Keeping It Tight with Noam Wallenberg (Vulfpeck, Anderson .Paak, Mac Miller)

Noam Wallenberg mixes it up. He’s all about creative limitations, be it tracking with the “wrong mics” or mixing a live record like a studio recording. We dig into the music he’s made with acts like Vulfpeck and The Fearless Flyers, what exactly tape does to music, and how taking the unconventional route can get you to beautifully unexpected places.For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to this pod's blog on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊‍♂️Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ScoobertDoobert.pizza⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🍕⁠Pick up my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new LP "I" on vinyl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in its full spinning colorfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ while they last 🎨Connect with Noam on his:✏️ ⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✏️ IG⁠⁠⁠⁠ What makes records happen. Stuff like that to make things interesting. Within the air. Sit there with a fader. Change what that equation is. The blend of analog digital. Direct injection. It can be the momentary answer. All feeling based. The language into the choices. Make the song whatever that means. Variances in terms of the like frequency makeup. Can remember these moments. Everyone’s doing everything. An aesthetic guide. Balling on the train. The change in proximity effect. The intention of the player in an incredibly compelling way. Slammed to the volume. On the way in. Within a word. Within a song. Intimate and interesting and unique sounding. Immensely connective and profound moments. Slight variances. About the stuff that gets recorded. One of those little lightbulb moments. It forces character. Help shepherd it. Thinking like a musician at every step of the process. Getting cooking. Enjoy the conversation. Willing to go there. Volume riding. Feel purposeful and feel connected to the world. A profoundly exciting thing. The way that those records sound. Music was kinda the one thing. Through pure aesthetic. It absolutely does. Comb filtering resonance sweeps stuff. Emotional response to the things. Make that choice make sense from a musical perspective. Colors the sound. Everything’s important. It’s brilliant. Based on a few of those factors. Oscillate between feeling. Particularly the vocals. You can color outside of that box. Squashed in a cool way. Like it’s all music making, obviously. Reverse engineer by hearing this stuff. It all happens together. Within voltages. From the same tool chest. Measuring the height of the building. 🏢Edited by Rebecca SansomSet Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠