"We only try and do what Quincy Jones recommends, every music has its soul," says Daniel Lanois. "Beyond the style of it, every music has its soul. As a record maker you have a responsibility to get to the soul of that music. And as a record listener you have a responsibility to listen to the records that have soul. It's that simple. And if you don't get to a soulful place making a record, don't put it out."
It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Rick Beato's three-hour interview with Daniel Lanois is a fascinating insight into one of the greatest producers of all time. A man who has created classic music with U2, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris amongst many others. He even created music for one of the most popular and acclaimed videogames of all-time with Red Dead Redemption II. Lanois also worked on Peter Gabriel's classic 1986 record So – an album that was not only full of great melodies, but some envelope-pushing production too.
