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Producing Hit Records: Secrets From The Studioby David John FarinellaSchirmer Trade Books producinghitrecords.com  David John Farinella has tackled a huge and daunting task with the completion of his book, "Producing Hit Records: Secrets From The Studio." Here, in plain language, are the nuts and bolts of just what the hell a producer is and does spiced up with anecdotes and advice from the mouths of some of the most influencial knob-twiddlers in the industry. Rick Rubin, Don Was, Dave Jerden, Bob Rock, Howard Benson, Tony Brown, Michael Barbiero and Walter Afanasieff offer their guru-isms on topics such as getting into the producing game; label politics; how producers and artists choose each other; choosing the working team, the studio and the technology; managing the budget; and more.In a time when everyone with a Pro Tools rig and a CD burner thinks he’s a producer, it’s refreshing to have a book like this that makes it quite clear that there’s more to it that just plugging in the mics and getting a few sounds recorded on a computer chip via some software. (And it makes me feel vindicated for all those audio engineering classes I took, too.) Definitely required reading for anyone who’s a musician with an interest in having a recording career or anyone who wants to be an engineer or producer. For more album/dvd/book reviews like this, head over to CrusherMagazine.com |
