Leadership, confidence, understanding, and most importantly, musical talent, are all must-have qualities for a producer.
But what is the *most* important thing FOR a record producer to be able to do?
According to !llmind (Drake, Jay Z, Beyoncé), “fulfilling the vision for the artist as best as possible, while contributing my creative energy into the project where it’s appropriate”.
In this episode of #TilYouMakeIt, the renowned producer, songwriter, and educator explains that it’s his role is to help the artist realize their full potential, and in turn, create something that thousands of people will sing along to.
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“If I’m a producer and I’m producing one song, that might be, you know, one little portion of it. But when you’re overseeing an album you get to really paint with all the colors.
As a music producer, I’m mindful of my job. My job is fulfilling the vision for the artist as best as possible while contributing my creative energy into the project where it’s appropriate and to create something that we know could hopefully go crazy when you perform it.
Right like? Like if this is something you can sing or rap to 10,00, 20, 30, 50,000 people and everyone signs along to it. Then like, I helped do my job. That’s always going to be the goal for me.
