Do It Together: Steve Albini

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Күн бұрын

Filmed around February 2011 at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago.
Do It Together is an independent project about DIY music based in Amsterdam, The Netherlads.
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Steve Albini is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex in Chicago.
Find out more about Steve Albini at
electricalaudio.com/
www.touchandgorecords.com/ban...
This Interview was filmed for the DIT documentary, initially the concept was to create a compilation of interviews about DIY music around the world to explain how DIY works nowadays and to give an insight for younger musicians that could perhaps help them to choose their own road, this movie played in almost every possible venue that would be interested in having it and took many forms, depending on the requirements of the event or venue.
but the idea was to also upload all of the interviews in full, thereby giving the option for everyone to see all of the great ideas and stories. Finally after many years we can put some time into re-editing all of the interviews to upload them separately, I hope you like it.
Currently we're filming livestreaming concerts at the independent venue called OCCII in Amsterdam, and other music videos & political interviews with a new project called Bad Vibes.
Alek Riquelme / Interview, Directing & Editing
Shawnecee Schneider / Camera
Steve Albini / Audio Recording
Daan Duurland / Audio Restoration
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@thomashobson9122 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God there are so many cut aways of Steve's shoes.

@adrrda6091 2 жыл бұрын

And of the inside of his nose

@markwhite2207 2 жыл бұрын

Comfort over style every time baby!

@eriksantana7249 2 жыл бұрын

Right?! Wtf

@myguitardidyermom212 Жыл бұрын

There was nothing exciting for b roll so they just filmed his Keds

@jackscourage Жыл бұрын

just as I'm noticing this comment.... {cut to shoes}

@mypremiumpage 17 күн бұрын

Hello Otis. I am married to Steve Albini. Thank you for making such a thoughtful and informed tribute. It means more to me than you can imagine. You should; check out Robbie Fulks entire catalogue. In particular Let’s Kill Saturday Night, Couples In Trouble, Georgia Hard & his tribute to Michael Jackson. The song “God ISn’t Real” may be the reason he isn’t better known. Or “F**ck This Town” about Nashville. Also fun fact: Robbie taught Tina Fey guitar!

@nicholasmarshall6361 15 күн бұрын

I love this. Robbie Fulks is amazing. Not surprised to discover this connection between Steve and Robbie.

@kooale 4 күн бұрын

Regrets, sympathies Miss. Thanks for your comment.

@Headwyres 27 күн бұрын

Rest in Peace, Steve. Your methods in recording those prolific albums will be remembered forever....

@christhomasism 25 күн бұрын

He’s a nonce

@startervisions 3 жыл бұрын

The king of snare drum ambiance lol

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

I listened to how he recorded snares and got a sound that was basically my own.

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

It’s just Bruford on Close to the Edge.

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

With some more aid around the rim.

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

*air

@MarkLavengood 27 күн бұрын

RIP legend ❤❤❤❤❤

@sonofslop320 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy how a 38-minute Albini interview has only 900 views. Great work.

@timepaintertunebird8160 3 жыл бұрын

1 week later it has 2k

@hoirecords 3 жыл бұрын

@@timepaintertunebird8160 and almost five a week after that. It's crazy how there are people that still claim Albini is a jerk. He's so generous with his time and experience. Anytime I hear that claim, I use it as one of my litmus tests that shows me when someone talks out of their ass or is hiding a tie under their GBV shirt.....

@VelvetKills 3 жыл бұрын

9k views 2 weeks later

@cleftturnip7774 3 жыл бұрын

Its all the hand and feet close ups. Couldn't watch it.

@0000song0000 2 жыл бұрын

june 22 (2 months 2 days) 15K. i think it's because the algorithm is taking it's time to target/show it to the right people. It showed just today for me.

@gillihansmobilewelding 2 ай бұрын

I think it's really sweet that you let your kid run the camera.

@BADVIBESx Ай бұрын

Actually its completely correct, we were kids at the time, we were students and we really had no fucking clue what we were doing :D

@gillihansmobilewelding Ай бұрын

@@BADVIBESx You did it though, while everyone else your age was hung over and asleep. 🤙🏼

@jereatsdrywall 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t what it is about Albini but I could listen to him lecture about the menu at Waffle House and be mesmerized

@hoirecords 3 жыл бұрын

But would it change your waffle house order?

@stylinghead 7 ай бұрын

He’s a wellspring of good ideas about how to spread joy

@stylinghead 7 ай бұрын

Continuing participation is better than money

@phnigra111 25 күн бұрын

Rest in peace Steve Albini So sad to see all of the legends leave this world Respect 💙

@TheKentuckyNightmare 23 күн бұрын

Sound arguments, opinions, and predictions, reasoned from first principles. As true today as it all was 13 years ago. What a life he gave us. ❤

@kooale 4 күн бұрын

Relatively uninformed fan here. This was a lovely production & conversation. Informative, occasionally hilarious, even teary - the bits about record storeS brings back so many fine memories of fantastic store clerks everywhere sharing with customers. Thanks bands, stores, clerks, musicians, Albini et al for all the great stuff. What’s life without it? Rest in peace brother. Kerosene!

@keykiyox 23 күн бұрын

He says a right thing about govenment and subsidies and all. I dearly miss him, who was DIY person from beginning to end, yet being a respected expert of what he does.

@DJBuglip 3 жыл бұрын

We turned down a quarter mil of Mercury/Polygram's money, in 1990, because they wanted us to change all our lyrics. I'd love to be making a living with my guitar, but I'd do it again. I agree, Mr. Albini.

@blistabliss 3 жыл бұрын

What band were you in?

@jeffsimon9594 26 күн бұрын

@@blistabliss An imaginary one

@arsenije_wav8620 3 жыл бұрын

I love his harsh, brash and honest approach to anything in life. And I love that he thrives within the same crowd that is repulsed by him dropping the R word in this video.

@seamusmcsorley7638 2 жыл бұрын

This is from 2011. People didn’t care about that word 10 years ago.

@latinsoulbrother 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview! Strange ADD video editing.. 😂

@L.argemike 22 күн бұрын

@@seamusmcsorley7638people still dont, ive been slinging that word around my entire life (26) and i think ive only ever had one (very pretentious arty baby boy) try tell me off, to a very quick and sharp retort "ok retard"

@NisGaarde 2 жыл бұрын

The audio in this video is very punk rock

@evanpetelle5669 Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

Really live audio.

@kylegushue 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know Steve wore anything but his mechanics coveralls in the studio.

@ErnieLearn 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! This was my first thought as well.

@brendan5235 2 жыл бұрын

He always looks so fresh in it too

@michaellynn1071 2 жыл бұрын

He’s a smart dude, he rubs some people the wrong way but with him there’s no BS. This is how he thinks, this is how he operates and that’s that. We are lucky to live in the times we do but also unlucky, we are so lucky in our ability to access music, you pretty much get music from any artist or band whether it’s on Spotify, KZfaq, or some other platform. You can be exposed to some band in another country who’s recorded a livestream, no album, no record label just their music, that is awesome. The negative is still mostly what non music people hear as ‘music’ is the stuff on radio, in movies, in ads and that’s still overwhelmingly commercial crap. It’s about as memorable and meaningful as your last dump, it’s a product usually associated with an image. It’s written, produced and recorded with the goal of selling, not creating something that means something, that’s created because someone wanted to express themselves, someone feels something tell a story or just fun. Where the creation is purely for the song, the music, not we will appeal to the lowest common denominator and look to sell tens of thousands. It’s like McDonald’s vs a top restaurant, one you get cheap, mass produced ‘food’ the other you’re getting something of quality, that’s for those that appreciate the food. I just want to see more independent bands and artists, who write their own music, who can do it live, real musicians. Don’t have to be talented, punk was not full of virtuosos but it was real, that’s the key, it’s real music whether it’s someone bashing out three chords or someone going Steve Vai, long as it’s real, made for the music, not as a product. A good song resonates with you, makes you feel something, it touches something inside you, sometimes you don’t know why but you hear it and you connect. Will those in the popular charts be remembered in 50yrs? I doubt it but every day a kid hears the Beatles or led zeppelin or buddy holly or black flag or muddy waters or Bach for the first time and it resonates with them, that’s what real music does. It’s almost timeless.

@CircleofShit 22 күн бұрын

Well said.

@sword649 26 күн бұрын

Holy shit fuck, people drop'n like flies this is so fucken sad! I was thinking about contacting him to make a recording of a song or two. Shat! Love your stuff so much Steve, rest well good sir!

@chrisfinest1 2 жыл бұрын

I've always appreciated Steve's materialist perspectives on the music industry and diy finances.

@kralslosh 7 ай бұрын

really great interview, thanks

@jamesmcdaniel7604 3 жыл бұрын

I'm really glad this exists--thanks for posting!

@matthewbryant2972 2 жыл бұрын

This was wonderful.

@brokenstring21 2 жыл бұрын

Relaxed, raw & brilliant.

@maxwayouthere9175 3 жыл бұрын

great interview!!!!

@NAUSEA1 3 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome interview. Thank you for sharing this!.

@Godnessification 11 ай бұрын

so true... so true so much intelligent and wise words expressed... thank you so much

@mylarmelodies 25 күн бұрын

Such a great interview!

@HornedBee 3 жыл бұрын

YOU'VE HEARD THIS, GUYS, WE CAN USE DUDE'S MUSIC ANYWHERE AND HE DOES NOT GIVE A FUCK. wish I was making skating videos so I can put shellac on it

@icespittingfire 3 жыл бұрын

START MAKING SKATE VIDEOS

@blistabliss 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to know! I'll tell the skaters. Sick thanks!!!

@graxjpg 2 жыл бұрын

If the licensing is owned (or controlled) by a record company, you’ll still get fucked.

@guilhermebaldin 26 күн бұрын

@@graxjpg all of his music is licensed by touch and go records. i believe they're pretty OK with it

@eliljehorn 7 ай бұрын

2 years later I doscover this....better late than never. Great perspectives.

@alejoquiceno7428 2 жыл бұрын

Such an honest and transparent view.

@jeffriley2218 3 жыл бұрын

What a compassionate, unexpectted sweet smart perspective

@braddietzmusic2429 13 күн бұрын

Very insightful. GREAT interview.

@brokenstring21 2 жыл бұрын

This is raw & brilliant.

@seanalexander7074 3 жыл бұрын

Words of wisdom.

@apolloc.vermouth5672 3 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating, and it's impossible to fault Albini's music business recommendations on an ethical level - on the other hand, most of the music I love was created by wasteful egomaniacs who couldn't organise a sock-drawer.

@BeesWaxMinder 3 жыл бұрын

😂👍

@zekielswheel 2 жыл бұрын

@@Endlesssummer1 thank you for saying this

@DaveyMulholland 2 ай бұрын

They didn't create it on their own... They might claim to have, but there will have been *someone* doing all the work behind the scenes while the "artistes" flounced about being all cool and that.

@jeffpashley 2 жыл бұрын

Steve the Sage. Thanks for this video.

@atiostefony3760 Жыл бұрын

Thanks For This

@ufoufo2788 26 күн бұрын

I loved this guy

@DaniRyanMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@seanalexander7074 3 жыл бұрын

Slay the dragon.

@sandra447murray 3 жыл бұрын

He’s really mellowed out with age. Asshole or not , your choice. He’s the cats’ meow always has been in my mind. I’m a hard ass, he’s a hard ass.

@SaintKines Жыл бұрын

He's no bullshit and seen a lot of predatory ugly things.

@jeffsimon9594 26 күн бұрын

@@SaintKines Yes he did but not in the way you mean

@user-tf2bh8bb3q 11 ай бұрын

Incredible Listen

@ynghendricks8168 22 күн бұрын

Rip man so sad.. 😢 too young to be gone already..!

@fredlepee 3 ай бұрын

So great to watch my documentary...

@dasspezial 22 күн бұрын

so good !

@robertmaune8557 24 күн бұрын

Great and informative interview. He is correct that the economic environment is quite different for musicians between Europe and the States, I have lived both, but when he said European government subsidies come without strings attached he was wrong. if you deviate from the establishment script you are excluded. He also came from money so he could afford to live his 'underground' life until it paid for itself. I worked for him once. he was very decent. RIP Steve.

@distantyahoo 24 күн бұрын

what a loss. RIP. Steve.

@Placidum 18 күн бұрын

He said it all ❤

@lumpyfishgravy 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview, thanks! The IP obsession isn't limited to the music industry; it's an American thing generally. It keeps all the lawyers in clover.

@spookisghostly4619 24 күн бұрын

Rest in peace you are still a legend of a man

@keithminter 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen an interview with Steve where he fails to use the word 'paradigm', I think he has a bet with someone from years back that means he has to use it in literally every interview he does.

@Cotillion308 20 күн бұрын

I agree with his feelings toward intellectual property. The man had a great character.

@dromeaga Жыл бұрын

He puts soul in his recordings but when he talks he could strip the humanity out of anything.

@bwm_72 26 күн бұрын

Speaks the facts from his own experience. Can't get more human than that. The way you use "soul" sounds like the boogeyman.

@ttott0013 3 жыл бұрын

Albini telling it like it is

@mindburger Жыл бұрын

This is just good life advice from the point of view of a musician/engineer/etc

@EtcEtcAndEtc 6 ай бұрын

more closeups of the trousers please, great camerawork

@audiebavington8789 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this. What is the name of the opening and closing song?

@eriksantana7249 2 жыл бұрын

This camera work is comparable with The Room.

@topa1798 3 жыл бұрын

Steve is a genius

@saftovooey4569 3 жыл бұрын

Except when it comes to politics. The guy's a dirty commie. He would want people like me dead.

@newlongleg 2 жыл бұрын

@@saftovooey4569 He probably just wants people like you to have free healthcare.

@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr 24 күн бұрын

Love craft.

@TheBadaBaBaBas 3 жыл бұрын

big steve droppin 900 r words in this but also droppin absolute facts

@fl7210 2 жыл бұрын

Who cares

@matteframe 7 ай бұрын

records?

@fivequackingzephyrs 25 күн бұрын

RIP Steve Legend

@skinkroot 3 жыл бұрын

this was a fucking excellent interview.

@RecordProducerRob 26 күн бұрын

RIP STEVE

@everyonexist 22 күн бұрын

real raw love Steve Albini -PREXENTS #prexents

@bradsmith2858 25 күн бұрын

Rip the legend

@mattmattson7152 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I watch the rest of the doc?

@diggymodiggyblah9115 3 жыл бұрын

During an interview with Steve Albini is the wrong time to learn how to use your video camera.

@mikewood9514 3 жыл бұрын

hahahahahaha.sorry video guy but you could have edited this.

@BADVIBESx 3 жыл бұрын

Some people learn to use their cameras by pointing them at their junk, we pointed it at Albini, not bad if you ask me :D

@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 3 жыл бұрын

@@BADVIBESx but i seen what was hanging from his nose lol.

@BADVIBESx 3 жыл бұрын

@@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 you're saying that like there's sth wrong with things hanging out of peoples noses :D but I think that was a white hair ;)

@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 3 жыл бұрын

@@BADVIBESx brilliant interview i actually like up close i can see the white coming through his dyed hair as well now i am waiting on you interviewing dolly parton or someone really over the top .

@0000song0000 2 жыл бұрын

why is the secondary camera so shaky/out of focus/done so randomly? 😐 (audio engineering program, but took a camerawork class, basically they tell you to commit to something instead of moving everywhere)

@lippi2171 2 жыл бұрын

Probably for stylistic reasons. To create some randomness, or "home footage" feeling, or just to add excitement to it visually

@lougordon8168 2 жыл бұрын

I'd argue the editing is to blame

@briteness 19 күн бұрын

Albini was always worth listening to.

@gughffhhghgghghgg1690 4 ай бұрын

What monitors are those

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

Guitar sounds cool,

@keithdean007 26 күн бұрын

Rest Steve, .

@keithdean007 26 күн бұрын

This is a beautiful interview, LEGEND.

@madhatter8508 24 күн бұрын

RIP Steve Albini

@LesThomas 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of wonderful, unvarnished truth here. The US health system needs urgent overhauling. Tax the rich, and give some of that money to creative arts grants.

@saftovooey4569 3 жыл бұрын

Is.....is this a joke? Is this satire? I can't even tell anymore, the world is so backwards nowadays.

@LesThomas 3 жыл бұрын

@@saftovooey4569 are you holding up the US health system as a good model? That would be some cutting edge satire.

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

Albini taught us how to create music as a believer. He’s like the Charles Manson of nerds.

@ryanand154 19 күн бұрын

Albini is one of the best theorists of IP.

@MiSambra 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview, the artsy shots were a little distracting though.

@joshuapocalypse 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah surprised alot weren't cut out. Out of focus, not stabilized etc.

@BADVIBESx 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuapocalypse its cuz it was filmed on tape and the tape is all fucked up, so we had to mask the empty spots of audio and video with the other camera, which is not always best, but still i prefer rather that then using photos or shots of the studio. Stabilization in post crops the footage a lot and this is already quite low resolution, so it would look like a pixelated mess... but Im really not bothered by the out of focus stuff, a matter of taste.

@HubLocationSound 3 жыл бұрын

B-cam needs to settle down 😬 cool interview though

@almightytreegod 3 жыл бұрын

Camera 2 either has some legit technical issues or is trying way too hard. Lol… really good interview tho

@BrutalistJr 2 жыл бұрын

there is a certain kind of person that really gets irritated by darting, close-up shots. I am not one of those people, but there seem to be a lot in this comment section. I love the focus shots on objects in the studio, his hands and stuff. It's great. I don't get what everyone's problem is. Y'all would hate the Safdie Brothers films. lol

@bwm_72 26 күн бұрын

Yes- I hate the Safdie Brothers films.

@Sagittarius-81 2 жыл бұрын

Why are you on his LV-4? Why not ST-12?

@sergekorkine 2 жыл бұрын

Well, bravo. Hugs from Russia.

@dannymolfilmpie 3 жыл бұрын

Datum??

@Lantertronics 17 күн бұрын

This is a fantastic interview, but why did the editor decide to have so many extreme closeups? Like, I don' need to see every single hair on Steve's face...

@AndrewWells Жыл бұрын

Love the video game riff... "conceptually, I'm OK with it... but if you ask me, I'd say NO... however, if you just used my music I would never know about it so WHY ASK???"

@ScottMartinez 2 жыл бұрын

Have some sympathy for the viewer to not take them out the moment so the words don't get lost....

@niceMange 27 күн бұрын

Man...that is just some really damn depressing news man...

@gs1869 20 күн бұрын

RIP. 😪😪😪

@tekbowsound252 2 жыл бұрын

B CAMERA needed to go to the bathroom or what??

@DaveyMulholland 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic bogey shot at 10:10

@Natural_Bridge3136 Ай бұрын

Thanks. I almost missed it

@pronjoffitt9141 2 жыл бұрын

love how he bashes his own fans at the end

@robf1557 26 күн бұрын

I miss him already. Fully embodied the punk attitude till the end

@gramsci420 6 ай бұрын

TL;DR: We jam econo

@LoveStrokeRadio 20 күн бұрын

We lost a great one, eh? RIP

@gylandibbs Жыл бұрын

Directed by Paul Greengrass

@Sagittarius-81 2 жыл бұрын

I thumbed up at about 4 minutes...

@Sagittarius-81 2 жыл бұрын

WORK ETHIC!

@justintornberg1177 2 жыл бұрын

the audio/video editing on this is so strange and distracting

@grahammoore9341 2 жыл бұрын

That scandi art dollar is tax dollars... So many of us resent paying tax. This is a good reason why we should.

@jeffsimon9594 26 күн бұрын

Correct we definitely should resent it

@bwm_72 26 күн бұрын

Correct, Americans resent taxes. That's why we have an idiotic, dysfunctional for-profit health care system.

@MichaelJFox-hf3vm 3 жыл бұрын

He never gets older, does he? 😁 Great interview, thanks. The only thing I disagree is his denial of digital music-making as he talks about the guy with the laptop on a stage with light show in the background. It's not the blacksmith's fault that people now drive cars and vice versa. And it's the same thing with digital musicians.

@ianmcgranaghan9888 3 жыл бұрын

I totally disagree if your trying to compare playing a actual instrument with a laptop/ dj. Learning and perfecting a instrument is a actual talent. Not using a laptop. Imagine if at Woodstock in 69 they were using laptops lmao its pathetic!!!!!!

@MichaelJFox-hf3vm 3 жыл бұрын

@@ianmcgranaghan9888 You don't get the point. I don't compare, I'm just saying, that electronic music-making is an art form, too.

@orion10x 3 жыл бұрын

Technically a computer is an instrument

@gnerd99 3 жыл бұрын

I think, unless you are using some kind of synths and generating the music live with those tools, electronic music is more a process of composition than performance. I would definitely agree that it’s an art form but if you’re just presenting a recorded piece of music then it’s not really a live performance. If you’re just pressing play then you’re not really performing something live and it’s not the same as playing an instrument that you have learned to play through years of practice. However if you are using electronic instruments like synths in real time then that is a skilled performance.

@stuffandjunkanduhh5049 3 жыл бұрын

@@ianmcgranaghan9888 dj's..REAL dj's not some shmuck pressing play on a laptop.. ARE playing an instrument. They invented a whole new language almost overnight compared to someone playing a guitar or something.