Sorry for any confusion about who played keyboards on this song. Look out for our upcoming video with legendary Colin Wolfe, the actual keyboardist for Dr. Dre “Nuthin’ but a G Thang” and on the entire album “The Chronic”…not to mention contributions for other iconic massive hits!
the notes and melody were right out of song sampled, Leon Haywood - I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You that was the main sample to the song. it was just replayed with the keyboard instead of using the original. I"m just writing this in case anyone thought that Dre etc wrote it.
I interviewed Dre's '90-92 collaborator, musician Colin Wolfe, about the making of the album and their Moog setup. This video gives it much more context - thanks Anthony 👍🏾Also, this melody is an interpolation of the strings from Leon Haywood's "I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You."
Anthony it’s impossible to let you know how much you’re important in my music life and how grateful I am but I swear…… Your sharing brings me a ton of happiness in my life and man this is something so priceless Merci du fond du cœur Anthony
So about 4 hours ago I was thinking about how great Dr. Dre used synths in early gangster rap, and now this is recommended to me. Turns out life is a synth.
Probably the most accurate recreation of the sound I've heard. I've long sworn to hearing that subtle beating but never heard somebody else mention it, it's the one thing every other recreation seems to miss.
That is certainly one of the more simple patches, but so effective! I felt like the glide was probably the most important part. It just made everything so slinky and smooth. The "attitude" of that sound matches Snoop Dogg's attitude perfectly, and it is THE HOOK of the song!
Between a whistle, a trumpet, a clarinet, an odd flute. Lovely sound. Heard this was a Yamaha SY77.m by the keybrd player. Sounds great on the Minimoog
Thanks for another great walkthrough on the MiniMoog. The Mini is still the standard. Moog was a genius. Did he know he was creating such an icon? The best! Cheers
This is simply mind blowing Thriller and the Chronic .....knowing what you know about sound has opened the most amazing doors through time I'm definitely a fan. 😮
I have no idea of 99 percent of the terminology and what any of this means but I do know this is one amazing riff that Will forever be in my mind. Seeing what you can do with these synths is plain awesome.
It was really cool how you used the melody from the original song. Even though it's a different sound, you kept something in it that made it familiar to the original.
Wow I tried recreating this on my own, that little chorus effect/beating is such an essential nuance to this lead sound. I even noticed its uniqueness when the record first came out. Nicely done!
Like someone else wrote a little Troutman synth tribute would be cool, he did some really funky sounds back in the days. R.I.P Roger. Btw Anthony no joke a guy wrote to me "Love it Max! It captures the essense of 80's soul pop perfectly. It could have been a Michael Jackson song" so i had to reply, i actually wrote to one of MJ's sounddesigners about this LOL! Alltho in my defense my song is more like a slightly 'glorified demo' then a full on MJ production. Then i should have worked WAY harder on it! Song is still great tho, no doubt. Back on topic. Songs like I wanna be your man, Computer Love, More Bounce To The Ounce, Dancefloor so many cool songs to pick from and moog sounds all over, since as i understod it he used it a lot especially for the Talkbox sounds in his early career. Forgot to say Roger did the demo of a song 'Al Capone' that later changed form into what we today know as Smooth Criminal. At least that's how i feel about it.
Glad I bought this album back in the day, 1992 and the next one as well. Collectors item without a doubt! Master at work production when you listen to the masterpieces on this album. Cleverly crafted without a doubt. Great insight to the making of this track. Do more!
This vid randomly appears in my feed. Me: G thang...I'll watch a few seconds. Stayed for the whole thing. Learned about sound waves and how the iconic sound in this song is not just thrown together or simply made up. It was very specific and could only be this 1 way. Instantly sub'd. Thank you for taking a fav 90s hit and still keeping it relevant and iconic in 2024
i wish i knew you when i was a teen and had so much love for music and so much time, honestly what a cool set up, hairstyles a lil wild but so much information!
This is the guy that created Dr Dre's g-funk he came up with that Melody that song cuz Dr Dre worked with different artists he was a producer but you can see all his old equipment back in the day this is what they use and it worked today they have so many different levels of unique synthesis and synthesim and it is a aA I generated this is when you actually had to work to make sound thank you man for bringing this to the light
Sorry for any confusion about who played keyboards on this song. Look out for our upcoming video with legendary Colin Wolfe, the actual keyboardist for Dr. Dre “Nuthin’ but a G Thang” and on the entire album “The Chronic”…not to mention contributions for other iconic massive hits!
The West Coast Whistle 😎
Thriller, The Chronic…it gets no better than this.
Started making music because of Dr. Dre, was an instant click when I saw this pop up on my feed. A classic in music history.
The smoke effect was perfect. Ha!!!
the notes and melody were right out of song sampled, Leon Haywood - I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You that was the main sample to the song. it was just replayed with the keyboard instead of using the original. I"m just writing this in case anyone thought that Dre etc wrote it.
Funky Worm by Ohio Player's has an awesome synth line similar to this.
I interviewed Dre's '90-92 collaborator, musician Colin Wolfe, about the making of the album and their Moog setup. This video gives it much more context - thanks Anthony 👍🏾Also, this melody is an interpolation of the strings from Leon Haywood's "I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You."
I love Dr Dre's use of synths, Snoop Dog's early music is full of it as well.
Please, recreate synth lead from "Blow Your Head" by James Brown and The J.B.s
I love that sound. Ya, add to list!
1:48 "It's kinda hard to hear the harmonics when you're really high..." HAHA. Great video once again!
Hands down one of the most recognizable synthesizer compositions in popular music.
My Minimoog Voyager came with this whistle sound and Dre's Minimoog bass sound as presets. I loved that "G Funk Era" sound in the 90s.
Dang, dude, that sound is iconic. It's all over GTA San Andreas' soundtrack, so cool to see where that sound originated!
I did not expect a pulse wave. I thought it was two saw waves. Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I listened to Thriller as a baby but the Chronic not only made me want to be a music producer but made me fall in love with the Minimoog 💯🙏🏼🎹
This is awesome! You need to do a segment on Roger Troutman from Zapp as well!
I met him briefly after a show. Gotta reach out!
As DJ Muggs said, the West Coast sound (in his eyes) is some heavy hand claps and a Moog synthesizer. Thanks for keeping analog synths alive ❤
Anthony is definitely a g. That decay makes the whole thing come alive the why they call Anthony.
Anthony it’s impossible to let you know how much you’re important in my music life and how grateful I am but I swear…… Your sharing brings me a ton of happiness in my life and man this is something so priceless
Merci du fond du cœur Anthony
You a bad man mr Marinelli. Awesome ✌🏾✌🏾
0:37 - 'Intense - Only You' also did a very nice Creative Source smooth jazz dnb thing with it (middle of the tune).
So about 4 hours ago I was thinking about how great Dr. Dre used synths in early gangster rap, and now this is recommended to me. Turns out life is a synth.
Back to the lecture at hand. Perfection is perfected so I'mma let em understand
Probably the most accurate recreation of the sound I've heard. I've long sworn to hearing that subtle beating but never heard somebody else mention it, it's the one thing every other recreation seems to miss.
That is certainly one of the more simple patches, but so effective! I felt like the glide was probably the most important part. It just made everything so slinky and smooth. The "attitude" of that sound matches Snoop Dogg's attitude perfectly, and it is THE HOOK of the song!
Between a whistle, a trumpet, a clarinet, an odd flute. Lovely sound.
Heard this was a Yamaha SY77.m by the keybrd player. Sounds great on the Minimoog
Dr Dre remains my number one inspiration for beat making and production. I still cannot get away from making G Funk/Boom. Bap beats even in 2024
How much culture on only a man....great Tony ..love from your roots Italy.. you are our proud
So much technical creativity in making music. Beautiful work
Thanks for another great walkthrough on the MiniMoog. The Mini is still the standard. Moog was a genius. Did he know he was creating such an icon? The best! Cheers
The melody comes from the strings used in "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" by Leon Haywood which is also part of the sample for Dr Dre's track.
Nice
Funkadelic...........duuuuude. 👌
Marinelli going Makavelli on us!! 💎💎
Dr. Dre is one of my favourite Hip Hop producters of all time! So cool to see how these sounds are made so thanks Anthony! ❤
Dang... this is my other favorite album besides thriller!!! You the man Anthony!!!!!! Didn't know u had parts in this too!!!! 🔥
I wondered about that voice. it was used frequently and admittedly a cool musical addition to rap west coast.
I love the synthesizer best electronical instrument in rap, r and b and funk history.
New title: How to Sound Design with a Mini Moog. Excellent narration and demo.
That sound he created is now completely synonymous with that time and place. It so perfectly encapsulates it.
This is simply mind blowing Thriller and the Chronic .....knowing what you know about sound has opened the most amazing doors through time I'm definitely a fan. 😮
I have no idea of 99 percent of the terminology and what any of this means but I do know this is one amazing riff that Will forever be in my mind. Seeing what you can do with these synths is plain awesome.
We love you Anthony
Moog for me is cool funky bass and this G Funk lead 😁
It was really cool how you used the melody from the original song. Even though it's a different sound, you kept something in it that made it familiar to the original.
Wow I tried recreating this on my own, that little chorus effect/beating is such an essential nuance to this lead sound. I even noticed its uniqueness when the record first came out. Nicely done!
We’ll never get those times back! Classic
This actually deserves a like and subscribe!
Thank you, Would love to see some Zapp/ Roger Troutman type funk basses on the moog.
I can’t even tell you how obsessed with that sound I was as a teenager. I always thought it was so fun.
Love the hair and the old-school feel of the lesson.
Love these behind the scenes videos on the groove, the equipment and the individuals involved.
One of my favorite channels on RUclips. Thank you for everything you do and for monumental contributions to music history! 🤘
Would love to see more hip-hop videos
My favorite sound of the 90s!
Smoke at the end with the tune. Nice touch! very fitting with the Dre and Snoop personas :D
Like someone else wrote a little Troutman synth tribute would be cool, he did some really funky sounds back in the days. R.I.P Roger. Btw Anthony no joke a guy wrote to me "Love it Max! It captures the essense of 80's soul pop perfectly. It could have been a Michael Jackson song" so i had to reply, i actually wrote to one of MJ's sounddesigners about this LOL! Alltho in my defense my song is more like a slightly 'glorified demo' then a full on MJ production. Then i should have worked WAY harder on it! Song is still great tho, no doubt. Back on topic.
Songs like I wanna be your man, Computer Love, More Bounce To The Ounce, Dancefloor so many cool songs to pick from and moog sounds all over, since as i understod it he used it a lot especially for the Talkbox sounds in his early career. Forgot to say Roger did the demo of a song 'Al Capone' that later changed form into what we today know as Smooth Criminal. At least that's how i feel about it.
Thanks Mr. Technical sound maker 💪
Glad I bought this album back in the day, 1992 and the next one as well.
Collectors item without a doubt!
Master at work production when you listen to the masterpieces on this album.
Cleverly crafted without a doubt.
Great insight to the making of this track.
Do more!
The chorus and glide points are the most helpful ones for getting the subtleties right imho, thx!
Bro is the goat of synths fr
Thank you for always helping the music community grow
Awesome video! Thank you Anthony.❤
I like to use the pitch wheel set at a whole note to play the line. That really emphasizes the glide. Thanks again for another great video!
I really love that these details are being discussed. It's a rediscovery to say the least.
G.funk music.........classic
Genius
Really appreciate your videos ! Anthony!
This is dope!!! Please share more of these
What an iconic sound. This album was a masterpiece!
Love these sound breakdowns. Brilliant way to show off the art of recreating a sound from scratch.
thank you very much for sharing your knowledge for free! really appreciate this!
god bless!
I absolutely love that tone. ❤ i literally crafted it from scratch accidentally effing with a moog vst.
The Cali whistle !
This vid randomly appears in my feed. Me: G thang...I'll watch a few seconds. Stayed for the whole thing. Learned about sound waves and how the iconic sound in this song is not just thrown together or simply made up. It was very specific and could only be this 1 way. Instantly sub'd. Thank you for taking a fav 90s hit and still keeping it relevant and iconic in 2024
1, 2, 3, and to the 4
So many instruments sittin in the floor
i wish i knew you when i was a teen and had so much love for music and so much time, honestly what a cool set up, hairstyles a lil wild but so much information!
This is the guy that created Dr Dre's g-funk he came up with that Melody that song cuz Dr Dre worked with different artists he was a producer but you can see all his old equipment back in the day this is what they use and it worked today they have so many different levels of unique synthesis and synthesim and it is a aA I generated this is when you actually had to work to make sound thank you man for bringing this to the light
Thanks bro this is revolutionary
Leon Haywood!
G-funk... THank you Anthony you are the Man for sure!! MOOGs #1
You are definitely awesome at what you do you can tell you’ve been at it long time Funk will be would be proud of you
Really appreciate this breakdown. Iconic lead sound. Thank you Anthony.
Sweet tutorial, the smoke made me say out loud "Nice touch!" haha
Thanks for your experience and dedication 🎉
Please give us more G-Funk Content. The synths on these songs are amazing. Thanks 🎉
Nice tutorial, thank you. I will give it a go now on my own '75 mini!
Wow!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
Anthony at it again!! Whole crew killing it.
Thank you so much for these videos! This gives me so much inspiration to recreate these sounds on my Behringer Poly D!
Wicked again Anthony learning stuff off you all the time thankyou,👌👍
Ok, This is awesome content!! Love the analog gear.
This was such a great video! LOVE the step by step configurations!
Thank you for all your videos, I wish I have a Minimoog...
This is so awesome!! Love that lead!
This sound as well you programed!!! Oh man, it's so perfect for that record.
Sick class. Thanks for the teaching.
You are a pioneer Sir 🙌🙌
iconic sound