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What do you think about technology?
Do you understand?
Did you know? Interesting fact
The word, the terminology
Technology was first used in
If I'm not mistaken
By the author
Mary Shelley
And the book, Frankenstein
I do believe that book was originally published
In 1817 or maybe 1813
And the word technology
Was gaining traction
And she used it as part of her verbiage
Her vernacular at that time
Yeah, so
Welcome to Why Make Music...
My name is Timm
ThinkTimm
And I'm your host
On today's episode
We are going to talk about
Producers
Top producers in the last three years
Producers who have left their mark
On the music scene
For those who don't know me
I am a independent musician
Producer, creator, writer, composer, artist
When it comes to music and visuals
As always
The sounds that you hear in the background
Are completely all my creations
For you to hear
All of these songs are available
On all streaming platforms
Under the name
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So
What's cooking?
It is
January 31st
We have made it one month
Into the year 2025
This weekend coming up is
The Grammy Awards
The award given out by
The National Recording Industry
Picked by your peers
Picked by the people who create music
Great question
I would love to be able to
Find what inspires all of these
Talented creators
I would love to have them
Pencil in a answer to what?
The grand question
Why Make MUSIC...
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That is what I think
I think it's the greatest question
That any creator
Would love to hear
So
Also
As one of those creators
Today marks the release of
My project
Number 6
Say it with me
NomenClefture
Dot, dot, dot
Verbal scales
Yeah, y'all know
I like those names
So
Right here is
One, two, three, four, five, six
Albums
Each album contains 26 songs
Six times 26 is 156
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So
Enough about me
Let's talk about
These great talented producers
So
You know, like I said
The Grammys are rearing around the corner
Two days away
Only two days
So who are some of the hotter
Hottest money making producers?
Number one
On my list
Jack Antonoff
Do you as the average listener
Know who Jack Antonoff is?
Jack has been a force in the industry
For a long time
But in recent years
From 22 to 25
He has collaborated and written for
Lana Del Rey
Lord, you remember Lord?
The one with the cool song couple
Maybe about a decade ago
His pride and joy
Other than recently
Writing with Sabrina Carpenter
From the Philadelphia surrounding area
Who is nominated for that chill
Country hybrid of a track
Produced by Antonoff
Please, please, please
Yeah
But
The number one person
The mainstay
Not taking anything away
For he has produced for many people
But to have your name attached to the one
And only
Taylor Swift
Enough said
So
This producer
Who last year at the Grammys won
Album of the year
For Taylor's Midnight's album
And now she is nominated again
For The Torture Poets Department
Yeah
Wonderful
So Jeff
Primarily uses
Logic Pro X
As his digital audio workstation
Which is
By chance
The workstation I use
Can I say
Perhaps it's the
Workstation of champions
Like Cheerios
Or Weedy
Breakfast of champions
I'm trying to be
More
Expressive
In
My deliveries
I'm trying to be a personality
You know
I can do it
So
He also
Plays
Traditional instruments
The bass, the guitar
Regular traditional keyboards
And I kid you not
He even fronts his own band
And homie is unstoppable
Listen, I'm not gonna lie to you
I follow more social media
I do, I do
Because
I admire
The anonymity that
A lot of
Producers and creators have
Because I say it all the time
If I could pay some bills
And never be known
If I could
Pay for my children's college
And set up trust funds for them
And still be able to
Go to the market and go grocery shopping
And then come home
And produce
Lovely tracks
Like you hear in the background
I would be
A happy
A happy man
Next on my list of
Producers
Is the
One
And only
Finneas O'Connell
He is known
By one name
To these millennials
Who make up
His fan base
And he
May not be
A household name
But his number one
Person, let's see
He has produced for
Selena Gomez
We know who she is
He has produced for
Camila Cabello
He has even
Put out two of his own
Solo projects
Which are very, very good
I would highly
Suggest you look into him
You'll look him up
And find something you like
But he is a guy
To watch out for
If you don't know who he is
Enough said
Oh, oh, oh, oh, my bad man
I left out his
Crown jewel of a
Sister
Ms.
Billie Eilish
Where's my mic? Can I drop it? Can I drop it?
So the first guy produced
With and for
Taylor Swift
Sabrina Carpenter
He's married to an actress that was in that movie with
Emma Stone that just came out that's kind of cool
And Jessie that's married to
The girl, the little girl that was in the Spider-Man movie
And interview with the vampire
Jessie
I call him Fat Matt Damon
I ain't gonna lie to you
Jessie Pellman Pullman something
He's a great actor
He was in Civil War recently
But Finneas Produce
Writes
The brother, the blood brother of the greatest
I'm not gonna lie to you
Before
I knew who Billie Eilish was
I heard
My daughter talking about this artist
My daughter has excellent taste in music
So does my son
But my daughter has it
She has an excellent ear
She turned me on to
A lot of the music that I listen to when I'm not listening to my own
Because I'm listening with her
Her first concert a couple months ago was Billie Eilish
Last night she performed at the fundraiser for the people out in LA with the fires
From here on the East Coast it was broadcast from midnight to 4am
And of course in true superstar fashion style
Billie opened the show at the Forum
Playing with Green Day
And I do believe she closed it at the Intuit Dome
With her own set of three songs
She is truly a talent
Her brother is truly a talent
And they produce out of at first
Their bedroom in their childhood home
Mind you
These two siblings have currently
A ton of Grammys
A ton of other awards
Two Academy Awards
One for the song they did for the James Bond movie
And then the second one for
What was I made for from the Barney Barbie movie
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This is why these young kids have created a culture of hard working musicians
Not only are the tracks tight
I've seen video behind the scenes of recording
They are so unconventional
They are so home grown
I'm talking beautiful lush layered vocals recorded
No sound booths
No isolation
The young lady is lounging on the sofa
Music playing in the background
And she's laying these beautiful beautiful harmonies
Background vocals
Stacks on stacks on stacks on stacks
Yeah
As you can tell I'm a fan
I really think that they will be around
For a good long time
Yes yes
Once again
I must say
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And if you are still tuning in
If you are still listening
I thank you
Ah ha ha
Thank you
I thank you so much
So last week I asked you to
Tell me some jokes
And no one
Sent me any jokes
It's okay
I found other things to laugh at
Anywho
Ah ha ha
Anyway
On to my next producer
I don't want you to think that
I'm gonna leave out the hip hop people
I know that you may not necessarily
Care about the producers
But one producer that is keeping it
Keeping it moving
Cup of coffee and a rhyme
Every single time
If you get that head you know
Anywho
Metro Boomin
Let me say that again for you
Mr. Metro Boomin
Mr. 808
Mr. Let Me Get Some Of The Better
Rappers of this generation
Or my song
Let me instigate beef
Let me make a ton of money
Metro Booming
Now Homie uses
FL Studio
It's a very friendly interface
And a very very powerful sequencing device
You know
He also uses the MPC
By Akai
For sampling
He has synthesizers
And he has crafted a very distinct styling of music
Did you know
As a fan of
Movies and superheroes
That Metro Booming was
The executive producer
For the Beyond The Spider-Verse movie
He was responsible for a lot of songs that were on there
Yo, time out
If you're listening
And you hear my voice
I am running my voice through
A FX processor
Why?
Because I have a very
Interesting voice
Tonally sometimes it cracks
Sometimes it fluctuates
I told you 22 episodes ago
On episode 1
That I like to talk fast
And sometimes I am known to
Butcher up the English language
My only main language
And the FX processor
Sometimes to me makes me feel like
I'm talking like I had a stroke
Oh, I'm bugging
Anywho
Metro Boomin
Very effective hip hop pop
Relevant producer
I kid you not
This is where
I had to
Figure out me personally as
The guy that I am
How to have a
Straight appreciation for
Production work
I say that because
A lot of the artists that he produced
They're not in my purview of music
But
When I researched him
I say it like as a project
Like I'm investigating him
No, but as a producer
You as a creator
You as a person
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You must intake
All the music around you
Never not listen to
The artists never
Not listen to music
So I had to
Get a appreciation for
The artists that were rapping and singing
Excuse me
Over his beats
Over his tracks
Over his music
Because I
As a music lover
Loved his music
Without doubt, without question
But
I am not afraid to say
I'm old
I didn't necessarily get down with a
Travis Scott or RS-21 Savage
You know? So
Hats off, my man, you're doing it
Why make music
Because music is always being made
I wanna pause for the calls
And tell you something
Listen, listen, listen
There used to be a time when
It wasn't this easy to
Connect and share your thoughts with people
I thank you
This is my
Therapy session once a week
Why abuse healthcare when I can
Talk to you
And get my thoughts out
Thank you
Next person on my radar
Is a guy that I know
You don't know
This dude is producing
If I say the range of people
He produced for Lizzo
Leon Bridges, 21 Pilots
Ricky Reed
Using Pro Tools
Hailing from the world
Using the best equipment
Sequencing on the Prophet 6
Ricky Reed
You know Lizzo
About damn time
Listen man
As a producer
As a creative person
Do you know
To be able to financially
Live your dreams
Financially
Take care of your family
And I say to you
These names that you don't recognize
These people who can live their life
Do their thing
And be creative
That is the dream
As long as you don't have these
What they call them
King Parties
With private guests
Just don't get yourself into trouble
And realize
Too much of anything
Is a bad thing
Who would have ever thought that
Baby oil
Would be something that we
As a culture
Would shake our heads at
Sometimes folks just
Do a little too much
To round off
My list
Of producers
What did I give you
I gave you
Jack Attenoff
Logic Pro
X
Digital Workstation
Phineas
I do believe he uses Ableton
After Finneas
I got into
Metro Bloomin
Fels Studios
Ricky Reed
Pro Tools
Last but not least
Despite passing away
In 2021
Electric Music
Sophie
A producer
Who released an album
After she passed away
In 2024
Collaborations with Madonna
Charlie XCX
Vince Staples
Another Ableton music user
Let it be known
Let's pour some out
Let's have a moment of silence
S-O-P-H-I-E
Look up the material
Take a listen
Yeah
So
Thank you, thank you, thank you
This has been
Why Make Music...
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Episode 22
You know who has a song called 22
It's that Taylor Swift young lady
Her partner is going to
The Super Bowl to play
The Philadelphia Eagles
In two weeks
His brother used to play
Shout out to the Kelseys
Let me tell you
Shout out to
All the people out there
Who love it life
And love it sports
And bring it music and fun
And entertainment to everyone
I love to see
The cultures mixing and mingling
Music from the past
To the future coming together
Yeah
We're talking
What?
Gilly the Kitty dancing over a cameo
In two tracks
Two short tracks
Yeah, blow the whistle
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Enjoy, watch, take your time
Listen, don't let me down
Help me build a community
I'm going to do something I don't normally do
But I'm going to stretch this out a little longer
So
Real talk
Like I said before
I am learning this social media thing
And the numbers for the last month have been looking good
But I do need you to
Subscribe, tell a friend, like, follow, do all those things
The mighty algorithm respects the follow
The number
Right now, Instagram in the last month
I have 1.7 million views
It means nothing without the follow
Without the people engaging
Tell a friend
Pass it on
The people in India is holding your man down
I love them
And they don't even know why
I don't even know why
But whatever clicked, it clicked like I say
Music is something that is there for everybody
When I made it, I made it for me
I did not make it with any audience in mind
Without any thought of any person
So
If you like it, great
If you love it, wonderful
If you share, if you can follow
If you can subscribe
Listen, I don't want your money
I want money from those companies that make millions and billions of dollars
I don't even want a lot of money
I just want to pay for my children's education
I just want to be basic and continue to entertain for my home
That's all I want
I have responsibilities and I have time
So why make music?
Because I am Think Tim
And I am telling you thank you
Thank you, thank you
For allowing me to be me
And
T-H-I-N-K-T-I-M-M
And I am out