How sampling transformed music | Mark Ronson

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  • @blankspace0000
    @blankspace0000 9 лет назад +4122

    Soo happy that he got his name in front of Uptown Funk instead of just deciding to be a ghost producer and make it a "Bruno Mars" track. People like him are pivotal in bringing good changes to pop music.

    • @erica2912
      @erica2912 9 лет назад +8

      +Bhargav Annigeri well said!

    • @dustink7064
      @dustink7064 9 лет назад +33

      +JAZZ Changes? Uptown Funk is literally a direct rip off of Jungle Love from Morris Day and the Time!

    • @Gallscor
      @Gallscor 9 лет назад +179

      +Dustin K did you even watch the video that you're commenting on?

    • @milkboccle
      @milkboccle 9 лет назад

      You know uptown funk is the theme tune to the really wild show a kids show from the 90s?

    • @dustink7064
      @dustink7064 9 лет назад +6

      +Gallscor I did not. I couldn't handle looking at his combover for longer than 2 minutes.

  • @cherrycrushification
    @cherrycrushification 9 лет назад +83

    Mark Ronson is an underrated genius. A true, versatile musician. Adapts ALL styles to his own and this is a rare quality in dj/producer/musicians.

    • @musicforthepeople4701
      @musicforthepeople4701 9 лет назад +1

      cherrycrushification Please

    • @cherrycrushification
      @cherrycrushification 9 лет назад +1

      link me what you've written and Ill stand corrected. Uptown Special is good stuff.

    • @Jonny0W
      @Jonny0W 7 лет назад

      he's 'rated' rather than under-rated though. he's very successful.

    • @Zuk0n
      @Zuk0n 7 лет назад

      He was a big name in UK way before the "Uptown Funk'' craze fyi

  • @rahulnath9655
    @rahulnath9655 5 лет назад +1813

    His accent is the most curious mix of New York and British I've ever heard

    • @drumology2001
      @drumology2001 5 лет назад +15

      I was thinking the exact same thing!

    • @dkurth2002
      @dkurth2002 5 лет назад +340

      It's as if he... sampled from different accents!

    • @simon.foley1
      @simon.foley1 5 лет назад +13

      @@dkurth2002 genuinely made me laugh out loud. Well played

    • @Oialca
      @Oialca 5 лет назад +31

      Classic mid Atlantic accent I think

    • @englandcalling9721
      @englandcalling9721 5 лет назад +3

      Rahul Nath - Sort of Yorkish.

  • @DavidDiMuzio
    @DavidDiMuzio 6 лет назад +177

    Damn, this almost made me cry it was so beautiful. I'm now a Mark Ronson fan. Way to go man!

  • @Gypsea8
    @Gypsea8 5 лет назад +399

    Mark Ronson is by far one of the most underrated musicians of our century! What a brilliant man

    • @reuireuiop0
      @reuireuiop0 5 лет назад +18

      I wouldn't say Ronson rates as underrated, since he produced a string of major hits most of us instantly recognise, even if his name isn't on the cover.
      I would wish however when he's done making hits, Mark would go on and treat us on collections of unknown greats from exotic places, much like David Byrne and Rye Cooder have done in decades past.
      Guys like him or Fatboy Slim or Pharell have a wealth of musical knowledge to share.

    • @stylishme2313
      @stylishme2313 4 года назад

      Wow Amy Winehouse his Ticket

    • @1yearago491
      @1yearago491 4 года назад

      How can you be by far one of the most?

    • @mrprogrock1
      @mrprogrock1 3 года назад +1

      musician ,he is just playing horrid sounds with knobs

    • @davidmatthews3131
      @davidmatthews3131 3 года назад +2

      Someone declares everything i watch 'underrated', usually with dubious justification.
      Why?

  • @laureng.6745
    @laureng.6745 9 лет назад +1988

    You may not like Mark Ronson, but you cannot deny he is talented and pays respect to those who came before him. I've seen people complain that he comes from a privileged background thus making his accomplishments without work, but I disagree. Yes, he had opportunities others may not, but he has used those opportunities to learn and work. I don't like all of his music but I cannot say it's all terrible. Look at his work with Amy Winehouse, for example. He has an eclectic taste that allows for interesting music.
    Anyway, Mark is obviously talented and very aware of the music scene past and present. I respect him for that.

    • @DJMightyFresh
      @DJMightyFresh 9 лет назад +47

      +Lauren G. Who hates Mark Ronson?

    • @DJDangerHouse01
      @DJDangerHouse01 9 лет назад +21

      +DJMightyFresh Agreed! What person would say they hate him?

    • @santinerino624
      @santinerino624 7 лет назад +71

      For gods sake it's 2017 people grow up. Not every person has to have had a hard life. It's not his fault he was born into a good situation. Mark Ronson makes amazing music and you can clearly see how passionate he is for the music he makes. I believe Mark Ronson is highly underrated as a producer. The man has a good ear for sampling and creating hits. Stop letting peoples background distract you from the fact that they are making good music.

    • @brmbkl
      @brmbkl 6 лет назад +4

      santino; not saying i agree either way - but nobody said: we should hate someone because he comes from wealth.
      the point is we lose opportunity to hear music that arguably deserves to be heard more (other maybe more talented musicians are left in the cold.)

    • @freethinker4liberty
      @freethinker4liberty 6 лет назад +5

      I like hip hop and I like sampling and I like the combo, but by no means will I ever say hip hop is an art form, it's a craft, like making pancakes, anyone can do it if they put their mind to it, and if they are musically inclined and have some skills and want the easy way, hip hop makes this happen easier.

  • @roasty80
    @roasty80 9 лет назад +293

    I have a new respect for ronson. he scratches and uses an mpc and knows the history of music.

    • @lvd357
      @lvd357 6 лет назад +5

      Yeah dude he made Uptown Funk. Meh. He can scratch? Wow!

    • @MoechtegernPimP
      @MoechtegernPimP 5 лет назад +5

      @@lvd357 yeah right. It's funny yesterday I was talking about that. People that have a proper musical education and stayed on a university most times dont have contact to the urban scene, where scratching comes from. They maybe know how to use chords, play their instrument and so on, but skills like scratching are usualy not teached and respected on university and have to be archived on your own. It shows that he has a great connection to Hip Hop and it's roots and love for the urban scene

    • @Stephenwc
      @Stephenwc 2 года назад

      oh he KNOWS the history of music. There was a special about him about 12 to 18 months ago and he was able to make contacts in the inner crowd of NYC rappers exactly because of his cd and vinyl collection showing he had the right stuff

  • @jinxieunlucky
    @jinxieunlucky 8 лет назад +842

    Watching someone making music live like this makes me appreciate musicians so much more. A lot of people like to make fun of it with the whole "Oh, you play the macbook?" argument, but it takes skill to do what he's doing. Not only do you have to be musically minded, you have to be able to think outside the box to make music with unconventional means.

    • @Sigmundfruit
      @Sigmundfruit 8 лет назад +46

      Mark Ronson csn play several instruments, for the record

    • @Microphunktv-jb3kj
      @Microphunktv-jb3kj 7 лет назад +24

      I don't get why "real musicians" think that DJs and electronic music producers are not real musicians... (well atleast they used to..) ...takes way more time and skill to learn all those analog hardware synths/keys and samplers... compare guitar to a modular rack... :D
      ive never learned guitar or piano.. but i can just take a random instrument and fiddle around with it few hours and play something (nothing good tho..) , but i wanna see traditional musician in a studio with samplers,modular racks.. they will be lost in a "spaceship" :D

    • @TheShoeCheese
      @TheShoeCheese 7 лет назад +10

      Any computer program is easy enough to learn and use. That is the entire point of a UI. It might seem complicated at first but anything on a computer is quick to pick up, they are designed that way.

    • @youwhatmadeidk
      @youwhatmadeidk 6 лет назад +16

      ssro you’re on crack. An instrument is simply a musical tool.. software is a musical tool.

    • @callanc3925
      @callanc3925 6 лет назад +6

      ssro an electric keyboard is a computer. Does that mean keyboardists arent musicians?

  • @georgeroukas7399
    @georgeroukas7399 5 лет назад +87

    Easily one of my favorite Ted talks ever, and I’ve listened to a lot of them. Ronson talks about music and the way it affects him, the way it makes him feel, but with such precision and articulate style it makes you do a double take. I know his name from some of the songs he’s worked on - now I’m going to go looking for his music. Thanks to Ted for treating us to this talk.

    • @AlisunWonderland
      @AlisunWonderland 4 года назад

      Agreed, Internet stranger. I saw it a couple years ago but still think about it all the time, recommend it to people, and now here I am today, rewatching it just because…

  • @sidwahi773
    @sidwahi773 5 лет назад +725

    This audience needs to be like 20 years younger

    • @franksorry2653
      @franksorry2653 5 лет назад +11

      its not a swingers club

    • @aneeshupadhya3170
      @aneeshupadhya3170 4 года назад +2

      He needs to be 20 years younger

    • @Maynard0504
      @Maynard0504 4 года назад +39

      yeah the closest thing to hip hop these people know is Steely Dan

    • @KafinSulthan
      @KafinSulthan 4 года назад +1

      @@Maynard0504 lol

    • @amandarios448
      @amandarios448 4 года назад +14

      Sadly the audience who's 20 years younger probably ain't got the cash and the boomers don't have the appreciation...
      Pearls

  • @jamesoncreek
    @jamesoncreek 8 лет назад +1704

    Damn the beats with the TED talk song... LIT

    • @zakramsey3508
      @zakramsey3508 6 лет назад +8

      Both of them, definitely. Quite inspiring actually :D

    • @rocksparadox
      @rocksparadox 5 лет назад

      Jameson Creek
      So fans of ''die antwoord'' are handicapped enough to also eat the spamshit that pewdiecancer produces?
      Who knew?

    • @Corn0nTheCobb
      @Corn0nTheCobb 5 лет назад +13

      @@rocksparadox what are you talking about?

    • @charlieinchargewafford6274
      @charlieinchargewafford6274 5 лет назад

      litty ruclips.net/video/d2QiWcziurA/видео.html

    • @amandarios448
      @amandarios448 4 года назад +2

      @@Corn0nTheCobb I also have no idea what this is about

  • @ivlitb
    @ivlitb 6 лет назад +734

    Ive never seen a musician hate on sampling, its always the random listeners who never done music before that thinks sampling is stealing 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @AM-ry8i5
      @AM-ry8i5 4 года назад +49

      "All great artists steal." - Quentin Tarantino.

    • @LekramNosnevets
      @LekramNosnevets 4 года назад +31

      Actually, the musicians started the hate on sampling. Most felt like sampling was cheating because you didn't have to pick up an instrument to make music anymore. From there came the lawsuits and sampling and infringement laws.

    • @williefelder5912
      @williefelder5912 4 года назад +17

      I love sampling done the right way. The right way is to give credit to the original artist.

    • @photios4779
      @photios4779 4 года назад +4

      @@LekramNosnevets It also helps that the monetary damages courts award for infringement can be huge, especially if the song containing an unauthorized sample earns millions of dollars. This can be a huge incentive for certain musicians to file a lawsuit over sampling (or any other perceived act of "infringement" for that matter, e.g. "Blurred Lines" and the Christian rapper Flame suing Katy Perry over her song "Dark Horse").

    • @mr.yellowstrat3352
      @mr.yellowstrat3352 4 года назад +8

      Hahah bullshit!! I've been playing in bands for over a decade and I've met a lot of musicians who don't like it. If you're also a producer, you may be more open to it like myself, but a lot of musicians are purists. They think you should just play everything yourself, not realizing that some of their favorite artists like Pink Floyd and Hendrix used samples. I will say however, that they weren't necessarily sampling other artists music, they were sampling sound effects like the bell from "Time", or the cash register from "Money". Also, making or producing music by pressing buttons and clicking and dragging doesn't make you a musician. By definition you have to learn to play an instrument to be a musician. "Playing" a drum machine or sampler doesn't count 🤣

  • @johnnyc.3261
    @johnnyc.3261 8 лет назад +166

    Damn, who thought Ronson had chops like that on the decks? That dude is an amazing producer, his drums are fucking so sick but I didn't know he was legit on wheels. Respect!

  • @bravetherainbow
    @bravetherainbow 6 лет назад +41

    He's so charismatic in a particular way I would not have expected from him
    just trying to imagine what a Diplo TED talk would look and sound like compared to this

  • @benalichante1269
    @benalichante1269 6 лет назад +83

    11:58 Hahaha it really is true, Mark became a Miley fan in 2014 after seeing her in SNL and stalked her to get to do "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" together, now he's doing her album! I'm in heaven!

  • @Gizmotechno
    @Gizmotechno 10 лет назад +456

    Wow, so many annoying comments on this video. Let me just make something clear here. I'm a self-taught multi-instrumentalist myself(guitar, keyboard, drums), I've played and worked with musicians from all sorts genres, from heavy metal to indian classical music and so many things in between. Being exposed to all these different creative thought processes you start to expand your understanding of music as well, and something I've realised is, there is no good music and bad music, there's music that you "get" and music that you "don't get" yet. This is the reason having an open mind is so important to being creative, it allows you to see why something is appealing to other humans, and then see what your take on it can be. Sampling can be seen as one way of doing this. Suppose I like an tamil folk drum beat and want to have that feel in a song that I'm making, I could either find a musician, take him to the studio, make him play what I want, and then record it and use the recorded piece or I could spend time, learn how to play the instrument, then record it and then use that, or I could spend a lot of time listening to a lot of tamil folk music searching for the type of drum beat that you want, clear the sample, then use the sample. The end product, that is, the track, isn't going to be all that different in all of the cases, yet each one of the methods will take you on completely different journeys, each one just as legit as the other, with the session musician, you'll get to know about the person and his community, in the second case, you get to learn a new instrument, or in the final case, where you sample the beat, the countless hours spent researching and listening to so many of those songs leaves you with a much better understanding and a much better appreciation for that genre of music.
    So, just because some one is playing a guitar in the studio or on stage doesn't mean he's more creative than a musician who's sampled something for a track, not at all, the guitarist could be playing the same chord progression that every other rock band has been playing, and that is not being creative, that's stagnating in a comfort zone(which is not bad, if that's what you want to express). A true test of creativity is to see how far you can break the general norms in the structures of music, and yet still keep it appealing. In the end, music isn't a competition of whose better than who, it is an art form, a means of creative expression.

    • @boogiemeister9581
      @boogiemeister9581 7 лет назад +19

      /r/iamverysmart

    • @seiaseia10
      @seiaseia10 7 лет назад +1

      I want you to be my friend

    • @anxiousmindmusic
      @anxiousmindmusic 7 лет назад +3

      Everyone just read this comment

    • @GREGariousBeats
      @GREGariousBeats 6 лет назад

      You nailed this.

    • @DiggnDeepr
      @DiggnDeepr 6 лет назад +3

      Gizmotechno people may actually get your point next time if you stop talking about yourself right at the intro. No offense, but No one cares about how many instruments some guy on the internet can play, but maybe we would like to hear your stance on the video. ATTN spans are short.... You have good points , so don't propel people away before getting to those points. Point first, then an explanation of why your point is relevant

  • @Thisath100
    @Thisath100 9 лет назад +1189

    OH COMON PEOPLE CLAP!!
    Every time this guy does something new there is this awkward silence where we normally expect these people to clap and no-one here even bothers!
    He did an awesome job here, I never knew he could be this good!
    What a boring crowd, ergh.

    • @InfiniteRhombus
      @InfiniteRhombus 9 лет назад +9

      +Thisath Ranawaka lol something "new" he isn't doing anything new.

    • @Thisath100
      @Thisath100 9 лет назад +2

      Iggy Tubmen I meant every-time he says he has done something new.

    • @Raelex
      @Raelex 9 лет назад +44

      Well it is the ted talk people

    • @Thisath100
      @Thisath100 9 лет назад +6

      +Dlanul They are normally much more engaged

    • @SgtSayWhat
      @SgtSayWhat 8 лет назад +3

      +Iggy Tubman Did you watch the opening ? The ted talk song, love to see you do that or point me somewhere where somebody has done that

  • @nolanbushnell2262
    @nolanbushnell2262 10 лет назад +63

    that last song was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard, true soul. sampling is no different than playing any other instrument, you take sounds you like and make something new. Negativity more often than not brings nothing but more negativity

    • @touch_the_sky
      @touch_the_sky 7 лет назад +2

      if your praise to that beat is that high, you do need to listen to more music though

  • @samspence1695
    @samspence1695 5 лет назад +31

    "I can sort of bully our existences into a shared event." Love that quote.

  • @allysmith2284
    @allysmith2284 5 лет назад +6

    I could watch this man work/talk all day everyday...... what a bloody modern genius with an old school soul that will transcend history!

  • @MusicIsLife-uh4lo
    @MusicIsLife-uh4lo 9 лет назад +689

    Come on guys. Even heavily praised guys like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin took lyrics/riffs from guys like chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. Sampling isn't stealing as covers aren't stealing.Good music is good music regardless if its sampled or not(as long as the credit the original of course ).

    • @dilo777
      @dilo777 9 лет назад +19

      +Ryan, Musiq You have a valid point. But to me there is a difference between taking a riff and putting your spin on it, (while you play the instrument) and taking a sample from someone else's work and building a song about it. to me that would be the same as taking a bunch of clips from films and splicing it together with my own footage and saying "I'm a director!"......not the same. Not that I'm saying what is going on isn't sampling but I think it sounds sterile.

    • @justinzhang6492
      @justinzhang6492 9 лет назад +47

      +Brandon Dilorenzo I think sampling music is more like a director using stock footage, which is really common in movies.

    • @leftaroundabout
      @leftaroundabout 9 лет назад +4

      +Justin Zhang it's common in movies to use a little stock material to go with a whole lot of original footage. In music, it's now often rather the opposite proportion: a whole lot of sampled material (looped/triggered/morphed...), plus a few original sounds. Whether you think that's ok is up to you of course, there's no objective way to judge art.
      (I personally agree fully with Brandon DiLorenzo: it's a vast difference between taking musical _ideas_ like riffs and expressing them anew, and just copying other people's renditions of those ideas. IMO, music is mostly about _how_ you play something; about the subtle variations in dynamics, tempo and intonation that arise from directly playing together with other musicians. By relying on samples, you completely preclude that sort of interaction.)

    • @justinzhang6492
      @justinzhang6492 9 лет назад +17

      leftaroundabout There are definitely musicians who use samples like the way you described. But musicians like flying lotus, j dilla, madlib, etc. use samples in such a way that the end product is completely different than the samples they used. Composing using samples is no different than composing a piece for guitar except for the building blocks that are used.

    • @leftaroundabout
      @leftaroundabout 9 лет назад +1

      Yeah, but then what's the _point_ actually - if the end product is completely different from the samples used, then why use samples in the first place?
      No, surely it is the main purpose of samples to make a clearly recognisable cultural reference. There's of course nothing wrong with that at all, as long as you don't overdo it. (I happen to not like samples even when used sparsely, but that's purely my personal taste.)
      Another thing is when you deliberately use samples, heavily processed, as the _only_ element of your composition. That's a lot like constrained writing then - very artsy, perhaps quite interesting, but really rather suitable for experimental work than proper composition.

  • @diosundoro5019
    @diosundoro5019 8 лет назад +2692

    How is he 40 years old? If I didn't see his bio, I would think he just graduated from a college.

    • @lyme.hollie
      @lyme.hollie 8 лет назад +36

      You mean fashion?

    • @phishu106
      @phishu106 7 лет назад +61

      the result of having an easy life, one of the advantages of being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

    • @Zuk0n
      @Zuk0n 7 лет назад +132

      Somebody just ages well like good wine. It has more to do with genetics rather than a lavish care-free lifestyle. No offense but I bet he works harder than each of us in this comment thread. During his production of Uptown Funk, Mark exhausted himself so much to come up with an ultimate gratifying guitar part to the point he fainted out in the toilet

    • @condescendingonlineman2136
      @condescendingonlineman2136 6 лет назад +3

      Sorry, but college grads can't even get a good job...

    • @joojoobomb
      @joojoobomb 6 лет назад +13

      Phi Shu not even. Some people just have good genes and look young. I don't look 33.

  • @BoiledOctopus
    @BoiledOctopus 10 лет назад +266

    A very confident and engaging speaker. Somewhat surprised me.

  • @bewarebear22
    @bewarebear22 7 лет назад +13

    He nailed and articulated beautifully many of the reasons why Vaporwave is so interesting to me. I definitely think some of it is junk, but a lot of it feels so fresh while leaving you with this unmistakably powerful nostalgia.

  • @TreborKoor
    @TreborKoor Год назад +3

    What an absolute legend. More people need to know Marc Ronson. I've been a fan for awhile, what a treat to find out they have a passion for the art to match their talent. Thank you for providing this video, stellar

  • @FilththeEnablerTV
    @FilththeEnablerTV 9 лет назад +4184

    "Hip-Hop never invented anything, but it re-invented everything."

    • @BeatsByMelofresh
      @BeatsByMelofresh 9 лет назад +108

      TheVillainVillage Shout out to KRS for that one

    • @RobertDigitalArtist
      @RobertDigitalArtist 9 лет назад +45

      TheVillainVillage Kinda like Apple/Steve Jobs

    • @alexthepistachio6391
      @alexthepistachio6391 9 лет назад +31

      +Robert LC - Digital Artist surprised no one has taken this as a slam on Apple and called you horrible things for it. I do agree, though, Steve Jobs took what was already there, and (in his opinion) made it better. That, in my mind, is a whole type of creativity in and of itself.

    • @Jonohobs
      @Jonohobs 9 лет назад +2

      +Robert LC - Digital Artist I watch this doco saying Gates stole ideas from jobs preapple. I think they stole from each other.

    • @DiosanXaquerry
      @DiosanXaquerry 9 лет назад +17

      +Jonathan Hobman They both stole from Xerox... and Steve Wozniak does not get nearly enough credit for early apple innovation.

  • @CallumHofler
    @CallumHofler 9 лет назад +1329

    I like how people dismiss sampling in hip-hop because of how lazy and uninventive it is, when mainstream rock has when producing the same four chord guitar progressions for decades upon decades. Hip-hop is one of the most inventive, dynamic and nuanced genres of music in modern times; try soaking in all the details within Kanye's 'All Of The Lights', or Kendrick's 'Alright' (dat Terrence Martin saxophone though...), or Death Grips' energetic, vibrant 'Hustle Bones'.

    • @Muthaphuckka
      @Muthaphuckka 9 лет назад +5

      +Callum Hofler couldn't agree more

    • @dmarcus3663
      @dmarcus3663 9 лет назад +30

      +Callum Hofler Electronic music is much more inventive than hip hop, period.

    • @MrZaknrock
      @MrZaknrock 9 лет назад +46

      I'm sorry to tell you that you don't know about Rock music as well.

    • @producedbymadsen
      @producedbymadsen 9 лет назад +1

      +Callum Hofler word

    • @wesleywatson8115
      @wesleywatson8115 9 лет назад +3

      +d marcus (mc general) Just watch and "in the studio" with eric arc elliot or kirk knight and see if your opinion changes.

  • @corneliusthelighthousekeeper
    @corneliusthelighthousekeeper 9 лет назад +96

    I wish Mark Ronson was my best friend for a day. This is one of my favorite ted talks ever.

    • @flala2261
      @flala2261 9 лет назад +1

      +Nathan Krzesicki He is so cool

  • @klaxoncow
    @klaxoncow 5 лет назад +53

    "Every artist is a cannibal,
    Every poet is a thief,
    They all kill their inspiration,
    And then sing about the grief"
    - Bono, From "the Fly", U2.
    "It's not stealing, it's retrieving"
    - Mora Early
    "One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion."
    - Tim Ferris
    Hey, it's not only in music that you can do a little bit of "remixing" of other people's thoughts, you know.

  • @Bellezfitness
    @Bellezfitness 6 лет назад +21

    Mark you are AMAZING! Talented, brilliant, and creative. From Daft Punk, Amy, Gaga, Bruno, Tame Impala and now Miley!!! I’m thoroughly impressed! Nothing but admiration and respect for you and your work.

  • @bennemann
    @bennemann 5 лет назад +51

    "I've pretty much wasted most of my life DJing in nightclubs and producing pop records"
    The lady with blue sweater and glasses on the second row bottom up at 3:38 clearly agrees with him...

  • @calvincheung2571
    @calvincheung2571 6 лет назад +8

    Mark Ronson deserves a lot more recognition for his work. He has produced some of the biggest tracks in the past 20 years and hopefully he will continue to for at least another 20 Years. He's the guy behind the guy(or gal).

    • @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261
      @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 Год назад

      I think he's pretty well known, he's probably thought of more as an artist than producer so some people probably don't know how extensive his discography is as a producer. To be honest he probably got all the recognition he deserved sitting in his bank account 💲💲💲

  • @sdee6458
    @sdee6458 Год назад +4

    I have heard that TED talk now dozens of times. The intro piece is a hit of its own. A masterpiece. I just love it. Would love to hear more of it!!!

  • @sumanilyas293
    @sumanilyas293 Год назад +2

    I can literally hear him talk for hours! He's brilliant. Smart, funny and holds the room beautifully. What a talented guy!

  • @LaughingInTiny
    @LaughingInTiny 5 лет назад +67

    This was quite brilliant... I had no idea he was so diverse and well spoken. Impressed.

  • @MuggelzTV
    @MuggelzTV 5 лет назад +39

    I just love how humble he is.

  • @gasser5001
    @gasser5001 7 лет назад +6

    Mark Ronson has been placed on a higher level in my mind. I knew he could produce, but he can SPEAK amazingly! Loved it.

  • @DaGgIrEn
    @DaGgIrEn 5 лет назад +34

    Holy crap, that first segment when he made that beat from TED music is LIT 00:25-01:15

  • @syedamonuwaraislam2708
    @syedamonuwaraislam2708 5 лет назад +204

    RUclips Algo:
    2014: no
    2015: no
    2016: no
    2017: no
    2018: no
    2019: YAS

  • @Kgotso_Koete
    @Kgotso_Koete 6 лет назад +1

    As many great artists have said, "bad artists imitate, great artists steal". Reinvention through sampling is stealing the way a great artist would, as Austin Kloen would argue. HipHop and even internet memes are all about reinvention through a sample. Mike Ronson is an amazing teacher. I generally am not into TED talks but wow artists like rappers and producers have made my favourite talks to date.

  • @Smoke1
    @Smoke1 9 лет назад +16

    Glad to see someone explain just how deep hip-hop is.

  • @CarlosOlivoIQ
    @CarlosOlivoIQ 6 лет назад +4

    14:42 OMG !!! Voices in my brain!! ....those words and piano!! And Ron’s hands...top that!

  • @4EverJayce2020
    @4EverJayce2020 9 лет назад +938

    Let's face it, most of the people who hate sampling just hate hip hop in general. It's not that they don't like sampling, it's that they don't like rap.

    • @namesecond4060
      @namesecond4060 9 лет назад +19

      JSMN CLLNS rap isn't hip hop

    • @4EverJayce2020
      @4EverJayce2020 9 лет назад +16

      Dill Phill i meant that people who hate sampling hate both rap (the genre of music) and hip hop (the culture associated with rap).

    • @namesecond4060
      @namesecond4060 9 лет назад +35

      JSMN CLLNS No i just hate people that can't write their own original music and think that they are talented.

    • @4EverJayce2020
      @4EverJayce2020 9 лет назад +8

      Dill Phill You and me both. But not all rappers, producers and engineers are like that. And the ones that aren't are worth listening to.

    • @4EverJayce2020
      @4EverJayce2020 9 лет назад +49

      Really good producers and engineers know how to use complex technology that makes music- how is that really different from playing a guitar or something?

  • @YouKnowWhereYouWentWrong
    @YouKnowWhereYouWentWrong 3 года назад +2

    I never tire of this. This is how creative sampling and scratching should be done.

  • @deuceone7272
    @deuceone7272 7 лет назад +4

    I remember making my first beat when I was like 7 years old using my old sampling method. I used to have this radio with a dual cassette deck, and I'd take a blank tape and one with music on it, find a part on it where the beat is just playing, and keep pausing, rewinding, and recording until I had a whole beat. I used that method from about 1989 - 91 and I had never even used a sampler.

  • @Ruwaaaa06
    @Ruwaaaa06 9 лет назад +6

    Mark Ronson is one of those people I consider to be a musical genius. He has his own authentic sound but by the power of sampling, he can incorporate sounds from others in a way unique to his own style. And i feel that's where people misinterpret sampling. It's not a copy and paste of previous music. It really irritates me when pretentious music 'warriors' claim a song isn't good based on sampling.

  • @theocrevon6374
    @theocrevon6374 9 лет назад +129

    I don't care about the debate occuring here: "Is sampling music", "do you need to actually know music and be able to play it to be a musican"... blablabla.
    Do you have emotions when you listen to it? Does it touches something in you? Are you having pleasure?
    Then it's fucking good music, and that's all I need to know...
    It seems like a lot of people focus on technique to devaluate creation. And in my opinion it is because they have no clue of the difference and interactions between technique and art.

    • @Trepanee
      @Trepanee 9 лет назад

      +Theo Crevon You're definitely onto something there but I don't think it's that simple - music that makes one person feel may not work for the majority of others or perhaps by hearing similar music for a protracted time you become desensitized to that genre while other (probably younger), more naive people to the genre find a song astonishing and new that is completely unoriginal to you.

    • @lillnemo1
      @lillnemo1 9 лет назад +3

      +(Sarcasm) you're right to agree with him, but the point you're making about originality is just another topic.
      is it (good) music is completely separated from is it new, original
      if you dislike "not original" songs, then you dislike all new pop and rock songs since a long time
      you can make a completely new song in those genres, but will hardly ever be original.
      But I see what you mean.
      At the end, I like dance, trance, house most.
      And nowadays, i've heard a lot of nineties songs sampled in new songs, even in pop.
      To me these songs are indeed "unoriginal", but I do know that those nineties dance songs are VERY VERY often adapted 1950's songs and so...
      so what's original and what's good, thats completely separated

    • @Trepanee
      @Trepanee 9 лет назад +1

      +lillnemo1 I'm saying that originality is linked to perceived 'newness' and that, in turn, is linked to enjoyment for a lot of people. So not a direct link but also not completely separated.

    • @marianneyang7695
      @marianneyang7695 9 лет назад

      +Theo Crevon YESSS YESS YES YEEESSSSS

    • @PeteS_1994
      @PeteS_1994 9 лет назад +4

      +Theo Crevon I agree, plus using samples to create a good, interesting beat requires a good ear and some knowledge on how to do it and blend and mix sounds. I should know as a newbie, hobbyist producer. Sampling may have a very easy beginning level, however mastering the art of sampling or music production for that matter takes a lot of time and effort.

  • @satudurian1497
    @satudurian1497 9 лет назад +13

    Sampling is the art of human creativity. Songs are not intended for the song writers/producers credits, but for the ears of the people of tomorrow.

  • @despecc
    @despecc 7 лет назад +410

    This guy is wearing a $2,500 Saint Laurent jacket. What a G

    • @xxia3432
      @xxia3432 6 лет назад +20

      Starbucks color scheme is appropriate

    • @chandhand6539
      @chandhand6539 5 лет назад +13

      He’s a millionaire.

    • @SergeMatveenko
      @SergeMatveenko 5 лет назад +41

      @@chandhand6539 Actually, it doesn't matter that much. He works in the industry where a lot of people are based upon how you dress and/or behave. It's just one of his working suites or tools if you like. This is similar to how I'm being a programmer have a laptop which is even more expensive than his jacket while it's ok for me to wear cheap jeans for a customer meeting.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 5 лет назад +1

      And the shoes?

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 5 лет назад +3

      @@JosephShortino I found a pre-owned one on eBay for $600.

  • @philswift1789
    @philswift1789 5 лет назад +387

    He looks like if Woody from toy story was a real person.

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 5 лет назад +4

      lol..He really does,....a bit of a geek.

    • @franksorry2653
      @franksorry2653 5 лет назад +10

      i used to shag a girl that looks like buzz lightyear and i'd managed to block it out for a few years until now

    • @markellermets2006
      @markellermets2006 2 года назад

      Haha! That’s funny! 😂

  • @loubest3935
    @loubest3935 9 лет назад +246

    0:30 Well, that finally explains why he talks like that

  • @guitarman64100
    @guitarman64100 10 лет назад +28

    I'm glad this Ronson is credited as the main artist on Uptown Funk, he deserves to finally get his name out there to the masses as the talented musician he is

    • @mariamihailik5310
      @mariamihailik5310 6 лет назад +1

      guitarman64100 the same happens with a lot of his stuff, he was the first credit in Valerie with Amy Winehouse

  • @beru_official
    @beru_official 10 лет назад +14

    Sampling isn't only done when you sample other people's songs so it would have been nice if this had been covered as well. You can sample an entire instruments into an audio library and use all those individual samples to create your own pieces of music - someone took the liberty to sample the individual hits of a 808 drum machine for example the kick, snare, hat, etc, and now I don't have to go buy an 808 myself to use the sounds in it or be limited by its interface i can just drag and drop the sounds into the timeline. This is essentially what I do to produce all of my music that is on Beatport under alias (you guessed it), Ben Murk. I was a guitar player for 8 years before and was in many metal bands as a lead guitarist but fell in love with electronic music circa 2008 and I began to dabble until it became a full on career. Being able to buy 'sample libraries' with hundreds of pre-recorded kits, FX, bass notes, swooshes, etc. allows me to create original music speedily without having a huge expensive studio. Essentially house music was born due to the power of sampling, and in a way listening to sampled hip hop and pop for 25 years is now the reason why electronica has taken over the airwaves recently because people have grown fairly accustomed to hearing music made on computers by a single producer rather than music made by a collective of individuals played 'live' in a room..

  • @parkjoe1
    @parkjoe1 4 года назад +4

    One of the MOST creative and brilliant TED talks of ALL time

  • @steffi.mp4
    @steffi.mp4 5 лет назад +4

    Oh my goodness! I never knew Mark Ronson gave a Ted talk! and this was 5 years ago. wow. Love it! :) so inspiring to see others so passionate about something and putting that much effort into it. I can see Mark really loves music and continually makes a effort to improve and be better.

  • @aaronhali5524
    @aaronhali5524 9 лет назад +146

    That is one of the most comatose studio audience I have ever seen! The dude's cracking joke after joke but the crowd is just...SILENT! The producers of this show need to start screening crowd members or giving a short lesson on wha tkind of noise they want in the background.

    • @julittok
      @julittok 9 лет назад +5

      +Aaron Hali I disagree this is not your regular show, here people share awesome things and 100% of the emotion from the crowd is legit, this guy is just boring.

    • @lillnemo1
      @lillnemo1 9 лет назад +15

      +Aaron Hali you american??
      you want all things in life to be staged?

    • @aaronhali5524
      @aaronhali5524 9 лет назад +3

      lillnemo1
      I'm ashamed to say I AM American. However, IN A FILM STUDIO EVERYTHING IS STAGED! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to believe what you see on TV?

    • @lillnemo1
      @lillnemo1 9 лет назад +3

      Well, I've been in the audience of quite a few programs over here (gameshows and the debates) and NEVER they have said how or what to do.
      Only when to applaude (mostly when someone wins a round or a new guest enters)
      also I've been to 2 comedy-shows, which were recorded for the dvd and tv, also there, no staging!!!
      obviously, in quite a lot other shows, there's acting and staging going on, but eventhough, everything is kept quite normal and realistic...
      Most staging happens between the real guests on the show, when something went wrong or so...
      But again, they try to keep it as less as possible

    • @mossjo2004
      @mossjo2004 9 лет назад +12

      +Aaron Hali . It's a lecture, not a "show".

  • @wl5713
    @wl5713 8 лет назад +5

    this is one of my favourite ted talks ever! he basically explained how modern music came to be

  • @marvind.rogers1706
    @marvind.rogers1706 5 лет назад +59

    "There is nothing new under the sun." ~ Solomon

  • @alstar1874
    @alstar1874 2 года назад +1

    The theme of his talk is so brilliantly constructed. I have never viewed sampling as a shared experience.

  • @ayacyte443
    @ayacyte443 7 лет назад +2

    His style of speaking is one that I am most impressed with and admire! He said he was nervous when he started watching the talks! ps this was an amazing talk.

  • @jessiepunkypixs
    @jessiepunkypixs 6 месяцев назад +3

    Ted Talk is the greatest new platform for introducing Global change. Ted Talk produces many kinds of series and this particular one on music technology is amazing. The themes are all great examples and many times music samples have been passed by, unheard. This Ted Talk highlites the technology and the transformation that is involved in sampling and advertising jingles. There isn't anything negative to say in this review. What I find is interesting is that the subject matter includes the instruments on the stage and Mark Ronson introducing many samples. One sample that Mark mentions is, "La Di Da Di," Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's 1984 hit that has been reimagined for every generation since." (Ransom, 2014) With Bowie, "Let's Dance," a song that I really love, and many other samples, Mark Ransom sampled in the Ted Talk performance, Global business's and music technology is in for a treat.

  • @chikotembo
    @chikotembo 9 лет назад +506

    he definitely know who nujabes is!!!!

    • @TheEnabler-WXR
      @TheEnabler-WXR 9 лет назад +37

      +Chiko Tembo Nujabes is a real Master of Art ! He is missed.#RIP

    • @betoski
      @betoski 9 лет назад +1

      +Yaseen Peeraullee Nujabes is god

    • @InfiniteRhombus
      @InfiniteRhombus 9 лет назад +8

      +Chiko Tembo so does literally everyone

    • @chikotembo
      @chikotembo 9 лет назад +24

      Iggy Tubmen not true mate

    • @DanS1
      @DanS1 9 лет назад +17

      +Iggy Tubmen No they dont

  • @zippydipity42
    @zippydipity42 6 лет назад +10

    I really wish the quote "What happens when the music stops" would have been an abrupt end to the song, rather than a traditional end...
    But man that sounded so good overall.

  • @trendydelquendy
    @trendydelquendy 7 лет назад +139

    Professional "young" man explains music to old people.

  • @kichigan1
    @kichigan1 6 лет назад +177

    Lennon wrote "Because" by backward sampling "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven.

    • @gonesnake2337
      @gonesnake2337 5 лет назад +30

      False. 'Sampling' wasn't a technology that existed at that time. He had someone play some chords from 'Moonlight Sonata' in reverse order. It was more of an experiment along the lines of many things Lennon did. In the end 'Because' doesn't even match 'Moonlight Sonata' structurally forward or backwards.

    • @gahdzuwkz6647
      @gahdzuwkz6647 5 лет назад +2

      Ryan Rollinson I can totally see how ‘Because’ was inspired by moonlight sonata.

    • @robgrainger5314
      @robgrainger5314 5 лет назад +3

      @@gonesnake2337They made extensive use of tapes though, as thoroughly documented by their producer George Martin.

    • @johnpheth
      @johnpheth 5 лет назад +1

      I heard that the music manuscript was sitting upside down on the piano so he just tried playing it like that, liked the sound and chords and rearranged it to be Because!

    • @hickorymccay2994
      @hickorymccay2994 4 года назад

      @@johnpheth Wrong, John couldn't read sheet music.

  • @DanielRepasky
    @DanielRepasky 10 лет назад +139

    Too bad his remixes would get automatically taken down from youtube without any consideration for Fair Use if it weren't on the TED channel, because they assume guilt, and don't have adequate support to read appeals.

    • @MetroAndroid
      @MetroAndroid 10 лет назад +13

      ***** You think RUclips reads those? XD

    • @TheAceOverKings
      @TheAceOverKings 10 лет назад +2

      Well, I suppose some of his stuff might get taken down, but he does have a channel: MarkRonsonVEVO.

    • @mini696
      @mini696 10 лет назад +5

      Even being on TED doesn't make it safe. YT does not discriminate, it just takes everything down that is claimed.

    • @prankfiles
      @prankfiles 10 лет назад

      Good video, More ted~~~

    • @clarissaflowers6293
      @clarissaflowers6293 10 лет назад

  • @4EverJayce2020
    @4EverJayce2020 10 лет назад +199

    Sampling does not prevent people from making new music- never has never will. The reason crap musicians make it big is not because of sampling, but because they appeal to large audiences of teens and twenty-somethings. Besides, Ronson is right. Most samples are of obscure songs. Rarely do musicians recycle top 40 hits- that would be lazy.
    I'm not saying musicians don't over-sample and make copy cat songs- they do. But tracks like Diamonds from Sierra Leone are not merely copy cats. It takes vision and creativity to reinvent something, and in the case of Diamonds from Sierra Leone I never would have gotten into Shirley Bassey if I had not heard that song. And if we're going to say sampling is stealing, then covering songs is stealing too. Both have the same idea.

    • @paulyboy998
      @paulyboy998 10 лет назад +2

      I don't know if they are obscure as he is making them out to be. In the beastie boy's case they were certainly more obscure than what is used today. But La Di Da Di is not an obscure song. Many of Kanye's samples are not obscure (otis redding, steely dan, ray charles, etc). I think what the grammy organization is trying to do is foster true creativity from start to finish. Also you have to remember many of the teens and twenty-somethings listen to heavily sampled music.

    • @brodersami
      @brodersami 10 лет назад +10

      PatsFan2013 Yeah the grammys are great, instead of promoting creative use of techniques to create new and interesting ideas they promote following the same old pop formula to create radio hits. Kanye's sampling of Ponderosa Twins Plus One's 'Bound' might be seen as lazy, but it was something fresh and new, something which sparks inspiration in other artists and furthers artistic endeavours (not to overpraise Bound 2, it's certainly not as new or though provoking as OPN's album R+7 from the same year, but it's significantly more popular).

    • @Moggray87
      @Moggray87 10 лет назад +6

      *cough cough* every Pitbull song ever *cough cough*

    • @mjsbaby21
      @mjsbaby21 10 лет назад +1

      Moggray87 Literally my first thought. He takes sampling to a level of, basically just playing the song over but making it a tad more "pop"-y

    • @paulyboy998
      @paulyboy998 10 лет назад

      brodersami I'm not saying the grammy organization is great. But I also don't agree with you that sampling is a critique of "the same old pop formula." Sampling has been going on since the early 90's and many hits you hear on the radio are heavily sampled. How much credit belongs to the people who created the original sound? This is tricky waters and at least on this I agree with the grammy organization to keep out of it.

  • @ryobr
    @ryobr 5 лет назад +3

    2:58 i love the guy in the middle like "seriously, u clapping to this crap?"

  • @matthewmartin5610
    @matthewmartin5610 Год назад +2

    Marc is a talented bloke, I love how can make an artist a bit more accessible to a mass audience. I wasn't a big fan of queens of the stoneage but loved the album he did with them.

  • @paulbedford5073
    @paulbedford5073 Год назад

    Also, don’t put yourself down! TED talks are awesome but they have to be interesting! Not all are but I was glued to this!!

  • @googleisfascist9278
    @googleisfascist9278 6 лет назад +5

    I can’t get over the fact that “La Di Da Di” is the last song I listened to 10 minutes ago. It’s still up on my Spotify

    • @gitbint
      @gitbint 5 лет назад

      Illuminati..... Congrats

  • @Xerif917
    @Xerif917 9 лет назад +77

    That first part was pretty cool. Don't believe me? Just watch.

  • @Dog-999i
    @Dog-999i 7 лет назад +4

    Loved this speech. I hate seeing people dismiss sampling as not being artistic or creative.

  • @peteralbert1485
    @peteralbert1485 5 лет назад +2

    The last piece. There is so much sophisticated talent and obvious joy in his discovery and assembly.
    He takes a few bars of piano that have the same cadence of the poet’s words: does he speed one up, ever slightly, so they sync? Maybe not - Ronson has the talented ear to clip the right few bars. He backs up his work with the video that hits its own musical notes - grainy but fluid, stark and vivid. He intersplices the piano player with the rapper. He plays around with this interplay. He scratches and repeats as if the voice were suddenly a percussion instrument, or a horn section.
    It makes me hear every word, and hear the whole more sharply.
    It’s now no mystery to people who’d never heard of him why Ronson is world famous.

  • @ssharma9461
    @ssharma9461 6 лет назад +1

    This is by far one of the best and most creative Ted talks! Ronson for genius!!!!

  • @asddsa28
    @asddsa28 10 лет назад +135

    I want a ted talk about RUclips comments how they are bad how they can be good and why you should never read them.

    • @TheGiantBunnysaid
      @TheGiantBunnysaid 10 лет назад +42

      RUclips comments are actually one of the reasons I even bother to stay on the page of a video after it's done. It's good to see the comments, the opinions, the laughs, the experiences people have had relating to the video. It's half of what makes youtube a community and not just another medium of entertainment, and news run by corporations you'll never be able to truly connect with.

    • @pierrotmoon1
      @pierrotmoon1 10 лет назад +20

      Says a youtube comment.

    • @rjowen
      @rjowen 7 лет назад +3

      darude - sandstorm

  • @losangeles723
    @losangeles723 10 лет назад +35

    I find it interesting as I progress in age, we tend to forget art is art whether we think so or not. When I was younger, you had Warhol one of the greatest of all samplers, do we deny he was an artist? My parents though he and his contemporaries were absurd, in music they loved Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, et.al. Yet never enjoyed the influences and “sampling” my generation of the Stones, Cream, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Bonnie Raitt., to name a few
    Nothing is new but I love the new sound, I am 59 years old and love artist and what they do and support them 100%.

    • @angelinamacias4251
      @angelinamacias4251 10 лет назад +1

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  • @juliusbintu
    @juliusbintu 7 лет назад +3

    Well, this is awesome. I had never imagined presentations about music on TED Talks!

  • @jobione3620
    @jobione3620 4 года назад +2

    I listened to La Di Da De endlessly back in 84 I’m glad that I was hearing something that had longevity coz it felt like a classic

  • @crypticTV
    @crypticTV 2 года назад

    8:17 Duran Duran
    9:30 hypnotize
    11:00 must add something new
    12:15 miley cyrus
    14:40 remix

  • @kjaesp
    @kjaesp 10 лет назад +12

    you should watch some of the videos on how the prodigy made most of their drum and bass tracks. mostly jazz and reggae samples.

  • @NYRalltheway14
    @NYRalltheway14 9 лет назад +84

    Mark Ronson did this ted talk in court for the uptown funk copyright lawsuit

    • @rossconi
      @rossconi 5 лет назад

      St Chives well, integrity is something to treasure, yes.

  • @xenoslaura
    @xenoslaura 5 лет назад +55

    Andrew Garfield could play him in his future biopic. :p

  • @nepalrm
    @nepalrm 5 лет назад +2

    One of the more recent “sampling” songs is 7 Rings by Ariana Grande using the song Favorite Things from the 1959 Show tune written by Oscar Hammerstein for the Sound of Music, and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film. John Coltrane covered this song in 1961. Great Ted talk.

  • @immahotpepper
    @immahotpepper 3 года назад +2

    He's such a wonderful speaker. Jesus the man has so many talents.

  • @SupaTVEnt
    @SupaTVEnt 9 лет назад +67

    After realizing this is the guy that made uptown i just had to re watch it

    • @gabbycappybara
      @gabbycappybara 9 лет назад

      +Rojoyal Really! i though that was bruno mars

    • @TheSUPERPOTATO2000
      @TheSUPERPOTATO2000 9 лет назад

      +Joseph Cool Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars.

    • @DonFetaMeta
      @DonFetaMeta 9 лет назад

      +Rojoyal In reality it really was Breakbot and Irfane with their "Baby I'm Yours", especially the chorus.

    • @SOFTSPEAKNOIR
      @SOFTSPEAKNOIR 9 лет назад +3

      +UrsusArctoz "Treasure" by Bruno Mars is the song that sounded the same as "Baby I'm Yours".

    • @DonFetaMeta
      @DonFetaMeta 9 лет назад

      +SeriousTheFox Oh yeah, stupid mistake on my part :)

  • @philipschiffman9070
    @philipschiffman9070 3 года назад +6

    These comments are disgraceful. I grew up with Mark Ronson. We all grew up in Manhattan. Everyone from that scene had serious connections money etc...it was Manhattan. Mark made it happen 100% on his own. If he inherited anything it was just passion and love for music. He paid his dues DJIng high school parties. He was talented and loved every aspect of music long before he was old enough to work as a DJ. His accent could be a result of growing up in London & NYC with parents that British accents and family overseas. More importantly Mark wanted it more than anyone else and he was more talented. PERIOD. No one else from that time period or NYC scene has done more. If you want to call him part of the ‘1%” then I say he is 1% of that “1%” I can tell you many people with similar money and connections did nothing with their lives. Some even wound up with drug problems or even dead. He was alway a nice guy never saw people’s color or money or class differences. He Hung out and was equally accepted by anyone he met whether they were from the projects or Park Avenue. He always had his own musical style which I still hear today in his work. When you are incredibly smart, talented, and driven good things happen. We speak on IG from time to time but I would not say we are friends - life has different paths for people. I can say he is 100% legit. Not just anyone could have achieved what he has. I know for a fact he is one of a kind and really can’t stand when people judge without knowing anything. He did a great job on this interview! He deserves his success. - Phil D.

  • @WomboBraker
    @WomboBraker 6 лет назад +447

    wtf he is 43, he looks like he's in his twenties.

    • @exosproudmamabear558
      @exosproudmamabear558 5 лет назад +19

      @@LG4K4K Did you ever see a forty years old person? His face looks young, not his way of dress

    • @jonhetherington2654
      @jonhetherington2654 5 лет назад

      38*

    • @yoced8213
      @yoced8213 5 лет назад +1

      Make up helps

    • @yoced8213
      @yoced8213 5 лет назад

      Which he is wearing.

    • @aegisfate117
      @aegisfate117 5 лет назад

      @@exosproudmamabear558 All the 40 year olds you've seen in your personal life probably have terrible diets and smoke or abuse drugs.

  • @ForcesPlay
    @ForcesPlay 8 лет назад +1

    Wow, I really didn't believe Mark Ronson was such a great DJ. Uptown Funk was cool, but this talk was full nuts. Without propably knowing he blew my mind and set a damn high standart on DJ'ing in today's club world...

  • @DNS0875
    @DNS0875 Год назад +1

    One of the best Belgian albums ever, ‘Exit all areas’ from Cinérex, groundbreaking for their use of samples in the 90’s: they had to remake the entire album due to the use of samples. Universal wouldn’t pay for clearance. Magnificent album, magnificent dj’s as well. Still active.

    • @LycoLoco
      @LycoLoco Год назад +1

      Just looked this up and within the first three tracks I'm intrigued. Apparently they released a second album in 2002 called Cx

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 7 месяцев назад +1

      Thankyou for the info. Love rare gems like this

  • @The-Study-Shed
    @The-Study-Shed 5 лет назад +3

    Fantastic talk, I liked the fact he showed Biggies interpretation of the la di da di lyrics into his own but he failed to mention that the actual beat for Hypnotize comes from Herb Alpert's - Rise...one of my favourite tracks of all time. If any of you don't know Herbs music...get on it and check him out, real legend.

    • @trumpetsolution
      @trumpetsolution 5 лет назад

      Yep, I was waiting for him to mentioned that la di da came from "rise" herp alpert

  • @jevinday
    @jevinday 5 лет назад +3

    The song at the end was SICK! Amazing.

  • @prodbydramatic
    @prodbydramatic 5 лет назад +2

    wow how have I not seen this I watch TED almost everyday. But hats off to you Mark bravo bravo....and thank you Vox for spamin my home page.

  • @openmusic3904
    @openmusic3904 5 лет назад

    I know a lot of people say the Indigo Children stuff is a load of nonsense, but with Aurora, I swear to god. That same essence that she has, the colour of her soul(figuratively), is the same colour I saw in Enya, Micheal Jackson(innocent), Lady Diana etc. I swear there is something very mystical about it. It's almost like a fully independent and separate spirit with a life of its own embodying all these different people. Very uncanny. Thank god we have all had the privilege of being alive when these wonderful and mythical beings walked the Earth.

  • @meaghansamimi8608
    @meaghansamimi8608 6 лет назад +3

    I’ve been obsessed with anti Robson for theist couple of months and when he released his song with Miley Cyrus a couple weeks ago I started freaking out bec their talents combining togther is pure art. I know mark was trying to get ahold of Miley for many years and when he said he staked Miley and really lived her music see him okay her song jut really justified that and I’m so
    Happy

  • @deanastley
    @deanastley 10 лет назад +35

    10:35 Chris Hadfield ?

    • @martinkendell3171
      @martinkendell3171 9 лет назад +2

      Dean Astley Good eye!

    • @spencerj
      @spencerj 9 лет назад +3

      Dean Astley Oh damn! Nice catch!

    • @OrdinaryLatvian
      @OrdinaryLatvian 9 лет назад

      +Dean Astley Came to leave this exact comment, looks like it's him!

    • @gilespeterson6832
      @gilespeterson6832 6 лет назад

      Dean Astley Yes! Wow I didn't see it.

  • @dadarkar
    @dadarkar 8 лет назад +69

    He should release the last track/song he plays.

    • @peteralbert1485
      @peteralbert1485 5 лет назад +3

      Abdullah Dadarkar I agree! It was genius - made his point about sampling as an art of love when words couldn’t do justice.

  • @tobearsir
    @tobearsir 5 лет назад +1

    how did he get the vinyl to sync with the video? I don't know of any hardware that can do that? it would be easy to do if he was playing to a click but he doesn't have any in ear monitors

    • @blackcyborg009
      @blackcyborg009 4 года назад

      I would like to know how he did it as well.
      At first, I assumed that it was a function of Serato Scratch but I guess not (?)

  • @TheLondonBlondie
    @TheLondonBlondie 4 года назад +2

    he is so in his element it makes me happy

  • @utdminiman
    @utdminiman 9 лет назад +26

    Is it bad that when I heard "Rock the mic" on the original I instantly thought about Robbie Willaims' - Rock DJ

    • @russellking747
      @russellking747 9 лет назад +4

      +utdminiman Thanks- just answered that question for me.

    • @danielrosero4603
      @danielrosero4603 8 лет назад +3

      +utdminiman This is why I love sampling. Never heard of Rock DJ before, RUclipsd it and then checked it on Who Sampled. Now I like a Barry White song.