Record Producers

A record producers job is to oversee and manage the creation of a record from start to finish. The producer's role on a record can be compared to a director's role on a film. They work closeley with the song writers and performers to create and shape the piece of music as well as esablishing its mood and meaning. Today there are often two types of producer on records; executive producers (who manage the finaces, marketing and distribution- the "buisness side") and music producers (who oversse the albums production- the "creative side").

Notable producers include:

Rick Rubin:
American record producer now considered one of the most influential and famous producers in the music buisness. Rubin's records often feature a stripped down style, acheived using naked vocals and instrumentation with little or no audio effects. He also produces alot of records that bend/challenge genres (most notably, Run DMC's rap version of Areosmith's Walk this Way and Johnny Cash's  country ballad version of the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt). He has produced records in a wide range of genres, including Hip Hop (Jay-Z 99 Problems, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2) Metal (Slipknot's Vol 3 (The Subliminal Verses), Slayer's Reign in Blood) and even novelty/comedy (South Park's Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics).

Tim Sköld:
A Sweedish Musician and Producer. Whilst best known for his career as a musician (most notably as part of Marilyn Manson's band) he also co-produces most albums he works on. He produced all the albums of his band Shotgun Messiah as well as several solo albums under the name Skold, but is most famous for The Golden Age of Grotesque & Eat Me, Drink Me (which he co-produced with Marilyn Manson).




Atticus Ross:
English Composer, Producer and Musician best known for composing and producing work with Trent Reznor. Works include See You on the Other Side by Korn, Welcome Oblivion by How to Destroy Angels and (with Trent Rezor) the sountracks to the films The Social Network and The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo.

Rob Cavallo:
Producer and Chairman of Warner Bro's Records. Best known for producing albums for Green Day (Dookie, Nimrod, Warning, American Idiot & Bullet in a Bible) My Chemical Romance (The Black Parade & Danger Days) and Kid Rock's album Rock and Roll Jesus. He also produced the single Decode by the American Alternative rock group Paramore.

Butch Vig:
Produced Nirvana's album Nevermind, which revelutionised the Grunge genre. Former Drummer with the band Garbage, so his albums have good percussion and beats.