What's a Music Producer?

A music producer is the creative leader of any studio, film, television or radio recording project. Though producers work mainly with recording acts and record labels to make the disks you buy, they also work with composers to produce sound recordings for film, TV and other forms of multimedia.

Producers supervise all aspects of the recording process including contracting session players and overseeing the recording budget. A producer may also help the artist select songs to be recorded. Not only must they be good business people, they must have in-depth knowledge of music.