The Art Of Music Production 3rd Edition (Paperback)

by Richard Burgess (Author) "These producers could easily be artists in their own right..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Alan Moulder, George Martin (more...)

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'This book takes you through pretty much everything you need to know about the industry. So, a useful guide for anyone voluntarily plunging into this shark infested world.' Mail on Sunday --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
This highly entertaining book is packed with insights from the most successful music producers and full of revealing anecdotes about the business and the stars. now in its third edition and used as a teaching tool in major colleges, it has become the definitive guide to the art - and the business - of music and record production.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Music Sales Corporation; 3 edition (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844494314
• ISBN-13: 978-1844494316
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #489,721 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide in the true sense of the word, April 18, 2000

By	"rootwitch" (Sao Paulo, SP BRAZIL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Record Production (Paperback)

In his book, Burgess manage to chart a safe route through the pitfalls of a career in the recording industry, and I suppose that everyone with a little knowledge about the inner workings of this multi-billion bucks machine knows that this is no easy task. Right from the very beggining, he offers a guided tour to the shortcomings that this rough road presents, offering sensible comments that are often illustrated with real-life examples. Dealing with ego-bloated artists, or taking care of the (often overlooked) legal aspects of the trade or simply getting a great session to tape, this book will simply not leave you without an answer.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Sound Contribution (haha my god that was cheesy), December 3, 1999

By	Bradley A. Barkett "Pretentious Book Reviewer" (Silver Spring, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Art of Record Production (Paperback)

I found this book to be extremely enlightening in the area of production aesthetics and most notably, psychology. The value of the author's experience in the industry is clearly displayed through excellent, eclectic quotes and lucid insights gained from years of exposures to visionaries such as himself. I only have two minor complaints--firstly, as a producer Burgess knows that the cover should function as an inductive summary or foreshadowing of the contents within, yet the cover of this book implies more of an engineering (or even digital) focus than the book really puts forth. Secondly, the perspectives on technology and its influence on production methods seem a little dumbed down or underdeveloped, and ruefully, a bit too optimistic about the role of the traditional producer as the lead broker of both sonic sensibility and understanding of the arts of songwriting and recording. This may be a bias on my part as I am involved primary in electronic music. And were the demise of the production/recording infrastructure to slowly take place at the hands of the internet, it would certainly occur as a result of the inflexiblity of the record companies and not the valiant efforts of its agents of production. Not to detract from the indispensibility of the book--as an entirely self taught musician and engineer (of which he speaks in the book,) I found this tome to be a vastly useful resource for gaining perspectives from people who very well may be the last generation of highly social, full life cycle production wizards. I highly recommend this book, because where it is good, it is great. He constantly quotes Steve Albini. Need I say more?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative book, February 18, 2003

By	Rob GRITTI...GRITTI PRODUCTIONS (PROVIDENCE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Record Production (Paperback)

This book was great man...I have read quite a few books on recording and music but none as good as this one. Its was very detailed about the processes and tricks of the trade on the how to/why to of this very secretive part of the business. It really contains all the full spectrum of information on how do start and maintain a successfull career as a Producer. I would hightly recomend this to anyone interested in beginnnig any sort of career in this business!!