Damon Albarn's Songwriting Routine, Using Garageband To Create Blur Songs

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Damon Albarn & producer James Ford unpack the never heard before demo of 'The Heights' plus hear how Damon uses Garageband for his writing his guitar parts.
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  • @TapeNotesPodcast
    @TapeNotesPodcast  11 месяцев назад +1

    WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE👉 bit.ly/blurandjamesfordvideo

  • @reisakakibara
    @reisakakibara Год назад +70

    those whistles are actually damon writing another album while being interviewed

  • @TheFakeyCakeMaker
    @TheFakeyCakeMaker Год назад +29

    Loved this. What so many muso journalists miss is that these guys are musicians, they want to talk about their music not their private lives. We want to hear it. Loved listening to Damon talk about his process and how he gets to the places he does with song writng. Very inspiring.

  • @T.I.L.P
    @T.I.L.P Год назад +41

    I'm still not over that video of him showing Zane Lowe how he wrote Clint Eastwood. Got to love his honesty.

  • @Underfist101
    @Underfist101 Год назад +21

    The Deesser on Damon's vocals must be working goddamn overtime lmao

  • @kentbyron7608
    @kentbyron7608 Год назад +27

    Garage band is underrated for its simplicity. But the elegant user interface is designed brilliantly with great thought put into how to keep the interface simple, and it has far more features and track count than even the Beatles had. That's a mind blower to me, and it's available free on all iPhones and iPads. The amount of creativity possible with GarageBand is up to the artist. As far as software design is concerned Garageband is a masterpiece.

  • @yanmetcaluire
    @yanmetcaluire Год назад +23

    Can't compare myself with Damon but I play Garageband for maybe 12 years and this software still gives me inspiration... A free soft and you can make a song ! Who told a Mac was expensive when you realise all the stuff you get inside to create your world !

  • @DiRtYLaWs2007
    @DiRtYLaWs2007 Год назад +12

    GarageBand is amazing. Still using it regularly today after 10 years.

  • @iawnlad
    @iawnlad Год назад +41

    if youre in damons position, as in working with a producer when it comes to making an album, garage band is really all you need to get your ideas to come to fruition. I use logic over here and i couldnt get it to open for about a week as i couldnt log into my icloud. so during that i uses garage band and was completely surprised in its depth.

    • @Inequities
      @Inequities Год назад +2

      What’s garage band lol

    • @xero5101
      @xero5101 Год назад

      @@Inequitiesthe basic version of Logic

    • @vixo551
      @vixo551 6 месяцев назад +1

      It's a DAW, where you basically record music (digitally) and you can put drum machines and midi instruments and make songs with it. ​@@Inequities

    • @Inequities
      @Inequities 6 месяцев назад

      @@vixo551 oh ok, thank you!!

  • @steven_uk
    @steven_uk Год назад +175

    Can we put a de-esser on Damon's mic?

    • @benking8610
      @benking8610 Год назад +18

      He always has the singing s sound because of his teeth

    • @KudosCultureCartel
      @KudosCultureCartel Год назад +42

      Sounds like the grandpa from Family Guy

    • @KudosCultureCartel
      @KudosCultureCartel Год назад

      @@benking8610 why whats wrong with his teeth?

    • @GordonPavilion
      @GordonPavilion Год назад +8

      Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

    • @KRDZoom1
      @KRDZoom1 Год назад +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @SuperMojoRisin
    @SuperMojoRisin Год назад +15

    That demo sounds beautiful

  • @wallsfarmpictures
    @wallsfarmpictures Год назад +8

    You said it. It's really all there in Garageband!

  • @paulembleton1733
    @paulembleton1733 Год назад +8

    Never owned a Mac but iPadOS GarageBand is fun, and a great learning tool. It gives a big picture view of music making.

  • @Newmusicreview
    @Newmusicreview Год назад +16

    Damon is morphing into Elvis Costello

    • @Emmapeelfe
      @Emmapeelfe Год назад +1

      Omg I hope not. Damon is worth 10 Costellos.

  • @DanielKarlMorgan
    @DanielKarlMorgan Год назад +3

    Garageband is my go-to for getting ideas down quickly too. I swear by it!

  • @acrookedbeat9013
    @acrookedbeat9013 Год назад +1

    been creating dub reggae on my imac and garageband for years , sounds great to my old ears

  • @clivehunte3026
    @clivehunte3026 Год назад +1

    Omg, I've not seen James Ford in years, he was a great drummer back in the day and I had the opportunity to play bass alongside him back in the Ear to The Ground days in Manchester.

    • @jasongoodwin7373
      @jasongoodwin7373 Год назад +2

      He played drums in The Last Shadow Puppets too, he's great

  • @rcdmrl
    @rcdmrl Год назад +1

    “I’m hitting a wonderwall” 🔥

  • @sonijam
    @sonijam Год назад +2

    I like those microphones.

  • @phatato
    @phatato Год назад +9

    Was anyone else surprised by how deep his speaking voice is given how high he sings in blur songs?

    • @hillyhilltop
      @hillyhilltop Год назад +4

      Probably the smokes

    • @ganganor4964
      @ganganor4964 Год назад +1

      Dude that’s all I’m thinking about the entire video

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse Год назад +6

      Um he just get older (55yrs) and yk voice getting bit deep after years of loud singing

    • @waltercoyle6393
      @waltercoyle6393 9 месяцев назад

      @@glitterisse Which is minimal. The smoking is what is really making him sound like a post-menopausal woman.

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@waltercoyle6393 What? Not only cigarettes made his voice deeper. I mean biological aspects. It's going with age and probably all the time when he yelled while he made songs or tours and concerts. And why do you think he has voice like post menopausal woman?

  • @willmfoley
    @willmfoley Год назад +3

    Drink when you hear 'energy'

  • @mobdividual
    @mobdividual Год назад +2

    ive been using garageband to mix for years. its fun and easy and can be done on my phone

  • @bobstar76
    @bobstar76 Год назад +1

    Just gave wondamonwall a mighty promo boost

  • @andsoistopped
    @andsoistopped Год назад +6

    3 albums in. GarageBand is amazing.

  • @callumcoates-keddy9107
    @callumcoates-keddy9107 Год назад +2

    David Sounds like Herbert the pervert from family guy with those whistles.

  • @hammerecords
    @hammerecords Год назад +21

    And for tonights performance Graham is being replaced by Garage Band. So funny.

    • @LightningJosue
      @LightningJosue Год назад +6

      The quirkier part of St. Charles Square definitely comes out of Graham. Very evident in the demo to album comparison

  • @Paul-dw2cl
    @Paul-dw2cl Год назад +7

    That’s Damon’s place, right?
    He seems to do a lot of interviews there

    • @Paul-dw2cl
      @Paul-dw2cl Год назад +1

      @@tasoskont.6716 ahh. ya learn something everyday

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse Год назад +2

      Yeah his studio 13!

  • @danzesociety
    @danzesociety Год назад +5

    Damon so underrated

    • @gman5218
      @gman5218 Год назад +2

      By who? Even people who hated blur recognised his talent

  • @trimmtrabb23
    @trimmtrabb23 Год назад

    How I still love him

  • @hoisin75
    @hoisin75 Год назад +1

    I just went back from logic for iPad to GarageBand. Much more straightforward

  • @cph2004
    @cph2004 Год назад +3

    I like the fact that damon says he uses garageband. A friend of mine uses garageband, and he says how good it is, but i am a loyal Fl Studios user. Sorry.

  • @GbrElfunk
    @GbrElfunk Год назад +1

    Yeah, the energies

  • @MScantlin
    @MScantlin Год назад +4

    I think Damon’s nearly boiled.

  • @freddy_cyclone
    @freddy_cyclone Год назад +1

    dat whistle

  • @andsoistopped
    @andsoistopped Год назад +1

    That Mono T-shirt. 👍

  • @plummetplum
    @plummetplum Год назад +3

    Is Damon on 0.5x speed setting?

  • @nasuwtsjh8348
    @nasuwtsjh8348 Год назад +2

    This is great!

  • @DownThePieRateHole
    @DownThePieRateHole Год назад +1

    Love the hell out of this.

  • @gtabro1337
    @gtabro1337 Год назад

    So that's what Kenny Beats has been up to in the UK

  • @Emmapeelfe
    @Emmapeelfe Год назад +2

    So there is very little about the song writing process here and when they show the DAW it’s not Garageband. I’m wondering if Apple have slipped Damon a few quid 😂

  • @brianthompson1485
    @brianthompson1485 9 месяцев назад

    Damon and Kenny?!?! WOAH KENNY

  • @s.r.b.4582
    @s.r.b.4582 Год назад +11

    Man they talk about things being not over processed, and then all we hear is over processed instruments and voices, wtf hahaha

    • @swirlysound
      @swirlysound Год назад +4

      i was just thinking that when i read your comment haha.

  • @timadam-smith9107
    @timadam-smith9107 Год назад

    Love this

  • @JucaNeryGuitar
    @JucaNeryGuitar Год назад +1

    That's Pro Tools!

  • @davelordy
    @davelordy Год назад +2

    Man, people are deluded over AI, everyone cueing up to give out the same tired tropes "it'll never do X" or "it'll never replace Y" . . . it's amazing that their technical insights (lol) just happen to rule out encroachment into their particular area . . . they haven't got a clue what's coming.

  • @jbrenner19
    @jbrenner19 6 месяцев назад

    it sucks bc ive always written random shit on keyboards or shitty daws or whatever but i can never finish a project off. ill like write a few loops for a bassline and chorus or whatever then get completely stuc and i need to know how they do it

  • @thegroove2000
    @thegroove2000 Год назад

    If Damon uses it then im gonna.

  • @LiveMusic-fj3tc
    @LiveMusic-fj3tc Год назад +1

    Why is he always dropping the F bomb?

  • @martinmeister5394
    @martinmeister5394 Год назад +4

    I was going to record my music two years ago using garageband a while back...I got this big book called garageband for dummies and the more I red the more I realised I'd be making something complicated that was simple...it's ok until you try to play live again and have to find a way to compensate for not having garageband behind you

    • @robertjamesonmusic
      @robertjamesonmusic Год назад +4

      Lol, you can use half backing track half live instruments. So many possibilities these days

    • @martinmeister5394
      @martinmeister5394 Год назад +1

      @@robertjamesonmusic I'm just being weird about it lol

    • @martinmeister5394
      @martinmeister5394 Год назад +2

      ...why make something in garageband just to take it to the studio to finish 😩

    • @robertjamesonmusic
      @robertjamesonmusic Год назад +6

      @@martinmeister5394 because if you bring something at least half or fully finished into the studio then you don’t waste thousands of dollars in the studio figuring out if your song is a piece of shit or not. You’ll know that what you are bringing is something you can use

    • @martinmeister5394
      @martinmeister5394 Год назад

      @@robertjamesonmusic you and Damon are making me want to try gb again lol

  • @new_memeplex
    @new_memeplex Год назад +12

    Thanks or this interview. I am so bored with those interviews by places like the Guardian or the Times where they focus on cliched topics like Britpop, Oasis, heroin etc ALL THE TIME no matter how much time has passed.

  • @deloreanized
    @deloreanized Год назад +10

    The problem in recent years is that live recordings with real performers are so, so, so heavily processed (compression, velocity, quantitation, etc) that, at the end of the pipeline, you hear that snare drum, and it sounds like if it was sampled one time and then cut and pasted to the grid.

    • @paninovevo1162
      @paninovevo1162 Год назад +4

      Compression tho has been used a lot since always

    • @ThiagoCP
      @ThiagoCP Год назад

      @@paninovevo1162Have you ever heard Carol Kaye saying that all of her bass track were never compressed?

  • @Nick_Barre
    @Nick_Barre Год назад +1

    Technical / gear question please: what mics are you using? I've spotted (and admired) them in other high quality podcasts. Thanks in advance ;-)

    • @habacuque
      @habacuque Год назад

      Neumann BCM104?

    • @Nick_Barre
      @Nick_Barre Год назад

      @@habacuque Thankyou-that's kind of you.

  • @jamesbaker9342
    @jamesbaker9342 Год назад

    Didn’t know Mr Robot was british

  • @jon_onj
    @jon_onj Год назад +2

    1:20 Damon Alburn

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse Год назад +1

      Dan Abnormal?

    • @jon_onj
      @jon_onj Год назад +1

      @@glitterisse Demon El Burn

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse Год назад +1

      @@jon_onj Demon All burnt!!!

    • @jon_onj
      @jon_onj Год назад +1

      @@glitterisse Demon hasborn

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse Год назад

      @@jon_onj Demon Allblur

  • @Jamesp1972
    @Jamesp1972 Год назад +1

    That tune is great with no adornments...they're a bit naff

  • @avandemordes
    @avandemordes 11 месяцев назад

    Garageband it's the small bro of logic, logic now its on the iPad, I've been using GB for a decade on the ipad, last year i mixed a record, that was mixed also in a Mac using logic pro, guess which one went to the master

  • @callumcoates-keddypsychesy5954
    @callumcoates-keddypsychesy5954 Год назад +1

    What's with the hard whistle?

  • @machineagevoodoo2106
    @machineagevoodoo2106 Год назад

    NDH 20

  • @sickboy6663
    @sickboy6663 Год назад +1

    Didnt know he whistled his 's' until now. Sounds like the old peado from Family Guy

  • @alankavanagh3023
    @alankavanagh3023 Год назад

    Rockstar is when you can wear Carhartt Workwear and make it look fashionable! Rock on Damon Alburn

  • @nasuwtsjh8348
    @nasuwtsjh8348 Год назад +3

    The GarageBand being referred to is iPad Garageband...?

    • @paulembleton1733
      @paulembleton1733 Год назад

      You weren’t looking at the screen where you? Me neither, yay iPad GarageBand is fun! Someone should do this. But no, that’s a Mac laptop.

    • @nasuwtsjh8348
      @nasuwtsjh8348 Год назад

      @@paulembleton1733 the MacBook is running pro-tools. Thanks, it I was referring to the GarageBand on which the original demos were recorded.

    • @newbreednet
      @newbreednet Год назад

      pretty sure what Damon was lolling at was that it was one of those "touch instrument" guitars from garageband, i.e. yes from iOS @@nasuwtsjh8348

    • @aldocorzo5440
      @aldocorzo5440 Год назад

      Prolly. Gorillaz / The Fall (2010) is an album that was made almost entirely on an iPad, according to Damon himself

  • @MrSkunky2009
    @MrSkunky2009 Год назад +1

    Bizarre....

  • @MaxEfpunkt
    @MaxEfpunkt 7 месяцев назад

    what's the song at 07:01?

  • @ben_haviour
    @ben_haviour Год назад +1

    Gosh... those Neumann mics really don't favour his "Ssshhh" sizzle.

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse Год назад +1

      Jesus just he had problem with tooth :b

    • @glitterisse
      @glitterisse Год назад

      But yeah too clear. Neumanns sound

  • @johnmarriott3982
    @johnmarriott3982 Год назад +1

    Whats the song at the end

    • @TheFifthBanana01
      @TheFifthBanana01 Год назад

      It’s the demo or “early” version of The Heights from their new record.

    • @johnmarriott3982
      @johnmarriott3982 Год назад

      @@TheFifthBanana01 know any way I could listen to it?

    • @TheFifthBanana01
      @TheFifthBanana01 Год назад

      @@johnmarriott3982 probably not, it looks like the only one who has it is Damon.

    • @johnmarriott3982
      @johnmarriott3982 Год назад

      @@TheFifthBanana01 awww .. sounds really good. Really like the album version though. Peace and love

  • @billbill454
    @billbill454 Год назад +1

    Damon Albarn feels like he's being played by Harry Enfield

  • @Itsdivinedivine
    @Itsdivinedivine Год назад +1

    Albarn - not ALBURN.

  • @_Only_Zuul
    @_Only_Zuul Год назад

    garageband is great for songwriting, maybe not so much for production..

  • @DJTomOke
    @DJTomOke Год назад +2

    Damon whistles when he speaks. Can't tell if it's pretention or not. Either way it's annoying.

  • @suites.74
    @suites.74 Год назад +1

    My take with AI - you can't "REPLACE" the human but you can maybe 80% "REPLICATE" the human. If we have humans to keep making original content, then we can feed these models with new information and they can do cool stuff. But if we get lazy and stop thinking and try to let computers do all the thinking, we'll go around in circles and end up dumber.

  • @Netlife-001
    @Netlife-001 Год назад +4

    Yeah, modern life is rubbish. Just gimme coffee and TV in a chemical world in a chemical world it's very very .. summat or other

  • @sophiafakevirus-ro8cc
    @sophiafakevirus-ro8cc Год назад

    He ripped off the start of the chorus, who can remember where from?

  • @TheSolarwaves
    @TheSolarwaves Год назад

    WTF? I don't see GarageBand anywhere...that is not GB they are using. Is this a piss take?

  • @jennaleigh-raine
    @jennaleigh-raine Год назад +1

    Song is alittle weak

  • @begoodalwaysbegood9519
    @begoodalwaysbegood9519 4 месяца назад

    Astronomy domine. In Jesus Christs name we pray amen.

  • @lboymusic
    @lboymusic 11 месяцев назад +1

    This Damon Albarn is one of the most cocky musician ever to live...

  • @Blacktaboovideo
    @Blacktaboovideo Год назад

  • @getwetsoon
    @getwetsoon Год назад

    but this is not garage band, isnt it?