Legendary Producer for Genesis, Phil Collins, & XTC: Hugh Padgham

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Today we will be continuing our conversation with multi-Grammy winning producer, Hugh Padgham!
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Hugh Padgham is one of the world’s top producers, on par music industry legends like George Martin, Quincy Jones, Phil Ramone, Brian Eno, and Rick Rubin, to name but a few.
We will be looking back at his early career and his current work, as well as will be doing a deep dive into all of his work with Genesis, and Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins’ solo albums!
Padgham worked with Gabriel on his third solo album, and after being introduced to Collins through Gabriel, Padgham worked on Phil Collins’ enormously successful album, “Face Value”. Padgham is credited as creating the iconic drum sound in the albums hit song “In The Air Tonight”.
He then began working with Genesis, his first album with them being 1981’s “Abacab”, then 1983’s self-titled release, and then the hit album “Invisible Touch” in 1986.
Padgham’s produced and/or mixed albums and singles that add up to well over two hundred fifty million units sold worldwide. He’s won 4 Grammy Awards including Producer of the Year, Album of the Year and Record of the Year as well as a Brit Award for Best Single (Phil Collins’“Another Day In Paradise”), a Music Week Award for Best British Producer, a TEC Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement and Mix Magazine’s Top Ten Influential Producers of the Mix Magazine Era.
Currently, Padgham works in his own studio in north-west London called Sofa Sound, where he has an SSL G+ 64-channel desk, and tons of analogue outboard. He is managed by Joe D’Ambrosio of JD Management.
Padgham continues to work as an invisible catalyst, pushing artists and technology to the limits, and beyond. Although he has over the decades given interviews with some regularity, his extended appearance on Produce Like A Pro lifts the lid on his thinking and his engineering and production approaches to a far greater degree than ever before.
Watch the video below to hear more about Hugh Padgham and his work with these iconic artists!
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@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Who are some other producers/engineers you would like to hear from?

@lorenzodalba6962 3 года назад

Alan parson!

@nigelbentonakauapoap3691 3 года назад

Jem Godfrey a la Frost*?

@staticisnoise 3 года назад

Tony Visconti 🎶 and/or Henry Hirsch

@tscotts9699 3 года назад

Kurt Ballou

@simonandrews3093 3 года назад

Daniel Lanois

@budgetguitaristcom 3 года назад

Hugh Padgham is a LEGEND. What a great series! Dude has worked on some of the best albums of all time.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Agreed 100%!

@iankemp7010 3 года назад

I also agree. One of my hero's

@jakecrawford3106 3 года назад

MORE XTC BASED CONTENT PLEASE 😍😍😍 Drums and Wires, Black Sea and English Settlement are utter sonic game changers as well as being a masterclass is songwriting perfection.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Coming VERY soon!!

@jakecrawford3106 3 года назад

Exciting! Also I know it’s a pretty esoteric subject/band but I just feel like people have so much to learn from those albums.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

@@jakecrawford3106 One of my favourite bands ever! Stay tuned, coming extremely soon! I expect to see a comment from you and reposts everywhere! Haha

@jakecrawford3106 3 года назад

@@Producelikeapro you got it man! I’m in the UK XTC tribute band Fossil Fools. I’ve had the seal of approval from Mr Five Sheds Moulding himself haha 💪🏻

@ShiningHourPop 3 года назад

Check out Dave Gregory on the That Pedal Show channel. He does a long interview with them and plays his Rickenbacker 12 string.

@theboysofsumner6890 3 года назад

Why is Sting's Ten Summoners Tales and Mercury Falling so overlooked? They are complete masterpieces and Hugh even got Grammys producing both of them.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

This is just part 2! We have plenty more to come!!

@jussijaako3132 3 года назад

@@Producelikeapro Grrreat!!

@thesaint7380 3 года назад

@@Producelikeapro Ohhh pleeeaase yes, i would love to hear about the making of "Ten Summoners Tales" too...all time favourite album, such a great production.

@dangreenwood 3 года назад

Yes! Absolutely. I want to hear about Dominic Miller and how he worked. Pleeeeeeeeeeease!

@1970borntorun 3 года назад

It's not Hugh's fault. After Sting released "Nothing Like the Sun" , he started his long descent into his boring, New Age phase to appeal to Massage Therapists and alienated his core audience who missed the Jazzier sound of his first 2 solo records.

@mattwatsonthesecrethelicopters 3 года назад

Looking forward to part three!!! Hugh produced albums that have become part of my musical DNA! From Genesis and XTC to Sting. This has made this 45 year old muso very happy indeed.

@johnglenn30csardas 3 года назад

Part three please! More details on the nightmare of Sychronicity.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Coming soon!

@Haze763 3 года назад

@@Producelikeapro I'm enjoying these interviews sooo much! What a lovely man Hugh is. Very cool guy. I hope part 3 has stories from The Police sessions. Ghost In The Machine and Synchronicity. I can't wait!!!

@dannyjonze 3 года назад

Yes

@Armakk 3 года назад

^^^ I want ALL the dirt on working with Sting

@scratchedvinyl8462 3 года назад

@@Producelikeapro Can't wait! 😊

@Nick_Barre 3 года назад

Taking an hour off from the day job to watch this. Frankly I could listen to Hugh all day. So generous in his storytelling. And so much detail. Absolutely fascinating. Totally compelling. Great interview Warren!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much

@musicsmile 3 года назад

Warren, you've been knocking it out of the park lately! I've been working on a cover of Genesis' It's Gonna Get Better and have been immersing myself in all things Padgham and Genesis. Your timing is perfect! Thank you!

@she_sings_delightful_things 2 года назад

That's one of my all time favorite songs, can you share the link do I can hear your cover?

@garyolshan4177 3 года назад

Hugh Padham produced the spnic masterpiece Engilsh Settlement Enough said. Plus, he's a cool, humble and sweet guy.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Agreed 100% Gary! A masterpiece indeed!

@jimmy_keegan_drums 3 года назад

My favorite Hugh/Phil moment that completely embraces the "famous" sound is the song "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore". The other example is Ball and Chain with XTC and Terry Chambers. These are just glorious examples among many of his engineering genius.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much James!

@kickbiker7920 3 года назад

THE Hugh Padgham. A living sonic legend. One of a select few of whom I was more likely to buy/listen to, if his name was attached to a recording.

@peterbondy 3 года назад

Those were the days when that information was actually available and the sort of thing we always read as we listed to an album or perused in the record store. And yes, in a way we followed producers and players as much (or nearly as much) as bands.

@BassByTheBay 2 года назад

Indeed. He was the first producer I became aware of, and I remembered his name because I saw it on all my favorite records. After Hugh was Steve Lillywhite.

@johnglenn30csardas 3 года назад

Just bought the SACD of English Settlement. I used to own the LP. I think Hugh would be quite happy with the way the SACD sounds. It does him proud.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Stay tuned!! You’ll love Wednesday’s video!!

@vanishing_girl 6 месяцев назад

it's crazy how many legends Hugh has worked with; for me personally XTC, Phil Collins, and The Police were the ones who he reached the peaks with music-wise. But he also did albums with Bowie, McCartney, Elton John, Zappa, Genesis, Tears for Fears, Brian Wilson, and more. He could probably a 10 part series just talking about what it was like working with all those guys just regarding their personalities and quirks, let alone the actual music side of it.

@zuke55 3 года назад

One word: Synchronicity. Legend.

@trowdwp 3 года назад

Got to hear more. Then fell out, Sting flew home, Miles Copeland ended up reading them the riot act

@geoffallan3804 3 года назад

I love that you're doing this. When I was a teen and all these incredible albums were coming out, Hugh was just a name on the cover. I may well have bought almost everything he produced, and never really made the connection. Now you have humanized him for me and made clear his incredible contribution to popular culture and music in general. Without even knowing it, Hugh was an inspiration for my own foray into production.

@NormanStansfield1 3 года назад

So amazing having Hugh on. I am a few years younger than Hugh but I remember when I was in high school and early college. I would look at some of my favorites albums and I would usually see Hugh's name on the credits. Human League, Psy Furs, XTC, Spandau, Madness, Gabriel, The Police, Sweet, Kate Bush and others. The point is Hugh was doing amazing work on fantastic albums with great bands & people when he was a very young man. He obviously continued/continues on doing great things. Thank you.

@acimbobby 3 года назад

Luvly interview going into so much detail. A lot of patience this man must have had, but still gets the job done I think. Thanks Hugh

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Yes, indeed Robert!

@G-Doggy 3 года назад

Captivating and fascinating to hear Hugh's thoughts on things past and present. "Abusing the equipment is just as important as using it" was enlightening to me. Thanks to you both for an awesome interview.

@ueleBassPlayer 3 года назад

It has been an absolute pleasure spending 1h and 26 minutes listening to a true legend with so much wisdom, experience and mastery. Thanks!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Wow! Thanks ever so much! Yes, huge fan of Hugh's!!

@jarrahjones4913 3 года назад

Thanks, Warren. Yet another amazing interview. I'm a bit of an XTC freak so it's wonderful hearing these stories. Thanks ever so much! :)

@songboy40 3 года назад

Thanks so very much for having these wonderful conversations in front of the entire world. We're experiencing the end of an incredible era, and these documents ensure that the ideas, emotions and 'know-how', will live Forever. That means something. Truly.

@Glurbschnurb 3 года назад

This channel is fantastic! I'm equally fond of the endless fountain of knowledge you share and your upbeat energy. I'd pretty much given up on music until I found yours and Rick Beato's channels. The genuine enthusiasm for music is inspiring. Thank you!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

That’s kind of you to say! I’m happy to be able to help in any way I can.

@MacSoundSolutions 3 года назад

Fantastic interview, XTC is one of my all time favorite bands, I got to see them open for the Police in Austin Texas playing Black Sea on their last tour and it was Andy’s birthday, they blew me away, they were so great live. Hugh is such a legend, he was neighbors with my cousin Nic in London for a while, Nic said he was always nice when they crossed paths. Another interview knocked out of the park!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Wow! I'm quite envious indeed! That must have been an incredible show! Thanks for the great compliment!

@metrakos 3 года назад

Black Sea .... what a great sounding album

@zebonaut 3 года назад

Their last tour was English Settlement..

@davidholloway3011 3 года назад

Thanks Warren. What a great interview, looking forward to part 3.

@vocalproductionandeditings9322 3 года назад

What a great video. The information coming out of these videos are priceless. "The Golden Era". I am just intrigued by it all the time. Its a trip back to the past and I love everything about it tremendously. A great interview Warren and Padgham. Please keep these as often as possible. Its really a library of information.

@PhilWare1 3 года назад

The Radioshack brand was sold as "Tandy" in the UK

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks!! Exactly

@PANTECHNICONRecordings 3 года назад

I think the actual unit Hugh’s referring to was known as the Archer Mini Amp. My studio partner Andy Tillison had one, which he’d bought after hearing about its use on “Melt”.

@bv3580 3 года назад

Yeah it was here too

@CactusTeether 3 года назад

Thank you Mr Huart for the effort, time and passion you are putting into these shows. You are curating music history doing these, not only for the information, knowledge and skill demonstrated by your guests, but it’s all ‘from the horses mouth’ as they say. Essential, compelling content. Thank you (again!).

@BassByTheBay 2 года назад

Yes! This and his other interviews are just gold. 🎵♥️

@manowire5403 3 года назад

Once again, well done & thanks so much. Keep these interviews coming. Documenting some of the great audio history.

@laurieharper1526 4 месяца назад

Watching these 3 years after they were made. Hugh is a wonderful story teller and I love so many of the albums he recorded/produced. His DFA fader sounds very similar to Lee Sklar's producer knob on his bass, which also does nothing and is useful for keeping producers happy. I have a Townhouse story which fits with what Hugh said about the limitations and even faults of different playback mediums changing the perception of a recording. I was doing a session at the Townhouse one evening and during a break in the tearoom/lounge, I got chatting to one of the mastering engineers. He told me he was finding it difficult to please a band whose recording he was working on. He and they couldn't say for definite what the problem was, but the band had a rough mix cassette which the engineer who recorded their sessions had given them and which they were happy with. They wanted the master to sound like it and it didn't. He asked if I would have a listen and suggest what the problem might be. We went to his studio and he played me the cassette and then the master he had produced. The master was getting on for a quarter tone flat, compared to the cassette. The cassette player it had been recorded on must have been running at slightly the wrong speed. I asked him to play the cassette whilst I played with the varispeed on the mastering machine and made the the pitches of both the same. He told me a few days later the band were happy with the result.

@simonkean5251 3 года назад

Thanks for this Warren. I've been revisting the XTC back catalogue lately and am gobsmacked at how brilliant those albums still sound today. Absolutely stunning musicianship, writing and production.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Agreed! XTC’s catalog is a collection of beautiful sonic masterpieces, littered with some of the best songwriting since the Beatles!!

@BassByTheBay 2 года назад

As someone who has never stopped visiting their catalog, I couldn't agree more!

@duncanparsons 3 года назад

If you watch the video for In The Air Tonight - that's the single version with overdubbed toms.. So when it was played on TOTP, that was the version

@PhilWare1 3 года назад

Just searched youtube for the single version of "In the air tonight". Can't believe I've never heard that version before with the toms! I only thought the album version existed!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Yes, amazing isn't it!

@edkrausmixengineer 3 года назад

Same here. Never heard the single version before, ever. So much for 45's!

@mightyV444 3 года назад

I've heard that version with the added toms on the radio several times but somehow remember it as a re-release...or maybe I'm confusing this with 'Blue Monday' by New Order now, which also was re-released with added bits. Anyway; Just like Hugh, I prefer the original album version of 'In The Air Tonight' 🙂

@evankeal 3 года назад

@@mightyV444 Same here, I started hearing that single version for the first time in 2000 give or take 10 years either way, and assumed it was a new version with the Tom's added in recently just to change it up a bit as the song was really getting iconic and increasing in airplay.

@BassByTheBay 2 года назад

Hugh showed his wisdom regarding that poor suggestion. Thankfully, radio stations embraced the album version. The single version greatly decreases the impact of the epic (now iconic) entrance of the real drums. It still sounds cool, of course, with that great fill, but when you've heard the snare and tom throughout the whole song, the drum fill just doesn't hit you in the face like it does in the album version. Good call, Hugh! 😊

@seanrichards9569 3 года назад

Finally, part 2! Bookmarked for listening to this evening.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Part 3 coming soon!!

@rickblackers88 3 года назад

This is by far one of the most clarifying,satisfying,detailed interview a ever watch in my life.Crazy,i thought i was crazy in overdub reinforcemnt drums to the master ha hahaha Padgham already did that hahahaha

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Wow!! Thanks ever so much Mo Liga!

@boogingtonthunderwood8969 3 года назад

What a fantastic interview! You should get a medal for these. Thank you wholeheartedly.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much

@rickdeaguiar-musicreflecti7692 2 года назад

What a great interview. I love the quote "The one thing you can't change in life is change" "You have to get on with it". Great interview Warren :)

@thesaint7380 3 года назад

Thanks so much for the interview ! What a great guy, could listen for hours !

@DeadSeaGenesis 3 года назад

Because Peter played just the bass drum in Genesis during the live shows! These interviews with Hugh are truly the stuff of legend! These albums are treasures of my life and I thank you so much for making these conversations with Hugh available to us his fans. They are as priceless as the music he produced.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much! I’m so glad you enjoy them

@mightyV444 3 года назад

Oh yaaayyy! I'd been looking forward to this! And I was also wondering just then what to do with my evening! AND I'd watched an XTC gig only last night, so that fits too! Thank you, gentlemen! 😀

@FireworkRecordings 3 года назад

What a fantastic interview, didn't want it to end. I'm a massive Genesis and PG fan.

@ArbeiterInnenlieder 3 года назад

I'm so into XTC, but also into Genesis' Abacab and their stuff onward. Thanks for making these great interviews with Hugh Padgham.

@dannyjonze 3 года назад

Great interview, could listen all day. Really surprising as being around at the time I loved the police but never listened to an Xtb album. Feel like I missed out so I'll be looking these albums up.keep bringing the content.

@starlightsign8666 3 года назад

Someone who never gets interviewed is Pete Gleadall....’the third petshop boy’ long time programmer and musical director. He’s a real Logic genius and has done so much!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Marvellous idea!

@roseclouds 3 года назад

@@Producelikeapro I second the Pete Gleadall interview request!!!

@periloustemple8290 3 года назад

This was so amazing and included so many of my favorite musicians/projects. Lovely guy, fun to listen to. Thanks so much for all you do. Other producers: Danial Lanois

@MM1717mm 2 года назад

Just finished this ... and Im already looking forward to giving it another listen... you are both legends in my world 😁🎶🎶👍👍

@paulsteds 3 года назад

Thank you Warren! .....an absolute master class from Hugh ❤️ ......I can’t wait for part three 🎧🎸 as a young guy growing up in the 70s and 80s in Cleveland Ohio....this is the music my life also!!!✌️

@huwevans2653 2 года назад

Loving these chats, and particularly like the drop down pics. Save's me googling them lol.

@ShiningHourPop 3 года назад

Part one was fabulous and so was this. Great stories! Looking forward to part 3.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

@Steedonline 3 года назад

I've been a Hugh Padgham fan since Intruder in 1980. He's probably my fav producer/engineer soundwise

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Amazing

@felixsmittick9128 3 года назад

This is wonderful. He had a hand is just about all of my favorite albums. Thank you.

@WhyTheHorseface 3 года назад

During one of the three interviews Hugh mentions going into a studio with Phil and the freshly mastered “Face Value” and tracking toms straight on top of the mastered tape to make a single version of “In The Air Tonight” with a backbeat to please the record company. You can hear this version at the beginning of the “Classic Albums: Face Value” episode streaming free on Amazon Prime. I think this is also the version used for the music video for the song.

@scallahan77 3 года назад

Outstanding interview! Hugh Padgham was amazingly illuminating while being immensely entertaining.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much

@rayrecordings 3 года назад

Please Warren don’t forget to talk about Mercury Falling with Hugh ! It is a masterpiece, and probably one of Sting top 3 albums.

@JimGardner 3 года назад

I love to think that one day Hugh will get back together with some of the people he's worked with over the years for one last Hurrah big production album, but as he says himself there aren't the budgets there to do that anymore. Although I would say there are some obvious names who can still raise that kind of funding who Hugh hasn't yet worked with but who would nevertheless fit in with his signature sound - like Dweezil, Vai, the amazing Jacob Collier and Dirty Loops. But, if that doesn't happen, we do have all of that amazing music to look back on. I know from watching the first interview you did with him, I've discovered XTC and have been playing English Settlement pretty much non-stop since hearing you guys talking about it. It sounds like it was recorded yesterday. And, yes, No Thugs in Our House is an absolute gem. I was listening to it for the first time in a mega snow storm driving from Middlesbrough to Whitby mid-Feb, and the bleak weather outside was held back by the sheer love coming from the speakers. I also discovered Helicopter from Drums and Wires on that same ill-fated trip to the coast. It's weird because I am absolutely old enough to have heard those albums when they first came out, but am only now many years later actually discovering them thanks to PLAP. So... Thank you!

@eddieolsson5449 3 года назад

I think Peter Gabriels idea about drums without cymbals came from him spending a lot of time listening to traditional African music, essentially collecting new rhythms.

@ceephaxx 3 года назад

That's my take as well, Eddie. I think his head was full of these obscure cassettes/field recordings of traditional African music genres and I imagine that there weren't too many cymbals on them!

@chrislaing7153 3 года назад

I find it interesting that following her work with PG, Kate didn't have any cymbals on the Hounds of Love album.

@tony1961 Год назад

The first Womad festival was in 1980, same year as PG3. So would agree as to his thought process.

@commonman317 3 года назад

You both are right about audio quality diminishing. For example, one of my dad's albums "Latin Rendezvous" by Mantovani in Stereo, not Mono, is one of the best sounding albums I've ever heard period. It was recorded on the London label (PS295) with full frequency stereophonic sound in 1963. It sounds like you are sitting in the hall right next to the musicians. Just amazing how it was recorded like that back then.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

There’s nothing better than beautifully recorded Classical music!!

@CentaurPress 8 месяцев назад

these are soooo great. I also watched Phil Colins. You do such a great job of asking the right questions and giving them room to talk. I write and record music and these get me really inspired🙏

@klcheshire 3 года назад

English Settlement - It's such a shame that the original master tapes have been lost. I would almost kill for a Steven Wilson 5.1 surround mix.

@terrystowers6085 2 года назад

One of my very earliest drumming inspirations was “Senses Working Overtime” from XTC. There was a left hand tenor drum part during the verses, the use of tambourine as a featured instrument, the huge drum sounds…and the bass guitar orchestration is genius. What an incredible recording. As far as I know Hugh was at the controls for that one. 👍

@alkebulansan 3 года назад

Firstly, thank you for this. I just watched 3 hours of Hugh Padgham. Fantastic. Interesting comment about visuals become so much better through the years whereas audio has go down another path. But like Mr.Padgham is doing at Gearbox I think there are many bands on bandcamp especially who are making sonically well engineered and produced records on vinyl which sound amazing. A recent example is JISR Too Far Away. A beautifully produced record. Thank you again for these interviews, really great.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@ThisMichaelBrown 3 года назад

Fantastic interview....huge fan of all those productions, particularly XTC....this was a blast! Thanks

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@GoodSneakers 3 года назад

Wonderful to see part 2. There is something about Hugh’s way of speaking that reminds me of Martin Gore.

@ministerofdarkness 3 года назад

Another great interview!! Looking forward to part 3. One correction to note: XTC’s first album was “ White Music “ (1978) “ Go 2 “ was also released in ‘78.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Indeed! Slip of the tongue!

@Bring_MeSunshine 3 года назад

Excellent, really enjoyed - thanks. When watching these vids, I'll stop it and nip onto another window, listen to some tracks for reference, either because I haven't heard them in a while, or never heard them, and sometimes I just hit other websites for information - all good context. When it came to XTC section, I went to Wikipedia, to look at what info was on their for English Settlement and the two preceeding LP's. I flicked back to Black Sea (another album I love by XTC) and noted the producer, engineer/mixer and tape op (sic) for Black Sea, were, Steve Lillywhite, Hugh Padgham and Nick Launay - what a sterling line-up of creative and technical crew. Can you consider doing something with Nick Launay? His name I'll admit was new to me, but when I discovered his route and credits, I was very interested, and he's a very interesting guy

@paulmarjoram2258 Год назад

Excellent interview. Very interesting, enjoyable and much appreciated. 👏

@AntonBarbeauOfficial 3 года назад

Wonderful to hear more from Hugh about English Settlement, a life-changing album for many of us. The band did use a Prophet 5 on the album, though - it's not just the wee Korg!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much Anton! Yes, great to be able to talk to Hugh!

@HitTheRoadMusicStudio 3 года назад

Aaaaawesomeness!!! I learn so much from your interviews with him, looks like my day just got longer 😀🤘

@AlexeySolovievMusic 3 года назад

Wonderful Interview! Thank you so much Warren and Hugh!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much Alexey!

@sorenland 3 года назад

This is golden, a whole new and fresh perspective on Genesis/PC work through the passionate and genius Hugh Padgham. Great image and sound production, thank you and congrats.

@wlaaaaaaaaaa123 3 года назад

ugh, i wish it was 3X as long. awesome video!!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Part Three coming soon!

@GaryStockton 3 года назад

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview, especially those backstories about Earth Wind and Fire and the Phenix Horns. So many little details about how those parts were recorded and the weird dynamic in the studio. The end result was worth it, Earth Wind and Fire with Phil Collins were a perfect match.

@rhamlyn100 3 года назад

It doesn't get said often enough, Warren, but you are a fantastic interviewer. Interviewing is definitely an art, and your interviews are among the very best.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Wow! Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it!

@espenstorm737 2 года назад

What an extremely interesting interview. Hugh Padgham is a true producer legend.

@zhpub 3 года назад

Warren, thank you so much for this. What a legend Hugh is. More please!

@AleksandarStanojkovic 3 года назад

3 oe 4 years ago I asked for this in one of your live streams.. I'm so glad it happened!

@johnbeagley1195 3 года назад

Thanks Warren. Really enjoyed that. Hugh is a big inspiration for me. Wonderful insight!

@Bodyknowledge77 3 года назад

What a terrific interview binge day thus far! Just spent the last couple of hours watching/listening to a recent Andy Partridge interview(s). Now this!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much!

@wemgadge 3 года назад

How to say “I think he was coked up” without saying he was coked up: “It was like he had drunk 24 bottles of Coca-Cola.”

@thearno2885 3 года назад

It’s called British discretion.

@WhyTheHorseface 3 года назад

@@thearno2885 see: Prince Andrew

@thearno2885 3 года назад

@@WhyTheHorseface that nonce had zero discretion

@syntropiqueTV 3 года назад

This is a great series. Thank you! Hugh Padgham is a fave.

@LAstudio8 3 года назад

Thats was awesome! This is my fav music production channel by far!!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much

@DavidLee07 3 года назад

Great English Settlement recollections. And a third part covering The Police coming up? Bonus!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Yes, yes and yes!!

@mattakins7747 3 года назад

“King for a Day” is a song I’ve been trying to track down for awhile now. I heard it playing in a department store a long time ago and hadn’t heard it in years. I thought it was cool but didn’t know that was XTC. Thanks to this episode I stumbled upon it. 🤩👌

@garyroberts1843 3 года назад

... and thanks for the high quality video. Much preferred over the laptop webcams.

@1rwjwith 3 года назад

What a fantastic interview! Thank you..

@LasseHuhtala 3 года назад

I LOVE Brand X. I always have Unorthodox Behaviour with me in the car. Phil was an INSANE drummer back in the day.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Agreed! I really did enjoy everything that Brand X recorded!

@LasseHuhtala 3 года назад

@@Producelikeapro Nuclear Burn was my first experience with that kind of music. I was blown away.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Yes, truly wonderful musicianship!

@clf2366 3 года назад

I'm not sure Hugh was much of a fan though

@RTDF516 3 года назад

I was lucky enough to take some lessons with Percy Jones back in the 80s. A brilliant musician and a gem of a gentleman.

@paulmoules4133 3 года назад

Brilliant interview. Hugh’s comment regarding the ‘DFA’ button, every DAW should have one!

@stevetobin7495 3 года назад

Been looking forward to this!!!’ Many thanks

@101xaplax101 Год назад

its amazing how smart these guys were back in the day.........they have to deal with the music, the musicians, technology, the record label execs..............

@dexsmith1864 3 года назад

The Radio Shack mini amp was sold in the UK as the Archer Mini Amp Speaker. I still have one and used it in my Home Recording days as a distortion pre amp.

@pez--- 3 года назад

It's a marvellous privilege to hear these insider stories, thanks :)

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much!

@michaelluptonremixes6681 2 года назад

This man has such an incredible recollection of working on these albums...He is solely the reason for a newfound fascination I have with how he and The Police recorded at AIR Monserrat (yes, I've seen the part III video!) I only wish he would have given more insight on working with Split Enz, specifically on the Time And Tide album!

@juno6 3 года назад

Excellent interview!!! really interesting stuff. Thanks!!

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Yes! Hugh is wonderful! Glad you enjoyed it!

@mightyV444 3 года назад

Wait - What? That's Kate Bush singing on 'Games Without Frontiers'?! 😮 I'd never known that! And it still sounds to me *now* like Peter's singing those BV's himself in falsetto voice, after having a close listen! And it can't be a coincidence then that Kate's album 'Hounds Of Love' doesn't have any (Crash) cymbals on it either 🙂

@trowdwp 3 года назад

How did you not hear that?

@mightyV444 3 года назад

@@trowdwp - I *still* don't! 😆

@trowdwp 3 года назад

@@mightyV444 the je sans frontier refrain

@mightyV444 3 года назад

@@trowdwp - Oh man, in French even! No wonder I never understood what was being sung there! 😄 I'm sorry, it just doesn't sound like a typical Kate voice to my ears! Due to the added 'room', I guess. I remember there also was a German version, 'Spiel ohne Grenzen'. And interesting count-in with "One, two, four"! 😄

@commonman317 3 года назад

Funny line at 59:50. "I still like to keep my fingers on the knobs". Don't we all Hugh, don't we all. All kidding aside, to Produce Like A Pro, thank you for these interviews. I've never seen any in depth interviews with Hugh before sharing his knowledge and experiences. Hugh is a very impressive guy.

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Thanks ever so much! Yes, Hugh is a wonderful guest I learned so much!!

@Cod245 3 года назад

I’ve been waiting for this 🎉 thanks Warren and Hugh 🎸

@Brian-zc2ip 3 года назад

Great piece! Enjoyed the chat about vinyl versus cassette, CD or mp3. Personally, I listen to the majority of stuff through my tiny phone speaker. More out of necessity than anything else. I just don't have the time to sit down on front of a set of nice speakers most days. That being said. Take a listen to Jeff Wayne's "war of the worlds" through phone speaker. Amazing production.

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

Amazing man! Genesis and Phil Collins make for great accolades!

@harcusaudio 3 года назад

Quality video man! Got to get me one of those DFA Faders! Cheers! 🤘

@Producelikeapro 3 года назад

Haha You should!

@nickwallette6201 3 года назад

You’re not imagining things, Hugh. The audio encoders in iTunes have changed over the years. The CD is still going to copy digitally - bit-perfect every time, assuming a clean disc and a halfway decent drive in good working order. But the conversion to audio files will vary. (Well, Wave, Apple Lossless, FLAC, etc.. those will decode right back to bit-perfect copies.) When I first got a hard drive large enough to keep my music collection “online” - this was a 2.1GB drive at the time - I auditioned several MP3 encoders. Fraunhofer was the gold standard, but it was commercial software and s-l-o-w. There was another I found that was very quick, easy to use, but ultimately couldn’t stomach because it sounded like garbage. I ended up using LAME - or, “LAME Ain’t an MP3 Encoder”, so-called because of the patents around the encoding process. This free, open-source software created files that were uh.. _remarkably similar_ (wink) to MP3 files. It sounded quite good, and has since gotten even better. When I got my first iPod, I discovered this new fancy “AAC” format. Another MPEG-based encoding scheme meant to supersede MP3, being more efficient with space for the same quality, or better quality with the same space. That is likely what you were using on that Mac with iTunes. These encoders use “perceptual encoding” tricks to analyze audio, break it down into frequency domain (compositing sound based on its constituent sinusoidal tones instead of point-in-time samples of amplitude), and will then make decisions on which frequencies are dominant and masking others, and give the most meaningful tones priority. This process is fuzzy. The output depends on the choices made, which depends on the algorithm of how dominance and meaningfulness are measured. That can be, and is, the subject of ongoing research and refinement. So yes. 10-15 years of optimizing will change the quality of encoding. Presumably for the better. :-) Ironically, the video we all watch now uses the visual analog to that same process to encode video into something we can store and transmit. Raw, uncompressed digital video is as unwieldy now as raw, uncompressed, high-resolution audio was back when MP3 came out. You technically _can_ store it on a hard drive, but not much of it. The compression process in both audio and video is feared and loathed unfairly, IMO. Would uncompressed be better? Of course!! But it is far less important than good recordings. Assuming sufficiently high bitrate and good playback environments. ;-)

@mightyV444 3 года назад

I remember 'There's Something Going On' by Frida! It got quite high up in the German music charts then. There's an interesting story around the Frida album in Phil Collins' bio 'Not Dead Yet', which I highly recommend, too! 🙂 And Andy Partridge had played an Ibanez 'Artist' (not Yamaha) prior to his Les Paul 🙂