The Vision behind 'Diamonds' by Rihanna with Stargate
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
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In this sneak peek watch as Stargate shares their secrets to writing a smash hit record.
It's time to learn from the Grammy award-winning production and songwriting duo Stargate! Hosted at their Los Angeles studio, this MWTM series premiere takes a deep dive into the creation of 'Diamonds', the 2012 multi-platinum single performed by Rihanna. The team describe their professional relationship with the singer and recount the process of building the track in collaboration with Benny Blanco and Sia. They take you through the entire production session, exploring the intricate layers and diverse instrumentation of the project. They share their inspirations for the beat, discuss chord progressions, and reveal their approach to EQ, dynamic control, and effects. The pair also explain how the lyrics were impulsively written and sung by Sia, then give you an exclusive listen to her demo vocal! Furthermore, Tor and Mikkel discuss vital elements behind their success - conviction, experimenting, creating mash-ups, dismissing ego, and knowing when to finish.
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interesting ..never thought that the piano is a nexus preset
Nexus is the goat. It's found in a lot of music for the last 20 or so years
Damn near ever song last 20 years or so has nexus on it especially spanish music lol
Hard to tell with the bells
These guys were the go to producers in the early 2000's and 2010's. Hits for days
Stargate is legendary
This would have been sweet the summer before I went into middle school
Dope
Nexus!!!
REALLY? ONLY 3:57 FUCKK
Terrible song. Rihanna sounds so extremely emotionless
Considering this song is a global hit nobody agrees with you. Lol
@@esracetinturk1719 im sorry
wrong, its utter tripe and these guys are useless. cheap pop nonsense for the ignorant mass audience.@@esracetinturk1719
@@crxyy6252 Shame on you for saying that
These guys deserve more credit. They drop some of the biggest Pop songs. Every once in awhile i hear a song on the radio that is a guilty pleasure for some reason. 9 timesout of 10, i found out Stargate did it
The production of this song was amazing. I was actually studying very closely, trying to break down each element of the mix. Really stunning
simple but it made history one of Rihanna’s top songs hands down great work thanks for the knowledge !!🙏🏾
I feel like this is Rihanna’s signature song. It is timeless.
itaint her song it's sias
Umbrella is definitely Rihanna’s signature song imo
It's cool that Stargate ended up working with Sia again later
Simple yet complex. The sounds compliment the theme of the song to create a bigger picture.
Great series! Stargate are very good producers and I don't think they get the credit they deserve. Like at all.
yeah those dudes are dope
They get credit from the Industry, that's important for them. They don't need recognition from the public because they are calm and down to earth guys, no ego tripping with Stargate like we see with many producers. This is why these guys survived for so long in this industry.
"Less Is Always More"
Very Subtle Yet Intricate Approach To Making Music...
I Love Stargate
Less is always more! Superb song, superb production
I agree
Wow 3 layers to the chords. I only hear 2, but I do use that chord strategy where you go from a 5 note chord to a 3 or 2 note chord for a smooth energy shift
This is Lit! Both Tor and Mikkel are my mentors at the Los Angeles Academy Of Music Production. I have learned so much from them and they always keep us inspired and pushing ahead. So glad to know them and lookin forward to great things very soon. Cheers 🍷🍷 #stargatemusic #LAAMP
You are blessed! To have these guys as mentors… damn. I would give half my life haha. They are easily in my top 10 producers
It’s so hard to remain simple when you have an abundance of different versions of the same base beat because your indecisive and a perfectionist always thinking I can tweak it just a bit more to make it better tbe. Next thing I know I’m stuck working on the same portion of the song in logic cause I can’t make up my mind. It’s always important to have other peoples opinions of like minded artists to create magic! I start my audio engendering education next month so excited!
Damnnn who really produced this song? I’ve seen so many producers make videos of the making of this song
Stargate and Benny Blanco! Fucking talented producers they are. And Sia sang the demo cuz she wrote the song
I always learn something new through these videos. ty!
Love these two! Tor and Mikkel are my mentors at their academy, LAAMP fand I'm so glad I get to learn from them and the staff every single day. Thank you guys for taking me in and teaching me so much. looking forward to the coming years!! 🙌🏽❤️🔥
next to Storch, my favorite producers
Best pop producers in history
This is such amazing content
So what did benny blanco do
It's nice to see Native Instruments Kontrol being used here!
One of my favorite all time production duo. Top level !
"You can see the cutoff on the actual nexus is filtered" -> turns knob and does not recognize that the master filter is off. Clever ...
It’s because he probably used it in the original or at first and then later possibly the engineer replaced it with another plugin like fabfilter
Love seeing the process!
Nothin Fells Better Than This
Stargate are legends fr you gotta add Max Martin to the list too
Thank you 💫
Khordmaster approved ✔️
This is sick !
he used RVerb large dark hall on the rihanna's vocals!!!
Which kind of soft ware is this for audio production?
Nexus still out here making hits lol awesome!
The high priests of modern day hip hop pop and R&b.
These guys are MASTERS
Please work with rihanna again 🤤
every beatmaker on the planet fr heard this and wondered how it was made. it's timeless
i thought it was eminem 😂
Stargate is genius
13 seconds
I love these vids! ❤️🔥
is the preset different in nexus 3 it's a completley different sound
the right preset is arena ambience.
@@francescomastellone7210 ah got it, thanks!
I hate it when people use "vibes" when they can't be bothered explaining what it is...
You can't get spoonfed everything like that bro...
Unless they are vibraphones!
You realise that "vibe" means vibraphone, right?
It's short for Vibraphone GENIUS
I like these videos