E. Dan (the producer)

[TYPHY]

He has produced a few songs for Wiz Khalifa. I'm feelin his beats so I'm trying to do a little research on him, but I can't find his discography anywhere on the web. Anybody has a list of what songs he has produced? I'm trying to check him out some more.

[Dayl]

Maybe shoot him a message : idlabs.



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[Tnevz]

Yeah, he needs to get a big congrats from the GS crew on the Mac Miller joints. He produced at least 3 or 4 joints on his album that were dope.

Dude definitley has lots of talent and puts in work.

[Dayl]

Yeah bro, like this for example. E Dans sound is lush.

[TYPHY]

that beat is nasty

i can't stand mac miller in the slightest bit tho

[TYPHY]

how bout we list all the songs produced by E. Dan?
I'm trying to hear all of his work.

wiz - this plane
wiz - good dank
mac miller - of the soul

[Dayl]

hah, just message the dude on here or twitter via the idlabs handle. He may be busy but he always seemed cool enough to help with something like this.

in the meantime... enjoy

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/defa...?bandID=917344

[Tnevz]

Originally Posted by Dayl

Yeah bro, like this for example. E Dans sound is lush.

Yeah, that reminds me of some tribe called quest ish. I want that bass patch. lol.
I'm thinking it's from the triton, which I don't have.
Whole track is dope.

I'm thinking I read somewhere he works for/with rostrum records. Which is, in pittsburgh, where he's from, and Mac miller and wiz khalifas label.

[Tnevz]

Wow.
Just looked up blue slide park on wiki. Id labs produced and/or co-produced 10 tracks on that album.

My bad it's "they". ID labs is E Dan and Jeremy Kolousek.

[idlabs]

Holler

[DesmondA]

Is E. Dan from the south? I hear an accent.

[E.rOk.stA]

Originally Posted by DesmondA

Is E. Dan from the south? I hear an accent.

He's from here in Pittsburgh, homeboy.

[Tnevz]

Originally Posted by idlabs

Holler

lol. Yall been busy huh?
Any production (or otherwise) tips you can drop? You using maschine more than the mpc these days?
Thanks

[TYPHY]

I just came across "Best Day Ever" instrumental on Youtube...

HOLY ****

this is giving me cold chills man.. this shit is sooooo RAW

[idlabs]

Originally Posted by Tnevz

lol. Yall been busy huh?
Any production (or otherwise) tips you can drop? You using maschine more than the mpc these days?
Thanks

Def been busy. Always a great thing to be in this biz.
I really haven't used the MPC for anything more than a controller for a couple of years, but yea I've recently copped Maschine and I'm loving it. It's really bridging the gap for me between my hardware days and the last few years of mostly using software.

[idlabs]

Originally Posted by Tnevz

Yeah, that reminds me of some tribe called quest ish. I want that bass patch. lol.
I'm thinking it's from the triton, which I don't have.
Whole track is dope.

I'm thinking I read somewhere he works for/with rostrum records. Which is, in pittsburgh, where he's from, and Mac miller and wiz khalifas label.

That bass patch was from the G-Force Minimonsta plug I think. The main sound was an Omnisphere patch I tweaked.
Dont know if anybody peeped the remix we just put out with Raekwon and Posdnus but that was one of those 'damn, I can't believe I got these dudes rapping on my beat' moments.

[Dayl]

Originally Posted by idlabs

Dont know if anybody peeped the remix we just put out with Raekwon and Posdnus but that was one of those 'damn, I can't believe I got these dudes rapping on my beat' moments.

yes bro... premium

[CTodd901]

Originally Posted by idlabs

Holler

u did good dank?...how yall track that bass mane

[Tnevz]

Originally Posted by idlabs

That bass patch was from the G-Force Minimonsta plug I think. The main sound was an Omnisphere patch I tweaked.
Dont know if anybody peeped the remix we just put out with Raekwon and Posdnus but that was one of those 'damn, I can't believe I got these dudes rapping on my beat' moments.

Yeah, thats crazy! I'll have to check that remix.
Thanks for the insight.
I'm sure your busy since Wiz's mixtape dropped recently and I'm sure y'all are working on his new album too.

Continued success to y'all. You definitely put in work and have a unique style and sound.

[idlabs]

Originally Posted by CTodd901

u did good dank?...how yall track that bass mane

I don't even remember at this point. Was some crap ibanez I played thru my Great River pre I believe. Maybe a little comp from either a Drawmer 1968 that I've since sold (and regret)or from the Avalon 737.

[Dayl]

Man.. id labs went in on Macadelic. Put in some real food work. ****emall is cool.. love the crispy drums set against the vocal harmonies. Plenty of goodness there.

[I.So.Dope]

Damn he definitely switches stuff on Macadelic. I am listening to it right now. Spacey beats,well mixed vox and harmonies especially on "The Question". Could you please describe the process and Is that a real bass guitar on "The Question"?

[Tommycash]

@idlabs, great work man.

[I.So.Dope]

Plus those keys in the intro. Where are they from?

[idlabs]

Originally Posted by I.So.Dope

Damn he definitely switches stuff on Macadelic. I am listening to it right now. Spacey beats,well mixed vox and harmonies especially on "The Question". Could you please describe the process and Is that a real bass guitar on "The Question"?

Yeah, that's live bass on the question. A dude named Wally West made that track and I added bass, guitar, the 808 and changed some of the drum sounds. The original beat was cool, it just didn't knock enough.

[idlabs]

Originally Posted by I.So.Dope

Plus those keys in the intro. Where are they from?

The intro keys and some of the interludes all came out of a late night session at Paramount in LA. Ritz Reynolds did those. He uses logic but I have no idea where he got those sounds. He does amazing stuff that guy.

[idlabs]

Thanks for the good words folks

[TYPHY]

Originally Posted by idlabs

Yeah, that's live bass on the question. A dude named Wally West made that track and I added bass, guitar, the 808 and changed some of the drum sounds. The original beat was cool, it just didn't knock enough.

what is the main instrument in this song? isn't it just guitar chords? if you added those guitar chords then what was the beat before that? lol it's ****ing smooth as shit tho

[Tnevz]

Hey idlabs, how do u usually track guitars? And do you layer and pan them to give them some depth and or width?
I've played guitar for about 17 years and usually DI into guitar rig but I'm finding I usually have to process guitar quite a bit to get it to fit in a mix and sound good all around.
Most definitely not trying to cop your style, but any insight into good pre/s, plugins, chains or somewhat of a mixing technique, coming from a fellow guitarists perspective, would be greatly appreciated.

[TYPHY]

Originally Posted by Tnevz

Hey idlabs, how do u usually track guitars? And do you layer and pan them to give them some depth and or width?
I've played guitar for about 17 years and usually DI into guitar rig but I'm finding I usually have to process guitar quite a bit to get it to fit in a mix and sound good all around.
Most definitely not trying to cop your style, but any insight into good pre/s, plugins, chains or somewhat of a mixing technique, coming from a fellow guitarists perspective, would be greatly appreciated.

I was wondering the same. Are you plugging your guitar directly into your interface? Is a DI box needed between guitar and interface? How much of an upgrade in sound quality would an external preamp do for a guitar going into amp sims?