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| Introduction | |
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| What Kind Of Producer Do You Want To Be? | |
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| All-Singing-All-Dancing-King-Of-The-Hill | |
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| Sidekick | |
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| Collaborator | |
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| Merlin The Magician | |
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| Other Ways Of Categorising Producers | |
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| How Do You Get Started? | |
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| What Are The Ways In? | |
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| The Musician Or Artist? | |
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| The Audio Engineer... | |
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| The Songwriter | |
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| The DJ Producers... | |
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| The Self Taught Home Studio Hobbyist | |
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| The Finding A New Act Routine | |
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| The Who-The-Hell-Knows-How-They-Got-Started Route | |
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| OK - So You Want To Be A Record Producer - What Next? | |
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| Are Qualifications A Help Or A Hindrance? | |
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| So Exactly How Much Technical Knowledge Do You Need? | |
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| How Much Musical Knowledge Do You Need? | |
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| What If You Have Neither Musical Nor Technical Skills? | |
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| The Door's Open, The Foot's In, Now What? | |
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| What's The Job Description? | |
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| We Are Not Worthy | |
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| Who Takes Care Of The Administration And Paperwork? | |
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| Managing The Session From Day To Day | |
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| Pre-production | |
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| Recording The Live Band | |
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| Recording An Orchestra Or Big Band | |
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| Overdubbing Live Musicians | |
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| The Computer-Based Session | |
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| The Vocals | |
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| Which Method Makes A Better Record - Live, Overdubbed Or Computer? | |
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| What Are 'They' Going To Expect Of You? | |
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| The Artist? | |
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| The Record Company? | |
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| The Artist's Manager? | |
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| Will They Still Love You Tomorrow? | |
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| What Is Your Working Life Expectancy? | |
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| How's Your Health? | |
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| What Keeps A&R People Coming Right Back To You? | |
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| If You're Hot | |
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| If You're Not Quite There Yet | |
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| If You Were Recently Hot | |
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| When The Night's Closing In | |
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| What Prevents Them From Coming Back To You? | |
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| How Else Can You Get Work? | |
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| What's The Best Way To Handle The Show Reel/Resume/CV Tap Dance? | |
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| Producer Managers | |
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| To Have A Manager Or Not To Have A Manager? | |
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| Do They Earn Their Percentage? | |
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| Is She Just Fielding Calls Or Is She Out There Pitching For You? | |
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| How Do You Avoid Getting Ripped Off By Your Manager? | |
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| Does He Siphon Off Some Of Your Work To Other Producers In The Stable? | |
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| How Do You Define 'Best Manager' For You? | |
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| How Can You Find Such A Person - If They Even Exist? | |
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| How Do You Persuade Them To Take You On? | |
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| How Do You Deal With The Artist, The Record Company And The Artist's Manager? | |
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| What Should Your Relationship With The Artist Be? | |
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| Best Friends? | |
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| Able To Fit In? | |
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| Hang After Hours, Between Albums, Party-Hearty and Laugh At The Jokes? | |
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| Somewhat Aloof? | |
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| Professional? | |
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| How Do You Tell Them Something Is Not Working? | |
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| Where Does Your Responsibility Lie? | |
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| To The Artist? | |
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| To The Record Company? | |
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| To Yourself? | |
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| To The Project? | |
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| What About The Drug And Alcohol Connection? | |
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| Should You Be Bathroom Buddies? | |
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| Is It OK If It Is Outside Of Working Hours? | |
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| What Do You Do If The Artist Does And You Don't? | |
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| What Do You Do When The Artist Freaks? | |
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| What Do You Do When The Record Company Freaks? | |
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| What Do You Do When The Artist's Manager Is A Freak? | |
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| Lawyers | |
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| How Much Will They Cost You? | |
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| How Much Should You Depend On Them? | |
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| How Much Do You Really Need Them? | |
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| What Happens When They Get It Wrong? | |
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| What Tricks Do They Get Up To? | |
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| And That's Just Your Lawyer. How Much Damage Can The Other Guy Do? | |
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| Difficulties And Pitfalls | |
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| Studio Nightmares | |
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| Serious Differences Of Opinion | |
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| The Endless Album | |
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| Lack Of Vision | |
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| Micro-Vision | |
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| Panic Stations | |
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| The Singer Can't Sing In Tune/Time | |
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| The Band Can't Play In Tune/Time | |
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| One Of The Musicians Is Screwing Up Every Take | |
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| You're Calmly Cruising Up To The End Of The Album, Bang On Budget, And The Artist Decides Half Of It Is Crap | |
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| The A&R Person Hates The Mixes: Stay Calm And Survive | |
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| What Makes It Seem Like Hard Work? | |
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| How Much Loyalty Can You Expect Within The Business? | |
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| From The Artist? | |
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| From The A&R Person? | |
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| Final Word On Loyalty | |
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| First Girlfriend Syndrome | |
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| Success And Money | |
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| How Much Can You Make? | |
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| Where Else Does The Money Come From? | |
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| Do Producers Earn Their Percentage? | |
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| How Can You Increase Your Chances Of Success? | |
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| What Is The Secret Of Longevity? | |
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| Hitting The Jackpot | |
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| What Are The Timeless Ingredients In A Hit Record? | |
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| The Label | |
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| The Song | |
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| The Vocal | |
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| The Arrangement | |
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| The Performance | |
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| The Engineering | |
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| How Important Is The Mix Really? | |
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| Timeliness | |
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| The Heart | |
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| Are These Rules To Which There Are Exceptions? | |
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| Frequently Asked Questions | |
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| How Much Can You Learn, How Much Is Natural Ability? | |
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| How Do You Pick The Right Project? | |
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| Do Producers Have Their Own Sound? | |
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| Should You Get Involved In The Song Writing? | |
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| New Versus Established Artists? | |
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| What About The All-Important Credits? | |
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| Executive Producer | |
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| Album Producer | |
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| Producer | |
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| Co-producer | |
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| Associate Producer | |
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| Additional Production By | |
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| Multiple Producer Credits | |
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| Recorded By | |
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| Engineered By | |
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| Mixed By | |
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| Remixed By Or Remix Produced By | |
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| Programmed By | |
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| Edits By | |
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| What Are The Best Moments? | |
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| Why Are There So Few Female Record Producers? | |
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| Can You Successfully Genre Hop? | |
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| Advantages And Disadvantages | |
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| Who Has Done It? | |
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| How Do You Deal With... | |
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| Post-Purchase Dissonance More Commonly Known As 'Buyer's Remorse'? | |
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| Post-Partum Depression? | |
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| What Happens When The Fat Lady Sings? | |
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| How Do You Know When It's Over? | |
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| Where Do Old Producers Go? | |
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| Should You Start Making Plans And When? | |
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| Why Do People Want To Produce Records? | |
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| Why Do People Want To Make Records At All? | |
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| Do You Know When You Have Produced A Smash? | |
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| What Is Demo-Itis? | |
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| What Kind Of Person Becomes A Producer? | |
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| How Do Producers Feel About Remixers? | |
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| What's The Remixer's Point Of View? | |
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| What's The A&R Person's Point Of View? | |
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| What Is The 'Sophomore Slump'? | |
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| Working Outside The Mainstream? | |
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| Classical | |
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| Jazz | |
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| Country | |
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| Traditional, Folk, Roots And World Music | |
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| Children's Music | |
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| Regional Producers | |
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| Technology Rules: Will the Internet Kill the Video Star? | |
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| Has Technology Made Studio Life Easier? | |
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| The Revolution Will Be Digitised: Where Is It All Going? | |
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| What Does This Mean To The Professional Record Producer? | |
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| Why Will We Even Need Labels In The Future? | |
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| Charts | |
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| Will Record Producers Survive The Revolution? | |
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| The Final Cut | |
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| Featured interview with legendary producer Arif Mardin | |
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| Glossary | |