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Recording Love On Top for Beyonce

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On this episode of STORY TIME WITH SWIVEL, I share the story of how Love On Top, Beyonce's Grammy winning hit song was recorded - including how all those key changes at the end came to be.
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@Latrell2Hot 3 года назад

So u stopped her from giving us more greatness at the end of love on top....i wanna fight.

@Hoo_huu 3 года назад

Period..!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 I feel sick knowing this now

@PrinceLeigh 3 года назад

Agreeeeed!! 🤣👊🏾

@jocklazer4 Месяц назад

@@Hoo_huusame😭😭😭 we could have heard Mariah-type whistle notes😭😭😭

@Nicole-tj2ij 3 года назад

She could’ve given three more choruses but y’all told her to chill. I’m upset!

@raffapur4243 3 года назад

I’d give everything to hear some vocal stems from Love On Top lol. Thanks for the amazing story, you did an incredible job

@djswivel 3 года назад

I’d love to share them one of these days. What she does is incredible. I’ll do some permission digging and see where I get :)

@raffapur4243 3 года назад

@@djswivel That would be the best Christmas gift! Looking forward to it!

@Aaron-tt3pc 3 года назад

@@djswivel please do, us stans would very much love and appreciate it. Amazing job on the song btw 👏

@toshiro8997 3 года назад

@@djswivel thank you 🙏

@djvd0503 3 года назад

Yes please. Hearing this live would be phenomenal.

@mood4eva98 3 года назад

HOW DARE YOU STOPPED HER 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you should of let her be

@mood4eva98 3 года назад

Leak the 120 vocal song 🤪

@Justice4ver4BreonnaTaylor 3 года назад

Imagine telling her you’ll delete it and never do:

@jocklazer4 Месяц назад

@@Justice4ver4BreonnaTaylorlol

@jocklazer4 Месяц назад

We need it lol

@workitout80 4 года назад

Have been waiting years for this story, since you did that interview about the I care recording process (with those amazing vocal stems I still thank you for). Also thanks for confirming she recorded a sixth full voice chorus, I just knew it, always felt sure about it. "Love On Top" is my favourite Beyoncé song, a timeless classic and you had the privilege to work on her best album, 4. She was really experimenting back then.

@djswivel 4 года назад

Ah wow, glad the wait is over!

@JamesStMichael 4 года назад

Hey there workitout80, Do you still have those stems or do you know if there is a way to obtain those still? Would love to practice mixing on them!

@workitout80 3 года назад

@@JamesStMichael Dj Swivel never released the stems, he played them during an interview years ago. there was (is?) a video of that interview on RU-vid.

@JamesStMichael 3 года назад

@@workitout80 Thank you for your reply. Do you happen to have a link? I havn't been able to find that interview.

@workitout80 3 года назад

@@JamesStMichael ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c2A4odzhGHE.html here it is

@JZidor 3 года назад

Listen sir dont ever stop BEYONCE if she wants to sing higher let BEYONCE sing high sir 🤣🤣🥰

@ronniewychejr.8790 3 года назад

Awesome and thanks for sharing. I learned a lot from your story about taking risk with music. Beyonce is a vocal legend. The first voice I feel in love with.

@djswivel 3 года назад

She’s definitely a special artist. Learned so much from her.

@curtiswilliams8285 3 года назад

First of all, thank you for posting this. The modulations of Love On Top speaks for themselves as far as their greatness. I think another interesting about this story is about what a person who has a great voice, and a high understanding of music theory can do. She has a wide connected vocal range and she knows how to use it and it's not just for show. There's a purpose for how and why she emphasizes dynamics wrt her harmonic arrangements and her placements make sense when we listen to her songs beyond them being "bops." As many said, 4 was an amazing album and she's been a part of many more since. I want to thank you most of all for being a part of it because y'all create wonderful things that I love listening to from the day I first heard it.

@djswivel 3 года назад

Thanks for the thoughtful comment. Bey really is one of the greatest of all time. A generational talent. Learned more than I can describe from her.

@mood4eva98 3 года назад

WTF A SONG CALLED “LIFE” and a 6TH OCTAVE 😱😱😱

@ashrick718 3 года назад

Probably “Schoolin’ Life”

@mood4eva98 3 года назад

@@ashrick718 no because he said it was Scrapped

@jocklazer4 Месяц назад

@@mood4eva98he said he thinks it was scrapped

@Jhoolukash 3 года назад

Who else went right back to listen to love on top.. right after this video... song hits differently now.. knowing the amount of work and energy put into it.

@thesoulboss5651 3 года назад

Great story, what a piece of history for people who appreciate Beyoncé's voice and music. Many people would kill for the extra choruses...is it something that you have ? Just like the vocals of I Care?

@djswivel Год назад

The vault is incredible!!!! But of course I do not have those...they are property of the label :)

@dominiquemoore2367 3 года назад

Omg does bey really come up with all her harmony concept?? Like in my head I feel Beyonce ear is spot on.. She knows her cords and keys.. Is this true about her??

@djswivel 3 года назад

She definitely comes up with her own harmonies and has her own style in how she layers them. A songwriter might give her some ideas to build around, but she almost always does her own unique thing. I suspect she doesn't know the name's of chords or keys she hears. At least she never displayed that understanding of music theory to me. But she absolutely does hear it! When you're a musician, you know immediately what notes are in key and what isn't, even if you don't know the names of them.

@dominiquemoore2367 3 года назад

@@djswivel wow thanks for the response... I figured this about her... Last question people say she's so sweet and down to earth is this really true about her??

@beyoutsales5142 3 года назад

@Elegant Oprah girl stfu

@jocklazer4 Месяц назад

@@dominiquemoore2367I mean her interviews give off that energy

@beyoutsales5142 3 года назад

So she hit whistle notes😱😱😱😱😱😱??? @djswivel cause if she was able to go up to 9 key changes that would make her the best ever

@jocklazer4 Месяц назад

Ik😭😭

@lora22lora 3 года назад

I’m glad to hear you learn something from Bey. A very good story to tell. Thanks for sharing with us. I think that this story illustrates why she is a Legend and she deserves to have her place in music history.

@djswivel 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@danielletildamoro9706 3 года назад

I love how you break it down. For those of us that are fans and knowing how the process goes, this one's so good.

@davidrotimi 2 года назад

Incredible! 120 vocals in a stack! That’s crazy!🤣🤣🤣 I just found your channel this week and I’m so excited I did, so many gems on here! Keep it going man!👊🏾

@djswivel Год назад

There will be more to come my friend! You can sign up for our newsletter as there are plenty of goodies and gems there too!

@davidrotimi Год назад

@@djswivel Signed up already!!

@djswivel Год назад

Thanks David, appreciate your support my man!

@sofisologastoa7831 3 года назад

You drop "everything" because that's BEYONCE KNOWLES-CARTER!!!! love thia storyyy this a bop in Philippines 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

@RoxiieSays 3 года назад

Beyoncé is such a beast. This is amazing!

@Hoo_huu 3 года назад

I low key mad asfuck How dare you questioned her WHY.

@fearlessmadamex5685 3 года назад

My favorite Beyoncé song!

@LiamOficial 3 года назад

I've just come across your channel... I watched your video talking about "I care" some years ago and I would like to thank u for sharing professional backstage details... being an independent artist myself it's really interesting to see how the artists that inspire me actually work... Usually we get misled by the idea that great artists are aliens or whatever lol but when I see things like this it's clear to me that's all about hard work, connecting with the right team, respecting the process and trying... I'll be watching each and every video of yours... thank u once again ❤❤❤❤❤❤ much love from Brazil 🇧🇷

@djswivel 3 года назад

I'm glad that's what you took from it because that's absolutely true. Nobody is just "great" for no reason. Nobody is born great. Everyone who achieves any major level of success (in anything, not just music), worked very hard, I promise you that.

@Mugabe12341 10 месяцев назад

Always wondered about that last chorus. It’s my fave part of the song and yes black churches do it all the time with praise gospel songs. It’s such a beautiful climax and it fades…she doesn’t end it.

@m3r3dith 4 года назад

What an amazing story again 😍 you're so talented!

@Tee-of1rr 3 года назад

Honestly I stumbled upon this channel yesterday & this is the best lockdown binge watch I’ve had in a while 👏🏿👏🏿

@djswivel 3 года назад

Wow, thank you!

@Tee-of1rr 3 года назад

@@djswivel all love ✊🏿

@TeddyB2011 2 года назад

church choirs change the keys a half step all of the time. maybe she got inspiration from that? Amazing story man!

@djswivel Год назад

thanks prizzy! ya, totally, when i mentioned it was rare, i was really contextualizing it in pop music! the church is everything!

@smileyface3107 3 года назад

Thanks Swivel for putting these videos out really enjoying them, I really value what you say. I have a production question about something I’m struggling with. Coming from a production standpoint how do you decide what to have centered in the mix? I’ve noticed if you have chords or a pad it can sound too consistent if they are sustained notes. Making the mix not feel as open. I’m thinking it might be a balance problem. Here are a couple things that come to mind that might fix it but I’d love to know your approach and opinion on this. -lack of stereo information/higher frequencies for balance -a simple EQ/level adjustment might fix it -adding movement to the sound or maybe a different sound would work better for the idea -thanks for reading

@djswivel 3 года назад

I typically keep the main drums (kick/snare/claps/some hi hats), bass, and lead vocals in the center. Everything else should at varying degrees be placed in the stereo field. Some pads can be nice and wide. Some lead instruments might just be panned a small amount.

@smileyface3107 3 года назад

@@djswivel Man, this is so cool! thanks for the advice also such a fascinating story, I love the video.

@limaalphapapa6013 3 года назад

Allow me, on behalf of the Beyhive, to also share an advice to you.... Next time you work with Beyonce, don't stop the bitch! We want those additional vocals! 😂😂😂

@djswivel Год назад

ahahaha Lima, ok, noted!

@jocklazer4 Месяц назад

So this explains why he was able to show Beyoncé’s hidden I Care vocals, I was like “did he record it?”

@tylersiddiqui1132 3 года назад

Thanks for doing this! Love hearing the story :)

@rohandhumal1948 3 года назад

More Beyoncé videos please. We need it

@2paths423 2 года назад

you are an amazing person for starting this channel and sharing your valuable engineering experiences and tricks. thank you for helping other engineers. forever owe you

@djswivel Год назад

I wish I had youtube when i started so were just here to share the love my friend!

@wendypaiva 3 года назад

Amazing! Thanks for sharing

@hillmiss1736 3 года назад

Great Work! As always. If you don't mind me asking, since you are aware of the roof of her "full voice", how low can she go and what is the peak of her falsetto? *This has been bugging the Hive for years now ☠️

@djswivel 3 года назад

We didn’t quite test the boundaries. I suspect at least a few keys above the height note in love on top.

@hillmiss1736 3 года назад

@@djswivel Mmmm that's interesting considering that recently, she's used a G2 in *OTHERSIDE* . She really does have an inhuman wide range, damn.

@hillmiss1736 3 года назад

@Elegant Oprah That's supposedly the truth but personally, I believe that it's actually an E6. Doesn't matter though. What is important is her support and connection all throughout the notes within her range.

@Beytheevocalist. 2 года назад

@@hillmiss1736 hm idk if he meant falsetto I genuinely think swivel is talking about a falsetto mix chest .

@Beytheevocalist. Год назад

@@djswivel so like 3 or more notes above the height note hmm..I’m curious I think it’s more than that but please tell more stories or start answering more questions about her vocals

@mikesheldon5022 3 года назад

Thank you DJ swiv thank you for sharing with the hive we are very much greaful

@djswivel 3 года назад

It's my pleasure

@danielletildamoro9706 3 года назад

I love this video sm.

@Neongreenravoe 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing this! Very insightful. I hope to hear more!

@wwemj213 3 года назад

id give my left arm to hear those 120 layers of harmony she did you have to do something about it i mean if Rodney jerkins played unreleased Michael Jackson(!!!!) snippets on ig live you probably could sneak us a peak as well ;)

@indigo_blue_s2830 3 года назад

She's obviously a genius! A very talented woman and I'm a huge fan, but she's not flawless and I see that in her expecting other people to work that type of schedule, that amount of hours, all without a break and sleep. That's just so wrong.

@djswivel 3 года назад

I hear you, but I've never viewed it that way. Working for an artist like Bey is a privilege, and many people would kill for that gig. And when you're at that level, you don't want your staff holding you back. So artists look for people who are willing to give them everything just so they can continue with their pace. I never once looked at that as a negatively, I genuinely felt lucky to be there and tried each and every day to live up to the very high expectations, and do my job with pride.

@thesuncollective1475 3 года назад

12:00 120 vocals I been there ..all day just trying to get a syllable right..oh what fun..but Bey was just havin fun..must be great working with a killer pro.

@djswivel Год назад

:) :) :)

@TerrellAmari 3 года назад

They pitch up vocals in Gospel music. This is nothing new lol you should expand past the norms of the music industry. That song was very gospel inspired Beyoncé grew up in church so I’m sure that’s where she got that concept from. It’s a way of showing off how high you can go

@itswwamusic 4 года назад

also your hoodie is fire ;)

@djswivel Год назад

FEUGO!

@Nokss87 2 года назад

I so agree that there are no rules in music! 🎀💯🙌 great video....

@djswivel Год назад

Exactly!!

@danielletildamoro9706 3 года назад

I thank you for help bringing us thr BOP that's Love On Top but I might also beat you when I find you omg jk

@toshiro8997 3 года назад

Thanks for the video🙏

@mikalg.7562 3 года назад

You have the best job!! Such an intimate experience working with her in the actual process of her laying her vocals. What I would give to be your assistant lol.

@luxejohn Год назад

Love on top is Black art, thanks Dj swivel 🔥

@djswivel Год назад

Hey Thanks Luxe! It truly was such a special piece of art, and we can't take much credit, but just happy to have witnessed such a moment in time! B B B!!!!

@luxejohn Год назад

@@djswivel thanks for giving us this special acclamation in history🙌

@djswivel Год назад

You are welcome my friend :)

@jovanramirez8682 2 года назад

Please dont hate on my man just bcoz of this story.. love u swivel,

@djswivel Год назад

ahaha, thanks for the defence Jovan!

@JadeRossMusic 4 года назад

YESSS!

@djswivel Год назад

Thanks Gabrielle!!!

@jovanramirez8682 2 года назад

Love ur work

@djswivel Год назад

Thank you so much 😀

@louis-nd8lg 2 года назад

Thank you for this valuable information. 🥰🐝

@djswivel Год назад

You are so welcome!

@DJ_Smokes 3 года назад

Thanks Swiv!

@ExotiqBeautii 3 года назад

because she's a fucking boss!!!

@Nymphaaddora 3 года назад

I wish in could hear music like you can.. i. Mean i know it sounds good, but i can't hear those differences he was talking about

@eliveizaj8155 3 года назад

Bravo!

@LuisGaray 4 года назад

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 #inspiring

@decapmusic 4 года назад

Dope!!

@djswivel Год назад

No sir, YOU ARE DOPE! Sorry we missed this man, you're a legend brother, DRUMS FOR DAYS!!!

@mostxrad 3 года назад

I loved hearing and watching behind the scenes stories. seeing the process makes me appreciate the finished product even more. However, the fact that you stopped her from adding another set of choruses makes me want to dislike this video lol Thanks for sharing!

@djswivel Год назад

Thanks for the great comment Deryl! hahaha, sometimes, you CAN infact have too much!

@bedcastle8365 3 года назад

Gracias por contar esto ♥️♥️

@itswwamusic 4 года назад

the best

@djswivel Год назад

No, you're the best!

@jesslucio3104 3 года назад

How did you go about pitching all the tracks up? Some type of macro control for each tracks? For heaven’s sake it wasnt moving everything up manually, right?

@djswivel 3 года назад

On Love On Top, we pitched up the sections using a pitch shifter as we were recording the vocals, then we went back and pitched each MIDI part before it was processed to audio, and recorded the horns live, in their respective keys with each key change.

@ashrick718 3 года назад

so we’re waiting on “Life” to leak, unless it’s “Schoolin’ Life” you’re speaking of !

@theofficialvontae 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing this! Would love to hear some vocal stems of her songs, including love on top if you could get permission!

@djswivel Год назад

You're welcome! Oh boy, we can't share stems like that, they aren't ours to do :) :) :) MAYBE SOME DAY!

@theofficialvontae Год назад

@@djswivel you played stems of another song before at a college right? I think it was “I Care” did you have to ask her for permission? Also I’d love to know more about her recording process. How long are your sessions usually with her?

@djswivel Год назад

Yeah, that was a special occasion visiting my alma mater! I no longer engineer her, but i can tell you she's a beast in the booth, super long sessions! I did another video on it, check it if you haven't seen it!

@theofficialvontae Год назад

@@djswivel yes!!! I saw that!!! So awesome!!! I love your work and your videos. Keep ‘em coming!! I’m an artist too, I hope to work with you one day!! 🤞🏽🤞🏽

@theofficialvontae Год назад

@@djswivel I wanna work with you!!!!!! ☹️

@thegoldenbowl5217 2 года назад

I’m sure you were thrilled when she used the song to announce her pregnancy to the world 🌍

@djswivel Год назад

That was a special moment!

@adilam6082 3 года назад

Omg I wish they made an alternative version with the other key changes ughh

@djswivel 3 года назад

I think this video is creating some misunderstandings. There was never more key changes. You guys heard the maximum key changes she wanted. She just said she physically COULD do more. The song is exactly the version Bey wanted the world to hear though.

@fertasfatima225 3 года назад

l like music and sing

@ericmcdavis8969 3 года назад

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐝🐝🐝🐝

@ga_sulati 4 года назад

nice one

@JayeBautista1 3 года назад

Woah!!!

@2paths423 2 года назад

youre a beast.

@djswivel Год назад

YOU'RE THE BEAST :) :) :)

@aldwinaraneta06 3 года назад

11:22 bey forgetting she's human HAHAHAHA

@billalikeita3217 4 года назад

❤❤❤❤

@therobin1805 3 года назад

since y’all here follow my stems beyoncé account on twitter : @yoncestems

@JZidor 3 года назад

How can I work with you

@Ray-fd2bm Год назад

Lol chileee I know he ain’t never been in nobody’s black church.. modulations are VERY common in the gospel world…. Nothing new

@djswivel Год назад

Hey Ray! You're totally right that modulations are super common in gospel, guess when I was reminiscing on that story it kinda slipped my mind and I mistakenly generalized to pop and radio music!

@JZidor 3 года назад

Yooooooooooo