What is Music Production?: A Producers Guide: The Role, the People, the Process
- Author: Golding, Craig
- Author: Hepworth-Sawyer, Russ
Authors Russ Hepworth-Sawyer and Craig Golding tackle a seemingly nebulous and elusive target for the subject of this 277 page book from Focal Press. I liked that they first define and quantify...
What is Music Production?: A Producers Guide: The Role, the People, the Process
- Author: Golding, Craig
- Author: Hepworth-Sawyer, Russ
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Authors Russ Hepworth-Sawyer and Craig Golding tackle a seemingly nebulous and elusive target for the subject of this 277 page book from Focal Press. I liked that they first define and quantify...
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To complete an album, a producer needs to know what goes into capturing great music and teasing out inspirational performances from artists. As a producer, you are guiding not only the music, but also the business and the technical aspects of an album. What Is Music Production? is a "guide to this guidance."
Formed from a blend of solid information extracted from detailed interviews, the book focuses on the process of music production, providing insight into how the producer guides this process and molds the final product.
Whether you are a student or just starting your professional career, What is Music Production? explains what you need to know-from working with artists, songs, pre-production, mixing, and mastering to the finance and budgeting-to glean a professional result. Combining the "how to" with online assets and interviews, this book arms you with vital insight into the business of being a music producer.
Contents
- Section A: What is Music Production
- A-1 Quantifying It
- A-2 Analyzing It
- Section B: Being It
- B-1 Being a Producer
- B-2 Your People
- B-3 Being a Business
- Section C: Prepping It
- C-1 What's the Deal
- C-2 Pre-Production
- C-3 Project Management
- C-4 The Desired Outcome: Strategies for Success
- Section D: Doing It
- D-1 The Session
- D-2 The Mix
- D-3 The Mastering Session
- Section E: The Future
- E-1 The Changing Face of Music Production
- Section F
- F-1 Appendix 1: The Tape Store
- F-2 Appendix 2: Glossary
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Authors Russ Hepworth-Sawyer and Craig Golding tackle a seemingly nebulous and elusive target for the subject of this 277 page book from Focal Press. I liked that they first define and quantify music production in the first section sections and then go on to describe what kind of people gravitate toward this profession, what being a music producer really means, and how to make a living/business out of it.. I found What is Music Production? An excellent read and well worth adding to your library
