Artist / Songwriter / Producer, FINNEAS (Part 2) - Pensado's Place

This is Part 2! At only 21-years-old, the multi-talented Finneas O’Connell has already become a buzzing and sought-after producer, songwriter and artist. Born and raised in East Los Angeles, Finneas was homeschooled alongside his younger sister, Billie Eilish. In 2016 Finneas wrote a song titled “Ocean Eyes” in his bedroom studio. After asking his sister, Billie, to record the track and then combing her sweet soaring voice with sparse clean production, the brother-sister duo decided to upload the track to Soundcloud. That single became the breakout hit for Billie Eilish, quickly grabbing her a record deal with Interscope and gaining major media buzz. The siblings continued to write and record together for Billie’s solo project, creating her debut EP don’t smile at me and her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Working behind the scenes on numerous hit singles, 2018 marked the year that Finneas steps out into the spotlight with his own innovative and ambitious solo project. He is ahead of his time in artistry, songwriting, and production alike. Please welcome to The Place, FINNEAS!
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[@peterbrandt7911]

What a likeable and grounded guy. Not even speaking of talent.

[@branscombeR]

The degree of respect shown by Dave Pensado and Herb Trawick towards Finneas in this second part of the interview is heart-warming. Compared with their combined years of industry experience, Finneas has only been around for about 5 minutes, yet they are generous and genuine in their praise for his work. Dave & Herb have obviously spotted qualities in Finneas' output that are special, even after what must be thousands of hours listening to recorded music throughout their careers. 5 months after this interview their instincts were to be confirmed, at the Grammys. R (Australia)

[@cf8502]

video starts at 8:25

[@yazbasarslan]

Thank you

[@mubiomusic]

Just witnessing someone being acknowledged and accepted by his "masters" like this is so inspiring.

[@sonsounds]

when Finneas sings Billie's 808 Kick at 19:44 it sounds so close to perfect ;-)) sampleworth

[@howardnielsen8093]

The story of this whole family should be a movie!! FASCINATING

[@liacheifetz]

finneas deserves the world. such a genius musician and an amazing soul.

[@jamieabraham6286]

Ahwww babyyy

[@hamet1234]

I literally wrote in my notebook a few days ago "my delay game need to be upped"... safe to say I appreciate that delay tutorial in the beginning :D

[@pairadeau]

Dude mentioned Dilla. Dude is official. Take over the industry and change the fucking world friend.

[@yobhsiFehT]

Can't remember the last time I was looking forward this much to a Pensado guest! This guy's ten years beyond his years in like EVERY way. Power behind the throne. SO, so good.

[@bradynovak1434]

Been waiting for part 2 for 9 years

[@davidmcnamara7928]

That was a fantastic interview... just made me feel better about the state of music and life in general.

[@augiealexander4595]

Dave & Herb~! So Great. I love all your videos. This one in particular was so relaxed and flowed so well. There was chemistry between the three of you.

[@shaythiele1320]

Once finneas got to talking a lot about how they got it all going all I wanted in the world was for these guys not to interrupt him. For the most part they didn’t but I was on edge the whole time cause most of the time interviewers interject themselves way way way too much. We are here for the artist so let them speak

[@violabologna1284]

why have I just found this?? i've been learning how to produce my own music and i LOOOOVE this interviews

[@evighvitveis]

This outro made me tear up, it was happy tears though, i promise!

[@jonlemmon2718]

that was such a joy to watch ☺️

[@AMIRVAFA]

I like him. He is a true inspiration to all bedroom producers like me :) Such a humble person. I really would love to collabrate with him.

[@ashystyle]

You have the producer of the year sitting in front of you!

[@ankhgirl3]

Horns...YES!!! Dark Croon...GREAT description!! Looking forward to your upcoming EP, Finneas!!!

[@brianjomusic]

Amazing! So good getting production content from FINNEAS!

[@renaissancemarieaustin]

Thank you for having Finneas!!!

[@ssprod19]

One of your best episodes! I like talk of tube compressors and EQ curves... but this interview was both satisfying and inspirational

[@jamieabraham6286]

I swear I never clicked this fast when I got the notificaton

[@jonny2wavy942]

That h delay installation was amazing!! Thank you Mitch!!!

[@murmurelabel]

Great episode ! Thanks Pensado's Place !

[@nancam]

Was waiting for this one! Thanks guys...

[@MarceloPlaysMusic]

Awesome interview. This dude seems super cool. Love it.

[@zionherbert]

Greattt treatttttttttt. thank you so much

[@TheYoungFilmmaker]

What an inspiration

[@christopherlonergan2708]

Really good episode

[@TheDementians]

Awesome!

[@lucasalcantara1131]

lol when I first heard Billies & Finneas music I played it loud in the morning when I woke up and showed my mom. She showed her friends and then later heard her on the radio a few months after that. Good music just spreads. Living example of of 16:50

[@Astronomater]

cool that he likes soft synths like i do. that being said, I am looking to buy my first hardware this year, either the volca bass or a TD-3.

[@justinkastner]

redemption! thanks for the rest of the episode!

[@Meekismwisdom]

Golden information from the guy at the Mac 💻

[@liacheifetz]

GO FINNEAS YOU DESERVE THE WORLD ✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@jamieabraham6286]

Ahwwwww liaaaa

[@bboymac84]

Now he has a Grammy

[@555noelle1]

Mac Joseph Now he has 5!

[@chuckdee4671]

What a cool cat

[@armandomorales3809]

So what I have learned from this is. Finneas gave Billie everything she needed for success

[@geburahsworld2050]

Great post! 👏🏻

[@dafingaz]

🙌🏾

[@rosemfall6717]

so cool

[@Jordan-kk9fb]

26:00 how “American cliche” was born and later on “lost cause”

[@DS-ff6ze]

30:11 batters box

[@liacheifetz]

go finny :)))

[@jamieabraham6286]

Go lia :))))

[@michaelsanders6651]

How many hit records has Mitch G. Mixed.......

[@vp4744]

👍

[@terrestrialalien8234]

Interesting

[@Eilishswift13]

Dude I wanna on how to do this stuff ugh

[@lemonadecandy6796]

Takes so damn long to get to hisinterview. Love Finneas though.

[@maiapaiscar4618]

Third here i luv this

[@akhilaugustine6769]

First! 😜

[@sonsounds]

congratulations ! ;-)