At 05:11 PM 2/14/2003 -0800, you wrote:
also, what the hell does 'producer' mean, anyhow? In motion pictures, a producer is someone who pulls together money and resources for a project- but it seems this is different in music making.
The producer is Mr or Mrs Important. :) The producer is the person that stands around asking the engineer for more top. The producer is the one who says 'Okay band, can we do that take again and this time with a bit more feeling?' The producer is the one who hypothetically gets in the five-piece string quartet to try it out. The producer is usually the go-between between the artist and the label. The producer ultimately has final say on all matters relating to a project. The producer knows, hears and considers everything and is unto a god. The Orb are self-produced, suffice it to say, which means they do all this sort of thing themselves. :) What i'm personally curious to know is what the difference is between mixing and engineering. --ravenspiral