It takes so much energy and time to make one song perfect.
I've been in the studio environment since I was young, so I know what to expect.
Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer.
Making an album is a long process, but it's a fun process.
It's like... to make a good record - I don't care who you are - it takes a long time and a lot of passion and a lot of attention to detail, right?
The first project, I made 16 songs and put 12 of them on the mixtape.
But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals.
When I'm making my own record, it's real work for me.
The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.
I can make a record when I think I have a good one.
I just continue to look for different material, great material, as good as I can find, and try to go in there and do as good a job as I can do in making it a record. That's all you can expect. That's all that you can do.
I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.
Pretty much all the programming on our CDs is done by me personally, so I've kind of been able to have complete control of what sounds I'm looking for to complete a song.
I'm a studio rat. I like going in there as producer.
I never complete a song until I'm actually going to make a record.
At some stage in the process, most mainstream pop records are being manipulated and possibly completely rebuilt on a computer, with a visual program.
Calling all dance music producers! I'm available.
It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes and get them mastered. You have to create.
Making records is hard work.
I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
I'm a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That's what I do. But I've gotten on the mic a few times in my career; people seem to like it, so I'll do it again here and there. But that's really not my thing.
It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.
I know I can't do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level.
I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.
I didn't finish high school, but I went to a special school for producers and musicians, a three year course for engineering, producing and learning all the tricks. So now I have my producing degree and certification.
