Toro Y Moi Interview | "Mahal" Production Breakdown, Starting With Bass & Using Reason

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‪@toroymoi‬ (Chaz Bear) is one of indie's most eclectic artists. Recognised as one of the founders of the Chillwave sound together with Washed Out and Neon Indian, he has on subsequent albums collaborated with artists like Flume and Tyler the Creator whilst exploring everything from house to psychedelic rock. In this one hour interview, Ryan and Chaz sit down for a chat about his new album Mahal, dive into some of the session files, talk about his journey using Reason and answer some fan Q&A. Enjoy! #reasongang #toroymoi #reasonlivestream
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Toro Y Moi Origin Story
4:28 - Samples or Real Instruments
6:48 - The Paul McCartney songwriting method
11:07 - Causers of This’ & Reason
19:05 - Kenny Beats’ Diss
23:09 - Deja Vu Project File
26:46 - The bass & guitars, Deja Vu
30:30 - The synth noises in Deja Vu
33:49 - Vocal effects chain
38:52 - Magazine Project File
42:37 - “Old Muted Things”
46:22 - Vocals on Magazine
51:07 - Q&A view questions

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@ElMestizoo Год назад

This man is inspiring me to get back into producing!!! Thank you CHAZZ!!!

@codeyrowan5850 Год назад

SAAAAME

@ffwlpe Год назад

great fucking host dude seems so passionate about toro's music. also listening to chaz talking about ANYTHING it's always interesting. mahal is on constantly repeat this year for me ❤️

@Antonio_Ortiz Год назад

Host was clearly a huge fan and was even dropping mentions to Chillwave in 2010; I was right there with him. First loved Toro's "Minors". "Rose Quartz", "New Beat" and his remix of Tyler The Creator's "French" are also slaps.

@visible7044 Год назад

idk about all that. he very strangely asked if MAHAL was “real instruments” or samples early in the interview. it’s a jam album. would take anyone 15 seconds to figure out that it wasn’t samples.

@fun1047 2 месяца назад

@@visible7044 ok sensei master music producer

@prodcrumley Год назад

Chaz makes the music I dream of making, so seeing this is really quite incredible.

@ReasonStudios Год назад

@AndrewLandry Год назад

The amount of muted tracks was impressive! And hearing why they were muted was interesting... so much re-recording! Everyone works differently, but it's a good argument for keeping the songwriting and mixing/polishing as separate tasks. It's so tempting to get picky about that bass sound before you even finish the song... then at the end of the day, you have a nice sounding bass line on a song you're tired of listening to that doesn't have any other parts. Amazing interview - I've loved his music for a while, but had never heard him talk... glad he seems like a nice dude - makes me like the music even more!

@doniman259 Год назад

Dude toro is so real for this, he gained so much respect after doing this for me

@tengoodquestions Год назад

This dudes a great interviewer

@Antonio_Ortiz Год назад

Knowing that Toro uses Reason completely re-ups my loyalty to him and the DAW.

@mauddib1761 Год назад

What's so good/unique to Reason compared to other DAWs? I haven't tried using it in years and have mainly used Logic and Ableton (and a tiny bit of Bitwig which seems kind of a cross between Ableton and more traditional DAWs like Cubase/Logic). Just wondering what's good about Reason? I kind of remember it was frustrating as it didn't seem to work in the same ways as the other DAWs, but I did last use it about 8-10 years ago so I've no idea what's it like now. Can you use Kontakt and other plugins like that or are you limited to what's in Reason?

@DPakaLemonade Год назад

@@mauddib1761 Reason has pretty nice stock sounds, so does Logic Pro X!

@ivers1001 Год назад

@@mauddib1761 reason supports vst as of version 9.2.x (can't remember the 3rd decimal number but its been like 4ish years at this point I think?)

@ChiquitaSpeaks Год назад

@@mauddib1761 he talks about his view on it starting @20:40

@SarahSpencerMusic Год назад

Fr tho!

@MaxFung Год назад

what a gold mine. toro y moi is such an inspiration to me and the music i create. this is so valuable hearing his take on his creative process.

@ReasonStudios Год назад

So glad to hear you enjoyed it.

@derekfernandez7701 Год назад

This was amazing! Thank you! It was so great to see Chaz's creative process in this way!

@ruto_o2931 Год назад

Mahal is my favourite album ever made. This is utterly fascinating to me

@juicerox Год назад

I LOVE this one guys! So much good info in here and the entire conversation was inspiring for us Reason users. Especially for those of us using it as our primary DAW. You guys rock

@spokefast Год назад

i’m so happy this exists, crazy chaz shared this. never thought i would get insight on his process. love it!!!

@ctkvi 5 месяцев назад

I said it before and I'll say it again. If Toro came out in the 60s. He would be diamond selling! regardless. I don't care about sales, he's my favourite musician of all time!

@ragingoracle6239 Год назад

Ryan!!! Thanks for this, been waiting to hear from him for YEARS!!!! Score!!!! flatout!!!

@jazzsong8566 Год назад

Definitely: I am “Team Ryan”. Your videos are always amazing( live, tutorials, tips, whatever). A huge thank you and, if this is the premier for the Reason season 2022-2023, you really started with 🔥🤩

@batmonmanton7377 Год назад

Been waiting for this 😩😩😩😩😩😩

@t-moteo9919 Год назад

Thank you for this. I have really enjoyed it. I know NO ONE else that uses reason besides myself. I love getting different perspectives and angles for fellow producers. Thanks again!

@79Daver Год назад

Very down to earth. Like the simplicity in his arrangements. Very to the point

@fraicheness Год назад

I've been listening to Mahal for the two weeks and wondered what had happened to the TYM stream from spring. Very happy to see this!

@_boof Год назад

This is fucking huge bro. Atleast for me.

@evanbrown1367 Год назад

Hell yeah!!! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

@MontellFishMusic Год назад

shoutout to all my reason brothers in christ

@Jbrunel510 Год назад

Chaz is a legend. Thanks for this. Also Lindsay’s vocals on Magazine are insane. Just her demo track is so nuts, what a vibe.

@pdxfun4888 Год назад

Dont laugh but I didnt know who this was. He is thoughtful, very open with the process, humble, articulate and such a lovely presentation. Seriously will but his music and as always, Ryan is knowledgeable, insightful, great interviewer, a fan, truly interested in the back n forth convo. Thank you for such a wonderful peek on how he goes through his thoughts, reasons and steps of creation. Amazing….

@RussDnB Год назад

Embarrassingly, I'd never heard of Toro Y Moi. Guess I'm in my own bubble of what I "normally" listen to. Buuuuuut, I'm a new fan now. Firstly on the basis that Chaz sounds like such a nice, genuine and sound guy. Then I start hearing some of his productions, and I'm feeling like I could have his music in my collection. Bandcamp page found. New fan right here. Wonderful interview!

@stevenbeecheymusic Год назад

Been waiting for something like this!

@player042 Год назад

This is a great interview! Love that it's both picture ideas about songwriting and detail specific techniques :)

@Jushwa Месяц назад

I’m half way through this, cannot express how grateful i am for this interview, incredibly insightful, passionate interviewer who is also a good listener and knows the right questions to ask. I was already a fan of Chaz but this gave me new appreciation for what he does and his process. Thank you both ❤ I have dabbled with Reason but will definitely be revisiting it again after this, I really liked those iPad apps (figure) that you guys made many years ago, when i was learning computer music stuff as a young teen that and GarageBand on iPad were by far some of the most intuitive and easy to use tools to quickly put something together.

@davidRios622 Год назад

Insane that you brought this producer to the stream

@yotrakzproductions7324 Год назад

Ryan, thanks to you and the team for introducing the public to this gem of an artist and producer. I’m definitely digging Chaz’s artistry and looking to check out more of his works. I especially like the upfront lead vocal on the first song, it makes the track for me. And the female vocal on the second track is bannanaz sweeeeet. Nice drop.

@bycorduroy8269 Год назад

it would be more poignant to thank Toro for exposing people to Reason, not the other way around.

@SWELLTHY Год назад

Chaz is my favorite artist of all time, his music with Toro y Moi is sooo fire. Love to see it!

@BlueJavaTN Год назад

Awesome interview! Toro is an inspiring artist. Thanks for getting my question in on the funky bass - need to get the wah pedal out : )

@TheWriter86 Год назад

What a great interview! Thanks for sharing!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

@iheartagainstme Год назад

this is a great interview. thank you !!

@leslie1526 Год назад

Excellent as always

@barrakingbeatz7794 Год назад

I honestly started using reason because of this guy

@blackvault_gh Год назад

The things you can do with Reason! Love it 💯👏

@SyncrisisVideos Год назад

@10 minutes, a good way to divorce yourself from the bar markers in reason is to set your project at a ridiculously high BPM, but record at a normal tempo, and then arrange everything from there with snap turned off. You can still line things up, but the bar markers will be so tiny that it will help you to ignore them on the sequencer while you're moving stuff around.

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

I actually will put the BPM very low sticking to tempo making a hour long jam do all the automation and then put it to a normal tempo because some things are next to impossible to do at normal speed.

@SyncrisisVideos Год назад

@@HOLLASOUNDS that's commitment!

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

@@SyncrisisVideos Indeed.

@Borderlinepsycotic Год назад

@@HOLLASOUNDS ….. 🤯 Duuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh 😐 I hate when something was simple but took 15 years for some dude on RU-vid to hit you in the face with it… 😭😂 🤜🏾

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

@@Borderlinepsycotic With what? I have been doing what I said for 15 years actually.

@sloppytoppy2002 Год назад

Chaz you're a freaking legend dude!

@adrianford2847 Год назад

this is great. thank you!!

@soulSaysHi Год назад

Fantastic interview!

@untoldstoriesrecordings Год назад

Loved this!

@mothroyale9076 Год назад

So cool to see someone discussing Reason in way similar to how understand it. That's not to say i don't enjoy Reason being discussed in a way that seems foreign to me. I think i need to get more involved in the Reason community. Thank you for the great shares.

@NaughtyJackal Год назад

Causers Of This...still monumental!

@joshb2059 Год назад

Really cool to see these tracks broken down

@bluebaconjake405 Год назад

Omg I love his music!

@johnnycopland 5 месяцев назад

Inspiring interview! Thanks 🙏

@_thevaporz Год назад

Great interview. One of the best bands Toro y Moi. Also Crumb, Remi Wolf, Skinshape, Tommy Guerrero, Gardens & Villa, Generationals, Body Language, Soft White Sixties. Dig it.

@doniman259 Год назад

Crumb is sick

@rankzwazhere Год назад

Yes!!!

@peezyy3 Год назад

duuuuuude that midi thing from having to start in the beginning was such a throwback! I had to do that for a remix competition back in the day. It was a 5 minute drum loop on midi. Such a pain.. I got first place though!!

@cperception Год назад

Awesome. Didnt know he is using reason!

@barrakingbeatz7794 Год назад

AMAZING !

@everythingaudio8922 Год назад

Great Interview lots of gems, can we get a sounwave interview pretty sure I saw Reason on his screen one time

@dobefrmdadead Год назад

One of my favorite interviews oat

@KeepShellyinAthens Год назад

Legend!

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

Reason now has alot of stuff but from 1 to 4 it felt like actually using physical gear, and sounds like it, there was limitations similar to real gear. I listen back to My early Reason music and it sounds like the currently popular Dawlass set up. When I first see some one using Reason 2, I instantly needed it.

@swervenights Год назад

been on reason since 2013 cus of chaz :3 love reason. i was a huge fan of the balance midi!

@Chrisreedbeats Год назад

Really enjoyed this interview especially the part about recording to a click and nudging slices 😂😂 great music!!!!

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

👊😀🤜

@TheEs150 Год назад

favorite album of 2022 for me

@TheEs150 Год назад

this is so inspiring

@itsbenteller1 Год назад

Great Interview!

@billymarsh4715 Год назад

Great interview w Chaz/Toro - he's a hugely talented, down-to-earth dude and you can tell he loves every aspect of creating music. Glad he has stuck w Reason. I noticed he mentioned Todd Rundgren as a major influence. Todd has been a hardcore Reason user for at least the last 15 years - both for recording and live shows. How about an interview w him !!

@ReasonStudios Год назад

Definitely something we'd love to do!

@amofaga20 Год назад

I really love the minimal tracks. Was just thinking that for every beat I've made. Just need to improve the quality.

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

Some times less is more.

@sanxulian7714 Год назад

Amazing

@TheirIAre 5 месяцев назад

This is golden

@IMf410 Год назад

Crazy 🔥

@widenisland 6 месяцев назад

wow the legend himself!!

@MahckMedia Год назад

Awesome vid

@keepitvividllc Год назад

Met him in person at a concert when he came to Perris , and ask him what program he used, when he told me reason. I was like woeeee meeee ttoooooo....

@DigitalCrates Год назад

GREAT CONTENT!

@Chrisreedbeats Год назад

Don’t sleep on the reason factory sound bank 🔥🔥🔥

@dougroyce5784 Год назад

So many do and it’s a shame!

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

@@dougroyce5784 I dont, its dope.

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

Factory sound back is used most of the time by Me.

@moseskibrom4600 9 месяцев назад

what a great intervierwer.

@Mavrock954 Год назад

I went to a toro y moi show when Anything in return dropped and its top 5 concerts I ever experienced

@flxckos Год назад

great video

@musicbyflaws Год назад

that part about the 'Reason user diss' is soooo relatable. as long as we know why we use & love it it's all good right?

@youyao Год назад

Nice interview ¡

@rome-sound Год назад

Love how genuinely connected they are in a Reason conversation. I'm going to try n nail one of these interviews

@97HawksFly Год назад

I actually do hear the Tennessee by Arrested Development reference! They both have reversed elements as melodies and similar tempos

@OffTheTweakBeats Год назад

"take me to another place, take me to another land" Tennessee by Arressted development. definitely got the southern feel

@amofaga20 Год назад

So much useful info. SaLuv SaStrong SaRespect Always

@bestkoreanjesus Год назад

I feel anyone who uses Cubase Reason or Reaper understand the dismissing by the mainstream normies. I went from FL -> Ableton -> Cubase. I learned so much from trying different DAWs!

@bombjelly5795 Год назад

What’s a mainstream daw? Anyways I went from Sony acid pro to fl studio to reason to ableton

@mikeillgaming4224 Год назад

I tried them all and fell in love with cubase... Now I've moved on to native instruments maschine and I don't think I'll ever look back

@violahero4life Год назад

@@bombjelly5795 FL, Ableton, etc.

@violahero4life Год назад

What are some things you have learned? (Reason user looking to try Bitwig Studio)

@bombjelly5795 Год назад

@@violahero4life ableton and fl studio ? No way. Mainstream? What other ones are mainstream?, u named 2 daws that I don’t even seem to be mainstream and you put etc. name at least one more, so you mean popular as in mainstream?

@ontheruntonowhere 7 месяцев назад

15:45 So happy I'm not the only insane person. I used to play along with Reason as a backing track, then import my recorded audio into NN19. I ran into the same issue of not being able to hear the track unless I started the song over. This lead to my earliest experiments in bending Reason to my will, which gave me confidence to try other ideas. My solution was to split the audio into measures, map each up the keyboard and trigger them in sequence, which was super time-consuming but very rewarding to figure out. I think I remember that NN-XT does this automatically and I was so happy when it was added to the rack.

@noisenotsongs 7 месяцев назад

aha same

@fraicheness Год назад

Woah, after the Beck mention I instantly recognized 29:20 Odelay Beck vibes in the guitar

@xKS616 Год назад

OMG he did an interview

@cookiemane4579 Год назад

ha, I heard arrested development too when you mentioned it

@davidtrig Год назад

Love this wowww were those real instruments? Lol

@dylanwho6299 Год назад

another great reason producer is kodak to graph. He has since switched to ableton but his first 3 albums were made on reason. incredible stuff

@calvinblack530 Год назад

Let's GOOOOOOOOOOO

@KnoWareMan03 10 месяцев назад

Yooooo! 'Tiny House Nation' dude. His build was exactly what I'd do, only an immobile cube design🖤🖖🏿

@oy3ah2025 Год назад

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/10 -OY3AH!

@mta7444 Год назад

I'm curious why "Why I don't use splice" was in the thumbnail as if it was a quote from Chaz, but splice is not mentioned once in the interview lol. It would have been interesting to hear Chaz's take on sample libraries in general. I'm sure he avails himself of the latest tools!