{"id":6219,"date":"2019-12-29T17:58:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T17:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currentsound.com\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2020-03-13T09:29:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T09:29:48","slug":"the-word-music-producer-has-lost-all-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currentsound.com\/music-production\/the-word-music-producer-has-lost-all-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word “Music Producer” has Lost all Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yes this is dark title but bare with me as it gets lighter and more interesting. Unfortunately the word Music Producer<\/a> has lost all meaning. Which is sad, since it is my job title. Not a day goes by where I don’t have to explain in great detail what I do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Music Producer<\/a> who has been a full-time Music Producer for 17 years<\/a>, I do not remember another time in history where the job title has been devalued so much. I can’t even think of any other occupations where people have forgotten what the person does. If you’re reading the title and wondering what it is about, that is the problem! The average person no longer knows what a Music Producer does. You might think you know but if you’re under 20, you’re probably wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update: This is my least popular article on the website lol. Angry kids often rage at it on social media and forums claiming their are a ‘music producer’ because they downloaded a few loops off the internet. I don’t care because it’s the job of the older generation to educate the youth on the meaning and original tasks of the profession, whether they like it or not. If you want to complain, feel free to leave a comment below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So What is Happening Exactly?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since the home studio boom that started in the earlier 2000s and is at it’s peak in 2020, the average kid with a Macbook and GarageBand thinks that he is a music producer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universities are offering so called ‘Music Production’ courses because it’s the new buzz word. The problem is, they’re not actually teaching any Music Production<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students are then leaving these courses, thinking that they ‘are a Music Producer’ now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students then tell everyone they are a music producer and start advertising themselves that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To quote Beat-Maker and Music Producer Timbaland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t think we have ‘music producers’ anymore, I think we have great ‘programmers’. Beats are not made the way we used to do them [hits the table like hes playing drum pads and\/or the keyboard]<\/em>. I think they come as a package [referring to sample packs]<\/em> as a loop and it’s for you to figure out which program to run it through, to trick it out, and to make something, that once was, be something totally different. Well, that’s how I look at it now.” – Timbaland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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