MIXERMAN's Ultimate GUIDE to PRODUCING Records, Music & Songs: Everything You Need to Know About Producing, Recording, Mixing & Mastering Music at Home or in the Studio - Softcover

Mixerman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1955652031 ISBN 13: 9781955652032

Verlag: Mixerman Publishes, 2025

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This is the ultimate guide to music production—covering producing, recording, mixing, and mastering music, whether you're a Home Producer, Songwriter-Producer, Self-Producer, or a Producer For-Hire.

Make emotionally impactful, professional-quality music that connects—with proven strategies from Mixerman, a highly regarded music producer and mixer with multiple gold and platinum credits. This no-BS book offers his unvarnished perspective and explains how to make great music—technically, emotionally, and politically.

This book sets you up for success:

• Improve your songwriting and arranging through proven techniques
• Record compelling performances with the right tools and instincts
• Master vocal production to get the best performances in any setting
• Use sound design to enhance forward motion and emotional payoff
• Mix and master your music with intent, clarity, and punch
• Apply compression, EQ, and distortion with purpose and precision
• Tackle your home studio acoustics for better recordings and mix translation
• Understand gain staging, loudness, and signal flow—so the audio engineering doesn’t get in your way
• Lead recording sessions (at home or in the studio) with vision, authority, and flexibility
• Choose your DAW, plugins, and gear wisely—without falling for marketing hype
• Build trust with your artist and protect the creative vibe
• Finish songs and full productions with confidence—and without second-guessing

Perfect for:

• Home Producers
• Songwriter-Producers
• Self-Producers
• Engineer-Producers
• Artists in need of a Producer
• Producers For-Hire

You don’t need a degree to make great records. You need insight, strategy, and vision. Mixerman delivers all three—with clarity, confidence, and decades of hard-earned experience.

From the author of Zen and the Art of Mixing, The Musician’s Survival Guide, and The Daily Adventures of Mixerman—a cult classic among professional audio engineers.

If you're a music producer of any kind looking for the best guide book on music production, this is it—nearly 600 pages of expert techniques used by professionals across genres.

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Mixerman has received multiple Gold and Platinum awards for his work as a mixer, recordist, and producer. He's made records of note with The Pharcyde (Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde), Ben Harper (Fight For Your Mind, Will to Live, Burn to Shine), Tone Loc, Spearhead, Amy Grant, Lifehouse, Barenaked Ladies, Hilary Duff, Foreigner, and Australian phenom Pete Murray (and many others). Mixerman gained notoriety as an author from his first work, The Daily Adventures of Mixerman, a satire of a Major Label recording session from the early aughts that delighted and surprised well over 150,000 readers. In 2008, Hal Leonard picked up his Adventures, and since 2010 he has written a number of books on the recording arts, including his most popular work to date, Zen & the Art of MIXING 2021. After 25 years in Los Angeles, Mixerman now mixes and produces records from his room in Asheville, NC, where he also writes and releases books under his own imprint, Mixerman Publishes.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Mixerman Publishes
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1955652031
• ISBN 13: 9781955652032
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 596
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg