I often get the question, “How can I become a music producer?”
The truth is that there isn’t a simple answer but first and foremost, you need talent in understanding music production. And then you need perseverance. Because the road to become a music producer is not without bumps.
It goes without saying that you gotta love audio production so make a step by step action plan. Most young up and coming producers today start out by learning the robes, usually by joining one of the online music production schools, like Berklee, or simple spend years working and improving their skills in their own home studios.
Start by learning one of the major audio programs. I suggest either Pro Tools, Cubase or Logic. Those are the 3 main programs. Learn how to make tracks with the program. Again I would suggest joining one of the schools to jump start ahead. The competition is fierce so you need every advantage you can have to make it through the field.
Team up with friends who are singers or musicians, and start recording their demos for free. This has several advantages. First of all, you will learn to record and produce different genres by teaming up with different people. The second advantage is that you set yourself up to a situation where you might find an undiscovered potential super-star. A big part of being a producer is finding and developing new talent. Finally, if you contribute to writing the music by adding your own ideas, you become a co-writer of the songs.
If the band end up releasing any of the songs, you have a very good chance of being offered a publishing deal. With a publisher working for you, suddenly there are more roads to get production work as a music producer, since quite often the composer of the music ends up being the producer as well. So because one of the major roads to become a successful music producer is to find and develop your own talent, the third skill you really need is networking skills.
To sum up, if you want to become a music producer today, you will need to learn to operate one of the major audio programs. You need to master music production and audio production and learning the proper way to record different instruments and vocals. And you have to find collaborators and talent you can develop. Finally, if you have the skills to make your own music using the audio programs, you will have another way into the business by collaboration and co-writing with local talent and get recognition as a hot “Track Producer”. But start by checking out the online schools and learn one of the audio programs.
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Have a great day,
Johnny Jam
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WOW! your tips are very helpful, I know nothing about the recording aspects but I am trying to learn Cubase at home, my band could really use professional help, these cats in Ohio are good but not good enough to do a mix down as you will hear the clips on our web site. I’d love to take a class in producing but can’t squeeze the time in because of an regular job, I guess that’s way we need to leave it to the pro’s like you guys. do we have any potential with our style of sound? thanks for a great web site for tips………………….DJ.
Johnny Jam – I’m a producer from the states and I have to say that I’m a HUGE fan! I own so many of the albums/singles you’ve produced – Aqua’s Greatest Hits, Superheroes by Daze, Getting Married by Plazma, songs like Tokyo Girl and Cruel Summer by Ace Of Base…you’ve done so many amazing things! Bubblegum has to have been the greatest genre ever created! ~ Zach
johny how are you doing,i hope every thing is fine with you,thank you for the tips it is nice
even me i what to become a music producer i live from uganda
thank you so much
bye take care
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