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18 Jan 2023 Conversations with Tyler Rick Rubin on Listening, Taste, and the Act of Noticing
“I think when he went to the piano and started playing. There was one point where he was giving me a lesson about how to write a song, and the way he teaches children to write songs.”
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- 18 Jan 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…When you were speaking with McCartney, what was the most McCartney-esque moment or anecdote that you have from that? Which part of that was supreme McCartney for you? I think when he went to the piano and started playing. There was one point where he was giving me a lesson about how to write a song, and the way he teaches children to write songs. It was very rudimentary. He was playing along and showing me something very simple, and he was playing it over and over again. Then all of a sudden, through this exercise of very simple, nothing changing, all of a sudden one of the incredible Beatles songs [laughs] comes out. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe it was that simple. Watching it happen was mind-blowing. You’ve watched the Get Back sessions movie by Peter Jackson? As a music producer, what’s your takeaway from that?…
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