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The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

#180 // Will Wells // Hamilton's Electronic Music Producer // Part Two

The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Gillian Pensavalle

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4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Welcome, folks! TO WILL WELLS' STUDIO?! Part Two of my hang with Will Wells (Hamilton's Electronic Music Producer) takes place in his studio where he shows me all the details of the samples he made and worked on for the Hamilton album. It was an unreal experience and I'm so excited to share it with you.

Episode #128: Alex Lacamoire Part Three:

https://www.thehamilcast.com/episode-128-and-im-tryin-not-to-cry-cause-theres-nothing-that-your-mind-cant-do-part-three/

Nikki Yanofsky | Little Secret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFl9SwnItj0

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Stage and Stages Lin Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilcast.

0:05.1

Butts and cuts and, and boots and... Hello everyone welcome back to the hamelcast I'm Jillian and this is my second

0:21.2

episode with Hamilton's electronic music producer,

0:24.0

The one and only, Will Wells.

0:26.3

Last week's episode, number 179, ended with Will inviting me to his studio

0:30.0

so we could take a deep dive into a bunch of samples he made and worked on for the Hamilton album.

0:34.6

And yes, that's exactly where we pick up in this episode.

0:37.2

It just made more sense to be in Will Space with all of his equipment and hard drives at

0:40.4

his disposal as opposed to one laptop in my living room.

0:43.2

So the first part of this episode is my studio hang with Will.

0:46.2

The second part is when you'll hear the rest of what we recorded when he was at my apartment,

0:49.6

the same night we recorded everything you heard in last week's episode.

0:52.8

Except this is after our pizza break and Mike joins us as well takes questions from the

0:56.2

Patreon peeps.

0:57.2

A few quick notes before we dive in.

0:59.2

Will Wells, I want to once again and this time very publicly say thank you for inviting me behind the curtain

1:05.1

and showing me all of these intimate details of how the samples were made it was

1:08.7

really an unbelievable and unforgettable experience and, just so you guys know,

1:14.0

Will and I have been in touch a lot since we recorded.

1:17.0

He's been sending me all the samples I need to make this episode

1:19.0

and we've been making sure that everything we used was all good and on the up and up.

1:23.8

So Will, I am super grateful, thank you so so much.

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