CHAPTER E-1The Changing Face of Music Production

Speaking about the DIY culture and artist development, Tommy D explains that producers should promote that the new way of working is “all right. You’ll be ok. It is a bit scary I know. It’s a lot more work, but you know what? It’s fun! It’s just as much fun as sitting in a studio telling a guitarist what to play… the building of an artist is different but just as fun.”

What a journey we’ve had. We sat together one rainy spring morning in Starbucks in Leeds, U.K. while our colleagues at Leeds College of Music were marking the students’ final dissertations for their Degrees and Masters qualifications. We took some time out to analyze whether our first-year degree students had ‘got it’ after one year ...

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