Lady Gaga's producer reveals his secrets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- RedOne may not be a name you've heard of but he's behind some of the biggest tracks of the last 12 months.
He's worked with Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Shakira, and now Newsbeat's very own entertainment reporter Natalie Jamieson.
Normally based in the US, the top producer has been over in the UK recording tracks with Kylie and Alexandra Burke.
Newsbeat went down to the London studios where he's been working to challenge him to create a song just for us, from scratch.
Our dedicated reporter filled Kylie's (very small) boots, got behind the mic and laid down the vocals to what RedOne has described as "a definite hit". - เพลง
he didn't really show "his secrets", because they edited out all the real magic what they did to make her sound good and all the mixing with the back beat and synth.
wakeupscreaming the secret is marketing
He made her sound good by pitchtuning, doubling and adding reverb/delay. Like we do :)
He slapped some auto tune on her vox
IF you knew the work of this producer just a little bit, you would know he works on a common room and uses a Macbook Pro with Logic, a good audio interface, good speakers and a simple MIDI keyboard (as almost all eletronic music producers)
BUT... he is on BBC, so of course it's better to record for a BIG TV channel in a BIG STUDIO ROOM!
And for your information, when it comes to MIXING, the mixing engenier will use the desk and other hardwares (Eqs, compressors and so on) you see in this video.
RedOne makes it look easy, but 99% of the haters that commented here couldn't write a memorable hook if their lives depended on it. Reality check.
Wow...what an insight. Now I have all the secrets I need to succeed in the music industry.
very true words, ive been using it for over half a decade and i dont plan on stopping
The only thing he should reveal is a lawsuit against this scammer Geoslam...
He's a composer, not a producer. ... The man is a professional. Well, I'm sure he's not the one who titled this video.
i love this ! i wish i could recording in some studio like this someday =D
vocal processing
Turd polishing is an art form.
its soo funny " yeah that was great "
yes we are going to run run
WOW this studio is huge, dreaming to have one like it!!!!!
Sounds like "Pokerface" from Lady Gaga
my dream is to become a music producer. i hope someday i will produce a few songs for a lady gaga album.
I would imagine the vocal has undergone multiband compression . consequentially phasing has to be added to help inside the stereo spread...it can sound exaggerated as it is being picked up on a microphone inside the control room. perhaps get a copy of this song and listen through mono to help find the phasing as it would dull within a mono listening field.
banging sticks against fallen trees was the first verse so its a complicated and confused song you've written yourself there.
This is a joke right?
Wait so he starts with a kick drum, adds a snare, then some synth, then some vocals? Wow what a secret.
also that girls singing was awful when she was in the booth but sound fine on playback.
Dubbed and melodyned...
Still no plug-in for attitude, thank god. =)
about that girl - That is the secret!
Māris Samats melodyne software
Kyle Cockburn it's all about creating your name
its Natali Germanotta..
@lentejTV9 The thing is, in the 1980s, they actually had to play the instruments or programme the sequencers. This guy just threw a bunch of loops on his timeline and calls himself a producer.
that's some impressive software
@Senj1n pretty sure its Logic Pro. Look at the transport bar at the bottom. Not FL.
First of all, don't assume. No, I don't love hip-hop, but I have become aware of electronic music and have grown to like it. My roots lie in the rock and heavy metal genres. And don't assume that because I can defend this music that I don't appreciate other genres such as jazz, blues, and country. I very much do. Also, I can't believe you could be so ignorant as to say once again that this is not music, even after i gave you two clear definitions.
Next week he'll be revealing the mysteries of the 4/4 drum beat. can't wait for that bombshell.
That's techonolgy for you, you can take any person record them and make them sound good. It goes to show that most of todays artist don't really have talent.. they just have someone making them sound good.
@TENGOVIC actually, the autotune filter can be used to fix your singing when you sing bad, i know about music production, so please don't talk about things you obviously don't know
that's truth, they make it look simple. but i been producing music for 5 years, and i spend a really long time to do something like that. they cut the hard moments just for make it look easy, but is not.
How exactly was this a "secret"? Isn't it pretty obvious how this kind of music is made? Not that I care, I still like it.
Yeah does anyone know what program he uses. Pro Tools 10 maybe?
Wow, now i know everything about music production.
@BruceBufferFTW cool i saw about logic pro but why is only available to mac ? _:s
he revealed he wears a fucking flat cap.
This wouldn't have made it out of his 4-track back in the day BUT because of AutoTune a lot of non-singing posers are pseudo-stars.
Almost makes you wish they'd do it like Frank did with Rob & Fab. At least the people recording "Girl You Know It's True" were ACTUAL singers.
@heeerro obviously it's not a real track, but it is just as simply made as her "real" tracks. and no shit they're not the same but they collaborate together. the point is there is no secret to producing lady gaga other than using the same repetitive song structure and throwing down a couple repetitive loops and a the repetitive 1 2 3 4 bass hits... which is not hard to do at all
@BruceBufferFTW what program u use for your songs ?
oh man, why has things become so easy nowadays... its like music never needed hardwork anymore! You don't even need to have a musical talent to produce music.....
This makes me go to a Scary Place in my mind "Horrible"
Hate to break it to you bro, for most samples (like the ones this guy is using) already sound good on their own. They've been mixed and mastered to stand by themselves. Ontop of this we then lay witness to kick on 1/2/3/4, claps on 2/4, and a "percussive sound" on the downs of 1/2/3/4 and ups of 2 and 4.
To break it down for you, the secrets of this guys engineering is to use samples because you can't go wrong.
The average Joe could do this, average joe doesn't have a supporting label though.
If this is his secrets then I feel stupid as I'm an musician
so what if he uses preset his music sells, people get too caught up thinking that music is some sort of art form unfortuantly 90% of it these days is a business these days
Instead of the masses embracing one genre, do something different, unfortunately because music of any genre becomes popular it loses it's edge and thus we continue to reinvent the wheel. Some of the greatest music "electronic" music I mean comes from the 80s and yet we continue to use it because it sounds good and it should be used. Now we have home musicians who invent something new and have an influence from many genres but there is more original ideas coming from the mass of home musicians.
she has 13 hits...
Everyone uses Logic.
just like he did with gaga, and rihanna, katy perry, bieber do the same. don't hate on her.
It's great to know that even when I'm making music in my underwear at 6 in the morning on a crappy laptop, I look less pathetic than this.
if you really want to know how "star" -producers mix their tracks, check out pensado's place.
@TENGOVIC "its the singer who needs to be good"
Isn't there a way to use a synthesizer and auto tune there voice so that it doesn't really matter how good the singer is? But yes I agree no secret they just want you to click cause you want to be just like Lady gaga all you who watch and listen
vevy vevy secret - now we can all do the same. . .
HEAVY METAL LOVER!!!
is he using FL studio :S ?
@TheHariharaniyer
exactly that sounded worse than a karaoke singer but it still sounded like a radio track
@lovemaker94 now i get IT X D how much time u have been producing ?
The secret is:
- Make a tune for 9 year old's
- get a semi naked chick who can sing in her bathroom
- ADD AUTOTUNE!!!!
Voilá ;)
No its not, its 200 USD on the mac app store. Secondly no one is "fooled" into using Logic. Honestly I have used Fl, Cubase, Reason, and Ableton and to be frank... Logic is the best out of all of them.
What secrets? Use a kick, clap, percussion and a reporter from the BBC?
Lol
Exactly
lol
Hahaha
They squeezed in probably about an hour of studio time into a 4-minute video clip.
There is more to electronic music than just placing a "kick, clap, percussion."
The drums and percussions must be tuned into the key of the song(or else the song sounds "off"). The synths need special effects or else they sound "dry," which is similar to the effects that they put on an electric guitar through the guitar pedals(chorus, vibrato, distortion, ect). The drums, bass synths, lead synths, fills and pads need to be EQ'd just like they would EQ a rock song, without EQ'ing some of the high frequencies become unhearable and the low frequencies might be too crowded and the final mix will sound muddy. Then they need to mix and master, each track needs to be set to the appropriate volume, and need the appropriate sounds of reverb and echo, along with trying to make sure that each element his its own "space" within the frequencies.
RedOne makes synthpop sounds easy to produce, but if you try to produce a synthpop track let me know how that goes.
Adding rhythm with a guitar is arguably easier than trying to add rythm to a fully synthpop song, which is why I respect electronic producers. That is why at 1:32 you hear a lead synth, because that synth pad doesn't have rhythm, so they add in rythm by having the lead synth over a synth pad. It is like the equivalent of adding a lead guitar over a guitar that is only strummed once(meaning no up and down strokes).
I love RedOne's production work. I miss hearing his songs be popular.
Say what you like about RedOne, he is writing with Gaga and he helped to create her success. Of course, the key to her success is both relentless determination and talent.
Is he the producer who raped her when she was 19?
omg this sounds just like ANY Kesha's song
+Marcio Lima THE SHADE
Marcio Lima kesha without Gaga would not exist
Well yeah, he produced Kesha, so that's accurate.
@@alexsikma5989 nah dr. Luke produced kesha's music not redone
You should check out Uffie. Kesha "borrowed" a lot of Uffie's sound.
"we need a clap thats gonna give you, like, you know, that kind of, you know.."
When I was a teenager, I used to be obsessed with his work with Lady Gaga. I used to try to create dance pop music based on their songs.
So the secrets have finally been revealed! All what you need is a variety of kicks and some generic synth tones + marketing machinery.
Hahahahaha
He did an absolutely brilliant job on pitch correcting & effecting the vocals in this video, she went from sounding so unprofessional to brilliant - and believe me, anyone who's actually used pitch correction plugins will knows that that's a lot harder than the 'one click of a button' myth.
A lot of people say most people who know their way round a DAW could make these kind of beats, and they're probably right, but I guess it's his ability to process vocals so well that's got him so successful.
Oh wow! How incredible! I never realised how you could make this music. It's so technically astounding and profound. Who would imagine that such things could even be possible in this world! My life has changed now for ever. There is no going back. Wow! Pure genius! Such musicianship!
Guys,
Point is: gaga sold a lot. We have to admit that this guy figured out what the world needed at a specific time. It is not that easy to do. Everyone has access to the same software...what we make of it is a different story. i don't think he is the best, but i respect the fact that he stood out just like Ryan tedder, Timbaland, Darkchild, Walter Afanasieff, babyface, Bryan Kennedy, Harvey Mason, CLive Davis...i know people will kill me for this :-)
i enjoyed this video, he makes valid points of keeping a simple beat with clap backbeat to get people wanting to dance, simple upbeat hook, catchy melody with simple words, its stuck in my head after one listen. pop musics secrets/magic ingredients revealed right there. and as a producer he seemed so cheerful and encouraging=proper order as a producer. thanks for sharing this vid, i enjoyed it!
i think the producers sgould get much more props then they do. Most of todays popsingers woudnt be shit without them. They are the ones who are actually making the music.
she's like: "oh shit, is that really me?"
@jabukemjamz RedOne does use Logic...
what's the name of the song ?
Spoiler. The secret is a kick and a clap.
This video is a true gem. RedOne is my all-time fav, and to see him work in a studio (sort of), that is cool.
Proof that a good engineer/producer can make anyone sound "good" and produce a radio ready track.
i want to know how he fixed that vocal so good. This dude needs to make a vocal mixing tut
AGREED
Waouw.. She don't sing special good, but then they was done, she sounds like a popstar.. Waouw.. all that effects..
Wow he knows how to put a kick drum into a sequencer. Very talented.
Lololol
The dirty little secret with dem claps....i already knew it
It’s been long time we didn’t hear news everywhere i wish for his rise again! ❤
this proves that even a reporter can make a top hit
to all the haters who post their little comments, I just want to say: DO BETTER IF YOU REALLY THINK WHAT YOU SAY
do better if you really think what you say? that makes little to no sense whatsoever...nice job you maniac
elijah2889 lol if you think so. Otherwise just read more and have a life
again...nice job
surely you will say so lol
It's funny how anyone can become a music Superstar I mean look at post Malone let's a fart out and they digitize it with Auto-Tune He just mumbles and auto-tune does everything else it's really a matter of who is chosen to be a singer nowadays and not how good they can sing
man this guy is a genius, he makes simple music that is in a way complicated because of how he puts it together in such a memorable way...legend!
damn, he doesnt even need a pro singer
this man is a pro. i worship his flstudio skills.
Does this get anyone excited for LG5? He can make music so quickly!!!! LG5 is gonna be album of the year.
Sooo true!!!! Cant wait more than anyone 😁😁😁😁😆
Wow, this man is incredible. He can make someone who can't even sing that well sound amazing!
0:28 - bad Romance intro?? 🙈🙈🙈
Lady gaga's producer... seriously that guy is just a fucking joke and definitely not talented he just got the best materials and thats it
@HotPotatoFever Sadly the engineers do all the work and get nothing for it (apart from money). I know the producer who helped make tinnie tempah's passout, but he hated the song and didn't see a future for it and took his name off the record and now he doesn't get any royalty's for it!
ugh. So sad-now more than ever, it's "Hey, my niece used to sing in grade school".(cut scene to massive auto-tune and a star is born. Does anyone even care about talent these days? - HAHAHA -Stupidest question ever. MONEY MONEY MONEY.. - "Hey, That One tune made us LOTS of money... Lets do it 100 more times! -Yay Money!! - and after that, same formula with a new "Singer"... Meanwhile, the accountants become rockstars and the talent commits suicide. - Oh giant planet, please end this nightmare.
this is really crappy music in its true sense......a producer or engineer is not a musicien....instead of spending all that money on a virtuel studio why not hire true musicien a bassist, a drummer ect... your music will sound much better. this is not music we need another name for this kind of sound. not music
He just produced Monster in front of her eyes
@KrispyKreamCSP
The hard part is to be an audio engineer a producer or a musician. I think singing is overrated.
128 bpm
Kick, Clap, Kick, Clap,
Cheesy Electro lead.
Ok then? Fuck I'm 14 and my stuff is better. ._.
"sing something" 😂 classic producer line
The secret is that there are no secrets.
@Michael55443 It's easy to make, you just have to market it...that's where you need to know what you're doing. Get on a record label with a publicity department that can get your music heard and sold...that's where you have to be marketable...and it is the way you look that makes you marketable. It hasn't been about the music for decades
-.- It can be autotune .. u dont have to make t pain effect to use autotune in the right way u can use it to pitch correction with out crazy robot vocals and keep your vocals sounds natural.. but I know everybody uses autotune to make the effect and melodyne to make the "magic"
@samidouba I agree, but let's be honest. There are no more than 2 chord progressions in pop music. And of course he used one of them.
Good memories about this video, in 2010 I recently knew about RedOne. Now 12 years later he produced all songs of WC22 in Qatar, what a legend.
Which most of them were horrible 😂
@@aleejjj i liked them a lot 😅
@@chartinijordi6294 he’s a like Wikipedia of music. So talented and also humble.
I'm gonna puke puke puke
OMG you're amazing, I'm dreaming about working with you :)