![A delicious girl I like a lot just posted something about Garbage, which brings me to the subject of producers given that Garbage is a band of producers. So what exactly is a producer ?
Well, first you have to come back on Earth : you don’t really believe that Madonna, Britney Spears, Rihanna or any of those artists really write their music do you ? Of course not… then who does it ?
Well, if you look closely to the Wikipedia entry of Britney Spears song 3 you will notice it says it is produced by Max Martin. Then searching a bit on Google you will find a production company called Maratone where you can check Max Martin’s discography which includes Pink (Please don’t leave me, So what), Ke$ha, Katy Perry (Hot n Cold), Britney Spears (3, Baby one more time, Oops I did it again), Avril Lavigne and so on.
And if you look closely, you notice they own music instruments, computers and recording studios… yes, they wrote all those songs. Most ‘artists’ are mere interpreters, in the best case they modify some lyrics.
Here is what Wikipedia says
A music producer can, in some cases, be compared to a film director, with noted practitioner Phil Ek himself describing his role as “the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, like a director would a movie. The engineer would be more the cameraman of the movie.”[1] The music producer’s job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music. The scope of responsibility may be one or two songs or an artist’s entire album – in which case the producer will typically develop an overall vision for the album and how the various songs may interrelate […]
In most cases the music producer is also a competent arranger, composer, musician or songwriter who can bring fresh ideas to a project. As well as making any songwriting and arrangement adjustments, the producer is also in charge of the creative mix. He or she will liaise with the sound engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording, whereas the music producer keeps an eye on the overall project’s marketability.
In the same way you go to the movies watch a Woody Allen or a Brian de Palma movie (and not a Scarlett Johansson movie no matter how good of an actress she is), you should be listening to a Max Martin or a Butch Vig song.
Why aren’t music producers the “stars” in the same way the movie directors are ? mmm… Paparazzis, family life, not having dance in underwear and the fact most of them are over 45 years old probably is the answer to the question. Yet…](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4r4enCYFH1r9ierfo1_500.jpg)
A delicious girl I like a lot just posted something about Garbage, which brings me to the subject of producers given that Garbage is a band of producers. So what exactly is a producer ?
Well, first you have to come back on Earth : you don’t really believe that Madonna, Britney Spears, Rihanna or any of those artists really write their music do you ? Of course not… then who does it ?
Well, if you look closely to the Wikipedia entry of Britney Spears song 3 you will notice it says it is produced by Max Martin. Then searching a bit on Google you will find a production company called Maratone where you can check Max Martin’s discography which includes Pink (Please don’t leave me, So what), Ke$ha, Katy Perry (Hot n Cold), Britney Spears (3, Baby one more time, Oops I did it again), Avril Lavigne and so on.
And if you look closely, you notice they own music instruments, computers and recording studios… yes, they wrote all those songs. Most ‘artists’ are mere interpreters, in the best case they modify some lyrics.
Here is what Wikipedia says
A music producer can, in some cases, be compared to a film director, with noted practitioner Phil Ek himself describing his role as “the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, like a director would a movie. The engineer would be more the cameraman of the movie.”[1] The music producer’s job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music. The scope of responsibility may be one or two songs or an artist’s entire album – in which case the producer will typically develop an overall vision for the album and how the various songs may interrelate […]
In most cases the music producer is also a competent arranger, composer, musician or songwriter who can bring fresh ideas to a project. As well as making any songwriting and arrangement adjustments, the producer is also in charge of the creative mix. He or she will liaise with the sound engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording, whereas the music producer keeps an eye on the overall project’s marketability.
In the same way you go to the movies watch a Woody Allen or a Brian de Palma movie (and not a Scarlett Johansson movie no matter how good of an actress she is), you should be listening to a Max Martin or a Butch Vig song.
Why aren’t music producers the “stars” in the same way the movie directors are ? mmm… Paparazzis, family life, not having dance in underwear and the fact most of them are over 45 years old probably is the answer to the question. Yet…
![Audrey Hepburn crying in Breakfast at Tiffany.
Deep Blue Something made in 1995 a song in which the singer and his girlfriend are breaking-up as she argues they have nothing in common and the singer answers the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is one thing they got.
The song features a mix of traditional and electric guitars, nice solos and a typical “wall of sound” background.
Fun fact from Wikipedia : Todd Pipes [lead singer] was fired from his job as an English teacher at the private Christian School after parents have complained that their children were being taught by a rock musician… ha ha ha !
Toby and Todd Pipes became producers which doesn’t come as a surprise. I will explain in some post what exactly is the role of a producer in contemporary music.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m31dma5vF51r9ierfo1_400.jpg)
