How ANTHONY KIEDIS Records Vocals: RHCP Engineer Jim Scott (Californication, By The Way, 1 Hot Min)

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Interview with Red Hot Chili Peppers engineer Jim Scott (Californication, By The Way, One Hot Minute).
In this interview clip he discusses what it was like working with Anthony Kiedis on Californication & By The Way, One Hot Minute, a funny band story & more.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' lineup during Californication & By The Way consisted of Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea & Chad Smith. Their lineup during One Hot Minute consisted of Anthony, Flea, Chad & Dave Navarro.
In total the band has recorded 12 studio albums: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984), Freaky Styley (1985), The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987), Mother's Milk (1989), Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), One Hot Minute (1995), Californication (1999), By the Way (2002), Stadium Arcadium (2006), I'm with You (2011), The Getaway (2016), Unlimited Love (2022). The first two singles from Unlimited Love are Black Summer & Poster Child.
Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea, Chad Smith, Dave Navarro, Josh Klinghoffer, Jesse Tobias, Arik Marshall, D. H. Peligro, DeWayne McKnight, Jack Sherman, Hillel Slovak, Cliff Martinez & Jack Irons are all of the official band members the RHCP have had over the years.
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[@DanielSarkissian]

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[@matguerra333]

lOVE THIS INTERVIEW. I love the engineer perspective, the producer perspective (we know Rick Rubin is not pushin buttons right?) I love to hear these...Any more?

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks Mat! Yup more to come

[@betweenthewars4054]

I love how "...one of the best coaches in the world..." is just "this guy, Ron."

[@robertramirez2167]

Lol

[@philpower_]

Ron Anderson! Passed within the last year, dude was dope.

[@vinivola]

I was going to comment the same thing but then read yours.

[@EB-bl6cc]

Maybe he knew the guy was kinda on the private side and likely didn't want his name trumpeted all over the place in interviews in stuff. Or he just forgot the last name, who knows

[@klickj26]

@@vinivola ape babboon

[@nzrockboi]

Really enjoy this interview. very in depth insight to their technical creativity and dedication for their product from high kevel source

[@julioluiz]

this is really insightful, thank you for sharing!

[@owenwilson8822]

Really amazing interview. Great to listen to.

[@electricvision9199]

What a fantastic interview

[@IAMHENDRICK]

Such a long overdue interview.. nice job dude! 🤙🏻🙏🏼

[@matguerra333]

lOVE THIS INTERVIEW. I love the engineer perspective, the producer perspective (we know Rick Rubin is not pushin buttons right?) I love to hear these...Any more?

[@Dillonmac96]

Dude imagine ur staying in a hotel and u hear some guy singing by the wayyyy then ur like wtf was that then you see it on TV like nooo wayyy

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

wow Daniel, amazing you got to interview Jim Scott! There's an extensive article out there from probably around early 2000s where he was interviewed about the recording process of Californication and I learned so much. Could you please tell me he also told you some thing about recording the drums with Chad Smith?

[@RudyGOfficial]

“Anthony worked really hard on his vocals”. I relate to that tremendously. 🎤🔥

[@matguerra333]

AK: "Nobody's ever accused me of having a set of pipes!". Common attack vector I hear about AK is he can't sing, he says California for the syllablles... You'll notice they always isolate the vocals to point out how, "bad" it is. Bro, the guy is not a singer, the vocals have zero fx, always raw and dry...first of all, you try that, secondly, it fits perfect w/the band.

[@RHCPtributeParallelUniverse]

I don’t get the hate either I think he is one of the most unique original frontman of all time. He has a signature sound that’s his. Which in my opinion having a signature sound is more impressive than say vocal range.

[@scottcastro9383]

Can you live in a world where both are true? His voice fits with the band but he also is not a good singer. Why do you take it personally? It doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t like the band.

[@scottcastro9383]

@@RHCPtributeParallelUniverse it’s a preference. If someone’s musical preference is a more melodic voice that is on key with greater range and variation, then they won’t like his vocals. That explains the hate. He can be unique and objectively not good. Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, Axl Rose, John Lennon, Ozzy, Brian Johnson, and on and on - not technically good singers. It’s rock n roll. It’s ok.

[@RHCPtributeParallelUniverse]

@@scottcastro9383 I said in my opinion

[@goodpeopleoftheworldunite]

Anyone can be a critic. That's how easy it is. Not just anybody can make a beautiful song.

[@DudesIn101]

And now you've heard the facts before the tracks,and you gotta love it dude

[@goodpeopleoftheworldunite]

I'm just gonna say, before I watch all of this: Anthony gets alot of stick from people. Mainly for the live struggles he sometimes has. But he has Always been a Great lyricist. He always shines great on the album's. And is often amazing live too. It is a hard task, competing with such amazing musicians on stage (really one of a kind string section), never having been a naturally strong singer, and doing so for 40 years on heavy tours. Respect to Anthony for that. Also: Anthony Kiedis has touched your heart, with his lyrics. Fact!

[@MikeLandicovers]

Without Anthony, the Peppers don't exist. He pulls it all together. Without him, as great as Frusciante is, John would not have the career without the guy he claims has no musical talent.

[@lactate8008s]

string section refers to bowed instruments, not guitar and electric bass

[@goodpeopleoftheworldunite]

@@lactate8008s it refers to rope makers and archers. Violins are made from wood!!

[@aftp6646]

Technique is overrated. Most of my favourite rockbands have great unique charismatic singers who will never win a singing contest. Live it is not always brilliant but in the studio the magic happens.

[@wassuhmufusaLOL]

Beautiful Anthony 🤩

[@HTRism]

He does this thing where you put both index and bird finger straight to the epiglottis and make sure tape is rolling.

[@numero-_-uno]

shure sm7b - michael jackson thriller / anthony kiedis cali.btw , i have the same mic and those 2 shaped my style in rap singing !

[@ynotw57]

I love the SM7B. That mic is just the bee's knees.

[@mattgroth]

It’s a great interview, thanks for sharing! I found it a little odd though that he refers to BTW as a “double album”. It has 16 tracks as compared to Cali’s 15. Is he referring to Stadium Arcadium? Odd.

[@RyanGMerritt]

As usual with rhcp, i think they recorded enough for a double album during the btw sessions haha since Jim was a recording engineer his involvement would be with recording so he probably wasn't privy to what songs made the album since i think thats usually figured out after recording and he also might not even really be a fan of rhcp and so perhaps never listened to the album as it was released

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

Confused me as well, but building on what Ryan said, the B-Sides list is pretty extensive: -Time -Body of Water -Rock & Roll (unfinished) -Havana Affair -Out of Range -A Teenager in Love -Someone -Bicycle Song -Goldmine (unfinished) -Eskimo -Runaway -Rivers of Avalon -Fall Water (unfinished)

[@jaysharpESQ]

He probably THINKS by the way is a double album. If you listen to the phenomenal b sides album from by the way it's obvious they had the same care and attention put into them... As is the b sides for I'm with you... So... Some bands (smashing pumpkins cough cough) Will kinda know what the b sides are And then just spend all their energy and money on 20 tracks. Whittle that down to 12 or 14 I had no idea about the b sides from I'm with you or by the way Until very recently KZbin is amazing. I wish warner brothers was too

[@NoticerOfficial]

It makes perfect sense that the perfect mic for Anthony’s voice would be a common podcast mic

[@dannyho6786]

not rally a podcast mic, it has become one, but Mjackson used this mic, so did w,houston, metallica, greenday..........

[@irvingsherwood1234]

Duuuude. I wish you guys had told me that was you that day at the turnout. I'd have never driven off.

[@TheMusicmak3r]

🤘😬🤘

[@alnicospeaker]

Good interview, thanks! Jim Scott refers to By The Way as a double-album twice- it is not; does he mean Stadium Arcadium?

[@goodpeopleoftheworldunite]

It's a double album by vinyl standards. There's alot on By The Way.

[@DMDvideo10]

Some peeps are great singers other are great lead singers.

[@Ewang2727]

Wish John kept leading the band

[@RyanREAX]

He is

[@fubytv731]

Paul did in later years.

[@tbrown15]

Dr. Beef approves.

[@AlexW-wv4nt]

@@fubytv731 lol

[@tdcaudio]

How on earth can you get away with recording vocals in a hotel room without getting constant complaints? He said it was cheaper than a studio so Im assuming he didn't rent the rooms around him??

[@bradc32]

lead singer frontman is massively hard...

[@JM-co6rf]

why would the studio sound bad? i find that odd

[@hdsg8361]

Shape of the room acoustics has a big impact on the sound

[@bobleglob162]

why?

[@aladee1]

“No effects” on the vocals.

[@morbidmanmusic]

Except there is. Compression.. a lot, eq, a lot, some verb.

[@MCEEZR]

Morbid Man Music all do respect, I don’t think engineers consider compression and eq to be an effect but more like “processing”. Verb is an FX send but Anthony’s are pretty much just to put him in a room that’s not a hotel room. So for all intensive purposes I’d say “no effects” is accurate. These are not Post Malone or Weeknd records.

[@brunopupo8266]

Can someone explain to me what doubling is?

[@MrOllie92]

It's when the vocals are sung twice and then layered on top of each other. It makes the vocals sound thicker

[@brunopupo8266]

@@MrOllie92 thank you

[@BigNoseTony]

Was he talking about stadium arcadium instead of By the way? He kept saying By the way was a double album....

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

No, I think he was referring to the amount of songs they recorded in those sessions because it was around 30.

[@JohannesLabusch]

I don't need him to hit the highest or lowest note, it would just be nice if he could hit *a* note once in a while.

[@TimeMakerMusic]

You mean he should pick one key and stick with it?

[@edmunddantes4757]

But microphones aint magic🤣🤣🤣

[@typrod6589]

damn so rick rubin never did shit?

[@joshuamartins9487]

Out of tune....that's how they're recorded 🤣

[@frauddetector6129]

Anthony has always needed voice lessons.

[@roddydykes7053]

Never needed frontman lessons though

[@MCEEZR]

And Hendricks needed to tune his guitar? 🤨

[@gorryman]

Speaking of mic’s bra c’mon

[@Kkidzz]

A Moped singer in a Ferrari band.

[@succ2315]

He's the only person I give a pass for going to Epstein's island.

[@trent3902]

What the fuck. Who?

[@welcometoWWW]

He went to epstein Island? That would explain his very strange lyrics using the word minor a lot and speaking of young girls...

[@Tito-en5nv]

Why give him a pass though. He’s on flight logs???

[@factorybear5264]

He’s a fussy and pompous guy and I expect him to be very difficult to work with.

[@tinmacedo1959]

So u know him?

[@factorybear5264]

@@tinmacedo1959 I met him in June 1998 in the East Village on St. Marks and Avenue A. Right before Californication came out and he cut his hair and dyed it blonde. So yes, I did meet him. He’s a jerk.

[@rayana4250]

@@factorybear5264 So basically you randomly ran into the guy once about 24 years ago and you still live in 2022 thinking he is a jerk. Honestly that comment says more about your personality rather than his.

[@factorybear5264]

@@rayana4250 he’s a well known asshole. Google Anthony Kiedis is a jerk.

[@factorybear5264]

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 you’re absolutely right. In fact, this occurred Mid June of 98, like two weeks after Scott Weiland got arrested a block away for buying heroin. He was super strung out and looked like he wanted to cop but was super sketched out about his surroundings. He was accompanied by two really tall gutter trash looking punks that were neither security, nor other musicians.

[@SullenMorbius]

Anthony Keidis, easily one of the most annoying voices in music ever. Would sooner listen to Yoko Ono records.

[@chriskalifornia7333]

Definitely triggered by that comment

[@MCEEZR]

Trolling behavior. I’m sure you assume this is where to find Keidis fans. Nice work

[@SullenMorbius]

@@MCEEZR sorry. Just how i feel.

[@rupman27isback]

Annoying? Their slow songs really brings out the Beaty in his voice. Listen to "Hard to Concentrate"

[@dontpanic9261]

Write the words? California, she, oh yeah, and some gibberish.

[@bernieburnalot]

WORST VOCALIST ON THE PLANET. Can’t wait to “learn” how he accomplishes THAT.

[@rupman27isback]

Still more successful than you 🤷‍♂️

[@ruthlessreid9172]

According to John his band mate he can't read music or write he just raps and shit. I preferred faith no more in the whole rap rock thing.

[@rjadamz9117]

At the beginning they were more a funk band with punk rock influence - or more precisely punk rock band with major FUNK influences. RHCP themselves had had a huge impact in the rap rock genre without trying. They were original, their first 3 albums with Hillel Slovak, Jack Sherman, Jack Irons, and Cliff Martinez were insanely beautiful and I still listen to them more than any other RHCP release. Unfortunately too many “fans” are unaware of their cosmic genius

[@sabot4ge]

@@rjadamz9117 yes rhcp took parliament funkadelic's universe, mixed it with a tiny bit of soul and hiphop..then took it to hard rock/punk rock...Its truly American in its conception because it's combining all American-made genres into a blender. John frusciante is so avant-garde he probably listens to obscure music, so the band really can't be stereotyped as rap rock

[@rjadamz9117]

@@sabot4ge well said friend 🍻