I asked Steely Dan's engineer what makes a recording sound good

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Bill Schnee is known as the engineer's engineer. He's won multiple Grammy and Emmy awards and has over 125 gold and platinum records to his name. In this video, I interviewed Bill to speak about his recording process and approach to music. We discuss music production, as well as The Beach Boys, and his work on Steely Dan's Aja and Gaucho albums.

00:00 Who is Bill Schnee?
01:03 How Bill first started producing
03:58 Bill's philosophy for recording
05:46 The Beach Boys
07:25 Technology in the early days
10:02 Changes in music technology
12:00 Aja
14:12 Gaucho
15:39 The importance of drums
16:53 Technology and artistry
19:14 Advice for young people
19:45 The music industry today
21:38 The future of music