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*NOW RECORDED* QUESTIONS PLEASE - JACK ANTONOFF! (Patreon)

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2026-03-30 10:55:56
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2026-04-03 02:56:01
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We’re recording another episode with uber producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff later this week! Got a question you’d like John to put to him on the show? Fire away below!

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Cyrille Taillandier

What is the ratio of personal gear collected over the years versus the studio or band gear is he using in his productions?

Aditya Saputra

What is something you do in production that people wouldn’t notice, but actually makes a huge difference?

Ross Gilmartin

With the volume of records you release each year, what does your post-session process look like - how much time do you spend finishing songs yourself versus delegating things like cleanup or tuning?

Ross Gilmartin

How many songs from your writing sessions actually get released - and has that hit rate changed as your career’s grown?

Bryan Valentijn Hall

What is your best “aha-moment” this year in learning a new production technique in any daw? Or last year 2025?

Paul Parncutt

Songs like Rollercoaster and Chinatown went on journeys while being recorded - either jumping from synth to organic to a blend of both, or hitting a switch point that sends the track in another stylistic direction. Are you always tinkering in search of an “aha” moment in production or are there songs like “45” where realising a more simple version is the aha moment?

Lucas Howard

Hey Jack (and John!) big fan of your work. I'm an audio engineering student and I've been struggling with something I'd love your take on. How do you stop hearing a track as a bunch of individual parts and start hearing it as one cohesive thing? When I listen back to my own stuff it feels like I'm reading a word document instead of experiencing a song. How do you know when something is polished enough to hand off for mixing and mastering? Is it a gut feeling, a fresh-ears thing? I keep second-guessing the moment. Would genuinely appreciate any insight. Thanks.

Ben McNamara

hey jack! where do you find inspiration when you’re constantly working on projects - from your own music to others?

Stevan

Hey Jack! I love your work - especially Melodrama (one of the greatest produced albums of all time imo). I was wondering, do you ever find yourself working on a 'pop' record but then the production starts to lean in to something else (style-wise)? In these instances, what is your approach so as to maintain the goal of the project but perhaps, keep the heart of where the song is saying it wants to be?

Alfredo Guzman - X3ON

Give us your best tips on how to improve your workflow when working with an artist! XEON here, cheers from Venezuela 👏🏼 p.s thank you John for this opportunity

MACKY

Hey Jack! How did you build your intuition for music that “sounds good” and following that, how did you learn to trust that intuition when building out the final product? What could you say to other producers about this in regards to trusting intuition?

Elaine Rojas

Hi Jack — when you’re starting a song, are you more likely to topline over a project you’ve already started building, or begin with a vocal melody first and shape the production around it? And do those different starting points change how the song ends up feeling or unfolding? (also thank you for sharing your music with the world:) -Elaine

Joel Skoda

I have been dying to hear anything about the hush hush production of GNX. Did Kendrick approach you? How was song composition different on that project, and why do you think the chemistry worked so well? Do you typically start with music and then develop the lyrics, or vice versa? When you develop an initial melody, do you have an artist in mind vs knowing it is for Bleachers, or do you just let the songs grow organically and then find them a home? Sincerely appreciate the way you communicate about writing and arranging. Thank you!

Numen Studios

Hey hey, What's your favourite colour socks? How do you know when something’s actually done?

Rob Laska

I feel like a big identifier in your sound and vision is gear that feels timeless - Linn Drum, M1, Copycat ect. - how often are you experimenting with new gear and plugins vs focusing on what you know works and letting the songs be the focus. Secondly, what do you think is the most important thing to remember when arranging a song?

Serena Smith

Hey Jack! You’ve done so much to help women artists be empowered (Sabrina’s latest album, being a great example). How does that commitment translate into the technical side of the studio, specifically with engineers and producers where women are still so underrepresented? What are the best ways to tackle that gap and ensure the studio feels like a genuinely safe and welcoming space for women to contribute? :)

Bernie Howard

There’s a lot of talk about the 'lightning bolt' of inspiration, and I always seem to write or work when I feel inspired, but you seem to value the labor. Is there a specific type of productive boredom or routine you have to maintain just to keep the door open for inspiration to hit? Also, at what point in the writing process does inspiration stop being a melody and start becoming a physical place you can inhabit? How do you recognize the moment a song evolves from a collection of parts into a world you can actually step into?

Evan Gordon

omg. THANKS FOR HAVING JACK ON. a couple burning questions: how do you think about tension and space in pop music? i’ve found these to be such important parts of your work (especially on Melodrama, which is probably 5ever my favorite album) can you share some of your philosophies or techniques on these aspects of your production? can you talk about some of the ways you go from receiving an idea or feeling from an artist (or yourself) to manifesting that as actual sound? i’m really interested in what this process of translation looks like for you. how do you evaluate during the production process if what you’re making is good / working? is this any different when you’re working on your own stuff vs. producing for another artist? thank you!!

chopp

I'm curious how does he get songs to sound so huge and spacious. An example that comes to mind is the Bleachers song "Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call".

Joseph Rasbold

What was the reverb used on the vocals on "About You," by the 1975? What are your favorite reverbs in general?

Aless Silvera

i remember from the “making don’t take money” video you referred to the high synth arp as the “sweetness” of the song. i find most bleachers records have details that makes them sound sweet and nostalgic. is this conscious or just the way you tend to write? what are your go to approaches to make songs sound sweet?

Joe

Hey Jack! When you find something exciting in a track, how do you keep from getting precious with it and overworking it? Have you ever had a moment where you were protecting an idea because of its potential, not because it was actually working? How do you catch that in the moment? Thanks!