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#DreamCollabs uncovers the reasons behind these collaborations and why it’s essential to dream big, whether meeting their childhood music heroes, working with an emerging artist that excites them or collaborating with an artist whose sound has influenced the creative choices these industry powerhouses make.

In this latest episode, we speak to the number-one-selling songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of LYRE Music, Alina Smith (ITZY, Red Velvet, Fall Out Boy) in her LA home studio.

Watch to discover who her dream collaborator is or, rather, who they could be. Creating magical collaborations does not always involve having the world’s biggest names in music. More often than not, it boils down to connection and what feels natural in the moment.

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A lot of people ask me about what’s your dream collaborator like? What artist could you work with if you had all the access in the world? No restrictions, and I have kind of a funny answer.

I don’t have anyone in mind because my modus operandi is I will work with who I’m meant to work with.

Yes, it could be maybe a very well-known artist, or it could be a person no one knows yet that’s gonna become this amazing person.

You will push sometimes for collaborations cuz somebody’s successful where they have this thing going on or this thing going on. But if it’s not natural, It doesn’t gel, it doesn’t work. And sometimes a person comes in and it doesn’t make logical sense, but you try it and it’s like the most beautiful thing.

To give an example, when we were starting LYRE, my partner, Ellie and I, my publisher at the time, really tried to discourage me from working with her cuz she was quite young. She was eighteen I believe when we started.

And they were like, oh, why are you working with those young girls? Kid, like you could be working with more established people and I just felt something really special there, so I pursued it regardless.

I just have an open mind to anything that feels right. Whoever is right will be right.
#DreamCollabs uncovers the reasons behind these collaborations and why it’s essential to dream big, whether meeting their childhood music heroes, working with an emerging artist that excites them or collaborating with an artist whose sound has influenced the creative choices these industry powerhouses make.

In the latest episode, we speak to legendary mixing engineer Teezio about his dream collaborations, from sharing career-changing opportunities with the acclaimed production duo Daytrip to collaborating on the art that surprises him.

Watch to discover who these #DreamCollabs are. Trust us, we can already tell these collaborations would be out of this world.

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“My dreams of my ideal session would be to work with –

I’d want to work with the producers Daytrip who are very close friends of mine. They’re like the nicest guys ever.

And I’d want them to do a record with Adele. And I’d want to be there and I’d want to cut Adele’s vocals and then I want to mix the record. That would be like n right?

Now if you ask me what I want to do, because I really fuck with it. Do you guys know who Central Cee is? ‘How could I be homophobic? My bitch is gay.’

Shit liked that. I was like, fuck who says shit like that?

That’s the type of shit that I like stuff that catches me by surprise. I need to work with him. I want to come to my house and smoke weed with me. And I want to make a record for him.

Just give me the song and let me do it. Like I want to be a part of it.“
Introducing: #DreamCollabs – a series where we chat with the world’s most esteemed producers, engineers and mixers about their dream musical collaborations.

#DreamCollabs uncovers the reasons behind these collaborations and why it’s essential to dream big, whether it be meeting their childhood music heroes, working with an emerging artist that excites them or collaborating with an artist whose sound has influenced the creative choices these industry powerhouses make.

In this first episode, we are joined by writer, producer, mixer and collaborator extraordinaire Matthew Genovese.

Matthew Genovese’s dream collaborator is The 1975 and how similar musical influences, and a passion for balancing the qualities of both analog and digital music production has informed his pick.

Trust us we can already tell that this collaboration would be extraordinary.

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A dream collaboration – I would love to work with the 1975.

I feel like we have a lot of similar influences. They even have the same console that I have, which is kind of rare. It’s one of the actually the big reasons I can’t send sessions back and forth to people is because they don’t have that and so that would work out.

And I just feel like they would have a lot of fun in my studio with synths and instruments.

Everybody has to be here because I have all the gear that I want here and I know how my room sounds and everything set up exactly how I want to work.