Introduction

I'm Chis Jones, and welcome to my blog! As you can see it is all about music production. Every submission on here deals with different aspects of the occupation of music producer, and what all goes into the making of a great record.
The reason I chose to do my project on music production is simple. I have always loved music and I have felt for a long time that I had a Good ear for what sounds good and what is great music. I fumbled with the dream of being a musician, however I have come to realize that I am not musically inclined. So I wondered if maybe my place lie on the other side of the glass window, in the studio. recording artists and making them sound good. Turns out I learned alot more than I expected everything is so complex from writing the songs to getting an artist to recording dates even to the selection of the songs order on the album. Overall I had a great time doing this and finding out about something I love. If you have any questions please email me at rolltidefanseven@yahoo.com or just refer to my blog. I guess thats it so thanks for visiting and I'll be seein ya!

The Song

I AM

Feed me rappers
Feed me beats
I’ll crank out a tune
That’ll bring in the wheat

Now who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
I’m the producer

Smiles on our face
When we rollin in the dough
Got no worries now
A million albums sold

Now who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
I’m the producer

Go down in the books
Like the Beatles we’ll be
Everybody will be waitin to meet
After the concerts we play every night of the week

I am
Iam
Iam
I tell ya I am
I am
The best producer alive
I am the best producer alive

I Am.

Live Interaction

Chris Jones

Mr. Jenkins
Honors English 11
April 30th, 2009
Live Interaction
For my live interaction for my research project on being a music producer, I visited a local radio station and received a tour. As I was led around the station I got to see many different rooms that all housed different equipment. I also got to learn about radio stations in general and how the one I visited was different from others.
I was first led around the outside of the building and got to see where the employees park and such just to get familiar with the property. While walking outside my guide shared with me some insight as to what made this station different. He pointed out that the radio station was its own building here and that most other stations in much bigger cities such as New York and Los Angeles are usually housed in a skyscraper with other businesses due to different reasons whether it be financial or geographic. Another interesting thing he pointed out was that the transmission tower was in view from the station. Most stations can be miles away from their tower and often share it with other independent broadcasters. I was then taken inside and shown the broadcast room. The room consisted of a console, microphones and a CD player. My guide told me they had recently got rid of their old turntable and put it in storage. The console controls the station, everything that is broadcasted on the air waves runs through that. The computers have software that edits songs and phone calls for them. The microphones are an intricate part of the studio and are used for the hosts and interviews on the air. The other room I was shown was the production room which is where the talk shows are formulated and the music mixed and cued so the folks in the broadcast studio don’t look stupid. The final room he showed me was kind of a gift room. It was full of things from platinum records to signed guitars that artists and music producers had given to them for promoting a song or helping to sell records.
And there you have it my live interaction, my tour of a radio station.

Producing Hit Records - Book Length

Chris Jones
Mr. Jenkins
Honors English 11
May 2, 2009
Producing Hit Records
For my book length source review I searched long and hard for the right read that would lend the most information to my study. After many a strenuous search, I found Producing Hit Records: Secrets from the Studio. This novel was chalked full of the kind of information I was looking for. To make it simpler, I had questions, and this book had all the answers. As I flipped through the page so methodically, I realized that it was broken down into the different stages of the producing process, with each chapter offering its own insider tips and tricks of the trade relevant to its part. It also addressed other issues such as well known music producers of the times. This was a long list of names with myself only recognizing one, Ben Harper, whom is also an artist himself with his own songs and performances and such, which is apparently how a lot of the top producers are, they make CDs with bands and then they also make their own stuff. After all was read and done I reflected back on my journey and decided the best section was the one on how producers build relationships with artists and find talent to sign to their label.
The process in which a producer tries to get a new artist or old favorite back in the studio is known in the biz as “The Courting Process” (Farinella, pg.85). One thing that is almost always a factor in this is the producer and artists reputation, neither one wants to align themself with riff raft. Producers look for artists with a collection of songs, personality, and attitude and perseverance. Like wise the artist looks for that perfect producer to mold with and usually boils down to a producer saying or not saying something they want to hear or not hear. The key to the ongoing relationship is due to both parties giving what it takes to make the other happy and comfortable. Nowadays with alll the independent producers around the way for them to find an artist is by hopping around live clubs and music scenes to snatch up talent before the big label does. In the end, by that I mean once in the studio, the producer is hired for one thing, to be the boss, to control everthing and make everything is controlled. A positive experience could make a producer’s career happen with one band he happened to make a difference with.

Source: Farinella, David John. Producing Hit Records: Secrets From The Studio. New York: 2006. Print.