Frequently Asked Questions About the Recording Production ProcessThe most important qualification for a Record Producer is the ability to create music and understand what will be marketable in the industry. Every artist wants a hit song. Producers must have a good musical "ear" and the ability to know what will sound good. He or she must be able to hear raw talent and have the ability to foresee how it will sound if properly arranged and recorded.
Producers with musical training and experience in the studio are the most effective.
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What are the basic skills to look for in a producer?
The most important qualification for a Record Producer is the ability to pick hit tunes.
Producers with musical training and experience in the studio are most effective.
Producers with musical training and experience in the studio are most effective.
- Business Skills - The ability to pick hits, coordinate sessions, complete paperwork, negotiate good vendor deals, and work within a budget. Attention to details - booking time, hiring musicians, arrangers, engineers, etc.
- Musical Skills - Having the ability to hear what is in tune or out of tune. Writing charts and arrangements in the studio and combining sounds in an unusual and pleasing way.
- Psychological Skills - Knowing how to handle talent. Exercising judgment - knowing when to take a beak, quit or go on. Knowing how to get the best performance out of the artists, singers and musicians. Ability to work long hours under stress. Projecting energy and enthusiasm, whatever one's true feelings.
- Technical Skills - Knowledge of multi-track recordings and the consol to get the maximum desirable effects. Willingness to experiment with sounds, microphones, and outboard gear until the best sound is achieved. Ability to hear what sounds good in the mix in order to highlight the most important parts of a performance.
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