Jacob Hellner - Behind “Ich tu dir weh“ and its production process [reupload]
This is an abridged version of the free masterclass hosted by Jacob Hellner on the 28th of March, 2017, at the SAE Institute In Amsterdam. It contains the parts relevant to and about Rammstein.
Keypoints:
0:00:00 How he became the producer of Rammstein
0:02:42 How he feels about rehearsal songs
0:03:55 “Ich tu dir weh“ session overview
0:07:05 ITDW final version
0:09:45 “How did you make the guitar sound?“
0:10:40 Production tips
0:11:30 Evolution of Christoph Schneider and drums
0:13:43 Technical solutions for recording the drums
0:14:14 DRUMS (Recording process and techniques individual drum samples)
0:48:32 BASS
0:49:28 GUITARS part 1
0:51:18 Description of Richard’s recording machine from “Making of LIFAD“
0:54:47 GUITARS part 2
1:00:02 KEYBOARD
1:03:51 VOCALS (beginning)
1:04:06 “[Till]’s a singer, but he cannot sing. He’s a great performer“ - what Till also said this about himself in “Making of LIFAD“
1:05:21 How he tracked Till
1:06:00 First stanza, clean
1:06:20 VOCALS (recording process)
1:08:04 ITDW chorus discussion - “This chorus was a tricky one for him to do“ (aka the reason why they playback the chorus during live performances)
1:09:37 Chorus, clean - “The process of maybe 30 takes, over the course of 2-3 weeks“
1:10:23 Chorus, backing vocals
1:10:48 Ending remarks