"Phil Brown" wrote in message
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What does a producer do? I'm serious, I've never been in
the presence of one at work and have no idea.

And neither do some producers.

Here's something I wrote up a few years ago that I've recently posted:

http://marsh.prosoundweb.com/index.p...d3a4887a136419

""Record Producer
The recording director supervises the engineering, coaches the performers
and musicians and finally decides when everybody can go home! Sadly, there
are a lot fewer recording directors around today than there were thirty
years ago. Instead we now have "engineer-producers," "artist-producers," and
other such combinations which often really means there is no producer. That
doesn't mean there's anything wrong with producing yourself, just that I
think the opportunity to work with a real experienced recording director is
well worth the time and expense. I'd also love to see more people become
record producers for others. In my experience it gets the job done both
faster and better, provided the producer really knows what they are doing""

--
Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control
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