Music production

upright|thumb|British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran in 2023.

individual who oversees and manages the recording of an artist's music

engineer who operates recording, mixing, sound reproduction equipment

music recorded for limited circulation or reference use rather than for general public release

increasing audio levels in recorded music

music production effect

Take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production.

Overdubbing (also known as layering) is a technique used in audio recording in which audio tracks that have been pre-recorded are then played back and monitored, while simultaneously recording new, doubled, or augmented tracks onto one or more available tracks of a digital audio workstation (DAW) or tape recorder. The overdub process can be repeated multiple times. This technique is often used with singers, as well as with instruments, or ensembles/orchestras. Overdubbing is typically done for the purpose of adding richness and complexity to the original recording. For example, if there are on

type of music video

library containing music-related materials for patron use

person making executive decisions over artists of a record label

studio-software process of transforming performed musical notes

piece of music usually partly instrumental with additional backing vocals or similar

A sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform live with a solo artist, or with a group in which they are not a regular band member. The term is usually used to describe musicians that play with jazz or rock artists, whether solo or a group.

Tonmeister is a job description in the music and recording industries that describes a so-called "sound master" (a literal translation of the German Tonmeister): a person who creates recordings or broadcasts of music who is also both musically trained (in classical and non-classical genres) and has theoretical and practical knowledge.

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