Dec 12

This post is about techniques for scouting and following through with potential clients.

Unless you’re an institution in the industry, whether locally or internationally, chances are clients won’t be calling you or knocking on your door for the chance to work with you. It used to be that labels would almost always choose the producers for a project. That’s not the case anymore. These days it’s more likely that the artist will have more of a say as to who they will choose to produce their material, especially if the artist is not signed. That said, record labels who have found success with a producer will often recommend that producer again for future projects. It’s just about impossible to walk in off the street and secure a production deal with a random artist. So how do you find artists and labels that are willing to talk to you?

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Dec 7

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.

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