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The Music Producers Handbook, Second Edition reveals the secrets to becoming a music producer and producing just about any kind of project in any genre of music. Among the topics covered are the producers multiple responsibilities and all the elements involved in a typical production, including budgeting, contracts, selecting the studio and engineer, hiring session musicians, and even getting paid. Unlike other books on production, The Music Producers Handbook also covers the true mechanics of production, from analyzing, troubleshooting, and fixing a song that isnt working to getting the best performance and sound out of a band or vocalist. In addition, Bobby Owsinski tackles what may be the toughest part of being a producer-being a diplomat, a confidant, and an amateur psychologist all at once. This edition also includes new chapters on self-production, small studio production, and how the new songwriter-producer and engineer-producer hybrids make money in our new digital music world. It also features several new interviews with some of the best-selling producers from different musical genres, who offer advice on getting started, getting paid, and making hits. Packed with inside information and including exclusive online media, The Music Producers Handbook, Second Edition provides invaluable tools and advice that will help beginners and seasoned professionals alike.

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Bobby Owsinski (Los Angeles, CA) is a producer, an engineer, and one of the best-selling authors in the music industry, with 24 books that are staples in audio recording, music, and music business programs in colleges worldwide. He writes for Forbes on the new music business, his popular blogs have been visited more than 6 million times, and he's appeared on CNN and ABC News as a music branding and audio expert. Visit his music production blog at bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com, his Music 3.0 music industry blog at music3point0.blogspot.com, his Forbes blog at forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski, his podcast at bobbyoinnercircle.com, and his website at bobbyowsinski.com.

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