Not to take anything away from their sound engineer, his work on their productions is absolutely stellar, it doesn’t get much better. But there is a little more to it: It’s in their technique as musicians as well. There’s a famous story about Eddie Van Halen, about how someone once said to him that it’s easy sound as good as him if you have his equipment. A thesis Eddie promptly put to the test by allowing the guy to try out his rig. We all know how that went, without even knowing the story. Musicians like these know how to make their instruments sound as good as they possibly can. (They also spend an inordinate amount of time on perfecting their gear, which especially for drums makes all the difference). In short, their sound engineer has a starting point for his work that most engineers would envy.
Great reaction guys, spot on! More Dirty Loops please! Try "Hit me!" by them, their first one on here... Just amazing! Greetings from a very proud Sweden.
Really interesting reaction with all the knowledge you already have about DL. About the videos, it’s amazing how much effort they put in the details to make it look like playing live, especially in such a complex song like “Work shit out”. About studio stuff, Jonah’s solo cover of “Bad” is fascinating since he’s done everything himself (apart from guest solos) and the video with Jonah’s walk-through of how he did it is super interesting.
Quincy Jones isn't their producer though, just their manager. They produce everything themselves, together with Simon Petrén, and have done so from the start. They've said in interviews that they don't send QJ anything, not even demos, until they're all done with a song, video and all. The Phoenix EP was self-released (except for Japan, where it was released on Universal). Jonah also studied music production in college, and they do most of the creative work themselves. It's really interesting to hear you break down all those technicalities of recording and producing, especially as I have little to no knowledge about that kind of thing. Thanks for that! There was an extensive interview with them and Simon Petrén in Electronic Musician (Dec. 2014) where they go through how they recorded and mixed (is that even the correct term?) the Loopified album. I don't have a link for it, but I downloaded a pdf of the interview (years ago) off the subreddit "audioengineering", and it's still there. Just search for the interview title "Mixing Dirty Loops" and it should pop right up there. I can't say I understand all of it (way too technical for me at some points), but you most definitely will. Although, I guess you might have already read that one at some point. 😊 They've had this kind of sound since the start, long before they signed with Quincy Jones, but Aron said, in a Swedish interview when they released Rock You, that this song was indeed a mad flirt with MJ, so that sound is definitely what they were going for here. 😁 So nice to see someone pay attention to their credits. They do cram a lot of funny and silly stuff in there with the real information.
Thanks for the info! I try to get some background before the episode but I know there's going to be people with a lot more knowledge who will share stuff like this... very cool!
Thanks for all this, Lotta, wonderful information! I’m gonna search for that interview with Simon Petrén, should be so interesting -although I don’t have much of a clue about those technicalities myself either. Still…just have to find that spare minute… Thx again for the heads up 👍☺️
Thanks guys for what I thought was a super interesting reaction and breakdown of this song! I’m a huge Dirty Loops fan, and although I like the diversity out there of reactions, approaches and opinions on their music, it’s good to see such a thorough, knowledgeable and professional one. An eye opener for me in many ways. Re Jonah’s voice and the MJ vibe of it, especially in this track, here a quote from some other comments elsewhere: apparently Aron has said that this piece in particular was ‘a mad flirt with Michael Jackson’… I would absolutely appreciate more of those Dirty Loops video ‘treatments’ coming from you both. Perhaps to “Next to You”, “Thriller”, or really on any of their songs. Thanks, this was a treat! 🙏
Hey thanks! I'm hoping content like this will find an audience... the technical side can be really interesting once you start breaking things down into individual parts and how they all work together... This channel is only a week old, we need to build our audience lol! Thanks again!
@@theindustry4747 ah, all of this sounds so good! Really looking forward to those vocal comparisons -to my knowledge the first one on RU-vid so far, it should be highly interesting… We’ll really looking forward to all of it 👍🙏
i would venture to say that all the drum sounds have been triggered to digital samples with live miking for slight human element. There is no variation in the hits and attack on the main mix.
There is if you listen to the fills/rolls and flams. The drums are clearly heavily processed with compression etc regardless and samples could have been layered in on top.
Hey thanks for the link! I think Aron can make an empty paint can sound good lol! Believe it or not I first met these guys when they were in Vegas for a show in 2015. One of their touring boards had a bad key contact, I think it was a Korg Triton and my company was called in to repair it on site before the show. I had never heard of them before... Nicest bunch of guys I've met in this business.
@King VII this is not a first time reaction channel. At our ages and exposure to music our entire lives there isn't all that much we haven't seen or heard yet.
