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Apple Shares Trailer for Docuseries 'Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson'

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Apple today released the trailer for upcoming docuseries "Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson," which is set to premiere on Friday, July 30th on Apple TV+.


The six-part docuseries will examine "sound creation and the revolutionary technology that has shaped music as we know it," and as the name suggests, it is hosted by DJ and Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Mark Ronson.

Each episode will follow Ronson as he uncovers untold stories of music creation and explores the lengths that producers and creators will go to in order to find the perfect sound.
Ronson explores music's intersection with artistry and technology in candid conversations with music legends and icons including Paul McCartney, Questlove, King Princess, Dave Grohl, Adrock and Mike D from the Beastie Boys, Charli XCX and more, where he discovers the ways in which these unique tools have influenced their work.
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The end of each episode will feature Ronson creating a unique piece of original music using different techniques like reverb, synth, autotune, drum machines, sampling, and distortion.

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If this is like any of the other music docu-series Apple has put out, I'm definitely watching. Beastie Boys story and 1971 were outstanding. I would watch the hell out of another series like 1971 - maybe do 1984 and 1991 next.
 
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citysnaps said:
A leader in sound? Huh? It's a documentary. Like others Apple produced.
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I understand they make documentaries, I loved the Beastie Boys, it was great. However, Apple is a business, these things always have a marketing angle, and Apple just coincidentally has several sound products and a service. Amazing! It's almost like there is a connection.
 
javanate said:
I understand they make documentaries, I loved the Beastie Boys, it was great. However, Apple is a business, these things always have a marketing angle, and Apple just coincidentally has several sound products and a service. Amazing! It's almost like there is a connection.
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You might have a point if Ronson dedicates an episode to GarageBand but otherwise, yeah, there is a lot of Apple hardware in the post-production sound business so Apple does have a connection.

Keep in mind that Apple, the company, does not make these documentaries, they licence them. And though they likely have script-approval rights and approval rights on cuts there is little evidence, beyond product placement where appropriate, that Apple is particularly hands-on. Which might explain why so many things on tv+ are so good.

Apple should continue to facilitate the creativity and not get directly involved in it.

BTW product placement is a lucrative business and a time honoured way to finance production. Apple, like all companies that finance through product placement, will have guidelines on how and how often products must be shown. It is a fine balance between placement and gratuitous product shots which, admittedly, is pretty easy to cross. I have worked on productions where the company with the product asked us to remove shots where the edit had gone too far, too far even for the company paying for it.
 
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javanate said:
That's just a weird reply, did they get an Emmy for Airpods or something? Are you thinking this is an Oscar contender?
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No, not for AirPods, which in fairness would be a little weird, but Apple does have Emmy Awards for tv+ programming. Not that this fact helps explain the original comment which you are responding to and has me scratching my head as well.;)
 
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Duane Martin said:
You might have a point if Ronson dedicates an episode to GarageBand but otherwise, yeah, there is a lot of Apple hardware in the post-production sound business so Apple does have a connection. Keep in mind that Apple, the company, does not make these documentaries, they licence them. And though they likely have script-approval rights and approval rights on cuts there is little evidence, beyond product placement where appropriate, that Apple is particularly hands-on. Which might explain why so many things on tv+ are so good.

Apple should continue to facilitate the creativity and not get directly involved in it.
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A well considered reply thank you. So you make the point of my post, "looks cool", however it could also go bad if they get heavy handed, like say for instance "The Morning Show" with hundreds of iPhone closeups. Hopefully that is not the case.
 
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javanate said:
I understand they make documentaries, I loved the Beastie Boys, it was great. However, Apple is a business, these things always have a marketing angle, and Apple just coincidentally has several sound products and a service. Amazing! It's almost like there is a connection.
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Apple has had sound products for the last 20 years. Services too.
 
Think I will skip this. A lot of the people shown I am not familiar with. I miss the old days when the band actually went to the recording studio and made music. Most of it today is all digital.

I am surprised Steve Winwood wasn't part of the series.
 
Apple_Robert said:
Think I will skip this. A lot of the people shown I am not familiar with. I miss the old days when the band actually went to the recording studio and made music. Most of it today is all digital.

I am surprised Steve Winwood wasn't part of the series.
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Maybe "Open up your ears and clean out your eyes" and give it a whirl for 3 of 6 episodes. it wont waste your life away and you may learn something from these folks.

I know a few of the artists shown, and others not familiar at all or much at all. But this could very well be an eye-opening experience where you learn just how some songs are put together and how certain cuts give some people a head bop.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
Think I will skip this. A lot of the people shown I am not familiar with. I miss the old days when the band actually went to the recording studio and made music. Most of it today is all digital.

I am surprised Steve Winwood wasn't part of the series.
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You're not familiar with McCartney, Grohl, The Beastie Boys and Questlove? All of whom "actually go to the recording studio to make music" - maybe you're just not that into music?
 
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You're not familiar with McCartney, Grohl, The Beastie Boys and Questlove? All of whom "actually go to the recording studio to make music" - maybe you're just not that into music?
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I didn't say I didn't know any of the people. Read my post again.

I know Grohl by name only. I am familiar with Paul although I never did like the Beatles and find Paul to be a poor singer. He was better as a writer. I have never heard of Questlove or several others mentioned. I know who the BB are. I hate rap music.

I am into music and have been for many decades. One doesn't have to like the latest artists to be into music. My music preferences are different than many here and there is nothing wrong with that.
 
For a second I thought this was Jon Ronson, and I was puzzling as to whether he’d be asking musicians if they were psychopaths?
 
Apple_Robert said:
I didn't say I didn't know any of the people. Read my post again.

I know Grohl by name only. I am familiar with Paul although I never did like the Beatles and find Paul to be a poor singer. He was better as a writer. I have never heard of Questlove or several others mentioned. I know who the BB are. I hate rap music.

I am into music and have been for many decades. One doesn't have to like the latest artists to be into music. My music preferences are different than many here and there is nothing wrong with that.
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But none of those artists are "the latest" far from it - in the list, there's like one modern artist. I mean I don't like The Beatles either but these people are the sort of artist you'd know of even if you don't have any interest in their music, like I don't in Pink Floyd or most music by "bands", but I still know of the established artists in most genres. The Foo Fighters are massive, Questlove's band performs on some American TV talk show that I believe is massive over there (Fallon or someone)
 
Hopefully as good as 1971 was. That was fascinating (having been alive in 1971 but too young to have experienced that year in music live) especially the way the social/cultural context was blended in with the music.
 
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