The guidance of a skilled music producer will always be a key factor in producing a great recording, and this is no small matter in an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century. Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive road map for navigating the continuous changes in the music industry and music production technologies. From dissecting compositions to understanding studio technologies, from coaching vocalists and instrumentalists to arranging and orchestration, from musicianship to marketing, advertising and promotion, Michael Zager takes readers on a tour of the world of music production, helping students and professionals keep pace with this rapidly changing profession. This third edition features: New interviews with eminent industry professionals Updated information on current trends in producing popular music and the impacts of the Music Modernization Act Additional material on video game music End-of-chapter assignments for course usage An instructor's manual is available. Please email textbooks@rowman.com.
Michael Zager is Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in Performing Arts, professor of music, and director of the commercial music program at Florida Atlantic University. His recording awards for producing, composing, and arranging include 15 gold or platinum records. He is the author of Writing Music for Commercials: Television Radio Commercials and New Media, Third Edition.
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Music Production 1. An Overview of Record Production 2. The Creative Concepts of Production 3. The Artist 4. Songwriting 5. Arranging and Orchestration &Approaching an Arrangement and Orchestration 6. Coaching Singers and Musicians 7. The Production Process Part II: PRODUCING MUSIC FOR DIFFERENT VENUES 8. Music Videos, Video Games, and Film and Television Trailers 9. Producing Music for Film and Classical Recordings 10. Producing a Band 11. Producing Library Music 12. Producing Advertising Music, Television Music, and Corporate Music Part III: recording and engineering 13. Mixing and Mastering 14. The Studio 15. Audio Engineering Part Iv: The Music Business 16. A Combination of Art and Business 17. The Record Business 18. Marketing and Promotions 19. Business Agreements and Creating a Business Plan 20. Album Production Budget Epilogue Index Bibliography About the Author
