Grammy Award Winning Producer Brendan O'Brien- Interview Pt.1

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Grammy Award Winning Producer Brendan O'Brien- Interview Pt.1

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Producer Brendan O'Brien has produced some of the most iconic records in the modern era of rock music. His list of clients Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC and Incubus just to name a few. His insights into the recording process are a gold mine of information and knowledge for independent artists who are looking to do something great in their music careers. In this clip he talks about what it is a producer does, how he got started, his mentors, how he decides what to work on and more. Check this out and learn.
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@kevinbell6292 2 жыл бұрын

I met Brendan when I was 13 years old in 1974. He lived down the road from me. We went to the same high school. I loved music, and the awesome music of that time. The first time I went to his house, there were guitars, amps, drums, musical instruments everywhere. I was fascinated. He picked up a stratocaster and started playing Stairway to Heaven note for note. I was blown away. I was hooked. I've been playing guitar, bass and drums ever since. Now I'm 60. I've lost touch with him over the years. He used to borrow my bass to play with The Georgia Satellites on Monday nights at a club called Hedgens in Atlanta back in the early eighties. Those were good times.

@hartshepherd5060 10 ай бұрын

I knew Brendan back then as well. Lived next door to Gary. He was cool but didn't spend his time just hanging out. He already knew what he wanted, and was playing lead guitar in clubs when just in high school. Had the opportunity to see his first studio. He had this pet duck that had the run of the place.

@manifestgtr 2 жыл бұрын

Brendan resides in this niche of the music industry that I find to be absolute perfection. He’s not well known by the general populace so he can have a normal life but his body of work is world class and extensive. That, to me, is the pinnacle. You don’t have to worry about your music’s “fad” dying, you don’t have to watch your mouth at all times and worry about goofy things like cancellation as much, you can go places and not be bothered…but at the end of the day, you’re still as high level as ANY of the faces on the cover of Rolling Stone and you’re not a paper pushing, suit wearing executive whom everyone hates. How does it get any better than that?

@johnlevalley521 5 жыл бұрын

The unofficial 5th member of STP. Brilliant producer. Really grasps the art of making great records.

@pitpride1220 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@rockboy360 7 жыл бұрын

My favorite rock producer of all time. Best drum sounds known to man.

@randoshus3762 4 жыл бұрын

Alan Parsons as well...

@rhythmista7707 9 жыл бұрын

The albums this guy was responsible for producing are some of the best i've ever heard.. Early STP albums are a testament to that fact..

@treyburke3718 9 жыл бұрын

also pearl jam

@randolphcarterjr 7 жыл бұрын

superunkown

@danejurus69 4 жыл бұрын

Incubus

@arvinsales84 2 жыл бұрын

Rage against the machine

@rhythmista7707 2 жыл бұрын

And the list goes on 💪👍

@hummarstraful 2 жыл бұрын

this guy played those timeless solos on Black Crowes' Hard to Handle. Those solos are top notch in every way.

@shinomorello 2 жыл бұрын

I never heard that story, those solos are great!

@foodog777 Жыл бұрын

Wiki says “Shake Your Money Maker”: Brendan O'Brien - engineer, mixing, “a potpourri of instruments". 🤔

@dunnmonkey 2 жыл бұрын

my favourite thing about Brendan's work is that it sounds like your stood in the room with the band... rage, incubus, soundgarden etc. he has steered all my influences in a creative direction one of a kind.

@nathanwalsh3028 6 жыл бұрын

The thing I love about Brendan the most is he doesn't put his own stamp on bands he produces. He allows the artist to remain faithful to how they sounded before he got involved with them. He brings out the best in the musicians he works with, he's not trying to change or make them the flavor of the month such as Bob Rock has done in the past with other bands. No disrespect of Bob I just like brendan's approach because he keeps the integrity of the artist still intact. ✌

@renmanmb 6 жыл бұрын

THAT is a very insightful comment Nathan! And its true. His mission was to get the best of the artist and he once told me that if he did his job he would leave no fingerprints.

@nathanwalsh3028 6 жыл бұрын

Steve Rennie Thank you very much for the compliment. Coming from someone like yourself that really means a lot. I've always admired how great producers can just bring the best out in the artist and like you said not leave a fingerprint. When I look at Brendan's work and even guys such as Andy Johns or even one of my favorites Michael Barbario. Those guys somehow bring the best out in everybody they work with and like you said they leave no finger prints. Also the names of the producers I just mentioned have an affinity for having the bands play live together in one room. Plus they somehow keep the instrumentation sounding real and correct and by that I mean the guitars still sound like guitars and the drums still sound like drums. They don't sound like some compressed, sampled, pro tooled garbage like you here on current stuff of today. Cheers!🥂

@placebosyndrome 4 жыл бұрын

finally decided to see what this guy looks and sounds like...loved his work for years and years.

@chuckbankston4528 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@gary3510 3 жыл бұрын

Went to see the Wallflowers over 20 years ago. Some dude was just killing on lead guitar. I was like...who the hell is that guy?! It was Brendan O'Brien.

@frankjurgensen9550 Жыл бұрын

He plays exzellent guitar on dan baird stuff

@metalplaylist 4 жыл бұрын

King's X Dogman is one of the most huge sound I ever listened on a record. It fits so well these incredible songs, that produced , to me, the best record of the 90's, and maybe of the last 30 years.

@216Numbskull 4 жыл бұрын

@Stef Vidal, That ones up there fat & big live sound. "Black the Sky" & "Flies and Blue Skies" great tunes! Tough call though? Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker,Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik,Stone Temple Pilots-Core,Purple,,Pearl Jam-Vs.,Rage Against the Machine-Evil Empire,Korn-Issues, just to name a few to the mix of his catalog in the 90's.

@MoreMeRecording 3 жыл бұрын

@@216Numbskull PJ's Vs has to be added to that list. Sounds raw, tight and HUGE! It's the album that really turned me onto Brenadan

@216Numbskull 3 жыл бұрын

@@MoreMeRecording I agree, it's on my list. XD

@scottfielding6179 Жыл бұрын

Humble dude who doesn't care for the praise. He loves his job and that's it. He is an absolute pro in his technical skills and dealing with his clients. This is why he is highly sought after. Nothing beats talent coupled with absolute professionalism.

@zziggymaan 11 жыл бұрын

is it just me? or does Brendan O'Brien and Butch Vig look a lot alike? O.o

@decmccallion 8 жыл бұрын

Haha, now that would make for a story of 'Twins Separated at Birth' who went on to dominate the world of rock music production!! Two of my absolute favorites you mentioned right there.

@kurdtjohn 4 жыл бұрын

If Butch Vig and Butch Walker had a baby

@mattgrey1373 3 ай бұрын

They’re the same guy. This version talks faster.

@SynTemple82 11 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, Brendan O'Brien is the fifth member of Stone Temple Pilots.

@kodykindhart8230 3 жыл бұрын

He’s a member of most bands he recorded

@pitpride1220 2 жыл бұрын

100%

@redfalcon9 2 ай бұрын

They blew it by not using him on that self titled record. Love STP, but that was a huge misstep.

@MCM686 2 жыл бұрын

I came after Rick Beaton 90s episode from his channel.

@jakester585 9 жыл бұрын

I've become a big fan of O'Brien's work over the last few years. His work on AC/DC's "Black Ice" and now "Rock Or Bust" is the best I have heard the band sound since the days of Mutt Lange.

@ImperialRadioYT 9 жыл бұрын

+Jake Cravotta you're fuckin brain dead. of course somebody who likes that useless fuck mutt lange would think this guy's a good producer. how could you dis-like Flick Of The Switch? nevermind fuckin Ballbreaker, and I'm not even gonna go IN to Stiff Upper Lip, produced by The Great George Young. Black Ice and Rock Or Bust, they sound good, but are garbage compared to the 2 albums before them

@jakester585 9 жыл бұрын

+ImperialRadioYT - My oh my, I was only expressing my opinion (9 months ago at that). You don't know me in the least and you think I dislike the albums you mentioned? Wrong on all counts lad... and my brain, while it ages every day, yes, is far from dead. I love Stiff Upper Lip, and Ballbreaker has some amazing cuts and I would die for any AC/DC period of the garbage that rules the airwaves today. That includes Mutt's recent works with mainstream music. I can't list all my favorite AC/DC albums and songs cause it's just to much to type for someone who thinks I'm an Alzheimers candidate. But trust me, AC/DC has become a religion not a band for me. I simply appreciate what Brenden O'Brien did for the band these past two outings and obviously the boys in the band think so as they are loyal to the core to those who treat them right and understand their sound. Cheers!

@johnstahrstartcleanfitwell1051 2 жыл бұрын

IDk 🤷🏻 Rick ... Siamese Dream... I've never heard guitars 🎸 like that before man... Jimmy Chamberlain on the drums man WOWWWWW changed my life!!

@FeelingShred 8 жыл бұрын

King's X albums Dogman (1994) and Ear Candy (1996) Talk about taking a band which was already superb and elevating them to a whole new level, this is the dude

@remthunderknife2778 7 жыл бұрын

FeelingShred now Mastodon

@adamka30y 7 жыл бұрын

only Dogman is Brendan's production, ear candy isn't.

@davidhopkins5791 2 жыл бұрын

Saw him in the 70s with Pranks at the Mad Hatter and Front Page in Underground Atl. He had to be 16 .Saw him later with The Samurai Catfish Band playing with a broken arm. Glad to see he's done OK for himself. Wonder how the rest of the band survived they were all outrageous.

@chadm4976 5 жыл бұрын

I'd pay 1500 for 4 days of Brendan O'Brien lol!

@philpower_ 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine

@57eleven1 4 жыл бұрын

I saw you play in Pranks at Gold Key apartments when I was 16 in 1978. Loved it

@AndySalinger33 7 жыл бұрын

Great interview with a living legend. Very humble, considering the amazing albums he's produced.

@spectorfriend 2 жыл бұрын

Rick Beato brings me here ahahha ;).

@im215exempt 7 жыл бұрын

Easily the most thorough, original and detail-oriented producer of the past 25 years. Just break down Chris Cornell's "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" with the mandolin intro, perfectly mixed soft harp plucks and orchestral hits at :28 to :41, the reverse guitar, the hand claps. Want to learn to produce or just use Pro Tools? Just break down a Brendan O'Brien song and try to recreate it, you will then see the genius.

@NickGeraldPeterson 5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully worded and exactly correct. I could use the ability to switch off the "verbose" mode. It is made painfully clear w/ O'Brien and others, why I cringe and personally find bedroom/home studio "producers" who don't play an instrument: or it's all virtual instruments via keyboard controller: all of which has it's time and place...this is the class of producer/engineer I was trained to be. Still working, developing my abilities & wish I were recording anything I liked as aside from my own or my bandmate's songs.

@jordandean3998 3 жыл бұрын

He has done fantastic work with ACDC

@rhythmista7707 2 жыл бұрын

Bob Ezrin also did Destroyer from Kiss.

@camdenmullenaux4897 7 жыл бұрын

Butch Vig's little brother? Seriously though this guy knows what he's doing. See Mastodon's Crack the Skye for reference 👌

@deceiver444 7 жыл бұрын

Or just the new Mastodon album for that matter.

@Andrewkafp 2 жыл бұрын

I heard that Brendan played the killer solo on Too Hard to Handle. If so he has another great skill

@fernie2583 8 жыл бұрын

This guy is a waaaaaaayyyyyy better producer than Rick Rubin. Rubin's sound sounds a little to distorted for my liking but otherwise a great producer. I'd just rather go with O'Brien and be on the safe side!

@FeelingShred 8 жыл бұрын

Loud is cool but can get annoying when listened closer, specially with hifi earphones

@nathanwalsh3028 6 жыл бұрын

Could not agree more. Metallica's Death Magnetic listen to on a good system or as you said a good set of Hi fi headphones sounds like crap. You can hear everything peeking out and everything is definitely running in the red. Sometimes that's a good thing, but not on that record and when is the last time Rick Rubin put out a good record that had some serious bottom end? Oh yeah that would be blood sugar sex magic by the chili peppers and guess who engineered it Brendan O'Brien. Go figure!

@randoshus3762 4 жыл бұрын

Rubin is a joke now.

@rome8180 4 жыл бұрын

@@nathanwalsh3028 I think even BSSM is a pretty thin sounding record, tbh.

@rome8180 4 жыл бұрын

Rubin also seems to hate using effects. There are some terrible lead guitar parts on Chili Peppers albums (specifically Californication) that would have been fine if they just had some reverb or delay on them. They sound like dry DI parts.

@roelsantosjr5593 7 жыл бұрын

One of the BEST! Amazing producer!

@vinihuebrlives 4 жыл бұрын

Trivia: Brendan O'Brien was the first voice actor for Doctor Neo Cortex and for Doctor Nitrus Brio in Crash Bandicoot

@Jackattack359 4 жыл бұрын

Is this the same Brendan?

@DoktorWoron 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's guy voiced in naughty dog

@shippy1991 Жыл бұрын

That's a different Brendan O'Brien

@JeraCravoMyself 11 жыл бұрын

Yep, I would love to watch the whole thing!

@moonkef 5 жыл бұрын

The Prophets Of Rage album doesnt come close to his earlier work. A sign of the declining music industry maybe (as in not enough budget to make it as good as old RATM/STP whatever) Also ''mastered for itunes'' is a shame, I put the Evil Empire album on CD the other day, first time in years - feel the lows and airy high end!! Bulls On Parade sounds a lot better on CD for one thing! Rick Beato need to interview Brendan like his CLA interview :)

@mikegrossmanmusic 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this interview.

@InkDrivenPh 11 жыл бұрын

yep, they do... both great producers!

@RockOfGreece 4 жыл бұрын

This guy made the pearl jam sound

@timtim-hf3ut 7 жыл бұрын

stp core...enough said

@mikec1554 6 жыл бұрын

timtim 1 Such an amazing album. We could be friends.

@marshalmagooo3899 6 жыл бұрын

timtim 1 , agreed. Masterpiece

@dm3solomon760 6 жыл бұрын

korn - issues, stp - purple/tiny music, ratm - evil empire are the best lp's ever. They sound so alive and intense!

@sawomirde1012 6 жыл бұрын

Dmitry Solomon...add pearl jam-vs.,vitalogy; RHCP blood sugar.. how would '90 sounds without him? he is the ear of the age, he co-founded it..

@rowanb4395 3 жыл бұрын

Evil Empire.....insane drums and bass

@rowanb4395 3 жыл бұрын

Purple was great for it's time also! Drum sound was sicker than 'In Utero' - but ffs 'The Evil Empire' - That drum sound.... even to this day.

@pangyre 11 жыл бұрын

“I like to work” ++

@elianarosalba788 4 жыл бұрын

wooooooo espectacular ... hiiiii from ECUADOR.......... WONDERFULLLLLLL

@meghemusic 11 жыл бұрын

great stuff!!

@maxcreed3 7 жыл бұрын

He also produced The Fray's "Scars & Stories" which is one of the best albums I've ever heard and ever made too, I think. This guy is just genius at the business, and the albums he worked on are proof of that

@SLAWDOGUSBRAND Жыл бұрын

I met Brendan's father...I worked at R.Wood pottery in 2007-8-9? ... one afternoon while I was rolling out clay on the table a silver haired vacation dude came up to my table while his wife was shopping.... he asked me what my deal was...why was I working in a pottery studio..I told him I was a painter and a musician in local rock bands.. he told me that his son was a musician...and "kind of famous " for recording musicians...I asked him his son's name..BRENDAN O BRIAN!!!! IM THE ONLY PEARL JAM FAN IN THE ELEPHANT 6 COLLECTIVE #NMH,##NEUTRALMILKHOTEL, . BRENDAN O'BRIAN RECORDED NO CODE!!! His dad hung out and watched me make clay plates while his family shopped? Crazy world

@TheRenBaron Жыл бұрын

Great story, small world.

@sawomirde1012 6 жыл бұрын

what would the nineties sound like without this man? in a sense, he created them...for me: RHCP blood sugar, STP core and others, pearl jam vs., vitalogy, ratm evil empire, Korn issues, soundgarden superunknown...

@jakubbielak7273 5 жыл бұрын

Brendan should mix the sound of this video...it's terrible

@renmanmb 5 жыл бұрын

I'll mention that to him next time I see him.

@erichaller9822 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@widyawidiie0624 4 жыл бұрын

Pearl Jam : Vs, RATM : Evil Empire, Train : Drops of Jupiter, Incubus : If Not Now, When?, The Killers : Battle Born, Bruce Springsteen : Devils & Dust, Papa Roach : Lovehatetragedy, Korn : Issues

@marshalmagooo3899 6 ай бұрын

The DeLeo brothers are genius

@ollyc167 8 жыл бұрын

RATM evil empire

@adamka30y 7 жыл бұрын

the best record of the Universe all time. Unbelievable!

@moonkef 5 жыл бұрын

Andy Wallace on that also (track 1 & 2) but yes, Brendan is God. Kings X also!

@kurdtjohn 4 жыл бұрын

@@moonkef I thought Andy Wallace mixed the whole record (except for "Year of tha Boomerang")

@PopCultureKick 3 жыл бұрын

Favorite album of all time

@russwilson2305 6 жыл бұрын

This dude was the catalyst for Soundgarden's Superunknown.

@apostrophicom 6 жыл бұрын

He came in to mix the record - Michael Beinhorn produced it. An incredible album either way

@JohnsDough1918 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Superunknown was superbly mixed, but Michael Beinhorn and Adam Kasper were the guys in the studio with the band.

@pb3ch 12 жыл бұрын

where can we see the uncut interview? i couldn't find it on your livestream page.

@1980tele 2 жыл бұрын

What about his guitar work on Dan Bairds "Buffalo Nickle" album...Lil Bit for one

@cindywhite1445 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Brendan, It is Stan White, your neighbor in Tucker buddy! Been happily married for 35 yrs. and we have 2 successful kids in Atlanta. We live in Anderson. SC. Hit me up sometime. My wife, Cindy White, is on FB.