Fraser T Smith | Producing ADELE: ‘SET FIRE TO THE RAIN'

‘Set Fire To The Rain’ was Adele’s third consecutive US number one, confirming her status as a superstar. In our exclusive video feature, producer Fraser T Smith tells us how he and Adele wrote the ultimate power ballad, breaks down his production and explains why a humble Yamaha upright piano was the best investment he ever made. More info on Universal Audio: https://u.audio/sos Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:43 - 'Set Fire To The Rain' Audio Stems 02:20 - Writing Drums With Akai MPC 4000 04:10 - Influences For The Session 05:25 - Drums And Piano Loop 05:55 - Writing The Piano Line 08:37 - Lyrics & Songwriting Process 11:25 - Microphones & Studio Gear 13:00 - Album Produced By Rick Rubin 13:50 - Fraser's Piano Tuner 15:47 - Adele Comes Back To Finish The Demo 18:10 - Strings Arrangement 21:52 - Renting A Lexicon 224 Reverb 23:04 - Adele's Vocal Chain 24:29 - Using Delay 25:07 - Finalising The Mix 26:50 - The Piano Tuner Returns #adele #production #songwriter #recording ______________________________________________________ Subscribe to Sound On Sound: https://sosm.ag/subscribe Visit our main website (over 17,770 articles!): https://www.soundonsound.com ______________________________________________________ Get 50% SAVING off a Sound On Sound Digital Subscription. Go to https://sosm.ag/digital and apply Promo Code: SOSYT50 RECORDING TECHNOLOGY 2nd Edition FREE 170-page eBook https://sosm.ag/recording-ebook LIMITED OFFER - Get 50% Off SOS For Artists The Complete End-To-End Music Production Suite CREATE / PRODUCE / DISTRIBUTE https://www.sosforartists.com Like FACEBOOK:   / soundonsoundmag   Follow X:   / soundonsoundmag   Follow INSTAGRAM:   / soundonsoundmag