his pod is called Hanging Out With Audiophiles - every episode has a "Nitty Gritty" segment, where he explores some new music production technique in depth. There really isn't anything like it elsewhere online.
Went to school with him. Everyone knew he was going to be a big shot. He looked like a Michael Hutchence when he was 18. Wore leather jackets to conservative school and got away with it! Every girl wanted him. And a few guys too. He wasn't an ego maniac but seemed really aloof. My sister was in one of his many school bands. Funny to see him so ordinary now.
One of the most amazing shows I’ve ever seen was watching him perform live at Coachella, building a song from scratch with just his voice: vocals, percussion, leads and bass. It was absolutely fantastic. He is a gift to music; highly underrated.
guy has releases out on warp records, i mean, he could be WAY bigger than he is, i'm sure, but he's pretty known and rated. and his work with cristian vogel as super_collider was reallly hot.
LacklusterOfficial That Supercollider project was my first intro to Jamie Liddell, when I was on radio. Couldn’t stop playing tracks off of that for awhile. I didn’t know that he had more superpowers until later. I agree...that album was hot!
Seems really similar to Stevie Wonder's approach when using varispeed tape. Not surprising considering he sounds so much like Stevie in the first place. Amazing technique and execution regardless, Jamie Lidell is on another level and deserves all the recognition and respect he gets.
No surprise if you follow Jimmie's productions, podcast etc. One of the most creative minds and also greatest singers today, totally underrated in my opinion...
Let me get this straight. You are inferring that Lidell has an amazing singing voice. (if that is not what u r inferring disregard my comment). First off, I had / have no idea who Lidell is but got pulled in to watching by the vid's title. Yeah, I'm up for a secret vocal harmony trick. Pressed start and the show began. Some geeky white guy doing a bad Stevie Wonder-ish imitation. Wait, what an idiot I am. It's a parody right?. My wife, who is a singer, assured me this was not a parody. C'mon I said; the hilarious swaying back and forth as he sings (pitchy as hell) is a serious attempt at soulful RnB vocals? I suppose the world has gone mad. Trump has "the best words" and Lidell has an "amazing singing voice". My wife then loses her shit and starts laughing maniacally, "of course it's a parody" she says. "You can be so gullible sometimes".
@Melvin Melvin Thanks for your comment Mel. When I say "pitchy" I'm saying that Lidell (when singing) has a problem with pitch or as some people would say, "singing in tune". I know in this instance he's doing or trying to do a Stevie Wonder type RnB vocal track which includes a lot of slurs, vibrato and interval jumps which are usual in this type of music. He's not singing long notes void of vibrato. Basically, he's not singing straight forward simple lines. These soulful RnB vocals which are done so well by Stevie Wonder and others are difficult to do well. Lidell fails miserably in his attempt. When I asked "is this a parody" I was implying (or inferring, not sure) that this must a joke vid. He's so bad at what he's trying to do it seems like he's "putting us on". A parody of this type of singing style which as I said earlier is very difficult to do well. A bit of context in the validity of my opinion; I've been a pro Musician since the early 70's, have played on several albums that have been released in at least a dozen countries, have played live in some iconic venues including the Hammersmith Odeon ( which is called something else these days) in London U.K, more than once at Massey Hall in Toronto, all the huge Hockey arenas across Canada, all throughout the U.S., the U.K., and one gig in Holland (lol) etc. So yes, I have a lot of experience in the studio and live. I played the vid for my wife who is a very talented vocalist. Her reply was, "huh, I definitely did not get anything out of that." Over the years I've learned a lot from her regarding vocalists who can really sing. She has pointed out subtleties that I previously didn't notice. She's a big fan of soulful RnB vocalists like Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight etc. On the other side of the coin, she can also appreciate vocalists like Sting who mostly sings without vibrato. Sorry for the long reply. I'm discovering I have problems trying to make a point while keeping it short. I could have just said "as a vocalist, Lidell really sucks. There are plenty of white dudes that can cop this vocal style, Lidell is not one of them". And what's with the creepy swaying? "Man, he's really feeling it, he's in the groove". Ok, now I'm done.
Coool maaaan. I do similar things to this. I always feel ashamed, like I'm cheating and talentless, but then I see videos like this, where the absolute pros are doing the same kinds of things, and it makes me feel so much better. Thanks so much for your videos.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jamie and his wife few years back. He was so humble and generous. He played to a half-full venue and it was a complete shame. What an incredible show!
Brill! Luv your vibe, bro. A little tricky I learned in the 70's, from Mr. Roger Troutman, was to "halo" the vocals, singing the same part on a second track. The subtle differences in the performance would make the vocals pop up like 3D. Another trick I use currently is to copy the initial performance to a second track, then offset it by 50 Ms do one hears a "real" delay. Not digital mind you, but two sonic events chasing each other through time. Cheers!
There's nothing i'd love to watch more than if Jamie Lidell was doing regular production tutorials on YT. Come on, it's Xmas and a person can hope :) Also, this trick (actually it was two) is awesome - thanks !
wow! not come across you before.. impressive vocals m8.. a pleasure to hear.. love the dry atmosphere in this track.. all sounds lush.. cool track 10/10 all round gonna have to sub and like ;)
I’m having trouble making it work in logic, when I change varispeed and record, my recorded track doesn’t work in the same varispeed timing. I’m confused .
when narrating you can tell he's had to get his point across to many walks of life so he'll just massage a handful of words that are unintelligible but the emotion is all there. Premium tut. Thank you.
Jamie Lidell is my hippest new found influence! so adept at the tech that makes the modern recording platform, with the musicality of the great Soul/Funk/R&B artists I learned from. Hat's off to Jamie. ageless music!
That's so good, my goosebumps have goosebumps. So good. I can't wait to try this technique out. Thank you Jamie, thank you Soundtoys for making one of my favorite plugins! I haven't used it a lot for my vocals, but it is FUN to tune down my tenor sax riffs to a "faux bari" or up for a "faux soprano" !
This is what the Beach Boys did from time to time with tape. Saw a video of Brian Wilson and Brian Epstein talking about their production processes, pretty amazing stuff
@Hawk Holloway let me be very clear about two things: I don't live in my parents basement, and I absolutely love Jamie and his work. He's super smart and talented and a forward thinker both in the musical world and audio world. I was merely making a joke that he looks so normal on the outside and is completely super human on the inside.
Out of all gear reps showing their music as they demo a product, yours is my personal favorite. But I love some British blue-eyed soul. Off to look for you on Spotify.
It’s a completely different use than autotune lmao, its not an alternative it’s a new tool. I’d definitely still use autotune and melodyne with this trick if the track called for it
@@lorenzowoodmusic I do agree and i would probably enjoy Alterboy just for having a different algotythm too. Its that its just not "more natural". Oh wait unless OP meant natural like "ease of use". Then i guess it might be more natural shure.
People will never understand my man you sound great and that’s a super dope trick for layering your vocals and if you wanted to change the color without using different preamps and compressors mixing vocals is an art my guy this is awesome
He's such a beast. Every person interested in recording, producing, songwriting, or music in general should be listening to his podcast.
where can i find his podcast? Whats it called?
would love to know as well.
@@VINOCHILEZI its on apple podcasts look it up at his website
his pod is called Hanging Out With Audiophiles - every episode has a "Nitty Gritty" segment, where he explores some new music production technique in depth. There really isn't anything like it elsewhere online.
I was not expecting those soulful vocals to come out of you. I’m thoroughly impressed!!
Thought the same thing. Totally unexpected. Great voice!
Went to school with him. Everyone knew he was going to be a big shot. He looked like a Michael Hutchence when he was 18. Wore leather jackets to conservative school and got away with it! Every girl wanted him. And a few guys too. He wasn't an ego maniac but seemed really aloof. My sister was in one of his many school bands. Funny to see him so ordinary now.
who is "bill ding"?
Lol 😂
u don't want to know, trust me
ur mom
This is in the top 3 comments that I have laughed the hardest at.
I think it is a Bob's Dabelina step brother.
One of the most amazing shows I’ve ever seen was watching him perform live at Coachella, building a song from scratch with just his voice: vocals, percussion, leads and bass. It was absolutely fantastic. He is a gift to music; highly underrated.
guy has releases out on warp records, i mean, he could be WAY bigger than he is, i'm sure, but he's pretty known and rated. and his work with cristian vogel as super_collider was reallly hot.
LacklusterOfficial That Supercollider project was my first intro to Jamie Liddell, when I was on radio. Couldn’t stop playing tracks off of that for awhile. I didn’t know that he had more superpowers until later. I agree...that album was hot!
@@velanche super_collider were fucking great. One of the best things The Wire Magazine ever turned me onto.
Seems really similar to Stevie Wonder's approach when using varispeed tape. Not surprising considering he sounds so much like Stevie in the first place. Amazing technique and execution regardless, Jamie Lidell is on another level and deserves all the recognition and respect he gets.
Please tell me more! Massive stevie fan here, didn't know he used half speed tape to record
First off your vocals are amazing! Second this trick is awesome too!! 🎧🙏🏾 🎤
Dude, I thought he was only the producer. Then he started singing and I was like "wait, what?"
Great voice (with and without the mods)
Thank The Beatles lol.
No surprise if you follow Jimmie's productions, podcast etc. One of the most creative minds and also greatest singers today, totally underrated in my opinion...
Don't forget amazing producer
I was happy to find out about Jamie Liddell through Big Data, and I love the new single Monster with him singing!
hold on, jamie lidell has a podcast?? tell me more?
@@LacklusterOfficial It's called "hanging out with audiophiles" and it's awesome if you're a producer or musician.
So the true secret is having an amazing singing voice lol
Perfect!
Let me get this straight. You are inferring that Lidell has an amazing singing voice. (if that is not what u r inferring disregard my comment). First off, I had / have no idea who Lidell is but got pulled in to watching by the vid's title. Yeah, I'm up for a secret vocal harmony trick. Pressed start and the show began. Some geeky white guy doing a bad Stevie Wonder-ish imitation. Wait, what an idiot I am. It's a parody right?. My wife, who is a singer, assured me this was not a parody. C'mon I said; the hilarious swaying back and forth as he sings (pitchy as hell) is a serious attempt at soulful RnB vocals? I suppose the world has gone mad. Trump has "the best words" and Lidell has an "amazing singing voice". My wife then loses her shit and starts laughing maniacally, "of course it's a parody" she says. "You can be so gullible sometimes".
@Melvin MelvinHe says that he looks retarded when he sang high notes.
@Melvin Melvin Thanks for your comment Mel. When I say "pitchy" I'm saying that Lidell (when singing) has a problem with pitch or as some people would say, "singing in tune". I know in this instance he's doing or trying to do a Stevie Wonder type RnB vocal track which includes a lot of slurs, vibrato and interval jumps which are usual in this type of music. He's not singing long notes void of vibrato. Basically, he's not singing straight forward simple lines. These soulful RnB vocals which are done so well by Stevie Wonder and others are difficult to do well. Lidell fails miserably in his attempt. When I asked "is this a parody" I was implying (or inferring, not sure) that this must a joke vid. He's so bad at what he's trying to do it seems like he's "putting us on". A parody of this type of singing style which as I said earlier is very difficult to do well. A bit of context in the validity of my opinion; I've been a pro Musician since the early 70's, have played on several albums that have been released in at least a dozen countries, have played live in some iconic venues including the Hammersmith Odeon ( which is called something else these days) in London U.K, more than once at Massey Hall in Toronto, all the huge Hockey arenas across Canada, all throughout the U.S., the U.K., and one gig in Holland (lol) etc. So yes, I have a lot of experience in the studio and live. I played the vid for my wife who is a very talented vocalist. Her reply was, "huh, I definitely did not get anything out of that." Over the years I've learned a lot from her regarding vocalists who can really sing. She has pointed out subtleties that I previously didn't notice. She's a big fan of soulful RnB vocalists like Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight etc. On the other side of the coin, she can also appreciate vocalists like Sting who mostly sings without vibrato. Sorry for the long reply. I'm discovering I have problems trying to make a point while keeping it short. I could have just said "as a vocalist, Lidell really sucks. There are plenty of white dudes that can cop this vocal style, Lidell is not one of them". And what's with the creepy swaying? "Man, he's really feeling it, he's in the groove". Ok, now I'm done.
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Coool maaaan. I do similar things to this. I always feel ashamed, like I'm cheating and talentless, but then I see videos like this, where the absolute pros are doing the same kinds of things, and it makes me feel so much better. Thanks so much for your videos.
Everyone successful "cheats" in the music industry.
Such a great song! I've heard it for the first time, but I played your track in my dj sets a lot of times! :) Thank you!
This dude can sing. Those vocal harmonies are great too.
Honestly? One of my favourite videos on the internet.
Ace vocals as always. Prince was all about this trick too.
I surprised people haven't mentioned this. I feel like it's all over "If I was your girlfriend"
I had the pleasure of meeting Jamie and his wife few years back. He was so humble and generous. He played to a half-full venue and it was a complete shame. What an incredible show!
Brill! Luv your vibe, bro. A little tricky I learned in the 70's, from Mr. Roger Troutman, was to "halo" the vocals, singing the same part on a second track. The subtle differences in the performance would make the vocals pop up like 3D.
Another trick I use currently is to copy the initial performance to a second track, then offset it by 50 Ms do one hears a "real" delay. Not digital mind you, but two sonic events chasing each other through time. Cheers!
Very cool and useful technique !!!
I love how the content on youtube keeps getting better
many years has passed and this is still magic
There's nothing i'd love to watch more than if Jamie Lidell was doing regular production tutorials on YT. Come on, it's Xmas and a person can hope :) Also, this trick (actually it was two) is awesome - thanks !
Very soulful vocal lines... Love the plugin...
I used this trick in the 90s with a fostex 4 track. Opened a lot of options for harmony with other instruments, as well. Nice voice! Subbed!
Brilliant. I'm an instant fan.
Lidell is the embodiment of soul music! Awesome :-)
YeahOK he’s white
@@patrickcudd9312 And that's why we call it "Blue-eyed Soul."
Okayyyy...what did I just stumble on to?! Vocals are SWEEETT! Thank you for sharing!! Off to iTunes I merrily go!!!!
Jamie.. What’s on your vocal chain after the SM7B??
Of course it helps when you have good source material to work with!
Right? And can just endlessly riff variations to muck about with xD
I went to Shazam to see who sang this 80s R n B tune then Jamie Lidells name came up then I came back and sat down and watched this Englishman sing!!!
Tip #1: Do Not Judge a Book by it's Cover
Tip #2: Buy Alter Boy
Tip #3: Learn how to groove and to sing soulfully
Make tip #3 number #2.
Mind blown on so many levels. Clearly I have been missing out on Jamie Lidell. Truly excellent & inspiring stuff.
Jamie’s just so incredible. Effortless creative flow.
smooth soul fire vocals man, thats so smooth I like ti watch u lay em down like dat
dayum
Why is my high school english teacher making baby makers?
Rivi Era 😂
Haaaaaa
B'cause, students don't appear out of thin air.
@@Canilho Comment of the year
you mean building baby makers hahaha!
Jamie is a genius
wow! not come across you before.. impressive vocals m8.. a pleasure to hear.. love the dry atmosphere in this track.. all sounds lush.. cool track 10/10 all round gonna have to sub and like ;)
What a brilliant trick to build harmonies thank you!
Jamie Lidell ft. The Internet would be a jam 🌊
Man...your voice is amazing. Thanks for the great tips, much appreciated.
Great tip and great voice! This also works nicely in Logic X using Varispeed mode.
I was wondering what the Logic Pro X equivalent would be.
@@theHumanBryno flex time/pitch
I’m having trouble making it work in logic, when I change varispeed and record, my recorded track doesn’t work in the same varispeed timing. I’m confused .
Can one of you help?
@@chadwarrencreative Chose "Vaispeed (Speed and Pitch) version. If you just do speed it won't work.
Bruh all these years, never thought of this. Brilliant!
That was dope. I never thought about approaching it like that. Dope concept.
when narrating you can tell he's had to get his point across to many walks of life so he'll just massage a handful of words that are unintelligible but the emotion is all there. Premium tut. Thank you.
WTF where did you come from? This is why I love youtube
same
Have you checked out jamie lidell green light. I heard this song in a movie a while back and it hooked me.
I know that's right!!
Bag of hammers 2011 movie
You are in for such a treat! I've been a huge JL fan since like 2005. He's a delight.
Jamie Lidell is my hippest new found influence! so adept at the tech that makes the modern recording platform, with the musicality of the great Soul/Funk/R&B artists I learned from. Hat's off to Jamie. ageless music!
I never wanted to hear Andre 3000 teach me a life lesson on a verse more after hearing this song.
Absolutely fantastic voice.... Pleasure listening will be checking all your future stuff.... cheers
That's a really cool way to use Alterboy Jamie...great chops by the way :)
good idea. Thank you!
Awesome trick and superb artist,gotta check him out
Here I am just looking at tutorials and stuff and now I found my new favorite (or is it favourite?) voice! yowza that's hot.
That man can sing!
Dude. Love your songs from the electronic days to the great soul stuff. Cheers.
If only any male voice could be turned into sounding like a genuine woman like yours can. You could sing a duett with yourself. :P
He has literally just shown you how anyone can do what he did.
@@Balthazar2242 not everyone will sound like a woman with formant filters. I guess i'm just too masculine for that to work on my voice.
@@DJayFreeDoo 😂😂😂😂
@@Balthazar2242 i did it and it doesn't sound like a woman :(
Wow dude. You have such a legendary voice! You have an awesome tone and musical brain. Looking forward to buying your work. Keep on man. Brilliant.
Wow, this is really unique!
The part starting at 6:18!! Those adlibs and harmonies are amazing.
The thing is: you dont need any plugins for this superb voice! This is just amazing!! Love it!
at first I thought it was a cover of Al Green's simply beautiful
I always use soundtoys and it's amazing! I recently started using Little AlterBoy and I love it.
this is a fire technique ! dope!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this cool idea!
I like how he sings like Jamie Lidell
What a great vibe on this track, excellent throwback niceness!
Harry Potter and the Family Stone...
Chadwick Steinmetz 💯
Hilarious!
LMFAO
Like the other poster I literally laughed out loud at this! Fricking hilarious and spot on!
😂
You killed those vocals brother!! Love this technic. Keep it up...
It is crazy to me how someone can come up with something like this. Such a creative trick!
Nothing new, the Beatles were doing exactly this 45 years ago via vari-speed tape.
This is the first video I've seen of an artist explaining the creation of their song and their song is actually great. Awesome video!
This guy's talent is just limitless
this was fun - taking the old ABBA slowing tape down trick a step further
"Record man play my song on the radio, You too busy tryin' to find that blue eyed soul"
So good... Can't stop watching this vid... thank you for posting!
okay Stevie. haha! nice work!
That's so good, my goosebumps have goosebumps. So good. I can't wait to try this technique out. Thank you Jamie, thank you Soundtoys for making one of my favorite plugins! I haven't used it a lot for my vocals, but it is FUN to tune down my tenor sax riffs to a "faux bari" or up for a "faux soprano" !
Wait a minute, that voice came out of this cat?!? Damn man, I'm a fan
What an interesting concept. Never thought of doing this.
Step one: have an amazing voice.
Great vid! love Jamie - the slowed down harmonies are genius
This is what the Beach Boys did from time to time with tape. Saw a video of Brian Wilson and Brian Epstein talking about their production processes, pretty amazing stuff
Wow! Very inspiring approach! Love it! Thank you so much! Please do more of those videos!
Slowed down Jamie Lidell nails Unknown Mortal Orchestra
THANK YOU. I knew it sounded familiar
Omg you're right
YES
I was totally thinking UMO the whole time!
So cool . I had no idea what formant was/ Thank You Jamie.
That was badass. All of a sudden you got Eryka Badu & Stevie Wonder to guest star on your track.
As soon as he started singing I said WHAT?!! 0_0 That man has soul!!
Damn, that's a sexy voice. And then it turns into another sexy black lady. That's a plot twist.
AHAHAH! I thought the same thing!
Hahahah “plot twist” 😂
Game of Tones.
HAHAHAH
hahahahaha
You really got the groove and with a cool attitude you really sing very good. Respekt!!
Holy crap Chevy Chase can sing!!
@Hawk Holloway let me be very clear about two things: I don't live in my parents basement, and I absolutely love Jamie and his work. He's super smart and talented and a forward thinker both in the musical world and audio world. I was merely making a joke that he looks so normal on the outside and is completely super human on the inside.
you made it worse by the lengthy reply
@@bobs.stevenson9704 lmao he really did feed the troll
He really does look like a younger chevy chase
All he needs now is cousin Eddie on backing vocals... 😆
Out of all gear reps showing their music as they demo a product, yours is my personal favorite. But I love some British blue-eyed soul. Off to look for you on Spotify.
wtf instant black woman choir if he kept stacking this
"Colored girls go: do do do do do do do do."
Wow! Awesome trick, thanks so much for sharing!
It's actually a more natural sounding alternative to Autotune etc. when it comes to expand your vocal range.
disagree. Autotune's artefacts can be avoided.
It’s a completely different use than autotune lmao, its not an alternative it’s a new tool. I’d definitely still use autotune and melodyne with this trick if the track called for it
@@lorenzowoodmusic I do agree and i would probably enjoy Alterboy just for having a different algotythm too. Its that its just not "more natural". Oh wait unless OP meant natural like "ease of use". Then i guess it might be more natural shure.
".... expanding your vocal range...." = Cheating. Accuracy matters.
@@ROOKTABULA Creativity matters. If it sounds good, why not.
never heard of Jamie, off to check his stuff out now - vocal skills on point !!
Jamie Lidell's Vocal Harmony Trick: Sing like an angel.
That's it. That's the trick, sorry folks.
We suck. No chance of sounding as great as Jamie....
With money you can
You’re right oak knob
i was actually thinking that. This guy is killing it!!! vocal riffs and timing fire.... didn't see that coming
this.
@@YoungBlaze How so?
the secret = his voice.
Nice!!! Great idea, works in so many interesting ways. It suppose to be fun and creative. Thanks for sharing.
his voice is so sexy i was so surprised to hear it come out of him 😭
People will never understand my man you sound great and that’s a super dope trick for layering your vocals and if you wanted to change the color without using different preamps and compressors mixing vocals is an art my guy this is awesome
Cool trick, but call me when Little Alter Boy can make my voice sound like Jamie Lidell’s :P
I assume it’s a feature forthcoming in Big Alter Boy
I love this guy’s smoooooth voice omg! And of course, Little Alter Boy is my favorite VST for vocals. 🤌
"Bidding, bidding, biddingggg"
I'm gonna sing it every time I surf Ebay now, guaranteed.
😂😂😂😂
fantastic, Jamie!! thank you!
1:56 WTF SUCH A GOOD SINGER