Ep.47 Pierre DeJournette - BeatsbyPD

Chicago based 2x gold, 2x platinum and 2x #1 Billboard charting producer Pierre DeJournette joins us for another thrilling episode full of surprises and insight into some of todays top music artist and what it's like to work with them. Tune in for stories of PD working in the studio with Juice WRLD, How PD produced a song that ended up in the Spiderman movie, Teaching a sampling class at the HipHop Academy, and some essential advice on how to get a song on the charts. 00:00 Intros / Great at what we do 2:45 How Nymbus and PD met working at the movie theater 6:00 Came to Dallas for a change in scenery 6:45 Accolades / What's the process in producing a charting song? 8:50 A sign of the times / Simple beats go far 10:10 "I specialize in drums" 10:45 Struggling to bring an idea to reality / Building the puzzle 14:45 What are some of the artists you've worked with? Juice Wrld, Jeezy, Yo Gotti 16:00 What's the process of working with major labels? 16:45 Producing a song for the Spider-Man movie 21:40 In the studio with Juice Wrld 25:00 The connection between artist and producer 27:00 Guitar Center Run 30:30 Hit or Shit (Grammys, Auto-Tune, Bringing the Homies to the Studio, State Fair of Texas, Big Festival Crowds, Punching in on Tracks, Teezo Touchdown) 46:45 Different versions of your song for different situations 50:50 What's your favorite producer tag? 56:15 Who's your dream artist to collaborate with? 57:50 Secret Time 1:00:00 Teaching at the HipHop Academy 1:02:50 Advice to upcoming producers - "Follow your intuition and do you" 1:07:00 Outro