Mixing Engineer & Producer Jimmy Douglass (Pharrell Williams, Jay Z...) on career, life, music & art
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- Jimmy Douglass (also known as The Senator) is an American four-time Grammy-winning recording engineer and record producer, whose prolific career has spanned more than four decades.
During the 1980s, Douglass continued to hone his engineering skills while also taking on the role of producer. He engineered and produced established artists including The Rolling Stones, Slave, Odyssey, Roxy Music and Gang of Four.
Presently, he continues to display his versatility by remaining current while drawing from his years of experience.
Douglass is best known for bringing unconventional techniques into the studio and encouraging artists to transcend genre restrictions. He is credited with bringing a raw edge to sound and specifically bringing a heavy funk bass sound into rock music.
His hard work and immense talent have carved a place for him among some of the most respected engineers and mixers in the world.
Check out our Start To Finish series with Jimmy Douglass exclusively on pureMix:
www.puremix.net/start-to-fini...
00:00 Intro
00:10 Who are you and where do you come from?
00:05:11 How early did you know you were going to make music for a living?
00:08:53 How did you get into producing and engineering?
00:13:50 How did you start learning?
00:22:35 Who was Tommy Dowd?
00:25:26 How did your relationship with Tommy Dowd help you achieve your goals?
00:28:54 How long did it take you to become good enough to make a recording you were proud off?
00:31:50 What is your favorite part of the job?
00:33:07 What is your least favorite part of the job?
00:34:14 What makes a record successful?
00:35:17 What have your learned from creating hit records?
00:38:52 How do you approach making an album with an unknown artist after working with a superstar?
00:39:29 How do you balance art & commerce?
00:41:19 Is making music today still good business?
00:43:04 if you could sit down with your younger self, what is one piece of business advice you would give yourself?
00:44:35 What piece of advice would you give to all of the pureMixers out there?
About Jimmy Douglass:
Jimmy Douglass (also known as The Senator) is an American four-time Grammy winning recording engineer and record producer, whose prolific career has spanned more than four decades. During the 1980?s, Douglass continued to hone his engineering skills while also taking on the role as producer. He engineered and produced established artists including The Rolling Stones, Slave, Odyssey, Roxy Music and Gang of Four. Presently, he continues to display his versatility by remaining current while drawing from his years of experience.
Learn more on pureMix: www.puremix.com/mentors/jimmy...
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Jimmy Douglas is an awesome guy. I've had the pleasure of knowing. A true inspiration in my life. Love you man.
He's an inspiration for sure!!!
this is amazing I know personally jimmy and I can tell is an amazing human been. in fact one of the best I ever meet.
Everyone will call me crazy but my friend Eric Douglas came to see me after he was dead but before he ascended to heaven. You say whatever you want his spirit was so strong it sounded a physical bell, a fire alarm to wake me from my austell ga apartment. He was in Military service and I never told anyone that story except my ex Beckles and my momma. That's I smile when I see your name.
Damn! I had no idea about his back story. I’m about half way through and this is really amazing.
Thank you for the kind words
Your Jerry Wexler story was awesome ! I worked with Frank Zappa and he knew Jerry. This world gets smaller every day.
❤️ can't stop Jimmy D
We love and appreciate you Jimmy
He showed me that there is life after death he proved it!
“Watching You” by Slave (1980) is my favorite Jimmy Douglass production. That’s a timeless monster jam!
The spirits are real
Better than ever. I’ve watched everything there is on Jimmy Douglass, and I feel like I know him much better now. Excellent questions, an even better interview. Lots of smiles and some soul searching. Best.
35:20 Amazing!
My mind was blown several times throughout this entire video! Thank you Pure Mix for bringing Jimmy's story to us. Thank you Jimmy for sharing.
Great to read your comment Jason! We think Jimmy is a total legend as well!! best wishes
"Enjoy the journey"...is so powerful this sharing! thank you so much Jimmy and pureMix! Big inspiration. Many many universal laws and soul power here! :) Watch it again
awesome Angelo!!!
Great Stuff!!! Thanks Y'all!!!
Wow what a gem! I stumbled onto this video and am so thankful for this insight 🙌 love this guy!
Sweet Keith!!
What a gold pot of wisdom and knowledge. Thanks!
This was so good. ❤️
I'd love to see him mix a Slave or Odyssey bass
Great interview!
Legend!!
One of the best videos on TH-cam, PERIOD! HONESTLY!!!!
Thank you very much! we think it is one of our best interviews!
Thanks
Good mentor
Thank you for sharing 🙏✌️💚☯️
We hope you will enjoy this interview as much as we did learn from Jimmy Douglass!!
Cool
Legend l!
The genre of lets create. Nice.
You have excellent ears hehehe smiling your on a whole lot of stuff hehehe
EBD smiling
Maybe just make music and enjoy it…Great story :)
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