Few producers have as stacked a resume as Andrew Watt. His exploits have discovered him working with mainstream heavyweights together with Put up Malone, Cardi B, Rita Ora and Lana Del Rey, in addition to rock royalty like Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam and The Rolling Stones. And these names are only a drop within the bucket.

However that’s to not say Watt doesn’t discover himself starstruck when working with the world’s best-known artists. And with that, he wants a psychological technique to stay grounded and keep skilled.

In a brand new interview with Selection, he explains that the important thing to holding cool is to “lose your shit privately”, and never showcase your fandom to the celebs for whom you’ve been employed to work.

“Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elton John, Eddie Vedder – they’re totally able to producing an album by themselves,” he says. “They perceive music construction, combine, snare drum sound, they’ve executed this eternally. So none of them want a producer – however they’re selecting to rent a producer.”

Watt’s foray into the rock realm received actually underway when he and Put up Malone – with whom he’d collaborated quite a few instances earlier than – had the concept to hit up Ozzy Osbourne for a single, which later grew to become Take What You Need.

“One evening we went out to the Rainbow [on Sunset Boulevard] and he purchased an image of Ozzy proper off the wall there,” Watt recollects. “I stated, ‘We should always do a music with Ozzy!’”

After some conversations Ozzy invited Watt to work with him on his 2020 LP Abnormal Man, however the producer was hesitant resulting from his lack of expertise within the rock style.

“I used to be so honoured, however I used to be a pop producer, so I wasn’t positive. However Chad [Smith, RHCP drummer] and Duff [McKagan, Guns N’ Roses bassist], who has turn out to be pal, had been like, ‘You’ve received to do it, and we’ll do it with you.’”

On how he’s managed to achieve such a formidable listing of collaborators, he says: “Simply ask.”

“Once I requested Paul McCartney to play bass on a Rolling Stones music: silence for 10 seconds, then ‘Yeah, I’d like to.’ Simply ask the query! The worst that may occur isn’t any.”