Product Description: This is a guide for those interested in record production and the problems faced by the modern day record producer. It includes a rundown on the different types of producers available, what they are likely to earn and the relationship they have with artists and record labels. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Answers all the practical questions any aspiring record producer will ask. Now includes new technology and techniques that have come into use since the 1997 edition was published. A fully updated edition of this indispensable reference guide to include new technology and techniques that have come into common usage since the first edition was published in 1997. Features answers to questions including How Do You Start? What Kind of Producer Do You Want to Be? How Do You Deal with Artists? Record Companies? Lawyers? How Can You Get Rich? Highly entertaining and full of revealing anecdotes about the business and the stars, this book is destined to become the definitive guide to the art - and the business - of record production.

The Art of Music Production is the first book to comprehensively analyze and describe the role of the music producer in creating successful music recordings. Now in its fourth edition, it is the definitive guide to the art and business of music production. Author and producer Richard James Burgess distills this complex field by defining the distinct roles of a music producer.The first part of the book outlines the underlying theory of the art of music production. The second focuses on the job's practical aspects, including training, getting into the business, and--most importantly--the musical, financial, and interpersonal relationships producers have with artists and their labels. The book is packed with insights from successful music producers, ranging from the beginnings of recorded sound to today's chart-toppers and across genre lines. It features many revealing anecdotes, encompassing both the daily and overarching career-related challenges that a producer faces. Burgess addresses the changes in the nature of music production brought about by technology and, in particular, the millennial shift that has occurred with digital recording and distribution. His lifelong experience in the recording industry as a studio musician, artist, composer, producer, manager, and marketer, combined with his extensive academic research in the field, brings a unique breadth and depth of understanding to the topic.