“He would always say to me, ‘Listen to Led Zeppelin and tell me what the loudest thing is’. And me, having my confidence, I’d be like, ‘it’s the drums. John Bonham.’ He said, ‘Nope…’“: Andrew Watt on what Ozzy Osbourne taught him about mixing

Ozzy Osbourne and Andrew Watt attend the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

Andrew Watt, producer for the Stones, Pearl Jam and of course, Ozzy Osbourne, has been talking about his relationship with the late Black Sabbath singer and, in particular, what Ozzy taught him about mixing.

You wouldn’t necessarily have Ozzy down as a production guru. But, according to Watt. “You have to understand. This man was making Paranoid when he was 21,” the producer pointed out in an interview with Rolling Stone.