A song is a conduit of emotion from me to you | Oak Felder | TEDxSanFrancisco
What would you do when you receive the worst news of your life? Would you quit or stay and take advantage of the opportunity? In this moving talk, Oak Felder shares his story of writing a song that touches the lives of millions when they need it the most.
Felder is a Turkish-American songwriter, producer, and Grammy-Award winner. Since the early 2000s, he and his production partner Andrew “Pop” Wansel have been collaborating with some of the most successful artists: from Ariana Grande and Britney Spears to Miguel and Wiz Khalifa.
Filmed at TEDxSanFrancisco: Dare To Know on October 3rd, 2019, at the Herbst Theatre.
#MusicProduction #SongWriting #Performance Oak Felder was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and that is when his passion for music began. While he was content to stay on the island, in 2001, Felder won a scholarship to Georgia Tech University. Since then, he and his production partner, Andrew “Pop” Wansel has collaborated with some of the hottest names in the business from Ariana Grande and Britney Spears to Miguel and Wiz Khalifa. He is a Grammy winning artist who prides himself on putting the artist first, while he continues to make his own mark on the music industry. Most recently, you can hear Felder’s work on Alessia Cara’s hit song “Growing Pains.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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This is a great video! My daughter (Evie) is the girl in the video at the end. She absolutely loves this song!
@oakfelder3476
4 жыл бұрын
Craig Hurst WOW! Amazing. The world owes her a major thank you for her awesome bravery! And thank you for giving us the inspiration and reason to make songs.
@LoopnMix
4 жыл бұрын
Hypnotherapy would be great for her life at some point . Especially in understanding her fear of doctors. Feel free to check doctor Michael Newton work on hypnotherapy. A lot of answers are found in this practice..
@deemcevoy356
4 жыл бұрын
Omg , your little girl is amazing , so brave.
@allierose99
3 жыл бұрын
I am literally in tears over this
@KennyLauderdale
3 жыл бұрын
Bless you all brother!
Wow. Just Wow. I knew Oak was an incredible Producer, and it be an absolute honor to learn from him, but I am truly happy to have watched this. It truly shows that music really is the most universal language in the world, from the words of a poet by the name of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I am a 25 yr old Autistic man with a wonderful wife striving to find my style of production. I know that I am new to production, but after hearing this, I will begin to work harder in my studies and my pursuit of music.
Oak: These are production secrets i dont want anybody to know TEDX: *posts this on KZread*
As a fellow Turk, we are proud of you big brother 🙏🏽
Man this was jus beautiful man... I was watching as a producer at first but u really showed the bigger picture at the end 🙌🏾🙌🏾 bravo well done my man 🙏🏾🙏🏾
@afonsomarques7173
2 жыл бұрын
I just cried
@nanakennedy8141
2 жыл бұрын
Same here bro
Wow this made me cry, beautiful talk
Music therapy for the win
Oak's Production skills is one thing to be amazed by, but damn you can feel the passion in his words and the way he is💯
He's speaking to me as Paul did him. Thank you.
Man....... seriously. Oak is a genius and a humanitarian. Incredible.
Really beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story.
Man, this resonated with me so deeply into my personal well of tears. When you write music, it's not just for you, like a child, "it's for the world".
Beautiful!!! The power of music
This is the first time I've seen this. Just two days ago his talk with SOS magazine came up. I recognized his face and name from before I was injured. I play that video every morning now (it's been MAYBE 3 days): "I'm talking to you producer! You are not an artist!" I decided to take a day to reflect and look at my notes/pieces. This came to my attention. And now I am feeling a little less weird about my personal and professional background...
In my case, I came to know about this song from the little angel Evie when it went viral across the social media as I don’t follow music trends. The way Evie sang it and whatever comfort it brought for her in that moment of despair, is the unspoken poetry of music.
Proud of this man 🙌🏾
Man this really was beautiful and inspiring at the same time.
i cried! thank you for beautiful talk
Best video on writing a song ive seen , the connectio between music emotion from writer to listener is totally correct , when i wrote friends and the fallen , because soldiers say the hardest thing is coming home and when a purple heart winner thanked me for that song , it meant everything , i dont need to sell millions of records , that comment was everything , thanks oak for a fantastic vid
I can’t express myself with words right at this moment. 🌹
I love this man! He's so talented
Pure A+
Now I'm feeling that I have learnt something and this feeling is amazing.
He is incredible human.
Thank you for sharing all of these Oak, you taught me the beauty and power of music to us all :^)
This man is just killing it
Loved it!!! He's amazing
WOW! Goosebumps on the end! Respect man!
What a special human ♥️
Wow, what an amazing and inspiring video. Those stories were touching. I'd love to meet Oak Felder one day!
Oak you are amazing,!
amazing!!!
That was great... really great!
One of the best videos I've ever seen...
Wow... The ending... My eyes filled...
Okay. That music therapy piece got me. GAH!!!!
Great talk! Got me real emotional at the end.
your a great speaker thanks
Oak
its great.
i cried.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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This is a great fucken VIDEO!! I've LEARN more about LIFE and MUSIC in 18mins!!
Nice cameo from Evie Hurst!
Great title
🖤🖤🖤🖤 fire!!! We just dropped out talk too!! You are a big inspiration! Keep it up!
Fun fact- he is the producer for 'sorry not sorry' by Demi Lovato.
If that last 5 minutes didn't just wreck me...
Damn
Wow. Can’t stop crying
Who`s cutting onions here?
Watch the whole thing but 9:31 is when the music starts.
Thank you so much. I really want to work with you .
I have to work with him
Kiss, moment, excel, done. Thank you. Always, head up.... Yahweh ✅
For a second there I thought his midi controller had a computer keyboard built into it..
Yes. But during thousands of millennia, people used to sing for free, together, as a community. Now you make music for money, sell it on iTunes, and people choose their favorite songs like products on a menu, listen to them alone, and tend to see everything produced a few decades earlier as cheesy. So I don't buy this "conduit of emotion" thing. It's just the marketing side of your job.
@jasonrdunn
4 жыл бұрын
What a sad, cynical view of songs. For thousands of years people only knew the songs from their village/region. Now we have a world of songs to enrich us, and technology has allowed more people to create more art than ever before. It's worth the trade-off.
@brinckau
4 жыл бұрын
@@jasonrdunn It's not a view of songs, but of the way we relate to them today. You have plenty of songs from the entire world, but do you listen to songs from Pakistan, from Congo, from Poland? For almost everybody in your country, the answer is no. You still know only the songs from your region. You don't care what songs they produce in Ukraine or Mongolia. And you listen to music alone, or with strangers during a concert. There is no genuine human connection anymore. There is no trade-off. It's a lose-lose situation.
@qthecaptain
4 жыл бұрын
Lucas So no music has ever made u feel anything ever huh?? Wat type of music do u listen to?
@qthecaptain
4 жыл бұрын
Lucas and why do u elude to someone making money from music being a bad thing?
@brinckau
4 жыл бұрын
@@qthecaptain I listen to a lot of music. But that's not relevant. It's not about me. I'm like everybody. That doesn't mean I cannot question the situation. Regarding money, I think that when you produce something in order to sell it, your real goal is the money, not the thing you produced. And you tend to make choices that lead to higher profits, not to higher quality. You have thousands of examples of that around you. For music, we have trends like for clothes. You used to love disco? Well, now it's obsolete. From extremely popular to has-been in no time. It didn't even last a few decades. The same will happen to the music of today. It's a disposable product. Consume, throw away, consume something new, throw away, etc. There is clearly something wrong.