Thursday, 13 December 2012

Music producers, who are well known within the music industry


The enormous success of music videos has opened a new and highly creative field to the producers. Video producers are now in demand by record companies and recording artists who want visual interpretations of the songs they are promoting.However, music video producers are in charge of the financial and administrative aspects of video production. They are responsible for making a successful video while staying within a budget limit, which is usually one of the main factor when they start to create a music video. They often work with the director to hire the production team—the choreographer, film editor, lighting director, and director of photography, to make and create the unique, interesting, stand-outing music video, which would attract the audience attention.

In order to produce a successful music video, they must have creative, passion, enthusiastic people around them, with some great ideas, when they are making music video, as this is one of the main features, to being original and creative, in order to produce a music video which will makes the audience want to watch it more and more, which leads us to increasing the profit,because people will buy CD's which will have a huge impact on advertising specific band or the singer.

There are two kinds of producers:
  • Executive Producer- who supervise a project's finances
  • Music Producer- who supervise the creation of the music
There are a number of very famous music producers, who are perfect known, in representing their genre such as R&B, Hip-Hop, Rock etc. 
Here are a few an examples of legendary producers I think people should know about  as well as are well known for their great work.
This included:
  1. Sam Phillips
  2. Eddie Kramer
  3. Jermaine Dupri Mauldin
  4. Linda Perry

Sam Phillips 
Sam Phillips is not just one of the most important producers in rock history. There's a good argument to be made that he is also one of the most important figures in 20th-century American culture. As owner of 'Sun Records' and frequent producer of discs at his Sun Studios he was vital to launching the careers of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Rufus Thomas and numerous other significant artists. Although he first made his mark (and a very deep one) with electric blues by Black performers, he will be most remembered for his rockabilly stars, particularly Presley.


Eddie Kramer
Eddie Kramer is mostly known as a producer/engineer working closely with the biggest names of an era called: 'The Golden Age of Rock & Roll' ('67-'72). During that period the whole recording industry  was a much better place in terms of the amount of freedom the bands were given in order for them to create their albums. He has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss ( and solo Ace Frehley) Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spooky Tooth, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax,Carly Simon, Loudness and Robin Trower. But also known for his music photography.

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin known as Jermaine Dupri is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.In the 1991,he discovered the boys band, called ''Kris Kross'' ( Chris Kelly and Chris Smith). In year after, 1992, the group's released their first's album,called ''Totally Krossed Out'', which spawned the singles such as: ''Jump'' and ''It a Shame''. In 1993, he established his own record label called ''So So Def Recordings''.Opening his own recording label, helped him to work with the famous singers, such as: Kriss Kross, Bow Wow, Mariah Carey and Usher.




Linda Perry 
Linda Perry is an American rock musician, songwriter and record producer. The best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes. She has founded two record labels and has become a major songwriter and producer. She has written and produced hit songs for several successful female singers, including Christina Aguilera - beautiful, Pink- get the party started, Gwen Stefani - what you waiting for. She has also contributed heavily to albums by Courtney Love and Kelly Osbourne as well as signing and distributing James Blunt in the United States.



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