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Even though he didn’t say when, I appreciate you asking when his new album is dropping.
The interview overall was just good. I think you seemed a lil star struck in the video. Heh, I would be too if I met Dre. I guess the interview pretty much died when he said we wasn’t much of a gadget guy.
I am guessing that you were using a boom mic, and it didn’t really pick up Dr. Dre. Could barely hear what they were saying.
Thus i didn’t pick up where he said “we wasn’t much of a gadget guy”.
Yeah - that must have been a tough interview - mainly because Dre was highly unresponsive. One of those guys who knows what he does - and that’s about it. I’m sorry they didn’t give you anything to work with, Peter! Good job, though.
I actually really liked this interview mainly because I’m a Dr. Dre and Eminem fan. Stereotypically speaking, most rap artists don’t have a lot of knowledge in tech so I think you asked the right questions. Kept it simple, relevant, and interesting.
very good
http://kisalt.us/590/
um…..ok……um……ok.
You can tell he isn’t really listening.
You look and acted like you were nervous as hell. lmao
I think it’s pretty clear Dr Dre doesn’t really give a fuck (er, that’s probably a quote from one of his lyrics too).
Peter: “What’s was your involvement in the product”
Dre: “To make sure they looked good. Oh and sounded good”
Doesn’t really sound very authentic response to a question about a product that is supposidly “by Dre” and the narritive is that he created them yadda yadda yadda. Clearly he didn’t and he’s just selling his name on it.
Of course we know that, but at least play along a bit, no?
The lack of answers to any of the non-earphones questions show’s Dre’s simply turning up to help shift boxes and has no interest in much else.
Total lack of authenticity for me, and that’s coming from a genuine fan of Dre. Also lives up to my general expectations and cynicism about Monster as a company too.
Considering Dr. Dre has an estimated net worth of over $200 million to his name and isn’t really involved in the tech scene (other than high-level music equipment), who knows. He’s obviously not desperate for money and probably would only put his name to something that he himself would use in the studio.
I wouldn’t judge too much based on this interview, especially with the interviewer constantly saying “uh-huh, ok,”, etc., which was distracting. But I won’t blame that on anything, he’ll get more experience. He could’ve asked some more tech-centric questions revolving around rap music or something, or had some better pre-given questions. Ah well, who knows, it’s just the way interviews turn out sometimes. Anyway, good job despite my criticism, Peter.
More important:
1. Dr. Dre’s 20-yr-old son recently died of a drug overdose just months ago, so I wouldn’t blame him if he felt rather dead inside about a lot of things, which is more authentic than putting on a happy face.
2. The interview was horribly mic’ed. It’s impossible to hear half the stuff. Invest in a bunch of clip-on mics and better directional mics, guys, otherwise it’s pointless for us viewers! It also hurts the interviewees.
Tough interviewee. Clearly a guy who’s entirely focussed on the task at hand and not much beyond that!
Still, he’s a legend and I think you got just enough out of him!
WOW…..That is one tough interview. why did he even participate in this.
Was it just me, or did it look like no one wanted to be in that interview? I wonder if it was because it was most likely the 67th interview of the day for everyone, and they were just tired, as Jimmy Iovine seemed to be practically lying down :(
We were the first to interview them, but they all sat through an hour long Q&A before hand.
I actually really liked this interview mainly because I’m a Dr. Dre and Eminem fan. Stereotypically speaking, most rap artists don’t have a lot of knowledge in tech so I think you asked the right questions. Kept it simple, relevant, and interesting.
How would we know if they know a lot or a little about tech, when they don’t get asked about it.
Awkward some? ;)
Peter — great questions, especially hearing Iovine’s take on DRM.
“mainly because Dre was highly unresponsive”
Ummm… maybe it could be that Dre lost his son in August, and it was confirmed that week that his son died of a drug overdose.
Not the fault of the interviewers, but probably not the best time for him to be giving interviews.
potentially the worst job interviewing someone i have ever seen. geez man did you even prepare for that? Horrible. Give me that 2 minutes of my life back.
An interview with André Romell Young?!
Noooo i’m not jealous… U little ba****d! ;p
Peter did the best he could, but it’s clear that there weren’t going to be any illuminating answers here no matter what the question is, or who was doing the interviewing. Dre probably had a good time last night in Vegas …
Peter, way too nervous there, and you probably should have prepared better, but it was a good effort.
I am under the impression you don’t listen to rap, so maybe you weren’t the best person for this interview. Dre wasn’t as unresponsive as the comments let on, he just needed to be questioned some more.
Really excited about the next album. Its been awhile. One thing that’s interesting is that he has supposedly recorded over 400 tracks, but will never release 387+ of them to the public. I certainly wish these tracks will somehow be released, as Dr. Dre is a genius and I’m sure his many fans would enjoy it. Check out more discussion on such topics at my blog: http://www.musimuse.com
wow, that was absurdly awkward. i don’t think conan or leno could have done any better of a job with that interview. i’m pretty sure Dre had no idea what DRM was cause jimmy stepped in, answered and then spelled out the acronym. pretty ridiculous, but dre is iconic and one of the greatest talents… not sure what the dude to the left of dre was doing. i think he was more starstruck than peter.
Suggestion for next interview: don’t keep saying yeah, let them speak until they finish.
Otherwise very cool!
That was really a terrible interview.. why did you not ask him about why he might be at CES.. you know he does have a new product out.. headphones.. called Beats.. do you really think that he is going to give you the scoop on his record career?
This is a bad interview. The interviewer sucks . .
lol….come on people, give PHa a break. There a ton of posts these guys need to crank out from CES and he probably didn’t even know that he would be able to get this interview until the last minute, and had no time to prepare. Sure, it’s not his best work, but so what?
These guys are kicking ass. Thanks for the comment, GIJ
Always great to hear from the one and only Dr. Dre. Dude is a legend and brilliant at what he does (produce music). He’s never been too interview friendly or verbose (unless under the influence of in his younger days) .
What I find really interesting are rappers that are lyricist wizards who flow like a poet, but who have a hard time speaking in full sentences and being communicative when interviewed. Jay Z is one that comes to mind. Part of the problem is my expectation that if you are a brilliant rapper, surely you must be an effective public speaker.
um.. “doesn’t know tech…”
audio producers, such as dr. dre, are required to work with and be intimately familiar with technology that the majority of us have not even ever experienced firsthand. for example, “is the output of this D/A converter going to play back as well on an iPod as it will on my super expensive studio monitors?” so don’t judge that which you do not know
don’t confuse producers with engineers - not all producers are super technical. I’ve seen some big guys who barely know gear at all. Obviously most of them have a good grasp, just being around it all the time, but they’re not necessarily the ones using the equipment, they’re telling the engineer what they’re looking for and the engineer does it.
It’s possible that Dr. Dre only knows his beat making gear like MPC’s or whatever he uses, but I would guess that he’s familiar with a lot of the other gear in a studio too.
Wow… talk about a completely squandered opportunity! I have moderated and participated in panels at conferences and have put hours of prep so as not to insult the audience’s intelligence. I wish the same could be said here!
Jimmy Iovine is absolutely brilliant.. how about (at the very least) throwing him a softball about how the music biz has changed since the early days at Interscope?
And Dre… same could be asked of him. How has the role of the music producer changed in these post-apocalyptic days for music labels?
I dunno, Peter. Looks like you were either really nervous or really unprepared. Feel free to shoot me an email next time you’re interviewing titans of the music industry again.
Yeesh.
I agree, the interview was pretty bad. next time, just give a quote and show photos.
“I’m Doctor Dre, gorgeous hunk of a man. Pulling tricks on the mix like no others can. The ladies say I’m cute they say I’m fine, so you better beware because I’ll blow your mind.”
What a shocker of an interview. Unbelievably wasted opportunity. You have Dr Dre sitting right infront of you! MAKE AN EFFORT!
Hey Peter, how cool is that, you got to meet Dr Dre. In Germany you only got to meet me :-( Keep it up!
Hi Peter, you got to meet Dr. Dre, how cool is that? In Germany you only got to meet me ;-( Kepp up the work guys!
I think the interview could have gone better, but I’m sure CG and PHa are professional enough to to improve their gameplan for next time. Everyone has good days/bad days, triumphs/defeats, that’s how we learn.
I saw the Fallon interview on the En blog, it was hilarious, and this is coming from someone who has mixed feelings about Fallon’s work.
The interview seemed kind of unprofessional and unorganized.
Also, the audio was not so great.
That was painful.
peter can die now, your life is complete! you just interviewed DR DRE!!!
nice, congrats!
ok please dont die now
Ha ha. That was pretty funny. No back ground, nor questions, to the dudes to the right or left of Dre. Iovine is a mogul, and is an uber smart dude. If Dre only cares about making beats (he has more to say but you have to ask the right questions), then ask Iovine about Dre Radio, or Interscope stances on things.
This reminds of a Tupac interview, the intro says it all…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y01Xra98rAg
This was a terrible interview. The interviewer was awkward as hell and you couldn’t hear shit. Better mikes, more enthusiastic interviewer. I mean really?
Peter…you survived. We could see that you were sweating bullets, LOL. But overall, I thought that Dre was in a good mood, was relaxed and upbeat (for Dre, LOL). He answered the questions that he was asked. He shied away from the political hotbed of DRM, and kept it moving. So, considering your nervousness and the light questions, you did well. We can all Monday-Morning-Quarterback but, YOU were in the hotseat and survived so, congrats!
For the record, this video was produced by Monster. Given the fact that we had very little time to prep I did the best I could. We’ll gladly issue everyone a refund.
Thanks for the interview. You are very lucky to have interviewed Dr. Dre! It’s too bad you sounded very nervous and unprepared.
Thanks again, but painful to watch. Kudos still.
That was weird. Dre’ is not into gadgets except for his iPod and iPhone. Jimmy gave us his POV in DRM. The other guy just sat there.
Good effort on conducting the interview.
You guys could have added a link to what they were about. ;-) I had to Google it myself:
http://www.beatsbydre.com/
Are they just glorified headphones?
I’ve seen far worse… for instance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NcMIoAJYPY
let the hate motivate.
Yep… ok… yep…
Dude, shut the hell up and let people talk or at least take the microphone away while you hmm and haw.