As I have worked with artists and discussed what it is that I do with people who are not directly involved with the music industry, one of the things that has become very apparent is that not many people are familiar with the role of a producer. They listen to produced albums, love them, but are not aware of the crucial role the producer plays in the process of making a truly professional, effective record. I’ll admit that it’s a little abstract - producers do a lot of different things and not all producers do the same things. To boil it down to its essence, the key role of a producer is to provide the integrity of the project. By integrity I mean several things: producers are responsible for focusing the creative vision of the project, for acting as an intermediary between the artistic and technical worlds, and for overseeing the logistics of the project.
