{"id":540512,"date":"2023-01-18T19:21:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rick-rubin-admits-he-knows-nothing-about-music\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T19:21:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:21:24","slug":"rick-rubin-admits-he-knows-nothing-about-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rick-rubin-admits-he-knows-nothing-about-music\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rick Rubin Admits He Knows &#039;Nothing About Music&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a307ff7b56bb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a307ff7b56bb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rick-rubin-admits-he-knows-nothing-about-music\/#%E2%80%9CRick_Rubin_Admits_He_Knows_Nothing_About_Music%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rick Rubin Admits He Knows &#039;Nothing About Music&#039;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRick_Rubin_Admits_He_Knows_Nothing_About_Music%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rick Rubin Admits He Knows &#039;Nothing About Music&#039;&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2023\/01\/rick-rubin-knows-nothing-about-music-1200x675.png\" alt=\"Rick Rubin Admits He Knows 'Nothing About Music'\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\/60 Minutes<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Rick Rubin has admitted that he knows \u201cnothing\u201d about music, and that he has no \u201ctechnical ability\u201d in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary producer \u2013 whose genre-spanning career has included work with JAY-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, LL COOL J, Beastie Boys, Run-DMC and Public Enemy, as well as rock acts like The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Black Sabbath \u2013 said in an extensive interview with <em>60 Minutes<\/em> that \u201cbarely\u201d knows how to make music or even play an instrument.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDo you play instruments?\u201d Anderson Cooper asked in a clip shared on Twitter. \u201cBarely,\u201d Rubin replied, to which Cooper retorted: \u201cDo you know how to work a soundboard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I have no technical ability, and I know nothing about music,\u201d Rubin said, causing Cooper to laugh.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rick Rubin became a world-class music producer without knowing the first thing about music <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3DhJi0IpK0\">pic.twitter.com\/3DhJi0IpK0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Perell (@david_perell) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/david_perell\/status\/1614822869984223232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, which airs on Sunday (January 21), the music veteran said his taste in music has always been the driving force behind all creative choices. Rubin released his debut book <i>The Creative Act: A Way of Being<\/i> earlier this month, which further details this process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what I like and what I don\u2019t like,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m decisive about what I like and what I don\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo what are you being paid for?\u201d Cooper asked. \u201cThe confidence that I have in my taste and my ability to express what I feel has proven helpful for artists,\u201d Rubin modestly concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably one of the most revered and accomplished producers in all of music, Rick Rubin co-founded Def Jam Records with Russell Simmons in the early 1980s. He also launched the rock-oriented label American Records and at one point served as co-president of Columbia Records.<\/p>\n<p>The 59-year-old has won nine Grammy awards and helped craft some of the biggest rap records ever made, lending his \u201creduced by Rick Rubin\u201d touch to LL COOL J\u2019s <em>Radio<\/em>, Beastie Boys\u2019 <em>Licensed to Ill<\/em> and Public Enemy\u2019s <em>It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back<\/em> and more recently Kanye West\u2019s <em>Yeezus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Rubin\u2019s lack of technical experience in music has been public knowledge for years, and in a previous interview with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WudmmlYnx8c\"><em>Channel 4 News<\/em><\/a> said his creative decisions in part come from avoiding comparison to whatever\u2019s popular or successful at the moment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe each have a singular voice, we each have our own voice,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I do is different than what you do\u2026we all do something different and they\u2019re not comparable. They have nothing to do with each other. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>les and oranges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cSo if you make something today and you think it can be better, tomorrow you can improve it. You can continually make the thing you\u2019re making better. You can learn and practice and do anything.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Mackenzie Cummings-Grady\">by Mackenzie Cummings-Grady<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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