Paul Epworth opens up the session for Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep'

A sneak peek from Paul Epworth's "Inside The Track" series in which he shows us his session of Adele's song "Rolling In The Deep"

Join us at Church Studios for a series with the highly influential producer and songwriter Paul Epworth! This series uncovers the creative process behind Adele's 2010 hit single 'Rolling in the Deep'. Epworth describes how a vocal “riff” by Adele led to the pair's collaborative songwriting journey. He walks through the demo session in Logic Pro, which contains the original lead vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, drums and percussion tracks. He then opens the final tracking session in Pro Tools at Eastcote Studios and elaborates further on the recording and production techniques employed.

[ellieg]

This song turned 10 years old and it still sounds just as fresh. So so good

[BounceMuzik]

“I think the charm of it is the imperfections”. Love that quote

[markshortall]

Its was so refreshing to hear a song with a real, genuine swing in it in the charts

[LeifCoffield]

its always cool to see younger guys like this giving masterclasses. so used to seeing the usual staples of mixing so its refreshing to see a younger chap clearly mastered the craft!

[CMprod]

Music engineers are always so articulate and eloquent

[hearmenow]

Just goes to show how important the vocal performance is.

[joshuaalmeida]

The fact that I didn’t get to her the original in studio acappella is devastating

[discodave]

Was hoping to hear the backing vocal tracks. They totally make this record. Love how they sing lower in the chorus. Unexpected and really effective

[CanyonWanderer]

All the time I'm like: So when does Adele come in ?? 😀

[jdrum]

I own a recording studio that generally records Rock and I use Adele's tracks for reference tracks their engineering is so good

[HarryLoveTV]

What a lovely man with a lovely family and a lovely personality. Cant say enough good about this talented chap, Paul Epworth is a top bloke across the board

[hummarstraful]

The Paul Epworth videos are fantastic. He gives so much information and his knowledge is vast.

[nickflasher]

That's great. I heard the imperfections in the acoustic guitar, but when combined with everything, you can't tell at all. And it definitely gives it character. Excellent work, Paul.

[DanielDeakin]

amazing to hear the little mistakes and imperfections in such a hit song!

[Superdelphinus]

Fab video - love the little engineering tips and insights too. I’ve always felt that Adele’s music is brilliantly produced.

[PocketOptionTradingRobot]

"part of the charm is the imperfections". I agree.

[DjLeoZero]

Beautifully crafted mix of organic takes and tightened up and you can tell the individual performances are super important to building the whole classic end result - amazing to see under the bonnet of this one.

[janbriggs]

A MASTER. OF A MASTERPIECE. SO MOTIVATIONAL. WOW!! WHAT A CONSOLE. !!

[tommymandel]

Really interesting. Great work, Paul...hearing the parts, and the session, I'm shocked how much faster it is than I'd remembered it being.

[DeathBeach]

outfuckingstanding. thank you for posting this. some serious recording gems in here. the part at the end where he shows the guitar is great and i love that he admits to the part being hard for him to play because he's not a guitarist.