Becoming a successful music producer
There is no concise definition of what a music producer does. Ask a dozen music producers what their role is in the creation of a song and you’ll get back a dozen answers. That...
Category: Music Producing Program
How Can I Make Music My Career?
You’re passionate about music. You spend hours listening to music and creating your own playlists. You know you’d love to work in the music industry but realistically you know that you suck at making music of...
What skills are needed to be a music producer?
The best music producers in the business understand what it takes to make a b-side into a single that gets played over and over again on the radio or downloaded hundreds of thousands of...
How Do I Make a Living in Music?
When you are passionate about something and figure out a way to make a living from it, life can be a beautiful thing. Years ago, up and comers dreamed of being the next big...
What is the role of a record producer?
Image of Adam Moseley, record producer and engineer (Beck, Rush, Nikka Costa/Lenny Kravitz, Wolfmother, Spike Jonze, U2) When considering what a record producer is responsible for, it might make more sense to figure out...
How to be a successful music producer
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell explains that to achieve world-class greatness in a field, a subject needs to spend 10,000 hours practicing a specific task. So, if you spend 20 hours a week...
Recording Connection mentors Parker Ament & Danny Ferrare on Elevating Production Skills, XLNT & Mentoring
Powerhouse mentors Parker Ament and Danny Ferrare of XLNT Studios (Hollywood, CA) are the quintessential example of music producers who are entrepreneurial in their approach. In this interview we discuss how XLNT and their...
Recording Connection grad April Edwards produces Kentucky Rapper & Climbs the Charts!
Recording Connection graduate April Edwards is a pro at making things happen. Today, April is the Lead Engineer and Studio Manager of NitroSonic Music in Lexington, Kentucky, the studio where she once trained as an apprentice/extern...
Nathan Zimmerman finds his path at The Abstract
The truth of it is that the journey for most creative people just isn’t a straight line. Finding one’s way in and the best path to follow can be like walking through a maze...
RC grad Jeff Pegno gets Exposed
Jeff Pegno knew he was looking for a way to learn more about the art of recording at a professional level. He found that with Recording Connection. What he didn’t know was how the...
