It was like, I better get this right before he gets back or I'm dead! To me it was like a real passive aggressive way of producing. then he'd be off and we were left to get all his requests accomplished by the time he came back for another listen. (Rick listens loud.I thought the NS-10's and pro acs were going to blow up!) he would write his comments down as he listened which were usually lots of detailed things like, "Saul can come up on the last line of verse 3", "the guitar should ride up real loud in the choruses", etc. I would basically start getting the track happening and Rick would leave us alone for a good part of the day and he'd come in to listen to the progress. Overall I'm happy with it but I think, had there been a bigger budget to work a bit longer on it, it would have been much more focused. I think I did the best job with what I had to work with and what Rick wanted. We got Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers in to do drums on "Omniamerican". So I re-recorded some of the drums and replaced some of the bad sounds with more beefy drums and generally tightened up the rhythm section and did guitar, bass or keyboard o/d's to support some of the samples he had. Saul had recorded most of the tracks on his own in smaller studios and honestly, they were not recorded very well. He explained to me that it was a small budget and he needed me to not only mix the album, but also get some of the wrinkles out and tighten up the songs. He played me the demos of Saul's music and I thought, wow, this is some intense sh*t! After we listened I immediately agreed to do the project. he guided me to his library where he does all his listening. His "puli's" (a breed of dogs with long hair like dreadlocks) greeted me at the door. I met him at his house (which was like walking into a dark museum that reeked of good incense). I got a voicemail message from Rick saying he knew I was in town and wanted to meet with me! I was shocked. Can you imagine how we felt having Rick Rubin listening to the songs, sitting right in front of us and watching him bopping his head? That was a great moment for us.ĭ kicked off the Voodoo tour at the house of blues in LA and I was there to record all 5 shows. We played him "Playa" (which I played off the desk as I was in the middle of mixing it), "One mo gin", "The root" and "Untitled". He expressed how much he loved Devils Pie and D and I were both bursting with excitement! He asked if we could play him any other songs that were mixed. Rick Rubin heard "Devil's pie" when it was released and just loved it! (this was before we were finished with the full album) Rick was in New York and stopped by the studio with Chris Rock in tow. Remember, I was on Voodoo for 3 years and I hadn't worked with anyone else since we started the album. This is the first full record I did after Voodoo.
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