like?
How long would you spend on melody? Lyrics? Tracks?
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@DreamingInBraille love that. Start rifling off some specific production or writing questions I’m down to nerd out
@User12261990 Alright I gotta know because there were people who attempted copycats in various YouTube videos, but I felt like couldn't 100% replicate what you, Mark and Volta did in the studio.
What on EARTH is making that synth sound in the hook of Stupid Deep, and how did y'all even think to construct that for the record? It sounds like Link's Ocarina being run through a low octavizer and then amplifier to get that hyper-specific "alien but also human" vibe.
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What inspires you!!! Emotions, situations, experiences, the world around you?
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Categories will consistently change depending on the roll out. But if their is a category yall would want to have me speak on or interact with (ex: sonic approach, lyric explanation, intention and purpose of certain songs, equipment used, DAW details, Synth parameters, vocal presets, sample references, mix intentions, vocal approaches) suggest them here.
@User12261990 as a producer and a GIGANTIC fan i really would love to know which VST's, wavetables, synths, plugins, tech tricks you guys normally use to cook things up. In general, I really want to understand how you guys do it from a nerd producer perspective, deep dive on the music theory of the songs, chords choices, instrument choices, breakdowns, vocal melodys, basically everything that transforms the experience sonically. Honestly, you taught me to pour my heart and soul into making music so if I'm having the chance to learn from the master mind behind all of this to make the best and dopest shit I ever could, I NEED to take that chance and I'm sure many other producers on this forum would want the same. I really want to understand every minute detail in the whole process, from the rituals to start a song concept, that really make yourself vulnerable enough to get it all off your chest, all the way to the mixing and mastering physical and tecnical shit. But I dont want it to fall in that thing you mention on Let's Begin about not wanting people know how ya'll make stuff and keeping it all to yourselves or when Volta said on the GSP Doc that there's no need to show people how you do it and why you do it, that the best option is to grow on the shadows. I get that, but your whole mindset combined with the passion and absolute LOVE for the music craft is that got me hanging around for so long and after all these years learning just by observing, carefully listening to your songs and all that, having an actual chance to actively learn about everything is just an absolute BLESSING. You got me into music production, you taught how to do it, you taught me why I should do it, you taught how to fall in love with it; you taught me EVERYTHING, Jon. It's all because of you, and it always has been for me. I'm getting emocional while writing this haha, but I hope you read this and I hope you undertand it how big of a deal this whole thing is for us. We love you man, hope one day I can tell you how much you really mean to me.
Enzo
beautiful mind, you already know
still trying to find out what happened to Looking For A Place To Land and Michigan Sky (also trying to convince Jon to leak Break These Walls)
