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uhh

By DJ AMBUSH Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:02 pm
nope...

this is what I think and have been thinking since I started making MUSIC in the early 90s.

A beat maker can make a beat and blah blah blah, but a producer can make the track, mix it and still controll the maestro.

You feel me?

Maybe im not explaining it the way I think it.

That is the close as I can for now.

--DJ Ambush

www.kindablu.com

By The Beat Conductor Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:56 pm
But, I think the producers make the beats as well.
- Madlib
- Premier
- ETC
They are all labeled prodcuers, but they make beats as well???
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By butcher Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:59 pm
what ambush meant was if u are a producer u are also a beatmaker.. but if you are a beatmaker you aren't always a producer.. producing is knowing how to do the whole process to make a final product.. which means the person has to be able to make the music, then turn into a engineer and mix and master it...

By aiightthen Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:01 pm
...and also know how to direct an artist and get the right performance outta em...


.. edit: a producer that is..
Last edited by aiightthen on Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By Smoove03 Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:03 pm
very good question.

might spark some debate...

to me, naw. a producers job is much more then just composing the music
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By stryke Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:37 pm
Butcher,Aiightthen and Smoove all make good points.I think you have to create and mix to be a producer not just make beats.
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By TurnItUp Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:30 am
3 words: Beatmaker , Engineer, Producer...

A producer is a Beatmaker and an engineer.

By grimaybeats555 Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:23 am
How is the executive producer different from the producers of the songs? Like on the Black Album Jay Z and Dame Dash where the executive producers but they didn't produce any of the songs.

By RobEko Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:08 am
you dont need to make beats to be a executive producer .... what a executive producer does is make sure the whole album is perfect ... p diddy is a producer and he dont make beats he has beat makers under him that he takes their beats and puts his name on them
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By splinter Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:19 pm
An executive producer be it music related or film usually refers to financial backing, eg Danny de Vito was exec producer on Pulp Fiction which meant he basically liked the script & bowled in with a load of cash.
Beatmaker is a producer, I cannot see a difference even if ya using spoons on ya thigh ya PRODUCING beats.
Really cannot see the difference, theres only different levels of producers i.e theres me and theres P Diddy.. ones just making a shed load more cash than the other :!:
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By Lampdog Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:08 pm
Producer - makes things. Such THINGS can also be BEATS.

Beat maker - MAKES beats.

They both theoretically, and in reality, MAKE BEATS
so what's the problem and why the confusion?