 | Have a zeal that appeals to all races of people, genre's of music and
understands and appreciates a variety of creativity processes. With
musicians ranging from punk rock to gospel rap a producer needs to be able
to see a fabulous end result, before the first recording is ever done.
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| A producer needs to know music and not just what sounds good, but also
why. Why does this a-flat go with this high pitched bongo noise.
Understanding why things sound good or bad together is just as important as
being able to make things sound good together. |
| A producer needs to know songwriting at least enough to be a help in the
creative process in the way of knowledge and direction. |
| A producer needs to know the recording process. Equipment, style
of tracking (recording) and everything in between. |
| A producer must understand how to orchestrate without dictating.
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Music Production has evolved far from the days of yore, where a 4 track
recorder and a live band made a hit record. In today's society a producer needs
to know how to not only run a board or compose a track, but how to completely
and efficiently run a session.
While the exact role of a music producer will change from project to project,
there is a certain skill set that every music producer should be accomplished
in.
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