Unlocking Creativity: A Producer's Guide to Making Music & Art

by Michael Beinhorn

Here, record producer Beinhorn reveals how to deal with interpersonal issues record producers face when they work with artists one on one or in small groups. The situations and solutions are based upon the author's personal and professional experience working with a variety of different artists, such as Herbie Hancock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Hole, Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Courtney Love, Marilyn Manson, Social Distortion, Korn, and Mew. Beinhorn's unique methods and perspective, applied to record producing and music making in the studio, opens the door to successful collaborative efforts. The author shows you how to find what he calls your sensory connection to the creativity process, which ultimately helps you find the intent behind your creative choices. You can read dozens of articles and books that feature a hundred different people talking about what microphones they used when they recorded Record X or how they set their stereo buss compressor, but you will never find out what prompted them to make these choices. Beinhorn's focus on collaborative effort enables record producers and artists to find solutions while working as a creative team. This perspective is especially valuable as it is transdisciplinary and can be applied to many occupations and modes of creativity outside of record production.

Genres: Music

296 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2015

Reviews

[Maarten Robberechts · Rating 1 out of 5]

This cranked me up. So bad.

[Richard Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of insight from a legend. However, some eye rolls as well. It’s clear that this guy is a pro at producing, and at connecting creatively with others. I just think some of the philosophy can come off as “pulling it out of your ass”-itis.

Some chapters were really interesting and useful in getting me to step back and think about certain things. Especially the chapters on relating to other creatives, how to talk and discuss, how to babysit and manage expectations, etc.

I do not think it’s a guide to making music. It’s an opinion fluff piece from someone who’s had alot of experience and is kind of very loosely writing some anecdotes and advice.

[David Pratt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stuff.

Heard an interesting interview with Michael Beinhorn on a podcast, this book was mentioned and sounded interesting, so I decided to check it out. Well worth the price for me.

As musician struggling to his own voice with his own, this book gave me quite a bit to think about.

[Michel Barbachan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creatividad y comunicacion

Se puede aprender de la sinergia que se crea entre el productor musical y el artista a nivel creativo después de leer este libro.

Al final del mismo se encuentra una lista de todo el material producido por el señor Beinhorn que no esta demás escuchar.