Portal:Record production
The Record Production Portal


This portal is focused on music production within the era of written records through sound recordings, digital downloads, and beyond. Its scope includes articles that document the considerations and mechanisms used by, and consistent with, the purview of the production element. As an art form, music predates transcription and simultaneously transcends descriptive limitations. As an industry, music has demonstrated consistent viability over time. The record producer conjoins these potential, and serves as a broker to bridge the demand (spawned by their aspirations) with supply and satisfaction. The results are measurable and attributable, derived from effort and skillful application of craft, to a manifestation of the art in its melodic form. (Read more)
The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators. Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are: the songwriters and composers who write songs and musical compositions; the singers, musicians, conductors, and bandleaders who perform the music; the record labels, music publishers, recording studios, music producers, audio engineers, retail and digital music stores, and performance rights organizations who create and sell recorded music and sheet music; and the booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew, and audio engineers who help organize and sell concerts. (Read more)
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- ... that one critic interpreted a SZA song as being about her fears about the growing influence of AI in the music industry?
- ... that until the release of the documentary Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop, sexual abuse claims involving record producer Johnny Kitagawa went widely unreported in Japanese media?
- ... that voice actress Rika Hayashi brought a golf club to the recording studio for Tonbo!, a golf-themed anime series?
- ... that according to Billboard magazine, Laufey created a blueprint for jazz music in the modern music industry and helped push it back into the mainstream?
- ... that Light Vessel 95 is now a recording studio?
- ... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
Born this day
- Birthdays in Music: August 2
- Kathy Lennon, American singer; one-fourth of The Lennon Sisters, turns 82.
- Massiel, Spanish singer, turns 78.
- Chris Bennett, American grammy-nominated singer and dancer, turns 77.
- Hank DeVito, American steel guitarist with The Notorious Cherry Bombs, turns 77.
- Andy Fairweather-Low, Welsh songwriter and guitarist, turns 75.
- Steve Hillage, British guitarist and vocalist with Gong and System 7, turns 74.
- Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress, turns 66.
- Neal Morse, American musician with Spock's Beard and Transatlantic, turns 65.
- Graham Dye, British singer/songwriter & guitarist for Scarlet Party, also vocalist for The Alan Parsons Project, turns 64.
- Lee Mavers, British guitarist for The La's, turns 63.
- John Stanier, American drummer with Helmet, turns 57.
- Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist, turns 56.
- Zelma Davis, Liberian vocalist, member of C+C Music Factory, turns 55.
- Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer, turns 53.
- Ben Nichols, American singer of Lucero (band) fame, turns 51.
- Devon Glenn, American drummer with Buckcherry, turns 45.
- Brittany Hargest, American singer of Jump5 fame, turns 37.
- Charli XCX, (born Charlotte Emma Aitchison), English singer, turns 33.
- Mojo Nixon (Record production, 1957 –February 7, 2024), American psychobilly singer, would have turned 68 this year.
- Andrew Gold (Record production, 1951 –June 3, 2011), American singer-songwriter, would have turned 74 this year.
- Jim Capaldi (Record production, 1944 –January 28, 2005), British drummer & vocalist for Traffic, would have turned 81 this year.
- Carl Saunders (Record production, 1943 –February 25, 2023), American trumpet player, would have turned 82 this year.
- Naná Vasconcelos (Record production, 1944 –March 09, 2016), Brazilian percussionist and vocalist, would have turned 81 this year.
- Doris Coley (Record production, 1941 –February 04, 2000), American singer Shirelles, would have turned 84 this year.
- Edward Patten (Record production, 1939 –February 25, 2005), worked with Gladys Knight & The Pips, would have turned 86 this year.
- Garth Hudson (Record production, 1937 –January 21, 2025), Canadian keyboardist with The Band, would have turned 88 this year.
- Hank Cochran (Record production, 1935 –July 15, 2010), American country music singer, would have turned 90 this year.
- Roy Crimmins (Record production, 1929 –August 27, 2014), Scottish trombonist, would have turned 96 this year.
- Joe Harnell (Record production, 1924 –July 14, 2005), American arranger composer and pianist, would have turned 101 this year.
- Werner Müller (Record production, 1920 –December 28, 1998), German arranger and trombonist, would have turned 105 this year.
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann (Record production, 1905 –December 05, 1963), German composer, would have turned 120 this year.
- Lorenzo Herrera (1896 – 1960), Venezuelan singer and composer, would have turned 129.
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