MUSIC PUBLISHING 101
Got the chance to serve as a guest lecturer for Justin Sheriff (Stellar, DMX, Lauv, and many more) for his music business class at Berklee College of Music. We covered music publishing as a whole and dove into the different types of publishing deals, how to make money in the music industry, how to network with other writers, and best practices for getting signed to a publishing company.
WHAT DO MUSIC PRODUCERS ACTUALLY DO?
The modern-day music producer has more responsibilities than before. A BIG reason for this is the pace of technology advancement and the power of tools we have access to today. This is why many roles in the music production sphere have combined. For example, a recording engineer (someone who solely focuses on the recording process) might also be handling the production for this song. Another example is a producer who is also the artist (this is the most common) - not only does this person need to understand music production, they also need to have an understanding of social media, growing a following, and all the other tasks an artist has to deal with.
HOW TO BECOME A MUSIC PRODUCER
With the rise of home studios (aka bedroom studios), there are hundreds of applications, tools, and programs aimed to make the process of music production to be as painless as possible. Here are the ones I recommend you check out.