Pro Sound Web: Pharrell Williams is one of the biggest music stars on the planet. His resume speaks volumes, and his recent hits “Happy” and “Get Lucky” (with Daft Punk) seem almost ingrained on the brain (well, my brain, anyway). His stage show is energetic, his melodies are contagious, and his live sound is smooth, full of fidelity. I recently met the men behind the consoles that share Pharrell’s 24/7 work ethic and help make it all happen: Kyle Hamilton and Jeremy Peters.
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This article is one of my favorite interviews that I have read in any sound magazine. This is because typically in interviews that I read the interviewer talks a lot about equipment and how they interact with new technologies that come out but this article talks about how it is to work with artist and what that is like. I think that working with the artist is the most important part of being a quality sound engineer. One thing about this article that also interests me is the way both engineers think that the best part of their jobs is growing with a band or artist from the bottom to the top. This is something that I would really like to do. I have a group of friends at home that started a band and are really great. While I'm at home I mix their live shows and mix them in the studio. What is nice is that now they are getting bigger and playing the NYC nightclub circuit and it has been rewarding for me to mix them ant our high school talent shows and now mixing and seeing them play for real people in NYC. We also are all in college at the same time so when we're not together there is no shows that go on without me.
Articles such as this have a unique way of representing the relationship between technician and artist, in a way that is not commonly done among other articles regarding interviews. Having the pleasure of working with Pharrell on one occasion two years ago, it really is heartwarming to have affirmed what I initially thought about him and his character when I first met him. He is a nice guy and doesn't let the fame that he has acquired over the years go to his head. I like the take that this article took on their growth as an engineer with their artist and the personal nature that is sometimes lacking from many articles regarding the entertainment industry.
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