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What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:43 am
by FuzionDubstep
I mean in terms of football, sports, singing dancing etc.... you are born good really, and i know you can practise but at the end of the day for these things your either good or your not, whereas with music we all have the same oppurtunitys in terms of software and we all have an even chance at making music... so what makes a producer good is it creativity, practise or what?

please answer i think we might get some good answers here :)

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:56 am
by nowaysj
:E:

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:19 am
by zerbaman
I heard the secret was bacon :m:

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:21 am
by Karoshi
imagination IMO.

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:28 am
by deadly_habit
musicality

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:41 am
by FuzionDubstep
zerbaman wrote:I heard the secret was bacon :m:
thats what i do before making music i eat bacon

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:41 am
by benjam
Teh wobblez

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:42 am
by wub
Subpoenas

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:56 am
by JemGrover
An alcoholic father



actually, that might be 'what makes a good stripper'

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:59 am
by deadly_habit
Image

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:25 pm
by paravrais
FuzionDubstep wrote:I mean in terms of football, sports, singing dancing etc.... you are born good really, and i know you can practise but at the end of the day for these things your either good or your not, whereas with music we all have the same oppurtunitys in terms of software and we all have an even chance at making music... so what makes a producer good is it creativity, practise or what?

please answer i think we might get some good answers here :)
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Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:42 pm
by wub
JemGrover wrote:An alcoholic father



actually, that might be 'what makes a good stripper'

I thought it was an Uncle with boundary issues?

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:48 pm
by serox
Being over confident and not being a perfectionist would be good place to start as long as you are a good learner! Not being scared of taking risks is also handy.

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:53 pm
by wub
And kiwi fruit. You gotta have kiwi fruit.

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:55 pm
by paravrais
wub wrote:And kiwi fruit. You gotta have kiwi fruit.
Have you ever had kiwi chocolate?? STUFF IS PENG.

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:57 pm
by serox
paravrais wrote:
wub wrote:And kiwi fruit. You gotta have kiwi fruit.
Have you ever had kiwi chocolate?? STUFF IS PENG.
so wrong! haha

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:21 pm
by wub
Have we really gone nearly a whole page without someone mentioning Ham VST?

Shame on all of you.

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:25 pm
by buttock
sorry i just wanted to :6:

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:45 pm
by EDN
Come on guys, this is a perfectly legitimate question. Let's not alienate another hapless new forum member by trolling the shit out of him.

Dedication and practice is what makes people good at anything. If you do it every day you will eventually get good at it.
Creativity comes with practice, once you have the ability to say "I want to do this" and to be able to do it straight away without having to learn from scratch, only then will you be truely creative.

Remember also that some people will always be better at certain things than others, but if you properly dedicate your something and have a real passion for it then you can do anything.
Just be aware that no matter how good you are there will always be someone better, so judge what you create based on your own expectations and not anyone elses.

Re: What makes a good producer?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:47 pm
by wub
The main thing a good producer needs to know is the difference between guidelines and rules.