LIVE Conversation with Norman Cook while I deconstruct his track, Weapon Of Choice

[@anthonyv6962]

Should also mention that Norman is a hell of a guy to take the time to chat with you and the guests. Really says something about his character. Just a class act.

[@OTOss8]

This was absolutely mental to watch live. It really is the future that the internet promised us way back in the 90s. It's finally here boys!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Glad you were there!

[@OTOss8]

@@KarlBoltzmann Me too man. I'm excited to see what you tackle next. Do you announce the streams a day or so ahead of time via discord or something?

[@ataru121212]

I am late to the party but this is awesome content. I was so curious about how Norman worked with an Atari ST in his bedroom and made music history

[@thesamplecorner]

This is incredible stuff man!! And Norm is such a legend, I lived in Brighton for 4 years but unfortunately never ran into him once :(

[@luquinhasilvaesilva]

congrats carl, i'm from brazil and nowdays have 32 yrs...big fan o fatboy slim since my childhood...its really great to see norman cook here in this video so normally and rlx talking bout his works !!!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

It was great to get to chat with Norman about his music. He's a good guy! Cheers from Canada.

[@luquinhasilvaesilva]

@@KarlBoltzmann you really make a big dissasembly of his song...wow...a lot of samples and music and music.

[@KowankoMusic]

Such a coup getting Norman on this! Really great deconstruction on your part and historical perspective from Mr. Cook. WELL DONE!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Pretty amazing of him to give us a couple hours of his time like that. And thank you!

[@Etcher]

Agreed! One of Karl's best vids. A fascinating watch, especially as Fatboy himself was involved! Now get Nas in the mix for the Life's a Bitch decontruction!

[@kevincairns1641]

This is the best music production content on youtube. What a good setup with an interview/deconstruction combo. Karl, your research and preparation is fantastic. I appreciate all of the work you put into this.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I appreciate that, thanks! I do feel like I've stumbled onto something here with this format. Hopefully I can grow this more producers/content.

[@HankW]

Norman is even more of a legend for showing up like this! Super interesting stuff, you've created a super excellent long form interview format! It's like slightly less accessible Song Exploder for production nerds

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I agree! I'm thinking I might try to shorten it a bit next time, so it's a bit more accessible. I was having so much fun, I didn't realize how long it was going until the end.

[@HankW]

​@@KarlBoltzmann I like the longer format! You always get into more tangents and interesting bits when you get to just talk to somebody for 2 hours, that's how you get moments like Norman dancing as his least favourite football manager gets sacked haha.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Yeah, that's a great point. That was a great moment. I think there's room for improvement on my end, but it's always cool to find a new format that works for people.

[@Katniss36]

Karl, I am a new subscriber to your channel and love it so far! I am a major Fatboy Slim fan, and I think this is so cool!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks and welcome

[@RichardWakefield]

To say I'm gutted to have missed this live conversation walkthrough is an understatement! Absolutely loved this (and Praise You) - keep up the great work (to both you Karl, and of course the god-like sample-genius Norman Fatboy!)

[@kazzykasborne]

This video makes me smile so much ! I still remember listening to their music together in high school and here you are talking to him and creating a track ! I gotta say he is such a gentle man too ! More reasons to love their music !

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I fondly remember that! I had no idea how it was all made back then. Still blows my mind that they made records like this with the technology they had back then.

[@anthonyv6962]

This is great. I'm super stoked for what you doing and getting together with Norman like this is mental. I'm pist I missed the live broadcast of this. Next stop AdRock or the Dust Brothers.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Honestly, it's pretty crazy. Norman is a great guy. Hoping to keep this format rolling. Dust Brothers would be great to have on.

[@georgewhite1972]

This was an excellent stream. Would love to see you do something similar with DJ Shadow 👌

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I'm hoping to do more of these in the future. We'll see if other producers see the potential in this format.

[@JohnPaulBuce]

this needs more views

[@DJBathtub]

This video is awesome!❤

[@user-qd3gh4bi8f]

Thanks for making this happen and asking all the right questions, norman is a legend and one of my biggest inspirations

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks! He was very generous with his time.

[@retrosupplystore3216]

Norman is an absolute gent. What a nice guy. If you ever get him back to do another it would be good to do it slightly differently and instead of building track from start to end, go through building a track from the first sample groove he started from and his thought process on building the track up, and if he can remember why he chose stuff to add. He seems to like talking about all that stuff and it's really interesting. Thanks to you both for this. PS 'Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride' would be great to look at as it's an amazing mash up of bits of everything.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Yeah, that's a cool idea. I asked him if he remembered making this track and the order of things and he told me that he didn't remember the specifics. Maybe on another track he might? Who knows.

[@retrosupplystore3216]

@@KarlBoltzmann Is he up for doing another one? I hope so.

[@nickfaro5764]

Just came across this series of videos. So awesome. If you do more stuff like this I think it would actually be cool to get even more into the nitty gritty, even though you mentioned you wanted to make it more accessible-- seeing every atom of the song coming together is super interesting, to me at least.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I totally agree. It would be great to go even further into the weeds, but it might involve talking to the mixers and other engineers who were there to really gain a greater understanding of how the tracks were built. Unfortunately, in this case, Norman doesn't remember a lot of the intimate details about the creation of these tracks, so there wasn't much deeper to go. Maybe in the future with other artists I can get get details.

[@djdren]

it finally happy hour again ..

[@jamesreid8840]

WOW WOW WOW Unreal Karl you did a good job mate 👏👏👏 Norman ❤️ and respect from Nottingham U.K. seen you a few times and you smashed it 👍 Cant thank you enough for giving your info and behind the making of the track 👍 Sunset (Bird Of Prey) that was and is a banger from you 👍

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Appreciate the support, James!

[@DmitryTaranov]

@KarlBoltzmann It's interesting that you mentioned memorization of the atmosphere while creating. I have similar with my works. I can look at some part of the image and my brain reminds me what song I listened to 15 years ago while drawing it.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Interesting. I've never felt like I have a particularly good memory (I cannot remember people's names or street names for the life of me) but I do remember very detailed specifics about almost every song I've written and recorded over the last 20-25 years. There must be something about the creative process and working on a piece of art that amplifies the region in the brain responsible for long term memory.

[@DmitryTaranov]

@@KarlBoltzmann I have same deal with names btw. I have to associate them with something

[@Etcher]

Brilliant video once again. Surprised neither of you mentioned the DJ Shadow sample at 1:55:06 which is a small segment of a tune called 'scratchapella' that DJ Shadow did on Latyrx' first album ;)

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Yeah, I intentionally did not identify a number of the samples in this live video, but you're right and this sample is very cool and noteworthy. When I make a "regular" deconstruction video, I will talk about it for sure.

[@Etcher]

@@KarlBoltzmann Ah perhaps I have blown your cover so, my apologies! As DJ Premier so aptly said "quit snitchin''" 😉

[@Benlito108]

Thats was awesome!

[@Ant2be]

Great video thank you so much! Could you please turn on subtitles in the settings of this video if possible?

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Hmm, I thought they were! Hopefully they're on now.

[@secretsunofficial]

Karl, what is this "sampling community" you mentioned. Are there any social media groups you recommend to join? Reddit? Facebook?

[@KarlBoltzmann]

If you're on Discord, I would recommend the sample hunting channel. A lot of activity in there.

[@secretsunofficial]

@@KarlBoltzmann thanks. Sound great

[@jmoz]

🎉🎉🎉

[@UgurOnderBozkurt]

5000 vviewa?

[@haro82]

The interviewer needs to realize that 20 years from now people will wonder how HE was able to work with such primitive gear ha.

[@chriscox5352]

"Promosm" 💖