Production
The Greatest & Mariners Apartment Complex
Lana del Rey
Song : The Greatest & Mariners Apartment Complex
Duration:1h45 Subtitles: Portuguese, Spanish, English
Description
We’re very proud to present our first video release with songwriter, musician, and record producer Jack Antonoff! In this series, we learn about how the versatile creator got involved in songwriting, recording, and production, and progressed from his analog roots to current approaches and techniques. Antonoff imparts his opinions and philosophy on such vital matters as vocal style vs. lyrics, writing sessions, capturing emotion and space, analog vs. digital equipment, simultaneously writing and producing, committing to takes and sounds, collaboration, sharing a vision, avoiding vocal booths, mixing your own productions, and more. He dives into the multi-track session of ‘The Greatest’ by Lana Del Rey, taking you through the initial guitar chord progression from which the song was developed, early demo material, unusual decisions regarding instrumentation and levels, lyrical arrangement, and a variety of parts that includes acoustic guitars, piano, Mellotron, drums, cellos, synthesisers, vocals, and electric sitar!
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20 minProfessional background, instinct, commitment, capturing space, analog delay, writing sessions, aesthetic
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20 minSonic considerations while writing, vocal style vs. lyrics, microphones, analog synthnesis, mixing stage
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20 minSession overview, original twelve-string guitar chord progression, sitar, piano, Mellotron, cellos, drum effects
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20 minGuitar solo, vocal tracks, frequency spectrum, control room tracking, sampling, reverb, echo, sharing a vision
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23 minDaily schedule, early demo parts, lyrical arrangement, low end, choosing what material to keep, collaboration
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About Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff is a four-time Grammy®Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, as well as the creative force behind Bleachers. After serving as lead guitarist in multi-platinum band fun., Antonoff launched his solo project Bleachers in 2014 with the critically acclaimed debut album Strange Desire. The album found him setting emotional meditations on anxiety, depression, and loss against a backdrop of earworm melodies and massive choruses on songs like the gold-certified “I Wanna Get...
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20 min
Professional background, instinct, commitment, capturing space, analog delay, writing sessions, aesthetic
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20 min
Sonic considerations while writing, vocal style vs. lyrics, microphones, analog synthnesis, mixing stage
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20 min
Session overview, original twelve-string guitar chord progression, sitar, piano, Mellotron, cellos, drum effects
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20 min
Guitar solo, vocal tracks, frequency spectrum, control room tracking, sampling, reverb, echo, sharing a vision
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23 min
Daily schedule, early demo parts, lyrical arrangement, low end, choosing what material to keep, collaboration
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