Ori Rose on Writing for V of BTS, Producing Hoodie Allen & Why Taste Is Everything

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In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with Ori Rose, a producer, songwriter, artist, and vocal producer whose work spans pop, alternative, and the global K-pop world. Credits include 30 Seconds to Mars, MINHO, V of BTS, Tomorrow X Together, Hoodie Allen, MASN, Zach Hood, Crash Adams, and more. He also has his own artist project showing off his smooth voice and production. And somehow a massive Eagles fan and a Bills fan ended up in the same fantasy football league.

🎶 Song deep dives:

• "FRI(END)S" by V: how a song pitched years earlier came back around, reading the actual email where V said he liked it, the original concept that definitely wasn't going to fly, and letting your ego go so someone else can finish the record
• "Pretty Face" by Hoodie Allen: pitching the vocal down and speeding it back up, why the drums are one layer each, and learning the day one demo had all the magic (full deep dive on Patreon)

🎛️ We explore:

• Cold emailing everyone, including his mom's work friends, and how that turned into a publishing deal
• Why the music industry isn't a meritocracy, and why you need shamelessness and a little delusion to make it
• Why Zoom sessions might actually write better songs
• His first K-pop cut and getting asked for three separate harmonies on the hook
• Why vocal production is king in K-pop, plus his Waves Tune settings for leads
• Being the most insecure producer in the room
• Taste is everything, and why you should check yourself if you keep referring back to the brief
• Plug or Unplug: Metric Halo ChannelStrip 3, Acustica Ash, Baby Audio IHNY-2, Softube Tape, UAD Oxide Tape, CLA Vocals, Soundtheory Gullfoss

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