Production
12 to 12
sombr
Song : 12 to 12
Duration:1h46 Subtitles: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese
Description
Discover a new-school approach to record-making, where fans pick the artist's repertoire, and songs are recorded and released faster than ever. Recently nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys, sombr heads into the studio with co-producer Tony Berg and mixer Shawn Everett for a look at the making of his ultra-viral hit single ‘12 to 12’.
sombr walks through an early, unreleased version of the song, isolating the chords, melodies, and equipment that inspired it. Together with Tony Berg, he explores how the track evolved in the studio, using a combination of modern and vintage tools to create the ‘sombr’ sound. Tony underlines the important role that traditional studios can play in today’s music landscape, expanding on his takeover of the historic Sound City Studios, as well as the importance of new production tools and social platforms.
Shawn Everett joins in remotely from his own studio in LA, where he breaks down the unconventional mixing process for the song. Learn how he is using AI-powered tools to enhance his creativity in the studio and watch him deconstruct his signature techniques for tonal balance, transient enhancement, and mix bus processing.
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07 minSong overview, songwriting, demo, workflow
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05 minVocals, recording
Neumann TLM 103 -
12 minDAWs, drums, vocals, session musicians, recording chains, gear
Neumann U48, Neve 1079, Urei 1176LN, Neumann TLM 103, Universal Audio Apollo Twin, RCA 44A, Sony C48, AKG C24, Shure SM58, Empirical Labs EL-8 Distressor, AKG D19, Beyerdynamic Opus 65, Lauten Audio Tom Mic, Shure SM57, Teletronix LA-2A -
06 minBass, guitars, keyboards
Tonecraft 363 Tube DI, Telefunken V72, Telefunken V76, Ridge Farm Gas Cooker, Yamaha CP80 -
06 minPiano, guitar, harmony, chords, amplifiers
Coles 4038, Kay Guitar Amplifier -
08 minLead vocals, backing vocals
Valhalla VintageVerb, Logic Pro Channel EQ, Logic Pro Compressor -
05 minMix preparation, engineers, collaboration
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10 minCareer journey, relationships, studios, workflow, inspiration, routines
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13 minMixing, collaboration, referencing, critical listening, aesthetics, AI tools, stem separation
Moises -
09 minMixing, drums, stems, EQ matching, transients,
Fabfilter Pro-Q3 -
09 minMixing, bass, guitar,
Shure Level Loc, PSP VintageWarmer -
08 minMixing, master bus, dynamics, compression, limiting, saturation
UAD Studer A800, Waves Q10 EQ, PSP Vintage Warmer, Waves LinMB, UAD Precision Multiband, Sonnox Oxford Limiter, Waves L3 Ultramaximizer, PSP VintageWarmer2 -
02 min
Five-Day Seminar in Paris
Join producer and A&R veteran Tony Berg for a five-day production seminar in Paris from November 23 to 27, 2026.
Producer of Phoebe Bridgers’ *Stranger in the Alps* and *Punisher*, Tony has also worked with boygenius, Fiona Apple, Andrew Bird, and sombr, and mentored producers including Shawn Everett, Blake Mills, and Ethan Gruska.
At Rue Boyer Studios, he will work through his process from song and arrangement to tracking and performance, showing how a record takes shape, decision by decision. Over five days, explore how to serve the song, choose the right players and instruments, and create a room where great performances happen, with ideas you can take into your own studio.
About Tony Berg
"Tony Berg is an American record producer, musician, and A&R executive based in Los Angeles. Born in 1954, he began his career as a musical director at the Mark Taper Forum and later as a guitarist for the American debut of The Rocky Horror Show. He began producing records in the 1980s from his home studio, Zeitgeist, where he gained a reputation for his work with Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Edie Brickell, the Replacements, and Andrew Bird. In the 1990s he worked as an A&R executive at Geffen Records,...
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07 min
Song overview, songwriting, demo, workflow
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05 min
Vocals, recording
Neumann TLM 103 -
12 min
DAWs, drums, vocals, session musicians, recording chains, gear
Neumann U48, Neve 1079, Urei 1176LN, Neumann TLM 103, Universal Audio Apollo Twin, RCA 44A, Sony C48, AKG C24, Shure SM58, Empirical Labs EL-8 Distressor, AKG D19, Beyerdynamic Opus 65, Lauten Audio Tom Mic, Shure SM57, Teletronix LA-2A -
06 min
Bass, guitars, keyboards
Tonecraft 363 Tube DI, Telefunken V72, Telefunken V76, Ridge Farm Gas Cooker, Yamaha CP80 -
06 min
Piano, guitar, harmony, chords, amplifiers
Coles 4038, Kay Guitar Amplifier -
08 min
Lead vocals, backing vocals
Valhalla VintageVerb, Logic Pro Channel EQ, Logic Pro Compressor -
05 min
Mix preparation, engineers, collaboration
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10 min
Career journey, relationships, studios, workflow, inspiration, routines
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13 min
Mixing, collaboration, referencing, critical listening, aesthetics, AI tools, stem separation
Moises -
09 min
Mixing, drums, stems, EQ matching, transients,
Fabfilter Pro-Q3 -
09 min
Mixing, bass, guitar,
Shure Level Loc, PSP VintageWarmer -
08 min
Mixing, master bus, dynamics, compression, limiting, saturation
UAD Studer A800, Waves Q10 EQ, PSP Vintage Warmer, Waves LinMB, UAD Precision Multiband, Sonnox Oxford Limiter, Waves L3 Ultramaximizer, PSP VintageWarmer2 -
02 min