Music Producer Reacts to David Tao 陶喆《Melody》Soul Power LIVE｜國外音樂製作人點評 #davidtao #陶喆 #ab哥

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:02]Okay, we're going to go back to David Tao. This is from a live concert. It's called Melody.

[00:00:11]A huge concert.

[00:00:18]Got some classical guitar, some symbol hits.

[00:00:38]It's a very wide stance.

[00:00:59]He's on point with his pitch.

[00:01:14]>> One thing I notic about David Tao is all the songs are really well written.

[00:01:18]Instant classics from what I can tell.

[00:01:30]I could be wrong, but that sounds like a fretless bass guitar.

[00:01:40]>> Yeah, I mean, with well-written songs, I think I've said this before, but you really don't need much for instrumentation and production.

[00:01:50]It's actually better if you don't because >> it lets the song speak for itself.

[00:02:02]>> So, besides the acoustic guitar, is there anything that stands out to you that's in the mix about the same as the vocals?

[00:02:16]And I'm setting up the fact that that cross stick sounds beautiful. The cross stick is where the drummer plays the stick on the edge of the snare drum. So it makes that click sound. And if you hear it, >> you hear how it's not just a it goes, it rings out. That's the reverb. It's very likely not the reverb of the concert hall because the concert hall is filled with the audience sounds, right?

[00:02:49]And so it's it's artificial reverb, but it sounds very tasteful. It's very well done.

[00:02:55]>> It fills out that empty space.

[00:03:04]>> Now root.

[00:03:12]I've been searching my mind for what this reminds me of and I just figured it out. Okay, I think this is from the '9s.

[00:03:18]Uh, it's Tony Braxton Unbreak My Heart.

[00:03:23]Listen to that.

[00:03:27]It's the same tempo.

[00:03:29]It's the same key.

[00:03:34]And it even has that same reverb, but instead of a cross stick, it's a snap.

[00:03:49]>> It might even be the same chord progression.

[00:03:53]>> Let's hear the chorus >> because that's what's sparked this in my mind.

[00:04:02]>> So, it kind of It comes out of the verse very similarly >> and the range of the melody goes up to the same interval.

[00:04:21]>> The back half of the chorus is different.

[00:04:27]>> This is different, >> but there's a lot of similarities.

[00:04:34]And it's probably around the same time.

[00:04:36]This video says 16 years ago. I don't know how old this is, but you know that happens. Whether or not he did it on purpose, it doesn't matter. I mean, there's so much music that sounds the same is just bound to happen.

[00:05:01]I wish you should.

[00:05:24]>> Okay.

[00:05:27]So, this isn't a time change. It's a rhythm change.

[00:05:31]>> So, before the the snare the snare was going.

[00:05:37]Now, it's going cut. Or I might be wrong.

[00:05:46]>> Yeah, it's going.

[00:05:51]And if you notice if you're bobbing your head to this song, um it's the difference between halfime and regular time or regular time and double time. So it depends on how it's written on paper, but essentially it's the same thing. So the verse d you you'd bo your head like this. Three four. Now it's one and two and three and four and >> but all of the elements are still the same. The backup vocals are reflecting that rhythm change and now it opens up again.

[00:06:42]So she rar little character in there.

[00:07:09]>> I I have to say This is just me personally, but I'm I'm always thinking about safety in public concerts. And I know that I'm sure this passed all the safety requirements, but it's still scares me a little bit to have pyrochnics in an indoor stadium. Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this is outdoors.

[00:07:29]But >> if I had it my way, I would just skip pyrochnics altogether.

[00:07:48]See, he's really showing off his range and he's making it look easy.

[00:07:56]>> Fantastic singer.

[00:08:00]Very emotional.

[00:08:05]Beautiful.

[00:08:09]At last, I know that all these memories are things that I will never be able to explain. When someone asks me how it went wrong, a broken melody remains like meeting underneath the city lights.

[00:08:31]Breathing in your careless smile, it's so bright. Suddenly the pain comes back to me when I tried to leave it behind.

[00:08:46]mey playing over and over in my mind. I can't break free from the words I never got to say.

[00:09:07]Every note that echoes in my life, it hurts to see. When I lost you, I learned how to cherish the love.