Taylor Swift's Midnights Audio Engineer Reaction

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, we take a deep dive into the mix of Taylor Swift's album "Midnights" with mix engineer Keba Kaori kebakaori.com/.
You'll learn valuable insights into the art of mixing and gain a new appreciation for the album from Keba's proficient analysis. Plus, if you're an artist or producer, don't miss your chance to take advantage of Keba's mixing expertise and book a mix at the link kebakaori.com/. Whether you're an industry pro or a music enthusiast, you won't want to miss this in-depth and informative video. So, click play now and join us on this journey through the sound of "Midnights"!
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@KebaKaori Жыл бұрын

Music is subjective so why not enjoy it! ☺ kebakaori.com/

@abdullahjaved0330 2 ай бұрын

Taylor, Serban, Laura and Jack Antonoff, are practically a dream team. Theyve won two Album of the years in a 3 year span

@gaceofspades Жыл бұрын

Taylor being a strong lyricist i have seen hundreds of people talk about the words used in her songs, but seeing a sound enigneer talking about the little things and technicalities is so nice.

@Starbuck-dr7yl Жыл бұрын

I love to hear professional artists / engineers to talk about music. Very interesting. Just FYI. There are 20 tracks. The full album has 7 more tracks on the 3am edition. As far as sound and production is concerned, I really love track 20 Dear Reader, Glitch is interesting production, Wouldve Couldve Shouldve is arguably one of her best songs she's written. Basically, these 7 tracks are worth listening to in order to complete the story.

@amarapedrerosmontes3238 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, most of my favorites are on the 3 am version

@khoiphan2990 Жыл бұрын

there's also 1 extra track - hits different

@willirifan5668 Жыл бұрын

+ hits different, karma ft. ice spice, snow on the beach ft. more lana del rey, you're losing me

@oriyanbarnes Жыл бұрын

Finally! Someone that acknowledges how amazing Dear Reader is!

@Starbuck-dr7yl Жыл бұрын

@@oriyanbarnes it’s underrated. It’s because it’s slow imo. The bridge is fire & the production is one of my faves on the album

@oriyanbarnes Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for acknowledging that You're One Your Own Kid *does* have a climax (and a few of those at that)!💜 Bc some people say it never gets big and like ??? I never got that In addition to that, there is a big lyrical climax to that song, and Taylor's songs are all about lyricism

@alohasargent Жыл бұрын

Great video! Agree with others that I'd be interested in hearing your reaction to the 3AM edition. Also maybe her Folklore album? It's totally different, so could be a good comparison.

@michaelsanders9147 11 ай бұрын

Interesting hearing what a mix engineer thinks of this and hears. I was never a Taylor fan, but got into this album after hearing Anti-Hero and as someone whose been interested in music production for a long time I noticed how good the sound was. I think this would be one of my go to albums for detailed listening, A/Bing and and trying to reverse engineer the tricks of the masters. If someone made a reality show of this album being made and explained each piece of gear, why it was used, what each knob did, what made them turn the knobs they did and what they hoped to achieve with each turn...I'd watch.

@KebaKaori 3 ай бұрын

I'd definitely watch!!

@oriyanbarnes Жыл бұрын

I would love for you to listen to the 3am edition, especially the song Glitch Loved the reaction and analysis 💜💜💜

@hzp08 Жыл бұрын

I think that subtle noise that's going on top from side to side that creates movement you're talking about on the track Midnight Rain is like a very nice depiction of thoughts that we usually have during midnights, when everything's quiet but we're still wide awake swimming in our own thoughts

@younggretzky9011 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff man keep it up

@abdullahjaved0330 2 ай бұрын

The contrast between verses and choruses comes down to songwriring imo. Its VERY intentional on Taylor's part

@katrinachavez Жыл бұрын

“This song sounds like Grandmamma’s cookies” about Sweet Nothings 🫶🏻🥺

@KebaKaori 3 ай бұрын

It's such a good song! lol

@alejandraarreola676 Жыл бұрын

Hope to see more Taylor ❤️

@carolann500 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, loved how you explained everything. Please do more Taylor albums or individual songs of hers.

@anna.dreamer980 Жыл бұрын

Love your description of Sweet Nothing ❤

@alisong826 Жыл бұрын

I love how you explain all of the things I’ve heard and noticed, but never noticed music in layered sense(depth and width actually made sense to me!). Thank you! 💕 I also immediate understood what you meant by the doing going from grandma giving you a cookie and grandma giving a hug. Today would have been my gram’s 90th bday 🎉 13:19

@cmr22471 Жыл бұрын

I’d love to hear you react to Louis Tomlinson Faith in the Future

@itsBoltsomehow Жыл бұрын

great job!!!!! I love this kind of reaction. would youplease do Reputation from her, it released in 2017. hope you like it :3

@MagnusPaulsen Жыл бұрын

Gone Now by Bleachers (Jack Antonoff's band, Taylors producer) has some cool elements to it I think you'll might enjoy :)

@buzzingtruth Жыл бұрын

Loved hearing your comments, I would love to also hear your criticism and suggested improvements!!

@ryanhughes6276 Жыл бұрын

I love this u should do “did you know that there’s a tunnel under ocean blvd” by Lana Del rey

@machineoutlivestheman1192 Жыл бұрын

This this! 100x this! My daughter is a swiftie and was playing music in my car one night and we put this album on, and I fell hard for it. Largely for the production and sound. The comment about bass frequencies in the 20-40 Hz range is spot on! I love the dark pop/trip hop/synth and white noise style production here, and has pulled me into the swiftieverse as a casual observer but big fan of this album! My only dig is that at high volume (I have a ridiculous car stereo) her vocals start to lose some relative output. Probably because she sings more softly, which is actually part of the charm. Great review. I saw one other review from a KZfaqr who is a composer that was also really great. Talking about her choice of space and silence and contrast. Very cool stuff!

@KebaKaori 3 ай бұрын

It catches you off guard! lol

@sethgreenspan1092 Жыл бұрын

Hey what happened to your other videos? I remember a vid of you reacting to Charli's Crash but now I cant find it anywhere.

@neontyler6663 9 ай бұрын

Melodrama by Lorde next, trust me. you will be surprised

@KebaKaori 3 ай бұрын

Added tp my list!

@lyric-dawn Жыл бұрын

I’ve been asking reactors with good stuff: what headphones are you using? I want new headphones, but I want something to hear the nuances. I want to keep it under $200, something I can Bluetooth or plug into iPhone/iPad. Any recommendations?

@lyric-dawn Жыл бұрын

You have a unique take. I love it! ❤

@KebaKaori 3 ай бұрын

Check the description in my vids! Good luck