John Rolodex shows us the SECRET to making a track for Metalheadz in 2020 | Ableton Tutorial

[@STRANJAH]

👉1000 LIKES please! Who else would you like to see on my channel? 🙂

[@divineintervention7925]

If you could get a Liquid producer on to do a track breakdown that would be fantastic!

[@alejandrogr9516]

Skynet. As producer and sound engineer.

[@pyroghost11]

Any big name from your country like Catacomb or NC-17, Psidream, Pacific especially

[@gtabro1337]

@@alejandrogr9516 Whoa, jumping into the big league names right away hah. I'd love to see HLZ, discovered his music only last year and I've been in love with his production since.

[@makevi7176]

skeptical, kiril, friske, mikal, hlz and many many more....

[@jmcframe]

Imagine doing one of those with Paradox and he just sits there with his Commodore C64 and some tracker software from 1995 switching ZIP drive discs. I'd love to see that.

[@sutusmihaly]

..same idea Ive had 🖤 but he's using an amiga 😉

[@jmcframe]

@@sutusmihaly Ah yeah you're right.

[@Hedphoniks]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3XRaI16mN1srZI this is kind of similar to Paradox's approach

[@R4NS0M]

Late 90's, my friends and I were so obsessed with dnb, and getting to a level where we would have dubs to play in our sets. My younger sister would overhear these conversations sometimes, and one year for Christmas she asked if she could buy me a dubplate as a gift.

[@lateralshiftmusic]

The length he goes to make those breaks is incredible, massive respect to him!

[@BreakbeatAuditor]

Who remembers Cartridge and John Rolodex - Light Cycles? Banger tune.

[@STRANJAH]

Glad you brought that up, loved that tune.

[@UgoZg]

One of my favourite tracks EVER.

[@tonyleparty2858]

His sound is very old school, in a good way. I remember this from the late 90. Nostalgic sound.😊

[@rebusd]

I knew John back in the late 90’s and he was always on the front end of music. Never saw a dubplate in my life before going to his reno’d basement for a hang

[@seansley]

Yes on Vinyl Syndicate! I'm an old Toronto junglist from the late 90s, now based in Goa, running Goa Music Lab. Sniper, Capital J, BASSMint, Dose events... Was an infinitely inspiring scene and time. Great video to see real-world production techniques, learned a lot.

[@Delusional_Rhythm]

Dope feature Stranjah, keep it up my dude, you're the best drum and bass channel on youtube.

[@STRANJAH]

I appreciate that!

[@carbon1479]

Love the Final Approach flange on Rainmaker.

[@bardistass]

Rolodex is a bloody surgeon... Those drums though! *kicks nan down the stairs* I love that story at the end... This youtube channel is evidence you still go that extra mile for the scene... I love that. If this was football and DnB had a stadium, there would a statue of you outside it for sure Shout out to Rolodex too for a brilliant tutorial

[@jasonlieberman4606]

EDM production videos are a dime a dozen here, especially house. Thanks for making dnb more present.

[@STRANJAH]

most welcome!

[@torontojungle]

The whole video is amazing, great insight into rolodex's process, that story at the end was classic, big up stranjah

[@ahdsr307]

What a trip down memory lane when I hear the name Mystical... one of my favourite local DJs. Not sure how I haven't come across your channel before, big thanks.

[@Nick-be5hh]

Such a valuable conversation! Big up!

[@2ndmachine620]

Rolodex's tracks bang

[@drastikdreamz]

John Rolodex is a natural teacher

[@drastikdreamz]

Let's give people a little taste ^-^

[@gl6338]

Props to Rolodex, he is a D&B Ninja for real!

[@STRANJAH]

🤓 THIS is going to be a long one (40-minutes) so watch it in parts if you need.

[@My_man_G_UK]

One time standard! 👊🏾😂 Big Up 🦁

[@phillipburian3297]

really like this longer videos. This was very interesting to see and i learned some cool new things. Big up!

[@reinhartrolfson2048]

My ADHD says thank u ❤

[@немоёнезнаю]

Awesome, thank you

[@dualidentity]

When I went to Toronto International Carnival in 2004, I went to Eastern Bloc Records and met Ryan Ruckus. I go to every record shop to find out the local DnB events. I also went to see Shimon at a restaurant on Queen St with a basement where the club event was. Good memories of T.O.

[@blkrbbt]

I gotta say, I'm so glad I'm late in the game with music, and even finding your channel... lots of backlog for me to learn off of, and it's such a comforting vibe...

[@E-1K]

John Rolodex is a bad, bad, bad man. 🔥 Had fun with that Trash 2 vocal thing today. 👍

[@x26studio]

this is so valuable big up stranjah. Rainmaker breaks were so sick it was amazing to see how he made them

[@ZONE6666]

Props to Rolodex and to you Stranjah for this insight!! i was so exited to see some actual metalheadz breaks in action! i'll be studying this video over and over :) Respect !

[@STRANJAH]

Great I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@milan9398]

Have been looking for a while to find some good techniques of actual quality breaks. This is a proper one!

[@lowpro5743]

Yes John! Love ya guys! Massive Respect.

[@jedhubic]

This video is like a dream I'm not sure is real. Thanks!

[@spatiallllk]

Love how you started just catching up and having a regular conversation. Made it feel much more pleasing and personal.

[@MikeDeanOfficials]

He’s amazing. Thanks for this Stranjaaaaaah

[@richardyoung8213]

Had the pleasure of meeting John once. He was a Gentleman. Thanks STRANJAH for all the insight Respects

[@niceup1177]

stranjah and rolodex you absolute dons. all these videos are better than gold. sooo insightful watching mr rolodex work those breaks.

[@genkibald]

I walked past my vinyl collection in storage the other day. My eye caught the dragon ep.i had a deep craving to hear it through a needle but sadly everything still in storage. This is the video only my subconscious knew I needed to see. Brilliant thanks

[@StanAllDay]

Supper dope! TY

[@danieltheis4016]

Wow Alan, this was insane. What two chill guys. I learned a lot from this one. I would be highly interested in Photek if that would ever be possible.

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks we'll see!

[@ZONE6666]

@@STRANJAH I'd like to see haha

[@1234321mike1234321]

Hehe good luck mate, Mr. Parkes is a tricky one to get old of...

[@ultrajayme]

Photek 20 years ago, sure.

[@IncisionSheffield]

This is a gem of a video, some great insight into his process.

[@tactic_dnb]

Great Video!!! Thank you STRANJAH!

[@MrMallum]

I used to work at Vinyl Distribution and we used to send a lot of beats to Eastern Bloc. Big up the Canadian steppa’s!!!

[@itsdjdozer5025]

Sooo helpful. I will use look ma no hands for my tracks from now on. That’s my biggest struggle.

[@thinkingisthebox]

This is GOLD thank you gentlemen

[@zk2532]

Stranjah's face from trying to absorb all the golden nuggets from JR to base his next 15 videos on! Priceless! Great Video - I'd suggest Dillinja but that would probably be too mind blowing!!!!

[@RestorationsFOD]

Love that photek break

[@lowpro5743]

Holy shit. Eastern Blok. Awesome memories. Play De was my go to. Black market and metropolis were good too.

[@bonifacedubss6302]

how amazing, massive respect to both of you, in all honesty i haven't heard of John Rolodex before this video. absolutely brilliant, so many ideas to take on board, thank you both loads, happy Christmas and a happy new year, from me Rob Boniface.

[@Swancore1]

What I found interesting was the difference of John's audio workflow vs TC's midi workflow. The comment on how it is time consuming but you get the control was interesting. TC stacks alot of processing and shaping of samples inside the drum racks allowing you to organized drums in one lane. Seeing SPY doing his 15 track rule songs vs Metrik's 150 plus track songs is interesting too. I loved seeing how different people's work flows can be and how revealing this video was. I do like the idea of creating super loop and arranging song from there. There was a tutorial I saw that took inspiration from Stephen King's writing and starting with climax and working way from there and John's style was similar to that tutorial which I think was a producer dojo tutorial. Nice to see that theory essentially come alive in John's production style.

[@ultrajayme]

His process is exactly mine also. Point for point. Has been for years and years

[@sssss3750]

SICK!

[@SpennieLence]

Oh man, you are a god send to music production tutorial videos on tutorial. Big up ya chest Strangah!

[@STRANJAH]

You're welcome!

[@DirtyBeatsBassTV]

wow TBT i have not seen mystical influence & Sniper since 98 / high school in Boulder CO . big ups on this vid.

[@ianmelven7365]

Quadrant & Iris would be good guests !

[@Artersa]

“Releases from Tech Itch and Freaks” Yooooo!!!! I cannot wait to absorb from this video. Absolute love for these labels. Big ups Stranjah, I love how youre involving other producers into your videos. Really helps seal that this is a community. Edit: Watched the video and the time melted away. Awesome, awesome video. I really hope this becomes a more routine thing, especially since the workflow is different from yours. Shines a light on the various ways to work in dnb. Can’t express enough how cool this was. Big ups.

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you man, that's what I hope to do, provide you guys TONS of value.

[@SirTheoTheWhite]

The Rainmaker is such a banging track! 👊🏻 I’d love to see John talk about making Light Cycles with Cartridge. Also, “saving as” after each addition/change to a current project is very good advice. Just having a folder with multiple version of the same track/project is Extremely helpful.

[@adrouf1]

Great to see the process. Thanks for this video.

[@wallrider1538]

Very interesting work flow and techniques. Thanks for sharing this video. It is very helpful to be able to learn from such experienced people... Regares❤❤😎😎🙌🙌

[@jameslutze]

Looking forward to this one guys 🙌👍

[@rekall76]

absolute legend

[@jeffsymons7084]

I never knew Marc Royal moved to Canada. His production skills were way ahead of the time back in the early-mid nineties. Good to know he is still around helping other producers get a clean mix and master. It is a massive shame he doesn't make dnb anymore. If you ever get a chance to talk to him or have him on the channel it would be the greatest thing ever for me. Fantastic video by the way. Really appreciate seeing other artists on the channel. Everyone has their own style and ways of doing things so it is great to see the workflow, techniques and ideas. Shows that there is so many different ways to get a result and everyone can always learn from each other. Love what you do for the community. Even though it's a niche subject, you really deserve more subs.

[@MrMarklew]

This is awesome.

[@SonicGasoline]

This is a genuine gem in terms of helpful content for producers. I watched the whole thing start to finish and learned a lot!

[@Eltron2010]

I always used that 'Freezin Point' plate to test out people's sound systems. That tune was monster!!!

[@STRANJAH]

I'll remember this comment FOREVER!

[@krismatic06]

john rolodex - light cycles tune is one of my favorites!!!! glad he's back!

[@djkrptdnb]

Thanks for this one, just now getting to the end of it - it’s been one of the most helpful for me in terms of the breakbeat processing and editing - but the tips from the first tune were great too!

[@Mr.TeETH78]

Such good vibes and great information! Thank you both for sharing your talents and tricks! I learned so much!

[@nickstreet83]

LOVED this. Thank you

[@RandyColby]

Yep! Great minds think alike! My naming structure is like 1.05 (bass detune)

[@RITUALMUSIC]

Two Toronto legends! Makes me feel good being a dnb producer in Toronto :)

[@colinallcars5239]

Dope AF. Thanks Stranjah!

[@souljorn1]

Hell Yes!!! Great video. So informative.

[@chrisb6296]

Nice one

[@DjPrimeberry]

& another one!

[@marklowings5476]

Such a good tutorial. Thank you John & Stranjah. Metalheadz is the style I’m working really hard to try and achieve and this is tutorial gold for me. I would love to see a tutorial from Jubei or Friske . Keep up the good work.

[@barbosa8498]

Would be nice if Gremlinz talk about his track! ; ) shout out from Brazil!

[@vertecsrecordings]

That was SO entertaining, Stranjah. Do that again soon.

[@STRANJAH]

thank you!

[@djspaed]

Awesome episode would love more dope guests on a fairly regular basis on your channel, great to see so many active excited participants via the high view count

[@dj_react]

Man, I remember coming up to Toronto all the time back in the late 90s early 00s and I swear I saw you playing some party before I knew who you were and being blown away! Highlight of the event. Now, if only my old ass could remember what party that was. ha ha. FANTASTIC INTERVIEW!

[@STRANJAH]

That's cool man where are you based?

[@dj_react]

Rochester, NY

[@2intoonmusic670]

this video was Mega helpful mate, thank you!

[@kray9438]

Holy smokes this is insane! Two legends in the house! Taking down notes and studying hard. Thank you both for this incredible insight! Both great teachers, inspiring the next generation of headz 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@djmatinay]

loving the long form breakdowns

[@greenleaf504]

Absolutely wicked video. I watched it in one sitting. Big up, guys!

[@STRANJAH]

thank you!

[@milan9398]

When I saw this was going to air, it instantly made my day! Love to the both of you guys for putting this out!

[@wedfrest]

Love it. Nice one guys!

[@alexwild1435]

This is so cool. I’ve been a fan of John since I picked up his first two EPs on Dread back in the day, from Black Market. Then he came and played at the Islington Academy and blew my mind with his newer stuff, sounded unlike anything else I was hearing at that time. What a legend.

[@ultrajayme]

Dread. Now there's a label I haven't seen in a looooong time

[@cgarden23]

the pk break is what i need

[@sakbalam]

hehe love to see mr. andy c!!

[@ViperShortz]

Just wanna say big ups to you @stranjah for all of your content so far, its been a huge help and fun to watch, I really enjoyed watching this interview and hope to see more behind the scenes. This kind of thing is what really helps our scene to evolve and grow into the young teenage beast that it is already. Thx Ash / DJ Instinct

[@gertfukked3082]

This is amazing 👏 some great tips and also good to have some validation for the way i have been learning production without much music theory. Love it

[@shawngrove8543]

awesome ! i appreciate it !!

[@RussDnB]

Superb video! Thank you both!

[@STRANJAH]

Glad you enjoyed the content!

[@richardcrossman9276]

Stranjah: You should use Splice, it allows you to add descriptions when saving a session and also keeps a version history, which you can restore to an earlier saved version. This saved my life a few times!

[@DJFILTHOUTERNATIONAL]

good work guys much love

[@STRANJAH]

thank you!

[@muscleman2911]

Hello Stranjah! I like your tutorial series, i mean that ones you making yourself, you have very nice explanation skills and attention to details, so its easy to learn something from your channel. But personally I have no problem with bass or drums, the only thing i always struggling with is to make good D'n'B lead sounds, especially modern neurofunk/mainstream DnB aggressive leads, like in most of Neonlight, Tantrum Desire, Telekinesis, etc. tracks. Or for example lead "neuro" pluck sounds like in some of Gydra, Teddy Killers music, hope you got the idea. But when i started to search for tutorials on youtube, google etc. there is tons of videos/text material covering bass,drums,mixing etc. and literally no one about lead sounds, (except your dancehall D'n'B lead video) i even asked Neonlight themselves about that, during their 24 hours stream, they told me its a good question and its too much to cover on stream so they will make a tutorial video on youtube about that, but later they forgot about it or just didn't take it seriously. So i have to ask you if you can cover this theme in some of your next tutorial videos? I mean, not necessarily exact sounds, but rather some techniques of making them. Thanks!

[@TheDarkInstall]

You could rename this video, "How to spend ages remaking the Ni Ten Ichi Ryu break that Photek did in half an hour with his Akai and an Atari ST".

[@mattydafatty3008]

Think it was an emu 6400 :D

[@PorchBass]

Necropost but you nailed the quicker description

[@adamonline45]

OMG so insightful, and validating! I love audio over midi for drums, and that website with the chords! I am also not musically trained (barely inclined)... Also "have nothing but choices and then start arranging." Can't say how many times I had to hunt to fill in a track and it changed the direction of the track and more often than not, it would fall apart... EQing drums to a note is brilliant! Beatbox as a template... I never remember the sound I want to go for by the time I find a sample to achieve it, but that'll lock it in... I really appreciate John sharing that amazing track, his workflow, and spending his time with us!!!

[@abrasionequation4632]

Good stuff! Thanks

[@LeMeAtOm]

absolute quality! solid content as always Stranjah!!

[@dja-myx2781]

Loved this. I subscribed

[@trevor4835]

This is blowin my mind! Never thought id see big dnb names in a setting like this 😭

[@AlejandroGuerrero]

Guys incredible work! Thank you! Cheers from Madrid.

[@AndySo2000]

I actually bought your first release on Flex. I think I still have it too. That track was ahead of it time, when dnb was progressing a lot every week with new releases. I thought that was you, but wasnt sure.

[@adamh1005]

Such a good video !!!!

[@ianmelven7365]

Thanks very much to both of you, lots of good tips ! The end brought back some memories of driving up to Toronto from Boston for Syrous events in the mid-90s :D

[@chrisp7405]

That is quite the drums channel

[@tylerfrost9186]

Amazing material!