Excellent and thorough explanation!!!!
--- In [email protected], "kaissiom" <kaiss...@...> wrote: > > A music producer can do anything from making coffee to just sitting back and > listening. That sounds like an easy job, and it can be. When you have a great > recording engineer doing the recording, and great artists and musicians > around you creating great music a producer's job becomes very easy. But when > you are on a budget with very limit studio time, a busy schedule, a singer > that keeps messing up the vocal track because he/she is nervous, the drummer > that can't get the groove right, a recording engineer who can't get the > computer to record the next track your job as a producer becomes a lot more > challenging. And this is what being a good producer is being about. At these > moments a producer needs to be a problem solver and make decisions. Every > producer does it differently, but the result is the same, a recorded and well > produced song. > > To be able to make it work a producer may have to get involved with the > technical stuff and help the recording engineer out. Or you may have to get > the singer to make the vocal track work with the song by changing the lyrics, > changing the melody or give some vocal pointers. It may also involve > rewriting part of the music by changing chords, adding samples and sound > effects and creating a complete new drum rhythm from scratch. And there are a > lot of other situations where a good producer needs to take charge and show > why he (or she) is the producer. > > Being a producer can involve > > Getting into the music (music theory) > Getting into the songwriting process and learning about songwriting and > sequencing > Knowing some things about recording > Being able to work with musicians and artist and get the best out of them > Working with a recording engineer and other studio owners > Using sound effects, samples and other techniques to make song sound > different and unique > Mixing and editing the song > Mastering the song > > In today's music the producer is usually also a songwriter, a musician and > recording engineer. This makes the job both easier and more difficult. > > source: http://www.musiciansnews.com/61/what_does_a_music_producer_do.shtml > > Here's a good explanation as well: > http://www.ehow.com/video_4951096_what-does-music-producer-do.html > > --- In [email protected], Pradeepan R <pradeepanisonline@> wrote: > > > > General Question: > > Who is a Music Producer ? > > Ever since ARR became global in the last 5/6 years, there is more & more > > reference to him being called "Composer & Producer".. > > I know there are guys who don't compose at all - yet they are Producers.. > > So ?? > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Pradeepan. > > > > "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you > > !" > > >
