Deconstruction: Dua Lipa - 'Don't Start Now' w/ Ski Oakenfull

[@XKwiziteRecords]

putting aside the time for sound selection... the fact that he produced the whole song to almost exact replication in 20 mins is INSANE. I wish it was THAT easy

[@elcapitan6126]

it's a testament to how he practices: lots of habit building by repeatedly replicating tracks as fast as possible, initially ignoring the quality (quality would come with practice and fine tuning the habit)

[@RaviAnnaswamy]

@@elcapitan6126 this comment is pure gold Speedy repetition is the only way to set up a process and improve it Take everything end to end Slowly evething will fall in place

[@1wibble230]

bless you for thinking he didn't reherase this first :)

[@XKwiziteRecords]

@@1wibble230 who cares? The time and talent to find everything, practice it down and have it 20 mins thats semi easy to follow!! Thats impressive to me

[@1wibble230]

@@XKwiziteRecords you cared, enough to comment back 😁

[@ErcErb]

your most joyful moment is hitting cowbell :) great job as usual

[@emphatic001]

The live cowbell gave me goosebumps.

[@chriscuthbertson]

One of the best basslines of the last decade. The whole of the Future Nostalgia album is an amazing showcase of bass.

[@vitopancur1208]

the only problem is that he did not put in the best parts of that bassline

[@rscottsandberg9303]

@@vitopancur1208 additionally, it's an actual bassline created by the amazing Nick Campbell!

[@gamingwithcallum6087]

@@rscottsandberg9303not sure where you found that out, it’s not a real bass. It’s the kontakt plugin. Ian confirmed it himself

[@pw7752]

Laughed out loud at the "Made it!!!" when you put the cowbell/woodblock in! Great deconstruction as always, thanks so much.

[@railster]

so ‘simple’ so powerful. love it, but i don’t usually like ‘pop’ music, this is on another level. great job.

[@juicebox86]

This song is such a banger...still! Great breakdown and REconstruct of the track. Dua Lipas vox are so butter on that isolated track. Wow. Cheers all!

[@FuranGameplays]

live cowbell is the proof he loves what he does. Amazing tutorial, you can make a hit with so little tracks

[@Joseph_Klein]

Great simply song pop with 80' vibe thanks funky bass lines, great vocalist and finally a great production on top tier level.

[@jameslansley8781]

I, as an aspiring producer am glad I stumbled upon this channel, lots of learning.

[@pointblankmusicschool]

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[@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy]

Amazing to hear it all broken down. Also amazing that while the exact chords/sounds are being used, it almost sounds nothing like the OG because of the “non quantized” elements of the original. Plus the drums are way more in the pocket. But this is still FIRE.

[@nuttybex]

This is one of the songs of lockdown 1 for me… probably too old at 42 for tik tok but so many videos had this tune and although it was a mad time I do have some good memories of the time I wasn’t in work as a key worker, keeping safe at home watching TT I love these videos; they’re fab ❤

[@RedesReds]

Can’t like this enough! Pretty outstanding work.

[@avflashback8913]

Please can you put the Deconstruction videos on a separate playlist? Thanks.

[@popmusicproductionleprojet3810]

Thanks for this nice remake! Very deep and accurate. Will certainly help me in my project. Also MM Bass from Scarbee has really a unique Funky sound

[@KalakalasH]

You’re making it look so easy. Great job!

[@TheSlowBallBoy]

Great job! Very quickly very close to the original. And the bassline - wow!

[@jay-leeofficialcctv]

i loved this very helpful and insightful would love to see this done with some hip hop tracks who else would like to see this too? thanks for the uploads

[@johnghadimi]

Another Ski masterpiece. So good 😀😀👍

[@DavidWTPowell]

So great to have a new deconstruction, and one of my fave songs of recent years too. Welcome back, Ski!

[@waithere119]

That was so awsome, amazed at how the individual sounds collaborated to make a one great track

[@getthejackets]

String sounds like the Bourne Theme by Moby

[@DepressedCapitalist]

Good ears man! I was going to say the same. "Extreme Ways" intro by Moby...

[@feelda303]

nice! this is to show how simplicity is the key

[@PeterKNoone]

Great video. I love seeing you get excited about the funky baseline. Reminds me of Nile Rodgers with Daft Punk.

[@JorgeSilva-lw9nl]

SUPER LIKE !!! Great !!! .......Greetings from México-

[@HoobeZa]

Best deconstruction I ever saw. PROPS! 🔥

[@gauravpawar6623]

ASOLUTE GENIUS! THANKYOU 4 DECONSTRUCTING THIS SORT OF SONGS❤

[@TheDontflinch]

That was a great demo of putting this together. Thanks!

[@immah1745]

I have learned a lot, thank you so much

[@neomgceleza7969]

Beautiful as always Ski, lovely

[@twoscoops2]

So great, love all your deconstruction videos, thanks!

[@skilf]

Mad skills!!! Amazing remake and video ❤

[@lennyverne4948]

A few have alerady ask but . . .What Piano library / VST are you using ? Great video BTW

[@ketk1]

ski is a goat lowkey

[@pointblankmusicschool]

Not even lowkey. He's a certified legend.

[@juicebox86]

@@pointblankmusicschool 100

[@lokovites6687]

Great job thank you for the upload!

[@WhiteEntertainmentTelevi-oc3dg]

I never felt B Aeoliam. Only instrumental and slight vocal hints of D Ionian in the prechorus and second verse. But it mostly feels resolved at A (except for the chorus which I feel E very strongly)

[@pointblankmusicschool]

Very much a B minor harmony. Even the Em on the verses feel like a iv-i progression.

[@paranoiabla]

Awesome job. You rock :)

[@soheuvieira]

Perfect!!!!

[@RogerioValgode]

I just love this video. Very cool!! Thanks

[@abygazan4098]

Thanks for the inspiring video !

[@thomasdietz579]

You are so talented Ski 🙏🎹💯🎼

[@obiedecker4038]

If Ski ain’t a genius, no one is. Bravo!

[@IWOKEAGIANT]

Captivating! Love it. Tune that piano.

[@ppaspianostudio]

Loved it-thanks!

[@miserablesod1]

Great stuff

[@philm.8756]

Brilliant! Wish I had those skillz. Wow.

[@GerritTjaardAMarinus]

3:06 Sing Hallelujah!

[@tanyaellis8088]

That was so satisfying and actually fun to watch

[@pupper2054]

Dua has credits for the writing as well!

[@toyokenstudio]

Amazing, as always...

[@soccredude]

So entertaining. I love it. Everyone’s a critic right? The techno part at 17:12 should be at 17:11 it’s one of my fav parts. Let me know if that’s a worthy observation. FYI I was hoping you’d recreate the bridge “ don’t come out ow ow, don’t show up oh oh,’ where the vocals are warped and reversed or reverbed maybe. I just love this song. I’m glad u chose this song. It’s complicated for sure. Greta job professor.

[@Andrewjamesmusic]

Great job Ski!!

[@francoischavalle8168]

each time great and seems so easy 👌

[@stef_kob]

Doctor Ski !! Again amazing…

[@suarezbeat]

Simply amazing

[@Caelo_music]

Ian Kirckpatrick is just the dude

[@rickyogima]

thanks - i understand this now

[@Vintsent]

Love that video !!!! Thanks a lot, Do you guys know where could I find these kind of drums ? Is that some Ableton stock drums ?

[@Twobarpsi]

Fantastic!!

[@joshuatekle]

Would love a link to a downloadable project file to help with the learning process. Or a sample folder.

[@olbaolba]

Next level thing, chorus on acoustic piano at th end.

[@chrisv390]

love this video

[@tomminter1717]

Piano VST?? Is it the Giant?

[@maschinenbeats]

Great! Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@Kvonstantin]

10:35 moby - easy ways

[@visartema]

Although strings from SS pro2 sound almost exactly the same, I think Ian had used Orchestral Collections' VLNSRUN83 sample and added the sustain sample at the end.

[@lenglain8230]

Please do "Porcelain" by Moby!

[@philipkarst7918]

Thanks

[@skylightmusicshowree]

Great stuff, as ever Ski, thanks! One thing though...Needs more woodblock 😉

[@dawgblanky4818]

Great video

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Hi man thank you for the great work! It would be AWESOME if you could show how to deconstruct "Premiers Symptômes" by the French Band "Air". I would LOVE to know more of this track! Thank youuuuuuuuu!!! ❤🙏

[@markjhorsley]

Great deconstruction, deffo came out at the end of 2019 tho!

[@isol6756]

My god, thats oustanding! Thx 4 tutorial

[@Enatural_7]

I loved this

[@cekirdekci32]

what is the piano sound he is using? he skipps the most important parts

[@mobileeXo]

So good!)

[@JohnPaulBuce]

funky

[@haystixxbeats9225]

this is really amazing

[@Salt9696]

You’re amazing.

[@MartinJ878]

Amazing breakdown! What is the plugin/vst where he found the "breakdown/arp" track? He said something about "star of live performance".

[@Tom-km2ol]

which sound/vst are you using fpr the main piano? sounds so nice

[@winstondsouza42]

Woow ❤️ what's the paino Vst used here ?

[@pepsaaeron7439]

nice video, as usual, but it would have been nice to show us the work done upstream, ie looking for sounds, plugins ect

[@AutPen38]

That would be great if you like watching videos that last about 38 hours.

[@bobx75000]

Bravo !

[@jsauce666]

Amazing.

[@beatmachxnxstcutdatrack6836]

Ski you are amazing Thank you for Wht u do

[@JB-xv4bw]

does anyone know what piano his using, it's certainly not a kontakt stock piano

[@happyswiftie6075]

It was actually released early 2019 hehe

[@thegeenius]

beast..

[@rozada1]

Espectacular

[@denissky_music]

so cool!!!!

[@Triyanox]

You're sooo cooool !!!!

[@TheAmosito]

Could you please make a deconstruction of TAKE YOU DANCING by Jason DERULO? It would be much appreciated! :) GREAT STUFF BTW!

[@PrinceOfMatcha]

Could you dissect The Killers Everything Will Be Alright??? Or Sigur Ros

[@MrJonesdj]

great!!

[@okaybenji]

Where can I get the isolated (a cappella) vocals?

[@santiagoa98]

Where did you took the acapella from?

[@AleksandrPechenkin]

Very Very Good

[@dunamiswihmee]

Yo how do you program a plugin into a drum rack @ 1:30 how do you do that? Because I have a plugin with drum sounds but i want to put it into a drum rack. Anyone know? or can reference a tut?

[@martialfoucault832]

Great job, from where your drums sounds come?