Production
Give Me Love
Miley Cyrus
Song : Give Me Love
Duration:1h14 Subtitles: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese
Description
Six-time Grammy winner Shawn Everett joins Jonathan Rado and Ian Gold for a closer look at ‘Give Me Love,’ the closing track from Miley Cyrus’ experimental pop odyssey, ‘Something Beautiful.’ Inspired by a maximalist Renaissance painting, the track brings together ultra-rare instrumentation, avant-garde orchestration, and over 2,000 tracks of audio.
Recorded over the course of a year, the production features a cast of sounds and players rarely heard in pop music, such as theremin, cristal Baschet, ondes Martenot, and the world-renowned Mariachi Los Camperos. Together, the team walks through how they captured each layer, and how a Debussy composition became the blueprint for their remarkable ‘superorchestra.’
As they go deeper into their workflow, Everett, Rado and Gold unpack the complex mixing process for the song, sharing how they submixed thousands of tracks to create the final version. Learn how they overcame a wide variety of engineering challenges, and transformed a simple three-chord demo into a rich orchestral masterpiece.
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11 minConcept, references, classical music, MIDI, reharmonization, time signature
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10 minArrangement, overdubs, session organization, theremin, reverb
Korg MS-20, Moog Etherwave Pro, Lexicon 480L, AMS RMX16, EMT 250 -
08 minSound design, sampling, woodwinds, guitar recording, bass
Fairlight CMI, Neumann KM 56 -
11 minRare instruments, synths, lead vocal, percussion
Cristal Baschet, Ondes Martenot, EMS Synthi AKS -
09 minStrings, layering, sitar, mariachi band
Neumann U47, Neumann KU100, AMS DMX 15-80S -
08 minArrangement, song structure, reamping, harmonics, tape, noise
Leslie speaker, guitar amps, Studer A827, Ondes Martenot -
11 minMixing, automation, mix bus, deadlines, philosophy
Sonnox Oxford Inflator, UAD Ampex ATR-102, Waves L3 MultiMaximizer, u-He Satin, UAD Studer A800, PSP VintageWarmer2, Fabfilter Pro-Q3 -
02 min
About Shawn Everett
Shawn Everett is a Canadian engineer and producer who has won multiple Grammy and Juno awards for his work with Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs, and others. After graduating high school, Everett was accepted as a Work-Study participant in the Audio program in Music & Sound at The Banff Centre, Alberta. He took the opportunity to immerse himself in unconventional audio practices over the following four years, experimenting in the campus studios and working on sonic installations. Everett...
About Jonathan Rado
Jonathan Rado is an American producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work with Miley Cyrus, The Killers, Weyes Blood, Father John Misty, and others. Raised in Westlake Village, California, Rado co-founded the indie rock duo Foxygen with classmate Sam France in 2005. The pair's home-recorded albums, including We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic and Hang, earned them a devoted following. He has also released three solo albums: Law and Order, Born to Run, and...
About Ian Gold
Ian Gold is an engineer, mixer, and producer known for his work with Miley Cyrus, Lorde, Bon Iver, and Tyler Childers. Gold works closely with Shawn Everett, and served as mixing assistant on Black Pumas' Chronicles of a Diamond, which Everett mixed. On Miley Cyrus's Something Beautiful, Gold engineered and assisted on the mix of the entire album. His role also extended into production and writing: he co-produced "Every Girl You've Ever Loved", co-wrote "Reborn", and contributed programming, keyboards,...
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11 min
Concept, references, classical music, MIDI, reharmonization, time signature
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10 min
Arrangement, overdubs, session organization, theremin, reverb
Korg MS-20, Moog Etherwave Pro, Lexicon 480L, AMS RMX16, EMT 250 -
08 min
Sound design, sampling, woodwinds, guitar recording, bass
Fairlight CMI, Neumann KM 56 -
11 min
Rare instruments, synths, lead vocal, percussion
Cristal Baschet, Ondes Martenot, EMS Synthi AKS -
09 min
Strings, layering, sitar, mariachi band
Neumann U47, Neumann KU100, AMS DMX 15-80S -
08 min
Arrangement, song structure, reamping, harmonics, tape, noise
Leslie speaker, guitar amps, Studer A827, Ondes Martenot -
11 min
Mixing, automation, mix bus, deadlines, philosophy
Sonnox Oxford Inflator, UAD Ampex ATR-102, Waves L3 MultiMaximizer, u-He Satin, UAD Studer A800, PSP VintageWarmer2, Fabfilter Pro-Q3 -
02 min