How To Produce Drums That KNOCK - With Alexander 23 (Olivia Rodrigo, Tate McRae)

Learn everything you need to write & produce modern indie pop music. In this class, Grammy-nominated producer Alexander 23 takes you into his studio and teaches you his complete songwriting and production process — the same process he's used to produce hits like "good 4 u" by Olivia Rodrigo. Follow along as he write, records, and produces a brand new indie pop song from start to finish, explaining everything he's doing along the way.

00:00 Intro
00:25 Kick & Snare
02:28 Percussive Loops
05:49 Beatbox
07:54 Recording Live Hihat
10:13 Timing Corrections
13:48 Drum Bus Processing
18:31 Resampling
22:32 Chorus Drums
25:51 Outro

[StephanBouwman]

It's so good to see these dudes messing about and coming up with stuff on the spot and just feeling the moment. Gives other people confidence I'm sure!

[Iamdanybazz]

Me: (feeling pain)
Alexander 23 : let’s double that
😂
Great video!

[ADHSo_undnichtanders]

Alexander 23 is such a great writer and producer. Nice to get a look into his production work flow.

[ShloimyZaltzman]

This. Is. Fascinating! I've watched pretty much every hot producer break tracks down and their process... Something about this guys mind that is unique, how he see's the world and production. Felt very validating watching him!

[arun]

Love the folder name - "Top secret mega perfect kicks do not share" :D

[thenewasuka]

Great video! Although I think you should somehow find a way to mute the mic feed when the DAW audio plays over the monitors, the doubling signal is very irritating and it's hard to make detailed judgments like that for us viewers..

[tapeexperiments]

I do alot of the same for percussion. Good stuff. The opening vibe is reminding me of Comin in the Air. Looking forward to hearing the full track.

[mitchmcturtle]

How are you moving the hi hats like that when you’re correcting the timing? Are you clicking the left/right arrow keys?

[Minastokerrr]

Nice viseo! PLEASE! how to produce make you mine by madison beer=)) We are waiting!!!!

[tedd]

This is very inspiring, he is very talented. Is this song out yet?

[DavidDiMuzio]

He's actually a good producer. I'm a little surprised, haha. Nice work Andrew 23!

[tessaraadman]

Question: the resampling of the drums, couldn't that just be done by adjusting the wet/dry controls on the plugins (spectre/izotope trash) he used or do I miss something here? Thanks

[cosmictaser]

Anyone Knows what sample pack does he uses

[_parresa_]

What program does he use to make that?

[antoniog]

What are ppl going to do when Izotope Trash2 is gone forever??

[gustavoc]

wish i could find some good drum samples like these for free

[edalvarez]

I loved the video but those damn keyboard clicks…

[Iamdanybazz]

Me: (feeling pain)
Alexander 23 : let’s double that
😂
Great video!