How I Produced Guitar on a #1 Pop/Country HIT!

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Kelsea Ballerini "Love Me Like You Mean It" was my very first number one as a songwriter/producer.
Here's the music video to Love Me Like You Mean It:
• Kelsea Ballerini - Lov...
Here is the amp sim I used on this record:
www.scuffhamamps.com/
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  • @AlexArcady
    @AlexArcady13 күн бұрын

    This opens a whole lotta new options to me. Thanks tons.

  • @MustLoveMusic100
    @MustLoveMusic100 Жыл бұрын

    Gold! Nice to see professionals breaking down production on the level. Well done 👏

  • @TheJohnnyCochran
    @TheJohnnyCochran2 жыл бұрын

    This has been one of my favorite productions in country for the last couple years. Thanks for this one dude!

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    thats super freakin cool to hear. thank you so much.

  • @LAghemo
    @LAghemo9 ай бұрын

    That was a good one, but I would have loved some more details on FX chains on guit channels and, most of all, reasons that pushed you to choose a certain sound on a specific track. I know, you gave us a lot and it's free, still... 😁

  • @jonathancrowell4648

    @jonathancrowell4648

    Ай бұрын

    This was specifically for the production of guitar parts, not for mixing, which is totally separate, you don’t want that when explaining guitar production. Also, choosing tones is totally specific to each individual song, but no matter what you choose, as long as it fits the song there’s no wrong answers! As long as you record it well, use new strings, use GOOD amps and GOOD amp sims, GOOD guitars, and play your parts very well (and in tune) it will be great!

  • @bachbeats2217
    @bachbeats22172 жыл бұрын

    Finally the love me like you mean it breakdown!!! been waiting for this!!! the guitars sound amazing!

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    More coming! Thanks for the love!

  • @TheCelestineProph
    @TheCelestineProph10 күн бұрын

    Great video. I will start incorporating multiple guitars in my productions from now on. Thanks

  • @MusicLife-xx8tl
    @MusicLife-xx8tl2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for reducing my lack of knowledge in guitar production. Very much appreciated ! Love from germany.

  • @devendasmusic
    @devendasmusic Жыл бұрын

    As a metalhead who’s taken a recent interest in country, I really appreciate these

  • @basscase78
    @basscase782 жыл бұрын

    Forest you are such a great teacher as well as producer! Thanks for breaking this down and showing us under the hood. Great and useful ideas!

  • @definfected
    @definfected2 жыл бұрын

    I love these vids!! An insiders view of how it goes down. Keep on doing more. Much love Forest!!

  • @mariomuzzik
    @mariomuzzik2 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite producers in any genre, love these tutorials and how you break them down to the base level for rookies like me to even understand. Awesome work and thank you.

  • @Mike-yz8iy
    @Mike-yz8iy2 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Thanks Forest!

  • @erJonhy
    @erJonhy4 ай бұрын

    Niiiiice!! 👌🏼

  • @JesseStevenPollom
    @JesseStevenPollom Жыл бұрын

    Bro how did I just find your channel. Dude thanks so much for taking your valuable time to share your knowledge, great stuff!

  • @mattylovesguitar
    @mattylovesguitar2 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! Thanks for sharing your Knowledge.

  • @tafkamberlin
    @tafkamberlin2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks for the insights!

  • @welkerroad
    @welkerroad9 ай бұрын

    I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but I really enjoyed this break down. Each guitar part adds a nice touch to the song. Thank you for sharing!

  • @lorenzomicheletto4088
    @lorenzomicheletto40882 жыл бұрын

    Professional! Many thx!

  • @yuliannamorales4809
    @yuliannamorales48095 ай бұрын

    Ah thank you! This is the exact video I was looking for right now! So helpful

  • @chriswhitehurstrealestate
    @chriswhitehurstrealestate Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that you aim these videos directly at the song writer trying to produce and write in their home studios! Would you approach Americana (Jason Isbell) and Chris Stapleton styled productions the same way? Keep this content coming!!!!

  • @patmcwilliamsmusic
    @patmcwilliamsmusic Жыл бұрын

    Another great tutorial! Thanks Forest. One thing I would love you to do a video on would be how you decide on tempo and feel of your final recording from a guitar/vocal demo. Thanks again

  • @nikolaybakalov8264
    @nikolaybakalov8264 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing this!!! It's my big dream to produce my own pop country rock songs and dissecting guitar parts like this is absolutely what I needed! Such a cool guy!

  • @sansr8949
    @sansr89497 ай бұрын

    All you do is awesome man

  • @Max10_B
    @Max10_B2 жыл бұрын

    cool arrangement tricks for guitars and concepts about layering.

  • @alexcourts6874
    @alexcourts68742 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome. I can’t believe I am just finding your channel. Keep it up, you’re gonna need a bigger plaque wall behind you soon. 🤘

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate the subscribe!

  • @93theproducer47
    @93theproducer47 Жыл бұрын

    bro that guitar is soooo clean sounding!

  • @tmoney-xr7uh
    @tmoney-xr7uh2 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for this one. Thanks Forest!!

  • @parrisbowens7851
    @parrisbowens7851 Жыл бұрын

    Man! I just LOVE what you do! Your sound is awesome. You are my favorite country music producer though your impact for me is more than country! Being a new producer writer, you inspire my work. I think I write great country songs but being a non singer and new in the business, I am afraid my songs won't get the opportunities they deserve. But I am going to stick with it and one day hope to collaborate with you. What a privilege and joy that would be. Fan and follower and long distance learner.

  • @vincentdenali256
    @vincentdenali2568 ай бұрын

    I love this type video. It gives us little guys an inside look at how a professional works. Very helpful.

  • @dweingast
    @dweingast3 ай бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial. ! really halped a lot

  • @zipperhead101
    @zipperhead1012 жыл бұрын

    That was an eye opener for sure. Thank ya!

  • @TheZwhitey
    @TheZwhitey2 жыл бұрын

    Love this!!

  • @frederikbudolph5494
    @frederikbudolph54949 ай бұрын

    Super informative as always. Someday it’d be nice to hear more in depth about your EQ’ing process fitting everything in the mix

  • @officespace123
    @officespace1237 ай бұрын

    this is incredibly helpful, thank you

  • @jordansears3911
    @jordansears391110 ай бұрын

    these videos are BADASS dude. THANK YOU

  • @mjk5254
    @mjk52547 ай бұрын

    keep em comin

  • @jakebinegarofficial4304
    @jakebinegarofficial43042 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome!

  • @mehdichamma
    @mehdichamma4 ай бұрын

    Great!

  • @nulodgerecords4861
    @nulodgerecords48612 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Forest- always great content'!

  • @PaulMolloy
    @PaulMolloy Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Love your approach. This video really opened up my ears and is going to inspire far more inventive playing in my session work. Thanks for posting this. Stay well!!

  • @earlfarrior2100
    @earlfarrior21002 жыл бұрын

    Man this is so great. So informative. This is very clear in answering an uninformed vocalist's question as to "why cant you sound like the recording?", in a live venue. Hmm. Could it be,,, I'm only one guitar?

  • @lovemusic8405
    @lovemusic8405 Жыл бұрын

    soooo goood

  • @ericmels9366
    @ericmels93662 жыл бұрын

    Fireee🔥🔥🔥

  • @TexasJackdaw
    @TexasJackdaw Жыл бұрын

    I love to use DeEssers on Acoustic guitar tracks if they are supporting the electrics. Great that you shared these tips. Thanks for sharing 🙏

  • @paivaplaysmusic
    @paivaplaysmusic2 жыл бұрын

    awesome video! the tones are great

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    www.scuffhamamps.com/

  • @nilanshgaur
    @nilanshgaur2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. It would be awesome if you follow this up with a video on your approach to balancing and mixing these tracks. Thanks. God Bless.

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just mixing the guitars or the track as a whole?

  • @nilanshgaur

    @nilanshgaur

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@forestwhitehead Thanks for the reply Forest. The track as a whole would be even better.

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nilanshgaur It will have to be a different track (copyright stuff) but I will make a mixing video for you that is very close to this session!

  • @nilanshgaur

    @nilanshgaur

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@forestwhitehead Looking forward to it. Thanks.

  • @SuperLevelone
    @SuperLevelone Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤. Just found ya. Love ur channel

  • @kevinharris7722
    @kevinharris77226 ай бұрын

    Good stuff Forest. As a novice with producing, I found this video very helpful. Thank you!

  • @Squidaniel
    @Squidaniel24 күн бұрын

    Imagine trying to avoid a copyright strike on a song you wrote and produced EL OH EL

  • @sumitsolanki3912
    @sumitsolanki39122 жыл бұрын

    Please make more video on that love your work

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    More coming!

  • @cocoarriaga8526

    @cocoarriaga8526

    2 жыл бұрын

    He does great work.....

  • @_crepp8921
    @_crepp89212 жыл бұрын

    Can you a video where you create a full country song from scratch that would be awesome

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep the next one coming out is how to start a song. It takes hours for me to build and mix a full track but I may live-stream a session like that.

  • @cristopherlopezsonido
    @cristopherlopezsonido2 жыл бұрын

    great video! y best in logic pro!

  • @pq1151
    @pq1151 Жыл бұрын

    Very cool Forest < like!

  • @greghillmusic
    @greghillmusic13 күн бұрын

    I was just thinking about there being too many guitar parts, and then you started to explain that.

  • @BEHNKEMUSIC
    @BEHNKEMUSIC7 ай бұрын

    What, Bro, this was yours? I was sooo into that song and production! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @eddysel10
    @eddysel10 Жыл бұрын

    Great video and production skills. I will try this too in my next production. Would like to hear these guitars in the mix. Is there a link to listen to the final song elsewhere? Excellent job 👍

  • @BlueJavaTN
    @BlueJavaTN2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Forest! Love you videos and love this song! I really like the slide licks in the choruses as well. I also like Heaven Down Here - have you changed anything in your approach with that song. Great guitar depth - would like to understand your approach to reverb, EQ, and panning of guitars.

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'll try to get a mixing video up soon!

  • @joeydonuts8382
    @joeydonuts838211 ай бұрын

    Wish i could get a track from you!

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    11 ай бұрын

    Whats your email? Ill send one over.

  • @cocoarriaga8526
    @cocoarriaga85262 жыл бұрын

    When your guitars get panned, do they get hard panned ,,, or only slightly....? Great video Forest......

  • @forestwhitehead

    @forestwhitehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always mix LCR so always hard panned wide

  • @phoenixbeatsofficial
    @phoenixbeatsofficial2 ай бұрын

    I just found you and I saw you from another video on youtube I would love to collab with you. I am a pop/country/hiphop/trap producer from Nebraska!!

  • @samantharonci4886
    @samantharonci4886 Жыл бұрын

    How can I inquire about getting a session with you or having my music produced by you? I'm on the hunt for a producer, new to the country music world so not sure how it all works

  • @noahbrigden4675
    @noahbrigden467518 күн бұрын

    Copyright strike? U made it wtf

  • @crilf5830
    @crilf5830 Жыл бұрын

    Why do you perpetuate bad taste? Or am I not evolving? Call me! ?