“We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do.” TryingRecordsBandGuidesProducersAbsolutely Nothing Author:Benmont Tench
“To me, the producer is there to make sure the album gets done and gets done as good as possible. So if that means that you have to help write a bridge or help write a part, that's what you do. If that means you help tune the guitars, then that's what you do. If that means all you do is tell the band their takes are good and they should stop f——— with things, then that's what you do. If it means you don't do anything except make sure the band doesn't fight, then that's what you do. Sometimes it's a little more stressful than others, but for the most part, you just don't complain about it and you just get it done.” IfsShouldWritingMeanLittlesSometimesDoneHelpingBandGuitarAlbumsComplainingProducersBridgesTunesStressfulGet It Done Author:John Congleton
“I suppose one thing that's always fascinated me is that thing where you're a band and you want to start recording and you get a label and a producer, and then there's that pressure to go out there and really toil.” WantOne ThingBandPressureProducersLabelsFascinatedToil Author:Thom Yorke
“I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.” PeopleSelfSchoolGuyTeacherGroupsTaughtBandHigh SchoolProducersJailGraduatesSelf Taught Author:Billy Joel
“As rich as you think some of us are, for every $18.99 CD you buy, the artist usually sees a toonie or so. Pay your producer out of that. Then your manager. Then split it five ways among your band mates. Now don't act surprised when you see the drummer of a platinum-selling Canadian rock band behind the drive- thru window at Tim Hortons” ThinkingWayArtistPayBehindsRichFiveRocksBandWindowSellingProducersManagersMatesSplitsDrummerCdsRock BandsPlatinumDrive Thru Author:Steven Page
“I like working with great talent, in every capacity. I have a rule of thumb, in any creative endeavor - whether I'm doing music and playing in a band, or working with producers, or directing - where I generally like to work with people who are smarter than me or better than me.” PeopleCreativeTalentBandCapacityProducersEndeavorSmarterThumbsGreat Talent Author:Malik Yoba
“My love is new music, I tend to go and see a lot of bands, while [co-producer] Mark Cooper spends his time reading the press. It's often the new acts that strike a chord, because they aren't seen on other shows.” ShowsReadingLove IsBandMarkPressesStrikesProducersChordsNew Music Author:Jools Holland
“The Stones are not the kind of band that want to get in the details. That's why they have a producer and engineer - to pull the magic out of them and make them sound so great.” WantKindSoundMagicBandStonesDetailsProducersEngineers Author:Nikki Sixx
“I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took off, it was the center of my focus. A couple of years ago, I started missing doing straight-up hip hop, and that's when Fort Minor began.” YearsFocusMissingCoupleBandYears AgoHip HopProducersHipsParksHopsRapperMinorsStraight UpFortsLinkin Park Author:Mike Shinoda
“As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from the intimacy of creation.” IdeasHelpingFormStepsCreationBandAlbumsObjectivesProducersIntimacyObservers Author:Mark Hoppus
“I really enjoy helping a band form their sounds and ideas from initial spark to completed album. Being a producer is different in that, at the end of the day, it is not my art. It's THEIR art, THEIR ideas, THEIR message.” ArtIdeasDifferentEndsHelpingFormEnjoySoundBandMessagesAlbumsProducersThe End Of The DaySparksInitials Author:Mark Hoppus
“It was always very important for us that we presented ourselves as a band, because it's a three-part writing process and it's a three-part decision making process, it's not two producer guys and a girl that sings the songs. It's startling how many people make that assumption.” PeopleWritingTwoImportantGuySongGirlThreeProcessDecisionBandProducersAssumptionDecision MakingWriting ProcessDecision Making Process Author:Lauren Mayberry
“Then, you know, the other more-traditional role of the producer in, like, the kind of Quincy Jones sense is kind of part arranger. So you're coming up with, like, these - you hear these songs that are quite bare-bones, and you dream up what's the band doing? What's the rhythm section doing? What's the guitars, strings, pianos - that sort of thing. It's almost like a little toolbox.” KnowsKindLittlesDreamSongRolesBandGuitarBonesTraditionalProducersRhythmPianoStringsSectionsToolboxRhythm SectionGuitar Strings Author:Mark Ronson
“I think all musicians and producers, they know the real goal is to come up with a record that is entertaining and not boring, that's the goal. I think if everyone agrees that that's the goal then it doesn't matter who's the band and it doesn't matter who's the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingMeanRealMatterGoalSituationRecordsBandAmbitionMusicianNo Matter WhatAgreeCome UpBoringProducersRealisingEntertaining Author:Black Francis
“A few Disney TV composers had me pinch-hit writing some scoring cues to picture. Disney tapped me to be the composer for the underscore and song producer for this new show called "Phineas and Ferb."There is nothing like a successful animated show to get your chops up. You have to do every style - action, adventure, romantic, suspense, spy, poignant, rock, funk, big band - delivered on a deadline.” WritingShowsBigsActionSongSuccessfulRocksStyleAdventureTvsBandProducersSuspenseComposerSpyAnimatedDeadlinePoignantFunk Author:Danny Jacob