Pharrell Williams Masterclass with Students at NYU Clive Davis Institute

39 thoughts on “Pharrell Williams Masterclass with Students at NYU Clive Davis Institute”

1. why is the cafune song the only track in the description?

2. High-key honest with you Saba beats sounded like do-do trash.

3. Pharell Williams holding back tears while listening to Maggie Rogers is the most wholesome thing I've seen all week and I pet cats.

4. maggie was great!! different

5. Hes so stoned. Love him

6. okay Maggie representing MD

7. Maggie Rogers you are a gift. Lets hear more!!!! You will probably need to do this on your own because a label won't be able to understand you.

8. Maggie is the stuff Pharrell was looking for in the Mona Lisa. Even at the end when the students commented on his feedback… The other students were like, 'his critique is helpful'… Maggie's response was like, 'I'm just gonna keep making my music.' True artist. Bad ass.

9. And this kid Maggie has Mommy Daddy money too. Got it all lined up.

10. Pharrell is thinking- I'm about to sign this Maggie! I love her music

11. DAMN! Maggie was DOPE AF!!!

12. not to be afraid to do your own thang! amen

13. " well… Those were some awesome colors… …and so am i." What the heck Pharell… Couldn't you wait like 40 seconds to pay yourself another compliment? What an arrogant prick.

14. Does a trout swim upstream? That's a salmon. I think this is a great example of why music schools often doesn't work. Get together with your friends, start playing out, and do it that way. The only people that make it out of music schools are session players that real singer songwriters hire.

15. I want to know the IG of the little girl who did the folk sound song Maggie. She was absolutely amazing.

16. That song my maggie is an inspiration

17. Boo Chicken, before the Internet

18. everything chromatically basically

19. $, that´s why they call that a Dollar, the price of hats, is that sustainable or sustained `hemp´ on the circle, yeah sure, circular economy https://www.grailed.com/listings/2362165-Cactus-Plant-Flea-Market--Human-Made-Plant-Hat–Navy

20. HES LISTENING TO THAT TRACK FROM MAGGIE SAYIN TO HIMSELF – THIS SHIT IS BANANAS….

21. its indie pop, please calm down

22. Now Maggie was on SNL that’s so cool

23. This is NOT a Masterclass . It's casual conversation. This is not a class . What skills are being passed forward here? There is just a flood of indication towards personal-preference. There is no teaching of skills.

    Everything that Pharell suggests is just indication of his own personal preference.
    "Other than that, I thought it was..good." hmm…

    " *Who are you* as an artist?" is a question designed to apply inward-speculation; built for *psychology* .

    Why are there more questions that move the students and the viewers towards self-reflection; rather than towards understanding of (for example) an instrument or vocal control or music theory? A masterclass is not to cater to an already known artist or to nurture students with casual conversation and complements. An effective master class is designed to further skills with much more in-depth analysis of someone's skills, so is to constructively criticize and educate the growing musician at the given level of that or those individuals.
    Everything that Pharell suggests is just indication of his own personal preference, not of how something actually works or why it works.

    I have no intentions of demoting his or any others' musical talents; but I find it less constructive and potentially destructive to promote this as a *master*class*, when it's really just a counseling session with casual conversation.

    "Peanut-butter is amazing"
    Yep – this is music.

    This demotes the UNDERSTANDING and accumulation of KNOWLEDGE of music and it's workings.

    "Coming from somebody like Pharell" – Just further indication that this approach influences onlookers to yearn for the attention that someone of fame accumulates.

24. damn……I cant explain it but he got that look like damn…..all these kids gonna sellout to the industry, shit! gotta be rough…..but…..that's how it goes. Unfortunately talent isn't enough to be a part of the "greats" like that, in the end the real powers that be hunt u down if youre turning too many heads and they entice u in with deals…..and…..u gone sign that damn contract. and when u do its the worst mistake of your life. Pharrell knows this, and he has it wrote all over his face and because of the deal he made, he cant say a damn thing about it…..fuckin sad I think. truly

25. I actually liked Cafune's song more than Maggie's song lol

26. 23:49 ??????

27. Haha what a moment. So sweet and epic that this connection and blooming moment is captured forever.

28. pharrell is so cool, big inspiration! 🙂

29. Just saw her on SNL a few weeks ago. And forgot that was her name, but I was positive I recognized her from this video. Nice to see she's making it.

30. whats the little spectrum analyzer on top of his console?

31. no homo look at bobs balls lol

32. I fucking love Maggie Rogers

33. I could tell the second girl was not super happy with his notes on her song

34. Damn, Pharrell compared the unique of her song and style with Wu Tang Clan.
    Respect Maggie. I hope you kept your style till today.

35. Maggie ?

36. https://youtu.be/LDDQqX8SSEY

37. did maggie release that shit, that shit fire yo

38. All these pampered artists have zero talent except Maggie is going somewhere. The others look and sound phony and entitled.

39. i love maggie she is such an amazing artist

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