Andrew Scheps Talks to Manny Marroquin | Andrew Talks to Awesome People

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Manny mixes more records in a year than most people do in a whole career, and they all sound amazing! Guest's Credits: Bruno Mars, Kesha, Megan Thee Stallion, Dirty Projectors, The Notorious B.I.G, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Linkin Park, DJ Khaled, Imagine Dragons
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Marroquin or Marroquin ?
03:00 Manny early life in Guatemala and the Civil War
09:17 Manny first encounter with music
11:00 Manny discovering the Drums
12:30 About the documentary ‘’Count Me in’’
15:27 About Manny's first audition in the band class
19:46 Discovering mixing through hip hop & beat-making
24:32 First studio experience, aligning tape machines
28:08 Looking to get into mixing schools ?!
29:54 Following his mixing program
33:18 Assisting his first session and learning on the fly
35:58 In his first credits and live band tracking
38:21 About the studio Enterprise moving from rock to Rnb & hip hop
41:31 Back at Manny’s favorite bands and music
43:51 About Manny’s first band
46:53 On getting inspiration from his comrades
48:16 Working on foreign records back in LA
53:00 Being confident in the business
55:56 1993 falling right in the middle of the new hip hop RnB scene
59:00 On getting to know about mixing on SSL
1:00:53 On starting his career and being a mixing engineer in 1993
1:02:32 About Manny’s mentors
1:07:00 On The art of balancing
1:13:04 Relating to his early career to today’s artist's expectations
1:17:08 Q&A
1:17:56 On Manny’s Fleetwood Mac fav track
1:21:10 How do you create space in the mix?
1:24:00 Where's your Waves plugin-based from?
1:30:09 Do you mix loud or quiet?
1:36:30 Could you share your thoughts on your Mix Buss
About Manny Marroquin:
Represent that vision he does. A highly developed technical savvy combined with immense creative ability have made Manny Marroquin one of the most in demand mixing engineers in the industry; working with such internationally renowned artists as Bruno Mars, The Rolling Stones, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Imagine Dragons, Kanye West, and countless others.
Learn more about Manny Marroquin: www.mannymarroquin.com/
About Andrew Scheps:
Andrew Scheps is a music producer, mixing engineer and record label owner based in the United Kingdom. He has received Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album for his work on Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, Album Of The Year for Adele's 21, and also Best Reggae Album for Ziggy Marley's Fly Rasta.
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@gavmurray7398 2 жыл бұрын

man what a cool down to earth guy. to have that much success and still be that real is really something.

@j3msound987 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. From me and Manny having the same last name and coming from Central America, we have almost identical lives down to being mixers. I’m just like 15 yrs behind his timeline. Amazing interview! 🙏🏽

@moano3271 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! There better be a part 2..3…4…5…6 😁

@RosarioBellassai Жыл бұрын

I watched both parts when it aired BUT I have to go through these again!!! All of his interviews are rich with information and great stories!!!

@shorerocks 2 жыл бұрын

These are fantastic, I am forever greatful. Now, if only the levels of Andrew and the interviewee could be matched, it would be perfect.

@PuremixAudioTutorials 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Sven

@MetiCudi 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!! We need more!!!!

@donc4238 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thanks guys!!!!

@PuremixAudioTutorials 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Don

@scotthammond7220 2 жыл бұрын

I did MWTM with Manny in 2015. One of the absolute best experiences of my life. Life changing.

@theminotaurs 2 жыл бұрын

Could you offer some details about what content made it valuable for you? thx

@scotthammond7220 2 жыл бұрын

@@theminotaurs Yeah for sure. The great thing was that pretty much everyone in attendance was an advanced, pro engineer so there was no talk about "what compressor settings do you use on xxxx" and stuff like that. It was all about the philosophy of tapping into the right brain and essentially how to evoke and enhance the emotion of a piece of music using the common tools we all possess. It was also cool to learn once and for all that there are no magic tricks or techniques that these guys use that makes them elite. It was refreshing to be slapped in the face with the realization that if I wanted to see gains I had to work harder, improve my mindset and maybe improve my room acoustics. It wasn't going to be because of some complex routing scheme with processors that the rest of us have never heard of. Did I learn some new techniques? Yes, but again none of it was magic and most or all of those techniques are available in hundreds of tutorial vids here on KZfaq. Aside from all that, La Fabrique is absolutely stunning! The pictures are beautiful and while they do the place justice, being there is just a whole other level. The other participants were all fabulous people from all over the world and we learned a lot from each other. Most of us still keep in touch on some level. Manny had his wife and kids there so in addition to the seminar, we got to hang, chat, eat and drink wine every day. We played soccer with Manny and his kids. The whole thing was insanely cool.

@yoelwww 2 жыл бұрын

@@scotthammond7220 Yo can you please explain what that means to evoke an emotion in music, I always hear Manny say that what draw him to mixing is the fact that you can change emotion with frequencies but I never understood exactly what that ment. What is emotion? How can we achieve emotion by making EQ changes or using other processors?

@scotthammond7220 2 жыл бұрын

@@yoelwww I think it comes down to the perception of each individual in terms of how they think about what they're doing. Dave Pensado, Manny and some other people often talk about EQing things not so that they "sound" right but that they "feel" right. Ultimately, it's about trying to find what it is about a particular song that makes it work and putting that element on steroids. A lot of times this boils down to enhancing the drama between sections by way of contrast. You know, stuff like, when the chorus happens, increasing the volume on the master, adding or increasing top/bottom end so the whole thing gains more "height", spreading out the stereo field in those sections compared to everything being more narrow in the verse, and/or changing/adding effects. I remember, for example, he talked a bit about using compression on John Mayer's Gravity to extend the buzz of the snare wires on the bottom mic. To him, that made the song feel and groove right. Other times it might be about how to handle breaths on a vocal in particular ways to make the song feel more intimate. At the end of the day, the artist is going for the right vibe in each song, not exactly the cleanest, more technically perfect mix. Pensado talks in an interview somewhere about mixing a Christina Aguilera song and how he had it sounding technically amazing, while thinking to himself "I'm the best mixer on the planet". He went to supper and came back to immediately realize that it was the wrong approach entirely and had to go back several steps so that the song felt right. That's a story that sticks with me. For me, it comes down to listening carefully to the tracks to establish the intent for each song and trying to make the end result drip with such intent. I don't know if this helps at all but it's probably the best way I can try to explain it from my perspective, at least.

@yoelwww 2 жыл бұрын

@@scotthammond7220 Thanks so much for that information. I guess learning to know what "feels" right take lots of practice and experience.

@allpdmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great interview! Thanks!!

@TripWamsley 2 жыл бұрын

This was another great one! Love this series!

@hughjanus5525 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, guys. Manny is a Latino inspiration. The way he talks about emotion and feel is so enlightening.

@dugknndy 2 жыл бұрын

great interview! Totally Dig Andrew, and he understands Cy Twombly!!!!

@MaxCarola 2 жыл бұрын

Manny is a really nice guy! And he shares so much!

@MassimoMusicUK 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks so much!

@PuremixAudioTutorials 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Massimo!!

@dimitriward1449 2 жыл бұрын

So good! We want more!

@PuremixAudioTutorials 2 жыл бұрын

Part 2 coming Oct 25th !!

@dimitriward1449 2 жыл бұрын

@@PuremixAudioTutorials Yes!!!! Thank you! 🥳

@kn0btwister 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Waiting on the 7th part 🤣😂🤣

@PuremixAudioTutorials 2 жыл бұрын

see you there Dick!!

@nimbusmixedit Жыл бұрын

Manny is one of the best in the world

@gbengaakinnola677 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant interview

@eddieruxspin 2 жыл бұрын

Legendary Mixer

@frederickthorne2496 2 жыл бұрын

yes more plz

@PuremixAudioTutorials 2 жыл бұрын

yes Part 2 incoming in the next few days!! make sure to subscribe and to be in the know !

@fedbysound 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@okay1904 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@Andreas_Ko_ 2 жыл бұрын

the best :)

@Jamusictv 2 жыл бұрын

Manny is my idol. Love his mixes. 😎

@kazpermusic Жыл бұрын

KZfaq, Double like button, Now!

@maximboe 2 жыл бұрын

Jaycen Joshua and/or Serban would be incredible :3

@xanderpills 2 жыл бұрын

I have the feeling Jaycen and Andrew quite wouldn't be a good pair. Too different character. Other is an egoistic dude driving around in a sportscar and talking more about pumping iron than mixing, the other is a modest, longtime audio geek. Serban then? I don't think anyone's even gotten to interview him.

@maximboe 2 жыл бұрын

@@xanderpills I don't know either so I can't comment on their actual character. But considering how many gems Jaycen has given the mixing community I think he is far from "egoistic". But he does tend to dominate conversations and be his own hype man. Serban is practically a ghost. But his long-time assistant engineer has posted a ton of valuable information about their process on Gearspace. Getting him (John Hannes) on the show would be a great match and more realistic than Serban. But one can hope I guess. I think it's maybe more of a shy/no time/interest in publicity combination for Serban rather than "protecting" information though.

@xanderpills 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximboe Agree on the tips with Jaycen, there are good things indeed you learn from him, I actually do utilize many of the tricks (I practically mix for a living as well). Serban doesn't seem to like much attention, maybe he's seen how the artists suffer from lack of privacy and wants no limelight. Who knows.

@dr.strawberry5773 2 жыл бұрын

@@xanderpills ever heard jaycen & dave pensado talk? two very different personality, works well though

@xanderpills 2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.strawberry5773 Yeah. Jaycen is Dave's apprentice so...