Music Production

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