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Sandy_Roberton_Interview
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Sandy Roberton, 6.2.04. RB: You must be one of the biggest producer managers out there? RB: I had a management company around then because I was getting more offers then I was taking and I wanted to pass them on. Do you find that a way to parlay business for your clients? RB: How many producers on average do you manage? SR: It fluctuates but it’s around 60. RB: Do you have a lot of staff? SR: I have around 7 staff. RB: Does that number fluctuate? RB: And the producer pays that expense? SR: US music lawye...
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Lauren_Christy_of_The_Matrix
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Lauren Christy, 6.14.04. RB: You guys have done incredible work over the past couple of years and I’m sure it’s the culmination of many years of hard work. RB: Did you expect to become a producer? RB: When you’re a songwriter the first couple of times you have a song covered by someboby else and they mess it up I guess that’s when you start coming to that realization. How did you actually get into music production? RB: What was the song? LC: “This Year” by Christina Aguilera. LC: I’ve done a lot of...
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Katrina_Sirdofsky_Interview
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Katrina Sirdofsky, 7.31. Manager of Linda Perry). Q How many producers does your company manage on average? A We are a boutique management firm so we do not take on many clients. We have four Producers and no plans to expand our roster. Q How do you avoid conflicts of interest between the different producers? A None of our Producers do the same things and they all have a niche so this is never a problem. Q Do you handle mix and remix engineers as well? A We have one Producer/Remixer. A Not really. We...
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Peter_Collins_Interview
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Peter Collins, 4.16.04. RB: So my first question is, what do you look for when you are evaluating a potential project? PC: I guess I look for an element of originality, whether I think it offers something that is not already out there, something that’s going to be fun to record. RB: That’s a pretty broad brief. I think that’s probably based on how long you’ve been in the business, right? RB: That was a pretty successful period for you. RB: You think you’re not very good at self-promotion? RB: Most produc...
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Jim_Hall_Interview
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Jim Hall, 9.5.04.
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Daniel_Sheehy_Interview
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Daniel Sheehy, 7.12.04. RB: What do you think production is? DS: Well to tell you the truth I haven’t thought about it much I just sort of do and things happen. I guess if you looking to delineate production from life that’s going to be a little new territory for me. RB: Well relative to what you do. What is it that you do? RB: That was a negative for you? RB: It seems to me that it’s a little bit like what happens with pharmaceuticals there’s no incentive for a company to promote an herb no ...RB: I&rsq...
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Wendy_Page_Interview
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Wendy Page, 7.6.04. How long have you been producing? 1) I’ve been producing for ten years. How did you get started as a producer? What interested you about producing as a career? I got into production because I wanted to make the songs I wrote sound how I wanted to hear them. Do you prefer to write the material for the artists that you are producing? Do you find most A&R people to be helpful and knowledgeable? Do you mostly produce whole albums or individual tracks? Do you produce and engineer? For exam...
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Linda_Perry_Interview
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Linda Perry, 7.31.04. RB: what do you look for when evaluating a potential project? LP: I need to have a connection with the artist, a feeling in my heart that our collaboration will be special. . it is the artist that inspires the creativity, so it is very important to have a mutual respect. even if the artist dose not take part in the writing process it is still them that is inspiring it. RB: Do you prefer to engineer your own productions? RB: Do you produce things that you do not write? Vision of it, ...
