The Record Production Portal
This portal is focused on music production within the era of written records through sound recordings, digital downloads, and beyond. Its scope includes articles that document the considerations and mechanisms used by, and consistent with, the purview of the production element. As an art form, music predates transcription and simultaneously transcends descriptive limitations. As an industry, music has demonstrated consistent viability over time. The record producer conjoins these potential, and serves as a broker to bridge the demand (spawned by their aspirations) with supply and satisfaction. The results are measurable and attributable, derived from effort and skillful application of craft, to a manifestation of the art in its melodic form. (Read more)
The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators. Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are: the songwriters and composers who write songs and musical compositions; the singers, musicians, conductors, and bandleaders who perform the music; the record labels, music publishers, recording studios, music producers, audio engineers, retail and digital music stores, and performance rights organizations who create and sell recorded music and sheet music; and the booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew, and audio engineers who help organize and sell concerts. (Read more)
Did you know (auto-generated) -
- ... that when Divine's song "Lately" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, it became the first number-one single for the performers, the songwriters, the producers, and the record labels?
- ... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
- ... that the Guns N' Roses debut studio album Appetite for Destruction was recorded at a recording studio founded by 1970s pop duo Captain & Tennille?
- ... that until the release of the documentary Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop, sexual abuse claims involving record producer Johnny Kitagawa went widely unreported in Japanese media?
- ... that Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first commercial recording studio, was established in a repurposed hotel banquet room?
- ... that one critic interpreted a SZA song as being about her fears about the growing influence of AI in the music industry?
Born this day
- Birthdays in Music: July 18
- Dion DiMucci, American rock, folk & blues singer and songwriter and former member of Dion and the Belmonts, turns 85.
- Brian Auger, Indian organist and keyboardist with The Mahavishnu Orchestra, turns 85.
- Roger Sellers, Aussie drummer for Brit jazz-rock act, Nucleus, turns 85.
- Martha Reeves, American R&B lead vocalist for Martha & the Vandellas, turns 83.
- Evie Sands, American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, turns 78.
- Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch drummer with Golden Earring, turns 74.
- Richard Branson, English entrepreneur, founder of Virgin Records, turns 74.
- Ricky Skaggs, American country music star, turns 70.
- Terry Chambers, Brit drummer and founding member of XTC, turns 69.
- Lynn Seaton, renowned sideman and Oklahoma native, turns 67.
- Nigel Twist, Welsh drummer with The Alarm, turns 66.
- Jack Irons, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, and Eleven), turns 62.
- Gruff Rhys, Welsh vocalist with Super Furry Animals, turns 54.
- Daron Malakian, American guitarist with System of a Down, turns 49.
- Tony Fagenson, American drummer for Eve 6, turns 46.
- Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV personality, turns 42.
- Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist, turns 33.
- Ian Gibbons (Record production, 1952 –August 1, 2019), English keyboardist of The Kinks, would have turned 72 this year.
- Frank Farian (Record production, 1941 –January 23, 2024 ), German Singer-songwriter, would have turned 83 this year.
- Lonnie Mack (Record production, 1941–April 21, 2016), American blues-rock singer and guitarist, would have turned 83 this year.
- Henri Salvador (Record production, 1917 –February 13, 2008), French singer, would have turned 107 this year.
- Pauline Garcia-Viardot (Record production, 1821 –May 18, 1910), French mezzo-soprano and composer, would have turned 203 this year.
- Giovanni Battista Bononcini (Record production, 1670 –July 09, 1747), Italian composer and cellist, would have turned 354 this year.
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