In the
music industry, a
record producer
has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching
and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget
and resources, and supervising the recording,
mixing and
mastering
processes. This has been a major function of producers since the
inception of sound recording, but in the later half of the 20th century
producers also took on a wider entrepreneurial role.
[1]The music producer could, in some cases, be compared to the film
director in that the producer's job is to create, shape and mold a
piece of music in accordance with their vision for the album. Unlike in
film, the music producer is seldom responsible for raising the funds to
create the record – more like the film director, the record producer is
hired by those who have already obtained funding (typically record or
publishing companies, though occasionally the artists themselves).