He can come across a little standoffish at first.
And he was like, “What was that like doing that first gig?”
I was like, “I still love it.
Grammy winning producer Mark Ronson hosts a new show on Apple TV+ titled ‘Watch The Sound.'.Joe Pugliese/Apple TV +
It’s still one of my first loves.”
He’s like, “Yeah, I love it.
It’s instant gratification.”
Mark Ronson hosts ‘Watch The Sound ' on Apple TV+.Apple TV +
So Questlove, just the fact that he’s given so many great interviews even onWatch the Sound.
So how did this show come about?
Or ‘That’s why the music that I love sounds like that,'" you know.
And yes, definitely.
Because it’s not.
We love the singers and the vocals and the melody, but also these other things.
And then for, exactly, just people who love music.
And I think that is the sign of great documentaries that I’ve seen.
I’m not extremely passionate about high school basketball, butHoop Dreamsis one of the greatest docs ever.
Actually that’s the barometer of a great30 for 30.
I didn’t know why auto tune was invented.
Those were all sounds that were designed on synthesizers.
I didn’t know that watching those things as a six year old kid.
So there were amazing stories that even I didn’t know before we started making the show.
Another great thing that you did last year was memorialize music icons and hidden figures through short Instagram videos.
Do you feel that effort extended to the show?
Was there somewhat of a goal of memorializing artists likeAmy WinehouseandKurt Cobainthrough it?
I was like,this is crazy.
And I just thought,I love these people.
And that’s really all of it now, unfortunately.
A lot of legends.
It was just crazy.
Is this show going to come with an EP of those tracks?
The songs were a bit of an offshoot.
Do you see yourself making more episodes ofWatch the Sound with Mark Ronson?
And this other thing."
There’s so many other great people and probably other sounds we haven’t covered.
So, you know, that would be great as well.
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