This should be shown to all the people that dismiss Adam as a musical lightweight. He is an absolute master of sound and all the more brilliant for being self-taught.
Crazy finding you here! You were my childhood, now I'm grown up and making music of my own, but I can't deny that you had a maaassive influence on me ehehe
Oh my goodness... To finally get a peak into his studio is a dream come true! When I first started making music all I did was listen to his music and pick apart every individual layer of the track and study it. He was my inspiration for every note I played 3 years ago. He taught me to expand my view on other artists to finally create my own sound! - Thank You Adam!
dude , this is fantastic ! , really great tutorial , I thought u used some kinda drum Machine and throw the samples there , but the way u arrange everything in the timeline its pretty amazing , it almost feels like someone hitting an acoustic drum kit and gettin' those sounds from it hahah , really cool !
so good! would love to see a tutorial on how you do your pads, they're always so nice and textured and pads in general are just really hard to do imo...
i would love to see a whole series of adam just going through his tracks and explaining all the little details of what he finds interesting in his own music. so cool
Adam thanks a lot for the video. It's great to get tutorials from people professionally in the industry. Music is a passion of mine and it's great to see how similar my workflow is to yours. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! I've always wanted a tutorial from you! But what would be even more awesome than this is if you did a tutorial for your older style of music. (first 3 albums)
Thank you for sharing!!! This is honestly what keeps me inspired watching other artists and their obsessions with strange sounds. The oddest one I had was feedback from unplugging/replugging the mic whilst recording. Awful awful sound but ended up with a cool gravitational pull kind of sound! Xx
This is so awesome! I love how every little sound you don't really think about just casually listening to the song has a story behind it, it gives the music so much more meaning and individuality. Thanks, Adam!
holy crap this is so crazyyyyy! thanks so much for giving us some insight into how u put all these ‘ordinary’ sounds together and made music. WOW this is so cool, i wish there were more of these videos
You are such a hero, dude!!! Ever since I first heard you back when with the Fireflies track, I told all my buddies you were class. You really have cemented your talent with this years score projects! Thanks for being a huge inspiration, man!
dude, this is incredible. i've loved your music since in june and have been producing since 2010, so getting a glimpse into your process is an absolute treat. more, please!
I absolutely love videos like this. I don't know why, but I kept laughing while watching this. Adam, I love all of your work, and I hope that you upload videos like this in the future!
Love this! I've enjoyed listening to your music and its evolution over the years, so it's fascinating to see a bit of the behind the scenes process. Keep up the good work, I look forward to hearing more from you in the future. 😊
Adam! This is beyond inspirational, dude! I'm actually blown away that you put so much time into finding your own unique sounds for songs! Thanks for sharing and I'd love to hear more!
I'll have you know that this video led me to dropping an entire case of six thousand BBs on to my bedroom floor. They're everywhere. Oh. My Gosh. They're e v e r y w h e r e.
Collin Bartley, Yeah; I thought it would make a nice, hard shaker noise. I was right; after I cleaned it all up I was stupid enough to try again. The sample came out nice.
These kind of videos are amazing! As an aspiring artist it's a dream come true to see how your favorite artist produces his music. So inspirational! Please do more!
Umm.. I just discovered this today and I’m kind of blown away!! I already love the “Adam Young projects” but this makes you really appreciate just how much work goes into the music. Super cool process. It’s probably a lot of work, but you should def make more of these videos. Also, you’ve got a really great podcast voice lol
Amazing. Thank you for this video. It made me remember borrowing a tow-chain from the gas station next to our France Avenue studio in 1989; I dropped it onto a section of a Yamaha cymbal stand, capturing it with a simple 57 into a DSM-1 sampler, then layered it with a detuned reverse snare for live performance.
OMG how have I just found this now?? I'm actually in the middle of listening to Corduroy Road right now! It is INCREDIBLE to see the work that goes into this songs. You're right, Adam. They do sound like you. Amazing
I love stuff like this, hope you do it again as it's always nice to hear from you and to get an insight into your process is very humanising and thoughtful of you 🙂
It's nice to see how the personality of each of the tracks can combine to a greater whole that brings you to a totally different place. Great tutorial!
Very cool to see this. I really enjoyed watching and hope you do more of these. I never knew just how many custom samples you used in your songs like this. Also I'd love to see something like this for some of your older Owl City songs from All Things Bright and Beautiful or Ocean Eyes. Those songs had some really nice subtle melodies going on.
For a long time I would have given anything for you to be on the Song Exploder podcast. But this is SO much better! Thank you so much for making this!!!
Very creative with layering samples. I like the car trailer, I was literally beating on a simi trailer a couple weeks ago thinking this sounds as good if not better then my orchestral drums from my eastwest libraries. Thanks for the video very out of the box.
Hey man, epic you got these great results. Because of this video I actually bought a mic because I loved that bass drum so much :p Now, I'm wondering with what he hits the car trailer? Is it just with his bare hands or does he use a drum stick/mallet for it? What did you use? Would love to know :D
I love this! Definitely gonna be taking this advice. You inspired me to make music, and I will follow you no matter what turn your music takes. You're truly inspiring, Adam. Thank you for all that you do.
ha. love this. I have a boss br-600 that's a great sample taker. been plugging the samples into either Iris 1 or 2, and going from there. love creating the sounds and I know it's stuff no one has heard before. thanks for the layering show.
Aah, been messing around with custom sampling recently and I love mixing it with synths just to get that organic/acoustic vibe in the middle of everything. The slapback and splash were really awesome! They really made nice build-ups to the beat. Now I know what to try next, heh.. Hope you'll continue doing these! Thanks!
Came back to this video after he just did the fireflies breakdown to celebrate FIREFLIES DIAMOND!!! But i love watching these and Adam!! I really hope you do more!!! Right now SO EXCITED FOR ADAM, CHECK PLEASE ❤❤
Yeah, been waiting for about 8-9 years for you to do something like this. Just as magical to see under the hood as it is to hear the "finished" project.
