Jacquire King: Producing James Bay

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• published: 20 Aug 2015
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We visit the world-famous Blackbird Studios in Nashville to meet Jacquire King, the Grammy-winning producer of James Bay’s Chaos And The Calm. In a follow-up to our May 2015 article on the making of the album (http://sosm.ag/may15jamesbay), King opens up the session files, revealing the production, arrangement and mixing techniques at play on three track from the record. Over the course of the video, Jacquire demonstrates the importance of foundational percussion tracks, and walks through his drum production techniques using the track ‘Collide’. Then, using smash-hit ’Hold Back The River’, he shows us how he uses natural spaces for “performed reverb” on vocal tracks for a sing-along quality. He finishes by discussing the arrangement and bass sound on the emotive ‘Let It Go’. Over the course of the video, Jacquire demonstrates the importance of foundational percussion tracks, and walks through his drum production techniques using the track ‘Collide’. Then, using smash-hit ’Hold Back The River’, he shows us how he uses natural spaces for “performed reverb” on vocal tracks for a sing-along quality. He finishes by discussing the arrangement and bass sound on the emotive ‘Let It Go’. Quick links: 0m29s - The importance of foundational percussion tracks. 4m35s - Drum production techniques on ‘Collide’. 28m16s - Using natural reverb for vocals on ‘Hold Back The River' 31m37s - Arrangement and bass sounds on ‘Let It Go’.