Bublé, Gwen, Reba and Snoop Get Emotional and Connect | Behind the Mic | The Voice

Season 26 fellow coaches. I had a question. I wondered and I thought a lot about the first time I ever recorded in an actual studio, but do you guys remember the first time that you ever actually recorded in a studio? I was a sophomore in high school, Kyle, Oklahoma, and our Oklahoma history teacher had written a song and the next day we went to Benson Sound Studio in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and recorded it. I remember the first time. I'll tell mine now. How about that? I didn't mean to like make it about me, but it just reminded me because I was really young as well. I feel like I was 17 and my dad, he somehow knew some dude that had a studio in his backyard. And so we, cause we'd never recorded cause it costs money like to go in the studio. And so he had his friend give us like the backyard. And we went in there and did some demos in there. And I just, it was just looked like a spaceship to me. I was like so naive in the glass and like the whole thing, like just didn't even know that existed. But that was the first time I did it. It was because my dad hooked us up. Shout out to pops. Good looking out. My first time in the studio wasn't a real studio. It was my homeboy's closet. He had like the things that you buy from when you buy eggs and you put them on. He had them all on the wall and he had like, it was, it was ghetto. He had clothes in the closet and shoes, but it was a microphone and the mic was hanging on like a hanger in the closet. So we have to hold the microphone and rap on it. That was my first experience in the studio. And I thought that was like a real studio until I went to a real studio and seeing what you said as far as like the glass and the board and the separation and the mic booths. I'm like, are we in a different world? What is this? But it was fun to be able to go from that to that because my spirit was probably better when I was in the closet because I was just happy to be on the mic. We did, we ended up building like in the garage of where my grandma grandpa grew up. We built like a studio in there and Interscope gave us an eight track recording recorder, like a tape. Yeah. And we did the egg cartons on the, we did it. We did it ourselves. Like we put them all over the garage. Yeah. I don't know. We just, we're making it up. I remember cause it was my uncle Kelly and he took me to this guy, Jamie's house. And, uh, Jamie was a guitar player, 14. Oh my God. And, uh, we did like some Elvis songs. And I remember just thinking it was a, and there's a, there was a sports show called sports page. And my uncle Kelly was like, this guy is the guy that played the gang. It was like a local sports show. And it was like the first famous person that I met. And they did all the vocals for myself. I was so proud of myself. It was the first time I'd ever heard my voice like that recorded. And it was kind of basement studio, but it was wow. You know what's so weird too, I just remember was when I went to that studio, it was my dad's friend. I don't know from work, but the guy had me record one of his songs. Now I just remember that right now. How old were you? You were, I was 17. How crazy is music that you remember? I can remember that. How did y'all feel the first time y'all heard y'all vocals come back from a song that you recorded? Well, the song wasn't bad is when I talked, when I'd say, how can we do that again? And I said, who is that? That's you. I said, oh no it's not. What about the radio? Do you remember? Was there like a first time you heard yourselves? Not on radio. It was this thing called the box that was out here where they would, you would order the video. And then if you order it, it will play over and over again. That was the first time I heard myself. You remember that? I do. Yes. It was a video channel. It's bringing something. I can't exactly remember. You would have to order it. You could actually order it. G thing played like 50 times in a row because somebody ordered. And I was like, it was my first time seeing myself and hearing myself. And I was at my cousin's house on the couch and I was just in amazement. Like she was like, you a star. I'm sleeping on the couch. I ain't no star. Did you like the way you sounded? I love the way I sound, but I was shy when I watched that video. I never even looked in the camera. I was had my head down. I wasn't used to. And how old were you then? What was that? 19. Oh cute. And you guys remember first time on the radio? The first time I heard my song, uh, we had an old static key radio that when you touched it, it would be without the static. I don't know why a record player, whenever you took the arm and put the needle on the record, it would shock you. So music, I don't know why I still loved it so much, but, uh, mom and Susie and I were down the hall there at Chalky and it came on KVO radio out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. And I just kind of slid down the wall, sit on the floor. I just cried like, well, I remember we had a station in LA called K rock. Yeah. Jamie Kimmel used to work there. Yeah. And so did Carson actually at some one point, they basically, the program director told us it would take an act of God to play. No doubt on the radio. Cause we'd already been together nine years and everybody knew we were around. Like we were just that loser, like it's called we would just call, just keep dialing up, please play just a girl, please play just a girl. And then one day we press record on the boom box and they did it. And here it is an act of God. And it was the greatest, I just remember jumping up and down and it's the greatest feeling. How about you? I was 16. And, uh, there was a show called Jack Cullen's owl prowl. It was one of the longest running shows in Canada. And he would play like a lot of old school stuff. Like he, he had brought in people like Bobby Darren and Elvis Presley and D Martin and interviewed him. My dad and I used to go visit his studio and I brought him a demo tape. And I remember my dad, before school, I think it was a great 12. And he woke me up and he took me to the room and Jack said something like, uh, okay, uh, here comes, uh, this is a Burnaby boy. And he's, he remember he said he's, and he's a big wow. This is Michael B. Buble or something like that. But I didn't care. And then it was like me with like a karaoke track. I sound like a chipmunk, but, um, I just thought to myself, wow. And I wasn't like you used to where you said, like, I was on a couch. I thought I was going to be like, I was a mega star. I like, I went to school and I was like, do you know who I think I am? But it was, um, do you know who I think it was amazing. Here's a real question. When you finally met that artist that you wanted to work with your whole life and you got a chance to work with them, what was that feeling? And you can name that artist. If you have, you know, I can't tell you because you just won't believe me. I will believe you. No, man. I will believe you. I love you so much. I'm not joking. My family loves you. We were so, I was so terrified that you wouldn't be who you are. I was so excited to do this with you. And people said, no, man, he has a great reputation. I was so nervous the day we showed up and, uh, you were awesome, man. And it was huge for me because the truth is I was really excited. Like I was so excited to meet you and you were better than I ever thought you could be. That's the truth. I felt the same way when I got to hang with you at the MTV awards on that couch. And you, uh, James Brown. Wow. Yeah. James Brown. I had shot a movie called bones and, um, somebody from my team was like, James Brown, trying to get in contact with you. I'm like, man, stop playing with me, man. James Brown don't want to meet me. And he drove all the way to my house. And we spent about three hours at a picnic table, just side by side. We had microphones in front of him and one in front of me. We just talk and talk. And he just was telling me things about my life and my career that are actually happening right now. What? Yes. It's crazy that y'all asked me that. And then it's like, okay, he was always saying you're going to be the hardest working man in show business. You're going to change the perspective of how people feel about you. You're going to put more love in the air. You're going to change the way they look at rappers. And I think it's happening right now. It's joy. You just literally, he leads with it and tells the whole place out. It's a spirit thing with me. Yeah. Reba, you remind me so much of my mother and my auntie. Really? Your spirit. Yeah. Like it's a respect thing with you. It's like, it's a pleasure to be around you and then meeting you and knowing you. It's like, you've got that spirit of my mother and my auntie and like women that I highly respect. Thanks. You know that. Thank you. And you? Thank you. Ms. McIntyre, who was your... I never wanted to meet my heroes. Wow. Because I didn't want them to disappoint me. Sure. Ever. I completely understand it. I was doing shows with Merle Haggard and I did not want to meet him because I didn't want to be disappointed because I looked up to him for so long. And when I did, he was the nicest, most cordial gentleman and just, I was like, whew. But people like Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Barbara Mandrell, who I looked up to forever. All of them, sweet as they could be. And there's ones that are scary. Like I loved Van Morrison. I thought he was one of the greatest singer songwriters in the history of music. And I was so nervous to meet him and I just was a fan and I loved him. He was so sweet with me. And I'll never forget, I was playing, my kid got sick and I retired. And when I came back, I played Hyde Park. It was like my comeback. I was not ready to come back. And Van Morrison was on the stage a couple of stages down. And all of a sudden my manager said, he said, Mike, Van Morrison's coming over to see you. And I remember I looked outside and it was pissing rain. It was muddy. And I thought, what? He's coming through this? And the dude came, I don't know how, I mean, I'm talking a massive track. And came into my, my little trailer thing and hugged me. And I love Van Morrison so much. That's like every record I had like a, almost a tribute to him, you know? Love it. Love you, Mike. I love you too, buddy.