Katie Gately: How much can you feel?

LA-based producer and sound designer Katie Gately explores the evolution of her creative process and shows how she incorporates field recordings and voice to create her signature mixture of beats, vocals and electronic textures.
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www.katiegately.com/
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Director
Ralf Kleinermanns
Camera
Tobias Lindner
Drone Operators
John Mokhtarei
Jamal Rashada
Title Animation Overlay
Louis Morton
Line Producers
Tobias Lindner
Coleman Goughary
Editor
Ralf Kleinermanns
All music by Katie Gately
Lift (00:23)
Acahella (01:57)
Last Day (03:42)
Rive (05:59)
Sire (06:35)
Sift (07:27)
Pivot (08:38)
(Unreleased) (10:13)
Sift (13:40)
#ableton #katiegately #documentary

[@kory443]

"it didn't occur to me that what I was doing was particularly different, or good or bad. It didn't even matter because it felt so good to do it." I love that

[@sethtaylor7519]

I feel that's the best way to come up.

[@NetroXi]

This video inspired me to start field recording and make music from it. I like photography and it's like sound photography, every sound can hold emotions. I watched this video after two years, still inspires me. Thank you Katie and thank you Ableton!

[@ricardopalacios5968]

Best video ever shared by Ableton.

[@theelephantofsurprise8564]

agreed!

[@davidstoneback6159]

Her music is super creative.

[@remotegod255]

resonated with me from the opening monologue. yes, it's definitely HARD WORK for me to create my own tracks and I completely agree with you about "it seemed so glamorous till I started doing it myself." then again, NOTHING makes me happier. NOTHING gives me a reason to stay up thinking, working, experimenting until 5 in the morning. absolutely nothing makes me feel so RIGHT as when I put in the hard hours of work into creating my own music. it's awesome, plain and simple. thanks for sharing this video

[@ZackWebsite]

SUPER inspiring....one of my music projects is based around trying to portray emotions that dont exist; this is SO helpful for the journey

[@Shadefury]

Great video! Always happy to find out about curious sound explorers like Katie. Thanks for making this.

[@igorCOD4ever]

This woman is a master. A lot of respect!

[@paulc5358]

I used to make wind chimes out of old aircraft parts I would string one peace up and tap it with another piece until I found the correct notes or sound I was looking for. I would then Mark it with a pencil where the best sound on the part came from, So when I strung them all together I made sure that they were all hitting in the right spots. Some times there were 2,3,4 spots that had a great sound. No two were alike, I make them every now & then

[@OmariAugustine]

That is a really amazing concept. You should definitely sample those.

[@phantomcorps3373]

Exciting to see someone share the process and experimentation. Bravo to Katie Gately. Looking forward to seeing more work from her...

[@reanthegreat]

So inspiring! Thank you for making this!

[@definitelymiami7978]

Beautiful and inspiring.

[@ISPEAKMACHINE]

Love you Katie. Just astonishing talent.

[@TransverseAudio]

It's crazy how much you can get/make from field recording. Such an abundance of inspiration. You make some really unique music, keep it up, Katie!

[@danielellis808]

It’s amazing how even only talking about music she’s so open and gets her point across “this is who I am” she very aware of that, that’s what I need musically.

[@solomontuke2597]

Super inspiring, Katie. Thank you!

[@theelephantofsurprise8564]

I want to give this a standing ovation! What a killer video - incredibly well rounded look at a hard working artist :)

[@modulated_]

LOVE THIS!!

[@nsjx]

WHAT an INSPIRING artist. it’s ALL intrinsically motivating for her. excellent doc you guys!

[@samikaze79]

Soooo inspirationaaaaaal! You're a lovely person and from the deepest of my heart, thank you for your story Katie!

[@FlyBrent]

Thank you!

[@HumanMotives]

Absolutely inspiring and spectacular sounds. 🤟😍

[@MargaretHarmer]

Beautiful!

[@fburton8]

The Sonic TALK show led me to this. Fascinating stuff, inspiring too!

[@baconbaconbobacon]

Ive been stagnant in creating music for a long time now and this video and she has inspired me to look at music as i once saw it, fun and creative.

[@yiduk]

this is a gold content truly

[@marioCazares]

Oh my gosh this is sick (I also realized I hadn't subscribed to Ableton like I thought I had years ago :p)

[@ElectricFarmerCh]

I've been a fan of hers since hearing "Pipes" only last October. It had such an impact on me I decided to write about it as part of my sound design dissertation. This is a great interview, thanks Ableton.

[@parboilrice]

This is inspiring. Especially for me, where I often feel like my music doesn't fit with what people like. But I like making it for myself.

[@BIG_PASTA]

What an awesome woman, very inspiring! And great video too! I was just in LA a few days ago and recognized that awesome bookstore/cafe "Stories" that my friends took me to. Great area, and this video captured the vibe perfectly! :)

[@brandos4785]

love it

[@helioscene3188]

Lift (00:23) Acahella (01:57) Last Day (03:42) Rive (05:59) Sire (06:35) Sift (07:27) Pivot (08:38) (Unreleased) (10:13) Sift (13:40)

[@bgyukhnjm7837]

This is amazing

[@tonearmgray9537]

Great video - fascinating and inspiring.

[@Theabstractblu]

I feel this

[@TehObLiVioUs]

Really cinematic vibe, love it.

[@gerardpontino]

Inspiring!

[@Lavimoe]

Great video, inspirational.

[@nickyalin4075]

Very interesting work!Well done!

[@cedriclivingston1687]

i love it too

[@nichttuntun3364]

Hi Katie. I´ts great what you are doing and how you feel about it. It feels like you stay true to yourself and thats all very inspiring. There can be pure joy from sound. Thanks to you I put new batteries into me old field recorder today :) I am looking forward for a new album :)

[@cylus_music]

Great Video!

[@abercrombiemisfitsiknew6106]

This is crazzzyyyy dope.

[@PeterWayneAudio]

Very inspiring!

[@andycordy5190]

So refreshing, after hundreds of videos about the technicalities of Ableton to encounter someone who, like me, is not looking to work with conventions. I think, perhaps, the need for music school is prompted by a wish to communicate what we make to other musicians perhaps for collaborations like film scoring. It is California after all.

[@tylou4479]

Very inspired by her attitude to creativity :)

[@norterrible]

she makes good music ! thanks for the video ableton, i just discovered a new artist :)

[@dedalus74]

nice story of creativity and passion

[@tomsharman]

just wow.

[@pcgNino]

Mad music scientists

[@loricurtis5863]

This is what I’m talking about!,!

[@TomKaszuba]

Inspirational

[@aaroncrabtree9529]

Very creative and expiring would love to hear some of your music

[@vx1973]

great vid 👍

[@CmathTV]

Reminded me of how a big city like LA boils down down to ones own personal journey. It can be what you make it. I like her attitude

[@Cheech519]

very creative

[@monsieurVi]

This reminded me 1981's piece by David Van Tieghem called "Ear to the Ground" (it's here on youtube - highly recommended) doing it in New York streets!

[@jeffreycollins7297]

Nice Fella.

[@samurailovesjazz]

I remember I was listening Tricky "Maxinquaye" in 2000 and it felt good.

[@TheMusikum]

awesome.. Upstream Colour (2013)

[@illia2492]

❤❤❤

[@duncand1964]

@Katie Gately Very inspiring. What recorder do you use and what would you recommend starting with? Have you ever considered running a competition by providing a bunch of recorded samples and letting people create up to two minutes of music, maybe? Aka diDprojects ...

[@_Thorsten]

Like !

[@onemove7544]

Nice video

[@heritagemusic7854]

I want to be this cool

[@CaptainPhilosophical]

...it's like chasing the wind...

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

Buy a field recorder an you're it !

[@dr.jekyllproject7172]

@@EBMZEQUENZER It's not all that expensive either if you are serious about it

[@monsieurVi]

Is the album - that she mentions at the end of the video - Loom ?

[@jeffreycollins7297]

One thing that people don't tend to do is actually put the mic against the pipe, or anything for that matter. You can really get some cool sounding stuff like that. Cool Video. I remember my first time doing that.

[@SteveNilsen]

Ok Katie, you gotta get yourself a LOM Geofón, it will blast your mind!

[@beatz04]

03:40 She should be an actor in some spy thriller or Mission Impossible or something :)

[@a_boundless_plangency]

A lot of musicians go through this phase when they put forth a lot of effort in the field recording world.

[@lashtal]

try this also: instead of using noise reduction software to remove outside noises, like car horns, dog barks, children, ambulances, etc. Just let it happen. Let it Be. And be Okay with it.

[@guidewired]

pretty inspired by what she's up to

[@ericwycoff1399]

As a sound designer myself, I find this video very similar but different to my own life.

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

This is such an inspiring video. On a side note. RE: piano. You don't learn to speak by reading a book.... why learn music that way?

[@elelly1845]

Дочь Бериала)))

[@libitum_ad]

[@emher4984]

which recorder model is that?

[@willb3698]

zoom h6 or an h5.

[@yponeko]

Yep a zoom h6 + the zoom shotgun mic !

[@MrYodaone902]

What recorder is she using?

[@Ableton]

Hi Ben, it might be a Zoom H4. Hope this helps. Let us know if you have more questions!

[@djdcode]

It is Zoom h6 with SGH 6 mono shotgun mic attatchment. For ambient you can use SSH stereo mic attatchment. If you want to save budget I recommand Zoom F1 two channel field recorder and you cam still use various mic attatchments.

[@CarlosSerranoLouis]

Tobin and others did this decades ago..but her music is cool. Nice video

[@monsieurVi]

One note about "the others" would be David Van Tieghem's "Ear to the Ground". Essential stuff! :)

[@gregkentgens1272]

OMG. Its the female version of me.

[@lucatognazzi5172]

mic and recorder brand?

[@willb3698]

ZOOM h5 or H6 with the "shotgun mic" variation on the end (probably an h6).

[@soulkitchen86]

zoom h6

[@BastianSchick]

Zoom H6 and Zoom SSH 6

[@fejkaTV]

3:28 someone's gotta better lern how to use Warp Stabilizer lol

[@NikitaAnanjev]

that palm face

[@ottozagala991]

im getting an andrew hunag feel

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

Can music be made "composed" without massive philosophy behind it ! F**K What the hell is an intentional composition ? Field recording makes you brilliant, really ? What's next end world hunger with a chord you've made up ? Who are these people ! ?

[@Kudagraz]

The artist process is different for everybody.

[@guidosc3470]

Boring