Making Records with Eric Valentine "All Star"

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Well this is amazing

[@lightchildb]

Your drum sounds are incredible.

[@SocialGore]

thx

[@michaelmacdonald7748]

'Eric Valentine, but every time he hits play it's All Star by Smash Mouth'

[@jeremymacachor6862]

Thank you so much for doing this (and NOT through mix with the masters)!

[@kevincornell9027]

"Losing a Whole Year" would be an awesome episode (imho).

[@HIGHHOPES]

You are the man! I love your records and the sounds you get! Thank you so much for doing this!

[@galihgori]

Omg! Eric Valentine!!! You are my hero!

[@jordanredroom]

Was lucky enough to do a few shows (opening spots) with them in 2001.

[@MehtabKirtan]

Thank you for sharing.

[@kevincornell9027]

Excellent and thanks, man!

[@grzegorzkowalski6341]

Super stoked about this!

[@LesonDeson]

This is so good thank you. 😭 Did you tune the kick (and the kit)? It sounds insane.

[@mrwev]

Yes! typically on sessions like these we would use my drums and I would tune them to try and get em as close as possible to what I was hearing in my head.

[@nicgaumond]

did the track order change from when you first submitted the album to the second time when you added "all star" and "then the morning comes"?

[@ericvalentine5082]

It did! I don’t remember all the specifics of it but the flow of the record was definitely affected by the 2 new songs. As usual the record company wanted all star as close to the front as possible. They would put it #1 if allowed. We definitely wanted the record to start with who’s there.

[@nicgaumond]

@@ericvalentine5082 that is super interesting to me. Both those songs fit so well with the rest of the album and the sequencing is such that I can't imagine it being any other way!

[@BarnacleButtock]

I hope you'll talk about Walkin On The Sun someday :0

[@crowwhisperer2084]

I second that

[@tomnorris5963]

do a video with dave cooley on citizen king!

[@larryboy1975]

The 5th... :) I bet George Martin would have appreciated that comment.

[@WhitecloudAudio]

As soon as the song started I fucking lost it. The memes have ruined this song.

[@jasonmoriparty]

Eric, thank you so much for doing this. It’d be amazing to see one on “Hows It Going To Be” by Third Eye Blind. That song is amazing

[@justinkastner]

Watching this again post Steves passing. Thank you for documenting this. RIP Steve Harwell

[@etdrum]

Killer!👌 I hope you keep making more of these. Very interesting and insightful👊

[@aidancunningham2052]

Great stuff Eric! Would love to see a deconstruction of AAR "Gives you Hell"

[@abbery9202]

*SOME*

[@BROWNIEBEATS]

lmao

[@ConReising]

This was awesome! Would love to see something similar for a song off of Songs for the Deaf or the Young and Hopeless.

[@marchmartin1215]

Thoroughly enjoyed this so much!! I hope you have Greg back on to break down more of Astro Lounge (Fush Yu Mang and Self Titled for that matter too!!)

[@EricChesek]

I loved this and I'm 100% looking forward to whatever happens next with this channel. I gain a whole new appreciation for the music when I learn what happened behind the scenes to create its DNA.

[@KaneChurko]

Really cool guys!

[@froloffanton]

Subbed. Please please please do an episode about T-Ride.

[@jtn191]

love this. unironically, All Star was kind of the song that got me into music--and later music production in college.

[@arande3]

Noting your conversation at the end about how things spread, I found my way here by looking at the credits for Semi Charmed Life.

[@tonysantos795]

Hey Eric ! thanks for sharing your tricks man! How did you get your Ampex mm 1200 to be so quiet !? i hear no tape hiss with those guitar riff solo'd.

[@QuiethouseRecording]

This is an Auto-Subscribe for me dawgg. Love you, your company, your approach. Thank you for doing this, Eric!

[@adamnewcomb130]

Instant subscriber here! Eric man... you've produced most of my favourite records. Much respect! Thanks for doing this channel

[@DEZL84]

Awesome! Thanks for this Eric. Would love to see you keep this up. A taking back Sunday episode would be amazing! Fair play man.

[@johnthecreative]

he didn't mention that they initially stiffed him payment on their first demo. showbiz

[@anthonycronk2001]

Would love to see some by Taking Back Sunday, Im super excited for this series!

[@Oyjah]

I l-l-looove it!! Information straight from the master himself. Thanks for doing this, im for sure gonna tune in for everything

[@lilmakavelimusic]

This Is Golden A Must Watch 🤘🏾

[@geoffschuller4875]

Best line: "You've got a powerful chick-a, Greg!"

[@galihgori]

Persephone Bee's record please.. 🙏😊

[@drewsleyy3836]

Thank you SO much for sharing. More please :')

[@thejo6331]

Just found this, thanks for sharing man!! It's really cool to see behind the scenes.

[@henrylunetta]

Sooooooo cool!! You're the man Eric!!

[@crowwhisperer2084]

This is so cool! I’m so glad to have found this

[@DanRecordsThings]

He wears that shirt in every video I've seen him in haha

[@mrwev]

Haha!! You got me! I guess I am fond of that shirt for this sort of thing. I'm gonna have to get more shirts!! :)

[@KyleBlackMusic]

That was incredible. Thanks for doing this Eric!

[@secondslate7158]

Agreed. Eric, I'd be really keen to know how you tracked the guitars. The picking sections especially sound like they were tracked one chord at a time.

[@RockCityMusic777]

Great Video Eric. I would love to hear about other projects you did. Recording and Mixingwise. Thanks.

[@villasandvistas]

This reminds me that regardless of your gear if the demo isn’t that of a good song, it’s burnt toast. Also makes sense that this era brought constraints that today people will seldom realize were gold. In this case multi-platinum

[@thetonytaye]

4:11 Hey I think I went to that one! That was at Sterlingfest right?

[@pianomatteo]

This is megaaaaa awesome. Would love to see an episode on "Fallen Horses" and maybe some Why Should The Fire Die?

[@ericsvilpis1635]

Subscribed! Stoked about this, dude! Can’t wait to see what comes up

[@fortysixyou]

Thanks so much for making this, such a pleasure to watch.

[@jordanredroom]

Would be amazing to see you do "Good for you" by 3EB .....

[@manolonger]

Thanks for doing this Eric! Big fan of your work.

[@NicroticSouls]

Your one of the best Eric! SLASH!!!

[@jordanredroom]

Thank you Eric and Greg for this!

[@gius_taakstudio]

olé. so glad u share this. big ups for the channel!

[@the_adam_gallant]

Thank you!

[@thomaswilson6484]

Amazing!

[@jimofhughes]

YES