I'm trying to make pop records for the middle-class, lower-middle-class - pop for the 99 percent. Ricky Reed More Quotes by Ricky Reed More Quotes From Ricky Reed Regardless of what amount of satire or sarcasm is heard in what I do, the reason it connects with people is because the fun and the wildness in it is sincere. Ricky Reed sarcasm reason fun people A lot of people say don't let bad vibes into the studio, but I love to. If you're having a bad day, write a song that feels like that. Ricky Reed day you song love I think, because I didn't think of myself getting into writing and production since I was younger, I could get bored of it if I don't continue to pivot. Ricky Reed myself think bored writing I can never think about, 'Is this going to sell? Is this going to work on radio?' I just have to get in the zone where I'm like, 'Do I love this, or do I not love this?' Essentially it all comes down to that. Ricky Reed down think work love Pitbull is, like, one of the most incredible humans. He's an amazing guy, and when we first connected on 'Fireball,' he said, 'I love it!' He recorded the verse in a day, we mixed it the next day, and it was on the radio in like two weeks after we made the initial track. That's just how he works. He's so hard working, kind, and really appreciative. Ricky Reed amazing day hard love I grew up playing in rock bands while I was listening to rap records. I like a lot of stuff. Ricky Reed rock playing like listening A lot of people from the Bay, especially musicians, feel like northern California is not the place where everything's poppin' off and not quite on the cutting edge artistically as New York or L.A. People from the Bay feel like they have something to prove, and I always love feeling like I have something to prove. Ricky Reed feel feeling love people Collaborating with someone on music is the same way you'd go about hanging out. You have to listen more than you talk. Ricky Reed someone you music way Every collaboration with a new person is like when you take a bin of Legos and dump them on the floor. All of the pieces to work with are right there. A floor full of Legos is full of possibilities. Ricky Reed new you collaboration work I have a short attention span. And when I'm in the middle of one thing, I'm then drawn to the next thing. Ricky Reed short one-thing next attention I started off making music that made fun of pop; now I'm nominated for helping produce pop songs that aim to be as honest as possible. Ricky Reed possible aim music fun This might sound strange, but I've never really been a person who has goals of any sort. I tend to just work in the moment, day-to-day, try to make things and make decisions that feel good, and it tends to guide me where I want to go in the long-term. Ricky Reed good me moment work My career has been one long love letter to California as a whole, top to bottom. Ricky Reed career top love long Los Angeles is a huge, great diverse place, but I had to find the version that worked for me. I am lucky I did because I probably wouldn't be where I am had I not. Ricky Reed i-am place great me I believe that I am one of the greats of this generation. Ricky Reed i-am generation i-believe believe I've always thought I haven't ever had much of a lucky break. Ricky Reed thought always lucky break I studied the Ghanaian drums and bongo drumming. Ricky Reed studied drums drumming I really enjoy the creative freedom that I get when I produce my own projects. Ricky Reed my-own enjoy freedom creative When I started trying to produce records for other people, one of the first tracks I wrote and produced was sort of a 'Kelly Clarkson circa 2008,' kind of big-brassy, guitar-pop, rock song. I was like, 'I can do this. I can make pop songs.' It was bad. Ricky Reed bad i-can song people What I ended up learning was that I had to do what I do well, and do it really well and say, 'Maybe there is no pop music that sounds like this now, but I can make it so maybe tomorrow what I like can be what everybody likes.' Ricky Reed learning music i-can tomorrow
