Damon Albarn's Songwriting Routine, Using Garageband To Create Blur Songs

This Damon Albarn is one of the most cocky musician ever to live...

Garageband it's the small bro of logic, logic now its on the iPad, I've been using GB for a decade on the ipad, last year i mixed a record, that was mixed also in a Mac using logic pro, guess which one went to the master

So that's what Kenny Beats has been up to in the UK

Didn’t know Mr Robot was british

WTF? I don't see GarageBand anywhere...that is not GB they are using. Is this a piss take?

Rockstar is when you can wear Carhartt Workwear and make it look fashionable! Rock on Damon Alburn

but this is not garage band, isnt it?

Damon Albarn feels like he's being played by Harry Enfield

Albarn — not ALBURN.

been creating dub reggae on my imac and garageband for years , sounds great to my old ears

Garageband is my go-to for getting ideas down quickly too. I swear by it!

What's with the hard whistle?

I think Damon’s nearly boiled.

Loved this. What so many muso journalists miss is that these guys are musicians, they want to talk about their music not their private lives. We want to hear it. Loved listening to Damon talk about his process and how he gets to the places he does with song writng. Very inspiring.

If Damon uses it then im gonna.

Herbert the pervert-esque Sssssss’s going on here.

Man, people are deluded over AI, everyone cueing up to give out the same tired tropes "it'll never do X" or "it'll never replace Y" . . . it's amazing that their technical insights (lol) just happen to rule out encroachment into their particular area . . . they haven't got a clue what's coming.

Why is he always dropping the F bomb?

When Damon says “Would you like to hear the demo!?” You fucking listen man! That interviewer was a bit of a twat, wasn’t he😅

garageband is great for songwriting, maybe not so much for production..

Damon whistles when he speaks. Can't tell if it's pretention or not. Either way it's annoying.

Garage band is underrated for its simplicity. But the elegant user interface is designed brilliantly with great thought put into how to keep the interface simple, and it has far more features and track count than even the Beatles had. That's a mind blower to me, and it's available free on all iPhones and iPads. The amount of creativity possible with GarageBand is up to the artist. As far as software design is concerned Garageband is a masterpiece.

Just gave wondamonwall a mighty promo boost

Was anyone else surprised by how deep his speaking voice is given how high he sings in blur songs?

Omg, I've not seen James Ford in years, he was a great drummer back in the day and I had the opportunity to play bass alongside him back in the Ear to The Ground days in Manchester.

So there is very little about the song writing process here and when they show the DAW it’s not Garageband. I’m wondering if Apple have slipped Damon a few quid 😂

Yeah, the energies

Damon so underrated

I like the fact that damon says he uses garageband. A friend of mine uses garageband, and he says how good it is, but i am a loyal Fl Studios user. Sorry.

I like those microphones.

NDH 20 <3

Bizarre....

Didnt know he whistled his 's' until now. Sounds like the old peado from Family Guy

David Sounds like Herbert the pervert from family guy with those whistles.

The Deesser on Damon's vocals must be working goddamn overtime lmao

Is Damon on 0.5x speed setting?

Technical / gear question please: what mics are you using? I've spotted (and admired) them in other high quality podcasts. Thanks in advance ;-)

dat whistle

Drink when you hear 'energy'

I just went back from logic for iPad to GarageBand. Much more straightforward

Can't compare myself with Damon but I play Garageband for maybe 12 years and this software still gives me inspiration... A free soft and you can make a song ! Who told a Mac was expensive when you realise all the stuff you get inside to create your world !

Song is alittle weak

Yeah, modern life is rubbish. Just gimme coffee and TV in a chemical world in a chemical world it's very very .. summat or other

GarageBand is amazing. Still using it regularly today after 10 years.

ive been using garageband to mix for years. its fun and easy and can be done on my phone

Gosh... those Neumann mics really don't favour his "Ssshhh" sizzle.

How I still love him

You said it. It's really all there in Garageband!