Assessment: WHAT IS MUSIC PRODUCTION?

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1. The producer’s role is also relational. This mainly involves
- a. Playing good music at the beginning of every session so that the artist will feel comfortable.
- b. Listening to their hopes, goals, disappointments, vulnerabilities, expectations, experience, likes, dislikes, passion and creativity.
- c. Assisting them to receive counselling to address any potential personality issues that may negatively affect your relationship with them.
- d. None of the above.
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2. In each of the six main stages of production
- a. Each stage is of equal importance.
- b. Mixing is only ever done by a professional engineer.
- c. Mixing and mastering will always need input from the manager.
- d. Inspiration and production are the easiest to achieve.
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3. Setting a healthy atmosphere with musicians in a recording session mostly requires:-
- a. Jamming together at the beginning of a session.
- b. Using the ‘feedback sandwich’.
- c. Making sure you are clear about fees.
- d. Encouragement, allowing free exploration of ideas, freedom to take risks and mutual respect.
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4. Etiquette is defined as
- a. Being aware of others
- b. Customary code of polite behaviours among members of a particular professional group.
- c. Encouragement
- d. Awareness of the customs and habits within a particular working group of people
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5. The main ‘hook’ in a song is usually found in the
- a. Bridge between verse and chorus
- b. Verse
- c. Introduction
- d. Chorus
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6. A change of pace in a song will most likely be placed in the
- a. Chorus
- b. Verse
- c. Middle 8
- d. Tag
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7. When the emotion in a song ‘gets lost’, it is best to
- a. Keep practising.
- b. Go back to the demo.
- c. Record as many takes as possible to broaden the choice.
- d. Go for a walk and think about the song.
- e. Quit the session and try again another time.
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8. Panning in music is
- a. The distribution of a sound signal into a new stereo or multi-channel sound field.
- b. A technique that gives instruments their own space in the stereo field.
- c. A technique that can be used to complement the frequencies of different instruments.
- d. All of the above.
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9. Your attitude to charging should be
- a. To make as much money in as little time as possible.
- b. To be realistic about skill levels vs time.
- c. Only charge when you are confident to do so.
- d. None of the above.
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10. Your major focus is a studio session with an artist is:-
- a. To get the job done as quickly as possible
- b. Making sure the artist is open to your suggestions
- c. The goal that the artist is trying to achieve.
- d. To have fun.
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11. The way a producer can initiate control if an artist becomes argumentative is:-
- a. Try to understand their insecurity and deflect their angst with encouragement.
- b. Tell them to go away and come back when they are in a better frame of mind.
- c. Suggest some ‘down-time’ to cool off.
- d. Become equally defensive and insist that it is your studio and so you have final say.
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12. Studio etiquette can be best realised when:-
- a. Egos are left at the door
- b. Microphones are turned off during conversations.
- c. Reasons are given for arriving late to the session.
- d. Lunch is provided.
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13. ‘Happy accidents’ in production occur when:-
- a. The producer explores production techniques without rules.
- b. The producer steps outside his own style or boundary
- c. The producer has an attitude of “throwing colour at the wall to see what sticks!”
- d. All of the above.
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14. When inexperienced as a producer, it is best practice to
- a. Charge for your time, regardless of your skills.
- b. Find something with which you can ‘trade’ for your time.
- c. Offer to do some initial work for free.
- d. None of the above.
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