Interview with Jay Z's Engineer, Young Guru

Monday, September 9, 2013

Interview with Jay Z’s Engineer, Young Guru

Jay Z’s engineer Young Guru stops by Pensado’s Place to discuss his experience working with Jay for over 11 years, his artist-in-residency at USC, balancing personal taste with client needs and technical aspects of engineering.

The first half of the interview begins around 13:50 and focuses on Guru’s background, the music industry and general issues of engineering. The technical discussion begins around 24:20 and includes plenty of details which engineers and producers will love.

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