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The Art of Music Production

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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.

If record production is the career for you then this is the book you're looking for. This is not one persons subjective view on the art, but rather an intelligent overview of the various styles of record production backed by hundreds of quotes from many of the worlds greatest producers.

Richard saves the would-be record producer from tripping over themselves for years by providing a very comprehesive insight into this interesting profession. This is by no means a book on the glamour of the industry, but a practical guide that will leave you knowing whether you've got what it takes or don't think it's for you. Short of handing you a production deal, Richard has given you as much information to get a producer started that can be found between the covers of a book.

I would highly recommend this book to anybody considering record production. Kudos to Richard Burgess.

"Burgess educates his readers with the most practical knowledge available to anyone-years of hands-on experience. A book that is informative, enjoyable, and absolutely necessary for anyone with aspirations of becoming a record producer. Loaded with amusing anecdotes and true stories from wihin the production business, Burgess's excellent book delivers."

Steve "Madman" Hazel of Manick

This book's title is a little misleading. It should be called "what is a music producer?".
It was just a general overview of the job. It's fine for what it is.
You will not learn anything about the art of music production here.

Everything must be done with passion. Which art does not include passion? What can be greater than producing something that makes us have feelings? Music production is an art and it's going to be that way as long as people still enjoy making it so knowing how it is produced can provide useful help for further teaching or a career into this field. This is an amazing book with lots of interesting information all related to music production so if you have a passion and that passion is music buy this book and you won't be sorry!

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!!

and he's been glued to since it arrived. It was recommended to him by a music business professor at Columbia College Chicago. I myself am not in the music business but if you are interested in this field or just starting out and want a better understanding of it, I don't think you can go wrong with this title.

This book delves deeply into the relationships that are necessary for working and gives very useful advice on where to begin and end. As far as I was aware when I first read this, The Art of Record Production was the only book that really covered what a producer does and conclusively at that.

Good read for all those interested in producing as it also gives direction to anyone who is, at any time, confined in a studio with others.

Great book! I really like it. Many exemples. If you want to know more about the art of music production, you have to buy it!

This is a fine description of the magic and the mystery of what goes into being a successful record producer. The only drawback is the insight into the fact that it is more mystery than magic. All too often Burgess says 'of course, you can never tell what will be a hit' -- this tells us all too much about the industry itself. Still, the insight into how the biz works is more than worth the price of entry...