Poducer in music5/5/2023 ![]() ![]() With each article, I’ll try and give you new ways of thinking about your approach to making music, which you can apply however you want. The goal of this column is to help you understand the process of making music from beginning to end, so you can create tracks that meet a standard of quality by which we call “good music”, regardless of style. Like a chef with a kitchen full of ingredients, there are myriad ways to put your masterpiece together, and it’s very easy to muck it up. You want other people to enjoy listening to your tracks, to hear the message clearly and to not be distracted by a bad recording or weak playing. No matter what type of music you make, you want it to be good music. However, just because you can do anything in music doesn’t mean you should. Mix rhythms and genres to create beats and melodies that go further and create new categories of music all their own. Automate effects in ways never imagined before. Record whatever you want and use it as a sample. In today’s music-making world, the only rule is there are no rules. Many producers start out as engineers and then go on to the more creative production job, probably after having been given a break by a studio to produce a few up and coming artists.New to the world of music production? This article will explain the various steps involved when making music and help you organize the process in your head. They set up the recording equipment and do a lot of the technical legwork in a studio. The other option is to produce yourself and look for an engineer to do all the technical stuff.Įngineers work with producers in a studio. You may be able to spot a rising talent yourself and both benefit each other. There are also those who are just starting out in production who are looking for bands or artists to work with. In this case the producer will take no fee or a reduced fee in return for payment when they get a record deal or a publishing deal. No one recommends you rely on production to save a poor song.īut producers will work with unsigned artists if they think they are going to be successful later on. Producers command large fees and are usually hired by the record company to work with an artist. Producers are freelance and can have their own agents who negotiate fees and deals with record companies. It's the song - the melody, the chorus, the hook - that will grab the listeners and stay in their head, production should enhance this but can't replace it. As Graham Gouldman remarked, 'you can't hum a production'. However no one recommends you rely on production to save a poor song. It's true a producer can seriously enhance your songs and they can also seriously harm them. It's a long process even if you are going for that 'we're just a bunch of musicians who happened to be playing live' sound. Now producing is complex and highly technical with 24 to 48 track studios, sampling, loops, harmonies, string arrangements, squeaky toys, you name it. Tracks are now recorded separately and mixed together. Gone are the days when a group of musicians sat in a studio and played while someone pressed the record button. When you've written a number of songs and maybe played them live for a while it becomes inevitable that you will want to record your music. ![]()
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