Portal:Record production
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)
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- ... that one critic interpreted a SZA song as being about her fears about the growing influence of AI in the music industry?
- ... 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 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 the Guns N' Roses debut studio album Appetite for Destruction was recorded at a recording studio founded by 1970s pop duo Captain & Tennille?
- ... that according to Billboard magazine, Laufey created a blueprint for jazz music in the modern music industry and helped push it back into the mainstream?
- ... that Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first commercial recording studio, was established in a repurposed hotel banquet room?
Born this day
- Birthdays in Music: September 16
- Bernard Calvert, British bassist for The Hollies, turns 81.
- Betty Kelly, American rhythm and blues singer with Martha & the Vandellas, turns 80.
- Kenney Jones, British drummer for The Who and The Small [Faces], turns 76.
- David Bellamy, American singer of Bellamy Brothers fame, turns 74.
- Phil Lee, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 73.
- Frank Szabo, Hungarian trumpeter and session musician with Cole Porter and Count Basie, turns 72.
- Ron Blair, American bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, turns 72.
- Earl Klugh, American jazz guitarist, turns 70.
- Colin Newman, British vocalist and guitarist with Wire, turns 70.
- Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer, turns 69.
- Terry McBride, American country musician with McBride & the Ride, turns 66.
- Richard Marx, American singer, songwriter, and record producer, turns 61.
- Dave Sabo, American guitarist for Skid Row, turns 60.
- Marc Anthony, Puerto-Rican singer-songwriter, turns 56.
- Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter, turns 54.
- Shannon Noll, Australian actor and singer, turns 49.
- Tina Barrett, British vocalist with S Club 7 , turns 48.
- Musiq, (born Taalib Johnson) American neo soul performer, turns 47.
- Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer, turns 40.
- Katie Melua, Georgian singer, turns 40.
- Teddy Geiger, American singer and songwriter, turns 36.
- Nick Jonas, (born Nicholas Jerry Jonas) American singer and one-third member of pop-rock band The Jonas Brothers, turns 32.
- Alan Lesley Barton (Record production, 1953 –March 23, 1995), British vocalist and guitarist with Black Lace, would have turned 71 this year.
- Winston Grennan (Record production, 1944 –October 27, 2000), Jamaican drummer, would have turned 80 this year.
- Gordon Beck (Record production, 1938 –November 06, 2011), British jazz pianist with Nucleus, would have turned 86 this year.
- B. B. King (Record production, 1925 –May 14, 2015), American blues guitarist and vocalist, would have turned 99 this year.
- Charlie Byrd (Record production, 1925 –November 30, 1999), American jazz guitarist, would have turned 99 this year.
- Jon Hendricks (Record production, 1921 –November 22, 2017), American jazz singer and songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, would have turned 103 this year.
- M. S. Subbulakshmi (Record production, 1916 –December 11, 2004), Indian singer, would have turned 108 this year.
- Jerry Wald (Record production, 1911 –July 13, 1962), American record producer, would have turned 113 this year.
- Nadia Boulanger (Record production, 1887 –October 22, 1979), French composer, would have turned 137 this year.
- Jacques Mauduit (Record production, 1557 –August 21, 1627), French composer, would have turned 467 this year.
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