THE PRODUCER

  

Canadian Hip Hop Producer Boi-1Da

The producer is a very important member in the music industry. The job of a producer is to manage the recording (production) of an artist's music. A producer has a number of roles such as gathering ideas, selecting the songs an artist should include on their album and selecting musicians the artist should collaborate with, coaching the artist in the studio, creating budgets, schedules and dealing with negotiations. There are two types of producers, executive producers and music producers. While executive producers oversee the finances of the musician's project, the music producer focuses on the creation of the music. Most artists work with more than one producer for one album allowing different types of creativity to be included in the final project.