244 x 172 mm * 97 pages  ISBN 1870775481

* Talent spotting
* Assessing demo tapes
* Developing an act
* Rehearsal and pre-production
* Producer interviews
* Working with live musicians and MIDI
* Choosing a studio
* Mixing and remixing
* Dealing with record companies

Contents
What is a record producer? Pre-production. Working with the team: the A & R manager and the engineer. Working with the team: the arranger, programmer and session musicians. Choosing a studio. In the studio. The mix. The business of music. The knowledge.

Every musician with an interest in recording dreams of being a record producer - it's the top job in music. But although many aspire to become record producers, few ever achieve their dream. This book tells how you, if you have the talent and determination, can become a record producer. You'll never see your name in lights, but you will have the immense satisfaction of knowing that it was you who made that No. 1 hit happen.

This book explains the musical aspects of the process of producing a record, from finding a singer or band and choosing a song, all the way through to making sure that you get your pay cheque on time.

It covers rehearsal and pre-production, selling the singer or band to a record company A&R manager, and working in the studio, whether it is a modest home setup or a top class commercial studio.

You will need to know how to work effectively with musicians, engineers, programmers and arrangers to get them to achieve what you want. You'll need to coax the singer through the trials and tribulations of vocal recording - one of the most difficult aspects of record production. This book tells you how.

Once you have tasted success as a record producer, you will want to continue to make more great records. You will need legal and financial advice, and good management. This book tells you what to look for in your advisors.

With information gleaned from more than a decade of association with the music and recording industries, plus interviews with top people in the business, David Mellor shows how you can stop dreaming and start to take your first steps into the exciting world of record production.