Interview with Michael Beinhorn: Multi-Platinum Producer - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Friends, this was a wonderful experience for me! Michael Beinhorn has made some of the best sounding records ever! His Production is extremely diverse, never resting on his laurels, like all the greatest Producers, he continues to push the creative boundaries and has always made it about the artist, bringing out the best in all of them! Groundbreaking albums such as Herbie Hancock's 'Future Shock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Uplift Mofo Party Plan', Soundgarden's hugely successful and important 'SuperUnknown' and of course Marilyn Manson's amazing 'Mechanical Animals' are just some of the incredible albums that Michael has Produced!

[@royglennie]

Hi Warren, these interviews with music folks are fantastic! Keep them coming! Oh also will there be any more of tracking at a 'big' studio like Sunset Sound etc? Always fascinated by these ones too! All the best for now

[@scottrance2818]

I could've sat in that room and listened to you two talk about prog for hours Warren. Love prog.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever much@@scottrance2818!

[@TheStevep52]

Thanks Warren for another insightful and entertaining interview. It was refreshing to hear the philosophical side to making records as opposed to the technical aspects. Listening to you both talk about Hatfield & the North, National Health and Caravan brought back great memories of hearing that music for the first time. I got to see Caravan at the Whiskey in the mid-70’s and just recently saw Soft Machine (albeit a very distilled later reformation) at the Baked Potato. The original Soft Machine was one of my favorite bands in the late 60’s - early 70’s but I find Carvan to have more lasting appeal. Great job again!

[@thomasmeester9798]

hey warren how about cutting some low end to prevent rumble :') sorry I had to make that joke.. great interview thank you (ever?!) so much for doing this amazing work helping meaningful culture survive! I think it is of vital importance.

[@larrydavid6852]

It is great to hear the genius of Hillel Slovak being celebrated in this interview.

[@tssitcom]

Without a doubt my favorite of all your interviews. As a 61 year old music addict, having lived through everything from The Beatles on Ed Sullivan to today, the amount of music that we have been blessed to have been exposed to in these 55 years is nothing short of staggering. I wonder how many of us know just how lucky we are? Thank you Warren. You are absolutely the best.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much my friend! Yes, interviewing Michael was huge amount of fun and I learned so much from the process!!

[@doctorjoyboylove]

I love the part about music not beeing a repeatable or controllable formula. This should be remebered more often.

[@Producelikeapro]

I agree 100% my friend!!

[@danrebeiz4598]

This video isn’t just an interview, it’s a documentary. Very engaging. One of my favorite KZbin videos. Deserves 1M+ likes

[@BrettTalleyMusic]

Dan Rebeiz completely agree

[@godofgore6667]

Seriously, one of the best interviews. The guy really understands what’s wrong with music and the business of it.

[@AlexanderStemkowski]

Not with music. With us all.

[@bw2937]

Not wrong with the music

[@jsbasch]

It would be great to have these interviews posted as podcasts too so we could listen to them on our commutes.

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes!! We have a PodCast!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi@@seadreammusic, we relaunched the PodCast from scratch!

[@craigmachen]

Great interview!! Thanks so much, Warren and Michael.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Craig!

[@javiervivancos]

How can I say this? mmm... THIS INTERVIEW IS PURE GOLD. Thank you Warren Huart and Michael Beinhorn ( :

[@kendohmassif1984]

Uplift Mofo Party Plan was the first Chili Peppers album I owned. Still my favourite! Great to hear some of the background on it

[@corbyvinson1175]

One of my personal favorite interviews of all time!!! I wish you guys had more time. I totally agree with what was said about music just being loud and stuff. These day's, timeless music is hard to come by. It's gotten hard to do without it sounding like someone or something else. But you have a good solid group of followers, Including me that love to make great music!! These kind of interviews fuel me. Your other videos fuel me as well. I'm usually watching these late at night after I get home from my pt job or first thing in the morning while I'm drinking my coffee and getting in the mix later that day. Either way it's my fun fuel for the day, and I learn a lot and I feel redeemed as well for my practices.

[@awannabecopeland3676]

Fascinating watch. Michael Beinhorn's enthusiasm for music just jumps out of the screen at you. Greatv interview.

[@LarryGreenMusic]

One of your most interesting interviews yet! Thanks!

[@Freebarberscut]

I can’t emphasize enough how informative and educational those interviews are ! A big “thank you” to Warren and his team for taking the effort to provide as those videos! looking forward to the next one!

[@martinjohnbutler]

Right around 26:30 Michael said something I really needed to hear. Thanks for this Warren.

[@Producelikeapro]

You're very welcome Martin!!

[@paulEmotionalaudio]

Just fantastic. The shared enthusiasm and passion for music and love for what you do is brilliant. Bill Lazwell is a genius. The 80’s were a brilliant time for music. Thanks for sharing this conversation!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Paul!! I agree 100%!

[@That1Guy]

It’s wild that such an experimental collective like Material gave us some of the most important and successful music producers of all time

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! Amazing

[@KennethACrashwaggonMusic]

Michael's little rant there just hit the bloody nail on the head.

[@Jubidar]

This gentleman is responsible for Korn's best sounding record in their entire discography - Untouchables (2002). I'm kinda confused why this work of his is overlooked.

[@tikitikibamboo]

I just recently discovered your channel and I must say it's just awesome! So many treasures :D

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Tobi!

[@agrainofmalt]

1980 was definitely the best... I was born! :P Man, I'm loving this discussion... is like my own wild journey through music, and working my way backwards in discovery.

[@Producelikeapro]

James McGauran thanks ever so much!!

[@seamusthebogman]

Wow - 13 minutes in and this is amazing - chatting about so much energy and style in that 77 - 85 period! Have to shout out Material "Memory Serves", a record that really fried little me sitting in Halifax Nova Scotia - I bought it COLD... - thanks Mr. Beinhorn, cheers Warren!

[@thechrisricci]

This is my favorite interview on your channel so far. Thanks!

[@Producelikeapro]

Chris Ricci thanks ever so much!!

[@lasttime1372]

From Russia with love) Thank you so much for these interviews and other great stuff!!! Keep it coming!

[@CameronEarlyMusic]

Lots of gems in this video

[@Producelikeapro]

Cameron Early thanks my friend!!

[@CameronEarlyMusic]

No problem! Please do another episode with Michael 🙏🙏🙏

[@themastroiannis]

mentioning Caravan made me subscribe to your channel! LOVE Caravan.... such an underrated band! the beautiful pastoral Canterbury sound....

[@Producelikeapro]

Aw shucks! You have great taste my friend!!

[@guitfidle]

Well that was a beautiful interview. I didn’t really know anything about Michael before this. I knew he was involved in several albums I liked (Superunknown is one of my all time favorites) now I love the guy, thanks!!

[@mikeymoo71]

So enjoyable to listen too. Enjoyed the 'musical geeking-out' (near the beginning) especially! Cheers

[@josephjimenez5137]

I love this interview. lots of great bands to check out that i never heard of. all the tangents are great... keep it chill.

[@anonagain]

Thanks Warren and Michael for a great conversation. I can really relate - I used to buy albums based on the cover and title without having heard of the artist or music. That's how I discovered so much good music in the 70's-80's, including many of the bands you talked about (Gong was a favorite). I listened to everything from classical to jazz, but was also a prog-head back then. And yes, I was in the US too - there weren't a lot of us because it didn't get radio play, but the good record stores had it all if you were willing to take a chance. :)

[@dysfunctionalmariachi995]

Great Chat! Beinhorn is such down to earth dude! So much talent!

[@JTGreat]

Loving watching you both geek out on music, I'm writing down a list of bands as I watch!

[@erwinvandiggelen977]

Impressive and very entertaining video, because it was only partly an interview but mainly two men (at moments boys) with a lot of experience in the music industry having an open, honest and lively conversation. Thank you both.

[@mvandell]

Absolutely awesome! Thanks again Warren for these wonderful nuggets of pure gold☀️🙏

[@thejacksaints]

I came here for tips on recording and instead am totally loving listening to you guys nerd out on music. So good! We yanks also love us some Gong, Frith, and Caravan, etc...and COMUS!

[@shestudiossheila7423]

Herbie Hancock and Michael Beinhorn!!!! Awesome : )

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! Thanks Sheila!

[@avsteele5258]

Peter Gabriel, YES, Pink Floyd, were some of my favs from that time period. What has happened to the the music these days? Such different times we live in now. I will continue to work on my craft as a musician/engineer and stretch the boundaries. Great Interview Warren! Keep em coming.

[@ADGreen-es6hm]

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[@Melvin7727]

BRILLIANT stuff he said about the modern music industry relying on volume and the great art of the past being quality, risk, one-of-kind. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!!!!

[@bw2937]

But most of it wasn’t, you just remember the good stuff. Stop with all these tired bullshit arguments

[@PerezBroz-p5o]

Thank you for going on that tangent. It is so important to hear guys talk about music and history from their unique perspective. Though I’ve heard some of the bands mentioned mostly this is all new and fascinating to me and I can not wait to delve into these bands mentioned as I am constantly curious and in love with music I’ve never heard.

[@taopagan]

Fantastic interview which made me want to explore more. Mister Beinhorn is very articulate. As gently as he speaks, his insights and opinions have a persuasive force.

[@PeterBatah]

You know how you come across certain interviews that you never want to see end? Well, as far as I'm concerned, this was one of them. So insightful. Thank you Warren & Lisa Roy. (hope I spelled that right)

[@moosehavenstudio]

This is my favorite interview , can't believe their right there with my brain!!!!! Brilliant!!! If you don't know early music please look up all the music they are talking about.

[@johntbd]

Love the 10 year name drops, love so many of the bands you both mentioned. XTC one of my faves. I don't hear Gary Numan dropped so much. Love your diversions in this interview.

[@BrandonKraemerbk]

Michael is a very smart guy... I really enjoyed his insights on working with people. I think that is sometimes the most revealing part of these conversations: how you work with people. But... what a treat it was to see you guys geek out about the same obscure prog-rock bands that have made a big impression on my life.

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

Ha ha ha, you mentioned loads of those prog-type bands, and I'm old enough to know that schnitz, too. As soon as you said National Health, my mind went 'ping' Neil Murray, as soon as you said Camembert Electrique, my mind went 'ping' Daevid Allen, as soon as you said. blah, blah ...Robert Wyatt and then Michael mentioned the last line-up of Crimson, and my head spiralled into Starless, or Larks Tongues.. but thankfully you also Mentioned 80's era Crimson, and I'm a HUGE fan of that line-up. Flip me,. Warren, you do love your music, more power to your elbow , Sir. Now back to the vid

[@CameronEarlyMusic]

Awesome 🙏🙏🙏

[@koopsjunta]

Great vid, Warren. I’ve always wanted to see and/or hear an interview with Mr Beinhorn. What a legend! And what a lovely man. Props to both of you! ✊

[@MarkHolden73]

Inspirational, great hearing Micheal's thoughts on music and those who he has worked with these are the bands that have had me hooked into music for life all music :)

[@acommon]

Wow, great interview! I love the sentiment of people being too afraid. People are too afraid to work hard, be uncomfortable, and potentially fail.

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

Unlike most of you audience, I am not under 30 almost 60 and I can remember some of those bands talked about. Prog rock was very popular among my friends and musical peers. I was a big fan of 10cc when they fell out favour. Someone of late reminded me of exactly what these musicians accomplished. There is a decent documentary of their rise and all the hits they created over their careers. It was a bit of an epiphany to watch Tnx for the channel and the enlightened conversation. For those over 30 it is illuminating. The 80s were scary times, recessions, cities going bust, high interest rates, threat of nuclear armegeddon, there really was no reason not to go out on a limb. Your guest has a good memory for the times

[@fredhansen5920]

According to the great musicians you both are it is really marvellous how humble and "human" you still are! This restores some of the not so great views I have on us as humans. Thank you for that ever so much! ;)

[@splashesin8]

Thanks Michael & Warren!

[@Cugelclever]

I would love to see you interview Flood (Mark Ellis). Great as always, Warren.

[@PlattyNumm]

just love listening to ppl at the top of their game if I don't understand half of the technical stuff

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@narcnad]

I love the prog nerdout session! My favorite thing is deep dive conversation on obscenely minute details on obscure musical topics.

[@stephenzeagman9985]

Amazing! What an interesting interview. Pleasure to watch!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Steve!

[@DropAnchor1978]

Great interview, and so many great examples of bands from that golden period.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@TonjuwelenDeAgentur]

Wonderful interview. One hour - really entertaining. Love your show.

[@robb4340]

Amazing Series, Thanks a lot Warren, Absolutely Love your Channel!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Rob!

[@DaveZula]

Good God, this was a fantastic interview. I can’t believe how much ground was covered! I really hope you can have more talks with Michael Beinhorn very soon.

[@wangodan]

"Tu veux un camembert?", wow, what a great connected discussion! I liked Material in the 80's and I bought Michael's book some time ago, still in the process of reading it, it's a reference for producing artists, focusing on the human aspects. Thanks so much for this interview, Warren!

[@suparickyprime]

perfect timing for this ! thanks!

[@DodoMuse]

What an awesome interview. Thank you, Warren!!

[@Dunk0The0Punk]

More ! That was amazing and fantastic and insightful ! thank you.

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

they have good chemistry

[@antarus1915]

Amazing interview! Cheers!

[@stretke]

Thank you for your tangents. I never heard of Robert Wyatt and because of your tangent I've listened to nothing else for the past couple days. So much undiscovered (by me) great music out there.

[@benthies9531]

Just started reading his book today! Perfect timing!

[@castlestreetrecords]

Michael beinhorn-professor of music and life at stanford

[@ricksmith6735]

awesome video with great insight into Michaeal's work with these artists.

[@MarcosDSG-c3b]

You fixed the hack of the arm holder from your SSL! Niiiiceeeee. Good video and a very interesting talk.

[@bagoodale]

What an amazing guy and what a great visionary. Thanks for the great video!

[@davidallenhammond2777]

OMG, my favorite intevriew you've done so far. I was mesmerized for almost an hour and could listen to you two all day! So much wonderful insight into the creative process and touching on all the points that make music the best thing in my life. Thank you both ever so much. Did he mention what he was working on now? I'll watch again and try to find out. Thanks again, and thank you Michael, for the interview and for the music your have helped birth.

[@allenrassa2966]

+Produce Like A Pro What an excellent interview! I didn't want it to end! Michael is such an underrated and excellent producer. He does such a good job at recognizing what is true and honest about an artist and is even better at reaching inside of them and pulling out all of that stuff and placing it in the music! Do another talk at some point! SIDENOTE: You should really do a video/discussion about why all those Kraut/Prog/Art Rock bands are so brilliant and how they have affected music and why the younger generation should open their ears up to those sounds! More Can in the world = "More Better" World!

[@MrMarcbolan]

i just cant get enough

[@Producelikeapro]

Mr stevetook thanks ever so much my friend!!

[@adammartin7007]

Awesome! Superunknown is the perfect sounding rock record imo. Not to mention an incredible collection of songs...

[@Producelikeapro]

Adam Martin amazing!! Yes, I completely agree

[@henningmarien]

great conversation! could have listened for some more hours ;)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much my friend!! I really enjoyed this interview!

[@darlenesheffield9835]

Amazing interview!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@shawnmelody8346]

such an engaging video.. loved it!

[@Ctouch09]

This man speaks my language.

[@narcnad]

“Vomiting a certain way” Hahahaha! I love that.

[@Guitarisalways]

Awesome, interesting conversation re-making art vs corporate mentality of current music industry! :)

[@Producelikeapro]

Lance Su'a agreed! I loved this conversation!!

[@poloslair]

Great interview. Also grew up with and love prog..... felt like I was part of the conversation. Not sure why quite a few people just dislike Prog. I can't say I dislike any Genre. great work.

[@Producelikeapro]

I LOVe Progressive Rock! However, I grew up on Classical Music so it made perfect sense to me!

[@pipperoooo6171]

Yeah I really liked this one Warren. Two awesome music people just talking. You could be the model for new tv. Great work.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much my friend!!

[@aditbeats]

The chemistry❤️💯

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous!

[@shawnwait6207]

Thank you Warren and Michael. Great (as always lol ) interview.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Shawn!!

[@timflatus]

You name checked Hatfield! I love you!!! I still have a copy of New York Gong's About Time and Material's American Songs EP and One Down. Somewhere.

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! Hatfield and The North!

[@timflatus]

@@Producelikeapro We've been playing "Share It" from Rotter's Club live recently. I wasn't sure whether Michael would admit to his prog past or not. Glad he did. Such a great interview, really inspiring!

[@Producelikeapro]

I love Rotters Club! It’s late here and I think I’m going to put my ear buds in and listen to that now! ‘Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear: "Hey there! Rotter's Club!’

[@Producelikeapro]

Also big fan of Caravan! In The Land Of Grey and Pink!

[@timflatus]

@@Producelikeapro explain the meaning of this song and share it!

[@aglees2b]

You guys should consider a podcast - great listening to both of you.

[@davecarsley8773]

They have one

[@josh_simcosky]

These videos are AWESOME! Love getting to hear brilliant minds talk about how they work. Kurt Ballou at God City Studios would be a great episode in the future! Also, Justin Mantooth at Westend Studios in Kansas City is the best! The MCI console they have rules, in addition to all kinds of vintage to modern gear, and custom pre-amps, etc. Thanks again for all this awesome and enlightening content!

[@wiklundvswiklund8770]

That was great! Thank you!

[@delphinoaleon6436]

Phenomenal interview. Super awesome advice on songwriting. This really highlights how important a producer is or at least a good producer. Thanks for the videos

[@gotyor]

awesome interview, really dig his honesty and passion!

[@carloslaend1635]

Thanks, fantastic talk!

[@AudioMasterRTrib]

Great post Warren!

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

1980 and 1981 are fascinating transitional years. That early digital sound, too. The eventide h910.

[@midlander4]

The best years for music. Ever. No argument.

[@JonnyKaine]

This will be a great interview to watch while I'm eating my ramen. Love this stuff. Keep 'em coming! I love Can & Neu! oh boy and Brian Eno's first four albums (I listen to his ambient stuff too, but those first four solo albums are my real jam.)

[@johnreilly9748]

Robert Wyatt was the drummer for Soft Machine!! One of the greatest bands ever!

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely John! Agreed 100%!!

[@johnreilly9748]

Luv your stuff Warren great post so informative!

[@winterjps]

Well, this is fun!! I'm catching y'all's excitement (y)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks JP! It was a blast to do!!

[@winterjps]

@@Producelikeapro PS I go by Winter

[@agrainofmalt]

The comment(s) about Chris Cornell live... I got the same feeling upon seeing Soundgarden live in 97. Was a little underwhelmed, despite being a huge fan. The only time I saw him really 'perform' and over the top was maybe 5+ years later with Audioslave, where he really played up the front man vibe. Was kind of strange to see, tbh... maybe it was the fact he felt freer in front of a band such as those RATM guys? Either way, he was phenomenal and sorely missed.

[@Algabatz]

1) Fantastic! yesterday I wished for this interview, today I got it! 2) 1980 was great, I started my first band in 1980. We still play together, although we live in different cities. 3) I heard that back in the 70's a standard record deal was for three albums. Think of all the fantastic albums that would never had been done today, when you have to get a hit with the first song or you're out. Alice Cooper: Love it to death, Deep Purple: Machine head. Nazareth: Razamanaz ;-) 4) Don't forget about The Stranglers!