Mark Ronson - Drums Are the Foundation - Music Production - BBC Maestro

What links Samuel L Jackson’s wigs and Mark Ronson’s drums? Watch this clip from Mark Ronson’s New York studio to see. Mark discusses how drums are the foundation of the music he makes, using drum loops in editing software and converting live performances from the likes of the Dap Kings into midi for Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black.
This clip is taken from Mark Ronson’s BBC Maestro online course, Music Production.
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[@matthewotooleis]

I’ve come to realise this myself. The sound of the drums is what places a piece of music in its genre and era.

[@helmetboy431]

idk man not all the time like in shoegaze

[@spiritparty]

I think drums are like shoes. You could be wearing a white tshirt and jeans but culturally theres a big difference a doc martin, a pair of vans and air force 1s. Same with music, the drums often dictate the genre, the same guitar part could be a rock song or a trap beat just by changing the drums

[@jobminer]

this might be the best comment ive read all year

[@jstnnova9629]

Love this comment so much🔥

[@FranciscoBurrola]

This is so right

[@coloredsound4368]

yeah. 100.

[@penclaw]

true, regarding drums it always troubled me that i can't carve my drum tracks on the software, there are visible limits.

[@jordan17bliss]

HTML in the subtitles.. good job

[@FranciscoBurrola]

When drums are well recorded and mixed it makes a huge difference on an album, I don't care about technic and time signatures and stuff.

[@morbidmanmusic]

Technique is the largest part of pulling sound out of the drums. If you hit them, they will sound much different than if I hit them. It ALL works together.

[@pablohierro5060]

I kinda love his work. He’s my Joao Gilberto in a modern English version. Produce with him must be an toph procedure and also full of gratitude we can see in the way that he speaks. 💡🎤👨‍⚕️👩‍🔬🧑🏻‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬🎹💼🚀📊📑📈🎤🎤🎤

[@MaxDeVincenzo]

Anybody know of good Audio to MIDI plugins like he's talking about? Haven't discovered anything stock in ProTools yet..

[@louiswild338]

You can do it in Pro Tools without any plugin, at least on the software version I am on. Just drag an audio clip onto a MIDI or instrument track and it should work fine. You can choose from different algorithms like melodic, polyphonic or percussive depending on what you're going for.

[@morbidmanmusic]

Logic can

[@siewierap]

GOD I WANT TO BUY THIS, but hoooow

[@BBCMaestro]

www.bbcmaestro.com/courses/mark-ronson/music-production :)

[@BellsCuriosityShop]

What is this "softwares" that turns live drumming into midi? Is it Melodyne?

[@christhomas4526]

Ableton does this

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

Reaper also does

[@BellsCuriosityShop]

@@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials I use Reaper and saw that Kenny has a video on this, so I must give it a try sometime soon.

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

@@BellsCuriosityShop exactly 👍👍👍

[@MonsieurVersatile]

Any drum replacement plugin like Addictive Trigger. Most daws have one built in, Logic has a great one.

[@VicesquadCoUk]

The idea is good but you can’t download the courses to watch without internet connection such as when travelling, there are no audio examples to download and reference either, for this reason I will not be paying £80 where I have to log onto a website in order to watch this….

[@robinanneluciahachadoorian4614]

HELP! I NEED A PRODUCER!!! I CANT MIX WHERE DO I FIN HELP???!!!

[@p0llenp0ny]

"Drums are the foundation." No shit. I knew this when I was 18. Great insight.

[@Prefesuersheen]

this video wasn't made for you then, genius.

[@oliverkraft1621]

i knew it when i was 3

[@pierremesnier]

Cut & paste from other people's music seem more likely to be "the foundation" for mr. ronson...

[@raingirlcat2245]

someone’s jealous

[@LauraCoffeyMusic]

That's kinda how music works.

[@Answersonapostcard]

everything is influenced, The Beatles took lots of music from artists before them, the key thing is providing a modern, fresh twist on an old sound. Which is something I think Mark Ronson does very well.

[@StaminaMC]

“More likely.” 🙄 In the video it’s explained what it _actually_ is… yet mofos just wanna come straight to the comments to expose their inferiority complex. 😔

[@pierremesnier]

@@raingirlcat2245 You mean all the artists he shamelessly stole from? Cos actually I don't give a damn, luv.

[@WildBoy4FunTime]

Take drumlessons Mark, making fake ass drumsounds and such won't earn you legit credit...

[@morbidmanmusic]

....? Oh?

[@WildBoy4FunTime]

@@feralmode "Good music" includes that you can play an instrument, where's the hard work man? This dude isn't fully commited to his art and i can hear that. But whatever man, just my opinion. You like what you like.

[@satyamr.3213]

You are bitter and broke