Music Production

A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students

Michael Zager

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
23 August 2021

Theory of music & musicology; Techniques of music & music tutorials; Music recording & reproduction

In an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century, the guidance of a skilled music producer is quickly becoming indispensable for producing a great recording.

Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive road map for navigating the continuous transformations in the music industry and music production technologies. From dissecting compositions to understanding studio technologies, from coaching vocalists and instrumentalists to arranging and orchestration, from musicianship to marketing, advertising, and promotion, Michael Zager takes us on a tour of the world of music production and the recording industry, helping students and professionals keep pace with this rapidly changing profession.

This third edition features: New interviews with eminent industry professionalsUpdated information on current trends in producing popular music and the impacts of the Music Modernization ActAdditional material on video game musicEnd-of-chapter assignments for course usage An instructor’s manual is available. Please email textbooks@rowman.com.

By: Michael Zager
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 264mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.148kg
ISBN: 9781538128497
ISBN 10: 1538128497
Pages: 450
Publication Date: 23 August 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.

Reviews for Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students

""Michael Zager is one of those guys who has ""seen it all and done it all."" His book uses all of this experience to create the comprehensive guide for music production. Today's music business requires you to understand both the music and the business."" --Ed Seay, recording engineer & producer ""Michael Zager continues to innovate, disrupt, and challenge the music industry to expand its impact. Zager's perspective and wisdom is evident on every page, and his storied career as performer, composer, producer and educator should inspire every reader of this book."" --Heather Coltman, pianist, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, James Madison University ""In this book, Zager reflects on his days leading some of New York's finest session players. The musicians knew there was always an element of excitement about his arranging and producing."" --Ray Chew, music director, Dancing with the Stars ""A worthy third edition to an already stellar treatise on music production. In-depth interviews with top industry professionals are worth the price of admission alone. Easily, the most comprehensive and complete work on this subject available to date!"" --Jim Waller, associate professor of music, coordinator of music industry studies, University of the Incarnate Word