{"id":2444128,"date":"2019-05-13T09:53:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=834649"},"modified":"2019-05-13T09:53:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:53:30","slug":"step-into-producer-rick-rubins-world-in-first-shangri-la-docuseries-teaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/step-into-producer-rick-rubins-world-in-first-shangri-la-docuseries-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Step Into Producer Rick Rubin\u2019s World in First \u2018Shangri-La\u2019 Docuseries Teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9185794di.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Acclaimed music producer and Def Jam pioneer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/rick-rubin\/\">Rick Rubin<\/a>\u2019s eclectic resum\u00e9 and unique creative process is the focus of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rick-rubin-showtime-shangri-la-documentary-780115\/\">the docuseries <em>Shangri-La<\/em><\/a>, and in this exclusive teaser from the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/showtime\/\" id=\"auto-tag_showtime\" data-tag=\"showtime\">Showtime<\/a> series provides a rapid-fire glimpse into Rubin\u2019s world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuspend the disbelief of what\u2019s possible,\u201d Rubin says in voiceover as images of the ocean, recording equipment, musicians in the studio and the producer meditating fill the screen for split-seconds. \u201cThese things that we can\u2019t explain happen regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almost subliminally, another Rubinism appears in yellow font, \u201cKeep asking questions until you fully understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Academy Award- and Grammy-winning director Morgan Neville, who previously helmed the backup singer doc <em>20 Feet From Stardom<\/em> and the Mr. Rogers film <em>Won\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?<\/em>, directed the four-part <em>Shangri-La<\/em>, which will premiere on Showtime this summer following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rick-rubin-showtime-shangri-la-documentary-780115\/\">its abridged screening<\/a> at the 2019 SWSX Fest. The docuseries is named after Rubin\u2019s famed Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, where artists like Kanye West, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Black Sabbath and U2 have recorded.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rick-rubin-shangri-la-docuseries-teaser-834649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acclaimed music producer and Def Jam pioneer Rick Rubin\u2019s eclectic resum\u00e9 and unique creative process is the focus of the docuseries Shangri-La, and in this exclusive teaser from the upcoming Showtime series provides a rapid-fire glimpse into Rubin\u2019s world. \u201cSuspend the disbelief of what\u2019s possible,\u201d Rubin says in voiceover as images of the ocean, recording [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 01:23:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}