Unveiling the Art of Musical Collaboration: Mick Unplugged Interview with Kevin Flournoy

Definitely my favorite song. When I tell you I have it on repeat, like, it is literally pulled up on my computer right here. You're genius. And in production, like, you talk about hearing, you've got this sound in your ear, and, yep, you can play the note, but then how do you trust the saxophonist to really get it? Because you can't really just hit the note for the saxophone form. How do you get that bass guitar player to really go where you're going? Like, how do you do that?

Kevin? That's, that's a great question, because that is a very complicated process that I do. Part of the pre work is that depending upon the song, there's different. Like there might be five different bass players that you can call. And that's where it starts. And they're all like, top bass players. Once they're in the studio and they start recording, I let them do whatever they want. What do you want me to do then? Just play it, pick the bass. Just do it. And I always learn something from hearing because they're mast. They've recorded a lot of records. So once that happens, I start the mold. I I It's analogous to molding clay.