Unlocking Creativity: A Producer's Guide to Making Music & Art

by Michael Beinhorn

Overview

(Music Pro Guides). Here, record producer Beinhorn reveals how to deal with interpersonal issues record producers face when they work with artists one on one or in small groups. The situations and solutions are based upon the author's personal and professional experience working with a variety of different artists, such as Herbie Hancock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Hole, Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Courtney Love, Marilyn Manson, Social Distortion, Korn, and Mew. Beinhorn's unique methods and perspective, applied to record producing and music making in the studio, opens the door to successful collaborative efforts. The author shows you how to find what he calls your sensory connection to the creativity process, which ultimately helps you find the intent behind your creative choices. You can read dozens of articles and books that feature a hundred different people talking about what microphones they used when they recorded Record X or how they set their stereo buss compressor, but you will never find out what prompted them to make these choices. Beinhorn's focus on collaborative effort enables record producers and artists to find solutions while working as a creative team. This perspective is especially valuable as it is transdisciplinary and can be applied to many occupations and modes of creativity outside of record production.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495028946
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Publication date:	05/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael Beinhorn's (Los Angeles, CA) career as a record producer spans over 30 years. He has worked with a diverse range of artists from Herbie Hancock to Soundgarden to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in many cases producing these artists' “career” recordings.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 The Record Producer 9

2 Prep Work 23

3 Preliminary Pre-Production 31

4 Pre-Production 43

5 Who, and What, Is an Artist? 51

6 Meditation and Relaxation 97

7 Artist Manipulation 107

8 What Is This Song About? 113

9 Deconstructing "Feel" 119

10 The Physiology of Feel 133

11 Drums and Drummers 139

12 Some Guidelines for Vocalists 147

13 The Significance of Creative Work 157

14 Creative Expression as Communication 161

15 Communication in the Creative Environment 165

16 Delusional Thinking from the Depths of the Music Business, and Beyond 179

17 Harmonic Layering and the Creative Use of Distortion 183

18 The Contract 191

19 The Inner Voice and the First Step 193

20 How Do You Perceive Sound? 201

21 Supplemental Activities 207

22 Free Yourself from the Need for an Expected Outcome 209

23 Idling Down 215

24 Intent 217

25 Identity 221

26 The Blind Terror of Performance 241

27 What Is Artist Development? 247

28 The Other Creativity Crisis 253

29 The Three Forms of Creativity 265

30 An Idea Is a Start Point, Not an End Point 267

31 Objectivity, Incentive, and Ownership 273

Abridged Discography 281