Tutorials

This is a demo video that I found in the archives which I made for an event held at Point Blank Music School on 19th March 2017 called ‘Creative Sampling and Production Sessions’. I was challenged to sample a whole bunch of vinyl releases from Brownswood Records, and then use Ableton Live and Push to create a track.
The resulting track actually ended up as a remix of A Tribe Called Quest’s 1996 track ‘Ince again’ as I happened to have the acapella hanging about.
I also inadvertently created a nice chorus hook using the vocal from Anushka’s 2014 track ‘Never Can Decide’

"Back for his first Deconstruction of 2022, our Head of Education and Curriculum and master of Track Deconstructions Ski Oakenfull breaks down the biggest track of 2020, the Weeknd's, Blinding Lights. He shows how it was influenced by Rod Stewart track, Young Turks from the 80s as well as a-ha's, Take on Me for the melody. Join us as Ski brings the track to life, piece by piece."

For this Deconstructiuon, I broke down Lil Louis’ classic house track, ‘French Kiss’ in Ableton Live 11. Filmed at Brighton Music Conference 2021.
You can watch how I originally put it together in this live stream here: https://youtu.be/8-nit-tT-jQ

I was very honoured to be invited as a guest on Simon Lyon's weekly webcast on the 2nd June 2021. We talked about a range of things including my new album, Short Circuits (due for release on 25th June 2021), my Ayota project and deconstructions.

Here's another track deconstruction which reveals the music production magic behind Dua Lipa's hit track, 'Don't Start Now'

Universal Audio aka UA have unveiled their new ground-breaking software, LUNA. To celebrate its release, Ski has created a video showcasing what this powerhouse can do.
https://www.uaudio.com/luna.html​
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