Steven Wilson: "Let's just approach this like an idiot" 

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I hope there’s more to this, could watch Steven for hours

I love how you can see the genuine joy he has when listening to these sounds.

Engineers used to dream about the days they might be able to record an upright piano without tape hiss, wow and flutter and here you go Steven..... lmao. Please keep it up. What a time we live in.

Steven explains Progressive Rock better than most can at the end of this video. It's not about 15 minute keyboard solos or lyrics about demons and wizards. It's about telling a story, like cinema, that can change in mood and style within a single composition.

I absolutely love this new approach Steven’s taking with this album… bringing us all super close to the process and even his plug-in chains. Love this video!

The man is a creative genius, and a living tribute to classic rock.

I love how Steven turns up the volume, leaves it there then has to shout over the samples to explain his approach to creativity. This is a fantastic way to soak up the unique talent and sound designs that run through his veins. I mean…109 tracks for something that sounds so simple and melodic. If that doesn’t articulate who he is, nothing will. I appreciate him taking the time to sit down and show the fans a fraction of his process.

I never try to work out what's going on in Steven's music...I just dive in and wallow❤

Genius. Pure genius. Honored to have met Steven this year at our hotel in Berlin. Very nice lad we chatted about festivals we played this year I’ll never forget that day.

109 tracks! That would have been mind-boggling at a previous time. Enjoyed this video. "Impossible Tightrope" is my favourite track on HARMONY CODEX. Thanks for posting.

This is brilliant! Listening to a fearless genius!

A musician like Steven Wilson, who makes production such a big part of his work, adds more dimentions to his music

I’m a bit in love with Steven! He has never, I repeat NEVER produced a record that doesn’t strike a chord in my soul. From Pariah, thru Personal Shopper, to Rock Bottom - the greatest artiste you’ve never heard of. Long may he continue.

Thank you for showing Steven's creative process!! It's inspiring the way he sees music and creates a song. Also, love so much his hapiness while he creates! Without a doubt, Steven is my one of favorite musician 🤩

AUDEZE NUTS

Today's recording process cannot be simply capturing acoustic instruments, since no microphone or recorder can. I have been a recording engineer for 35 years, performed piano/organ/keys for 55 years now; when you have played hundreds of different stage grand pianos, and have the ear from critical listening, you know the piano you just recorded doesn't sound like that at all, not even close. And then the dynamic range is too strong on a too narrow range, the hammer hits are too pronounced, nothing like the gentle touch I used. So we compress, we delay to make up for a thin sound, we add reverb to create an environment, but also to cover up the microphone/recording deficiencies. We must create an interesting environment the microphone and microphone placement can never do without sounding horrible. Even in perfect room or hall, the microphone doesn't hear what the pianist is hearing by the piano, OR, the audience from 10 to 100 feet away. Then there is the ENERGY of the live performing artist, sharing their emotions through the language of their instrument, live play is so very different than a recording. I became an audiophile early in life just 5 years after beginning to play keys, I noticed that some bands that I liked their album, but hated them live on stage, others the opposite, and rare was it I like both their recording and live stage. Some of this due to horrible stage sound reinforcement choices and bad audio men on the board. Acoustically I was rarely disappointed in small room concerts of less than 100 seats, live was always wonderful, and recordings always heavily compromised. For example, I had a seat just 10 feet from a small classical orchestra, no stage we were all on the same level, almost like I was "in" the orchestra. I heard details of the instruments I never heard before, all kinds of very subtle articulations/harmonics happening. That in a large concert hall would have been lost, and with a microphone in a studio, completely destroyed and lost. Another example: In my church we usually have live performers, but an earlier service does not, they use CDs. Even though the live and CDs are run through the exact same sound system, the difference in energy is astonishing, the CD music is dead and the live music alive, just as these terms would indicate. Electronic music or any sound reinforcement music simply depends on the room acoustics and live technician on the board, we hear everything electronic music delivers in the recording studio, no loss (direct inject), and live too given good conditions. Combinations like rock/jazz/pop/more... that use acoustic drums, vocalists, acoustic guitars, for example, have always been absolutely horrible in the studio, the drums being the worse and acoustic guitars actually sound better, vocals usually sound better too. But drums especially or any acoustic instrument included like a violin/cello/sax will be again heavily compromised. So, the we must accept these differences and when recording be in a completely different creative mindset than when playing live. The two will never be the same.

Wonderful snippet of Steven.

Steven has Ninet Tayeb on the New Album..... And that is a TOTAL WIN..... As they are Magic together in the songs.... Her voice and her point of view, is just made for Steven's Music.

This was so good. Getting into his creativity is gold… one of my top 5 artist of all time!

wow, really cool! I'm a huge admirer of Steven. I've been working really hard recently recording and producing lots of my own music and I find his attitude and process so relatable, which is really reassuring.

Siempre he tenido a Steven por un genio contemporáneo. Resulta sorprendente lo humilde que es su forma de trabajar y, en cierto modo, lo parecida que es a la que era mi manera de componer cuando tenía mi estudio casero. Al final no son los medios que tiene uno lo que marca la diferencia, hoy en día lo digital nos da medios de sobra. Lo importante es la perseverancia y la pasión con la que uno se compromete con lo que hace. Grande Steven Wilson!.

For a man of such god-like talent, SW is so humble and down to earth.

Sitting with all those vintage recordings has to be such excellent exercise for one's own work.

Insightful with a Modern Beethoven of Alternative, Progressive Rock Music Today!!! Some Say a Musical Genius Including Myself!!!

+1 for the David Bowie t-shirt :)

Back in the day it was all about having the least hiss, wow and flutter in our decks. Now its added back in for personality. Lol. SW does killer work and writes amazing music

Steve is a musical genius.

Love Steven Wilson mixing sound in general. Just upgraded my equipment. Hoping to learn a lot. Thanks.

Estoy seguro de que para muchos músicos / productores es emocionante hablar de los detalles en una producción, ya que muchas veces en el resultado final varios de estos pasan desapercibidos. En este caso se ve que Steven disfruta contarnos todos esos secretos que están detrás de su nuevo álbum y eso se agradece.

A VERY LOVELY NARRATIVE AND T-SHIRT SIR. A BOX OF SURPRISES... WAITING A YEAR TO LET US SEE AND HEAR THIS. HATS OFF AND REGARDS FROM MEXICO!!

I believe this man did the brilliant 5.1 mix for the Tears for Fears Seeds of Love album

Don't know if it's just a happy coincidence, but that super important shot of him putting off your headphones looks so organic.

Such a talented fella x

Awesome content!

Always blessed to see Steven in process

That's a pretty lively sounding room!

It's profund, what he said about what is typical for progressive music. A song not only provides one feeling, one emotion in opposite to a normal popsong. I like it.

The wizard spoke

Steven Wilson knows how to party!

This video could have been 1.5 hours. So interesting.

Well, I've tried that approach, like a complete idiot...nothing came out of that

As an audiophile wishing for truth and transparency, this addition of noise and all of the downsides of analog is anathema. to me, listening to music is a joy best enjoyed with concentration and focus.

Rockstar left his makeup on the studio desk…. 😊❤

Ah yes steven wilson my favorite 34 year old musician

way cool

This path Steven is taking is pretty much what Radiohead did years ago -obviously in a different way- nowadays mixed with The Mars Volta sound…..so the result is pretty interesting. Probably not the “new record” he would have pulled out but surely the most honest and cristalline!

Is this taken from a longer interview, or is this the whole thing?

Isn't that the very same piano we hear at the end of Love You to Bits?

Steven Wilson must have a strong neck, using those Audeze headphones.

Musical Genius!!

Modern day renaissance man in a David Bowie t-shirt and messy hair.

He’s a music genios, like Brian Wilson but on naturorganic steroids 🙏🏽 God bless him and his family.

Can I hang out in studio for a couple of days straight I'll bring the herb 😂

LoFi is kind trendy now, the new guitar rig 7 has a lot of LoFi features.

suffice to say Steven's idiot approach is different from an idiot's idiot approach 😆

I dont get how bad the audio is on some audio pro youtubes.

Whats the plugin that added wobble to the piano please?

When he's talking about the plug-in he used to manipulate the pitch, did he say Foreman? Four man?

Was it odd being in a sonically dead room that was so prepared for production?

Nice PM headphones from Aud….

0:31 is he putting them on the wrong side?

I can't imagine you work in that room, you can hear just how reverberant it is. What's up with that?

so like the average steven wilson fan.

anyone know what headphones he's using there?

Have you published the Who's Next remix? Such a great album, such a disappointing production.

What song is this?

Most overrated guy in music

Let's just be a hairy hippy freek like me!

Amateur recording artist: Hiss, distortion, mechanical noise, artifacts Professional recording artist: Clean reproduction of the intended sounds Master recording artist: Hiss, distortion, mechanical noise, artifacts

Watching Steven talk about his process is priceless! Thanks for this

Using that pitch shifter to create a voice….genius! Instant Hannah Reid😊

this guy is something special, a true artist....

This is amazing. 😃

I'm just a mixing/composing hobbyist. It's inspiring to watch someone at his level still exude excitement for his craft. Loved this. Thank you.

One of the most all round musicians around, nowadays. A delight compared to the rubbish that is pushed at us these days.

That vocal part has a storm corrosion akerfeldt vibe! amazing

Thanks, that was inspiring

Love the TFB mug!!!

Now I understand why this song is so messy

Living legend

Dunno about that digital noise sounds way too loud & perhaps better without

Cool as hell!

Does he even age?

Just beats me how much little details he uses to construct the layers that make the whole and you'd probably not realize from listening to his stuff. But there's that atmosphere.

When I listen to Steven, I find myself aspiring to idiot status … and know I'll never make it.

So cool to see part of Steven's process!

Great bloke, quality t shirt!

Thanks for this Chris, fantastic material & content

Good stuff. Why all the room treatments and defusing if its going to sound like a closet? Not just this video but a trend I've noticed in many brand and high quality video's. Interesting that's all.

i want that mug

Ese estudio vale más que un par de órganos de una persona con perfecta salud🤣🤣🤣

You need a producer - happy to help

The guy’s a fuckin genius, plain and simple.

Come on, talk about selling to Sony.

What monitors does he use?