Tech Talk: John Tejada on his studio set-up (Electronic Beats TV)

[@OffworldRecords]

“Vibe is much more important than perfection”

[@josephauguste1307]

True mate 👍🏾

[@galacticireland735]

Totally 100% agree. Vibe is king. If the mix is a little untidy but the vibe is there and you get emotion from it then its a good thing. I cant count the amount of times I've tried to tidy up a mix that had bags of vibe and energy only to lose all feeling once it was polished to death. If it sounds right then it is right. Music should be full of little mistakes and imperfections. The art is knowing which ones to keep. Trusting your instincts is a learned skill. Its taken me 20 years. I've finally put out an ep last friday with great reviews. Keep at it.

[@os_oz]

@@galacticireland735 wheres your ep man? id like too check it out

[@sportsfreundberlin]

But where does it show in his music? It sounds pretty polished to me..

[@lavolka]

"Perfection actually is boring"

[@albagomez3858]

John Tejada's productions were my best masterclass on electronic music ! Huge fan of his style, that's the thing he has a very unique style, fresh, fun, full of soft and hard layers. He has definitely the vibe. Such a beautiful human being, loved this video!

[@luckystrke]

What an incredibly cool dude. I've always liked his music

[@noskov5]

Watching it and now want to re-listen all Tejada's bangers. He is very talented and one of the most iconic producers for me.

[@jamesjoseph1373]

I like how humble he is.

[@toraimanchester4658]

is this some sort of joke? 😂

[@rhythmdroid]

@@toraimanchester4658 not at all. John is a very humble guy for all the talent he has. He's earned his success.

[@aaliyoh.von.kex_sounddesign]

@@rhythmdroid *I totally agree with you, JT made it many times ^^ !! Greetings from France!!*

[@foljs5858]

@@toraimanchester4658 Did you watch the same video? I mean, he might believe he is the King of the Universe. But in the video at least, he is very very humble.

[@jefflewis6626]

I absolutely love and adore this man and his music. My routine is to get home after a long day at work, whack on my beats headphones and then plunging into the wonderfully and heavenly world of John Tejada. He must live long and prosper and never stop producing such gorgeous music 🎶

[@hang-sangitch]

His music is sublime. Great producer

[@michaelparks1632]

proper legend. 6 hits of sunsine basically defined my taste in house ~2001.

[@SebastianBeyer]

Love his sound ..edit 2023 still unique

[@dubrunna]

I have Tejada releases on 12 that I've collected since the late 90s. Can't really say that about many other producers. Longevity like this is rare.

[@Labyrinth1010]

04:24: Once I was taught this, it completely changed my mixes from something of an immense struggle to something far, far easier. This really is the key.

[@danderham4060]

Consistently spot on producer for so many years !!!

[@MogulProductions]

tejada is such a legend! thanks for the upload!

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

What a cool studio and down to earth guy 👏🏽

[@shaftpunk84]

His last few albums on Kompakt have all been amazing.

[@gabriele4189]

first track: Mono on Mono - John Tejada (PaletteRecordings) (his label). Awesome!

[@bwasb]

...from the good ´ol days!

[@Yesyesrudeboy]

It’s crazy that it the same chord permanent as his track “Sucre” also on palette records.

[@simonlegrec]

First Class Producer and Sound

[@RenniefosterRF]

Love his work.

[@maggowitschwittbronsky8222]

can watch dis for hours.

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Please do, good for the YT Algorithmus 😬

[@dustmighte]

What a chill dude.

[@matthewpreston1396]

That riff at about 3 mins in was awesome

[@CaveWay]

Love Tejada’s vibe. Always super groovy.

[@solongyouth]

one of the very best. legend.

[@ArcAudios77]

Was an excellent watch & listen, thanks Telekom Electronic Beats :)

[@matrixauthor_electronicgro4729]

Master at Work 💪♥️Thank You John Tejada& Electronic Beats✨✨✨

[@audiooooooo]

What a wise guy. Wonderful

[@STRAKKERSTECHNO]

Legend upmost respect for John. Keep on my brother.😎💪🏾💪🏾🖖🏾

[@baalearic_goat]

for me, his best releases are on his alias Autodidact & Lucid Dream in late 90s

[@drgigglesvinyldjsets-kruto1080]

Hell yeah! Those Lucid Dream records are super deep.

[@miscible21]

Would love to see him work in Renoise!

[@LacklusterOfficial]

me too, absolutely. would be interesting if it's samples only or if he uses outboard gear.

[@Jdinrbfidndifofkdndjoflfndjdk]

Uff, having a track almost complete then change a sound. Uffff. Changes the whole thing. def hard.

[@thegroove2000]

John locked into his craft. He knows his stuff.

[@basehead617]

He's been in the game FOREVER

[@cryptout]

I’ve got a lot of records from him, nice to see his workflow.

[@JakimYTB]

ahhhh finally dope studio ...here!

[@zakbro]

had the pleasure of opening for him in asia. NICEST guy

[@trump-1-win]

Wuau Jhon Secada is algo a great producer 😮

[@ghfjfghjasdfasdf]

His sentiment at the end about perfection, is difficult to quantify because it’s extremely subjective for better or worse. I would like to hear him elaborate on it further though. 1st and 2nd tunes in the video are top notch!

[@tylkoheptrus]

His latest album is a total banger. Respect

[@dontcallmejon]

This guy says so many key things, also very relaxing to listen too lol

[@mudsh4rk]

I still do most of my sampling on an MPC2000xl with one 512MB CF card, pretty much solves the "too many samples" problem.

[@pdxwilliam]

8:00 anyone ID that last track?

[@gijsyo]

A great musician!

[@geohashi]

The legend

[@DEEPMOSES]

Top dude, great pearls of studio and creative wisdom, loved this upload

[@OriginalRitz]

At the end, that bass line sounds like "Cycles" by Milton Jackson

[@mikelo303]

Great. More!

[@MrMORITU]

parabolas is a gift from this genius!

[@deepulse3309]

Legend

[@mataya909]

Love that guy!

[@alieustiansamateh6401]

I hope that creation you playing with a round 5.20 min, is coming out anytime soon :D Great guy and great inspiration! Peace!

[@st0rmchild]

I've hit the same wall so many times, adding plugins and tweaking them for an hour…then bypass them and it sounds better. So easy to hyperfocus on the wrong details.

[@HH-Thorsten]

His music sounds as cleaned up as his studio but in a nice way.

[@musicenjoyer]

this dudes got a cool vibe

[@nizer7147]

Thanks for this video! I like his idea on ease of use in the studio. So important to be able to sit down and create. Anyone know the track title around 3:40? So groovy

[@md-rodriguez3811]

Nizer “Mind Bend”

[@deepulse3309]

Love from many years later, love from Ukraine! John father for progressive house, techno 2000 (millenium)

[@wilfullness]

John mastered one of Plaids recent albums. It is criss AF 🔴🟣⚪

[@johnricardo519]

very well said!!! cheers bro

[@tb80038]

What is the synth mounted on the left side of his desk under the monitor?

[@jonathanray4987]

great video !!!

[@OHMR-bo5qz]

L.A. Legend!

[@christoroppolo8742]

Very nice tactile rig. And I totally agree about your mix attitude” a lot less is more . “ so for you like me is that work flow as unintrusive as it is for me ? Does it work? For you as a real peace of equipment in a Pro session? Do you utilize iOS daws as well since you like to use multiple daws on so called real computer platforms, or are you open to the iPad Pro for full on go to choice ? Peace Christo 👽🐕🛸

[@pentoxideman]

Does this john know his music is doing wonders in south africa😀?

[@stabrecordings2366]

Anyone knows the synth on 0:40 (green color) below the speaker?

[@jaystink]

I believe that's a cwejman s1. They I'm not sure if they're manufactured any more..

[@jakobkraft3869]

what's the name of the envelope generator in min 3:25?

[@dallas-cole]

His apollo is as dirty as mine, I love it

[@rehabonthetrackhoe]

nice, im not eletronic musician but i really luv dizz wave im on the future gonna do something like dizz type of stuff

[@LacklusterOfficial]

so wait, those genelecs can be placed on their sides?

[@BigBadWolf..............]

I would like a desk like that. Is it custom made?

[@copeyhagen4249]

track id at 07:20

[@DAMATRIX]

Cool 😎

[@TREMORSTV]

that synth lead though

[@jareknowak8712]

1:59 -are those one-way monitors? Or coaxial? Genelec? Faux Obsolete.

[@MickBenjamins]

Yes, coaxial design. They are called "Genelec 8351 The Ones"

[@jareknowak8712]

@@MickBenjamins thank You! I was hoping that somebody is using one-ways, but no.

[@groundhog7871]

Okay he know what he does 😂🔥

[@auggysimcity]

No nordost interconnects?…

[@obey_is_not_my_thing]

JTT!!!!!

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

1:06 Track id anyone?

[@jefflewis6626]

Dexterous Manipulator Hi 👋🏾 The track is in titled Mono On Mono 🤩 Here is a link for the track. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmKwlmaunLmmaas

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

Anyone?

[@JusobDJ]

@@dxtrs_mnpltr John Tejada - Mono on Mono .... one of my all time favs

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

@@JusobDJcheers bro

[@bcnstrct6624]

shit son! that is awesome,

[@amadeuspaulussen]

Bitwig, yes! ❤️

[@djmixin1]

Fucking Crazy

[@N1K5TA]

👍

[@asavan257]

Perfection is boring. Yep

[@WARDISWARD]

Quallity gear black corporation deckards dream cwejman s1 km 2 oberheim sem moog voyager dsi /oberheim ob6 and ofcourse togu talmod ..vst

[@No.0.o.0]

Renoise baybeeee

[@saardean4481]

funny thing though is that he doesnt like perfection and polished but i cant recall any of his music being muddy and dirty.... :-)

[@somberville3351]

Legend