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Mark Samples 4/27/25 Mark Samples 4/27/25

Great Music Producers Have Both of these Traits

So many great music producers are somehow chill and high-agency at the same time.

Here’s a story about benny blanco and Ed Sheeran that shows how it's done.

So, the industry folks say, “Hey benny, you should work with this guy Ed Sheeran.” Benny hears Ed’s track “A-Team” and is like, “I want to work with this guy right away.” But instead of the usual corporate email, benny hits the entire email thread with, “I gotta take a sh*t.”

Instant vibe check.

Everyone on benny's team starts freaking out. What did you do? This is a disaster.

But then Ed replies, “Me too.”