Introduction To Sound Engineering & Music Production – For Beginners

Hi, so you are new to music production? It is okay; we all were someday. We all took a leap of faith and started a career in music production. We are here to help you guide and navigate through this.

What is Music Production?

We will start by understanding Music Production. It is a process by which a track or a song is created with the help of a music producer, recording artist, mixing engineer and mastering engineer. And these are just a few people who have their role in music production in the many involved in making a song.

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Who is a Music Producer?

A Music Producer is a person who is responsible for making a song based on the requirement. It can be a small guitar track with three plucks or some surreal sound. A music Producer, in other words, can be named as a first officer of a plane. i.e. the pilot of the aircraft is the music director, and the music producer is the first officer. This scenario exists in the movie industry, but when it comes to indie music, it is only one person.


The other aspect or version of a music producer can be put as the person who funds to make a song. So he is responsible for scheduling recording dates, budgeting, pipelining dates and schedules, looking over the production process, assigning artists, etc. When this is the person role, he is the boss for that project, and his decision will be more important than the client. This culture is usually followed abroad or in the west. In India, this role is played by the music director for a movie or a label that has hired an indie band or artist who has signed up with them.


Career as a Music Producer.

Often we see an artist making it to the top, and they make it look easy to be on the top. In the country we live in, nothing is easy; with a population of over 133 crores, the music industry on its own is a tiny community and people on the top want to stay on top. We can’t help that, but in today’s world, nothing is impossible. In today’s day and age, with social media and all other platforms which offer a digital presence on the web, we can make a successful career as a music producer. We have seen examples, and I don’t even have to name them.


There are many stepping stones to be a successful music producer. To start with, studying music and all the aspects of music production. By learning music production, you are efficiently reducing five years worth of struggle.


Let’s say you learned how to play guitar or keyboard when you were young, and that raised an interest for you in producing music; congratulation, you have stepped up one step in your process of being a music producer. Knowing a musical instrument is a plus point for music production; not knowing any is also acceptable.


Next would be learning a DAW, and DAW is an abbreviation of Digital Audio Workstation. The complete form is self-explanatory; it’s an audio software where you will record, edit, design, mix and master your music. There is a lot more to be explained if we go down; in brief, the best is for you to explore.


With this, you know what’s there in music production; along with all this, you will need talent, skills and uniqueness in your music. Often something new is what is appreciated and is heard or spread across the globe. All of this happens with practice and patience. Every music producer has to have these two sets of virtues.


Now that we know what all it takes for us to be successful in the music production industry. What if you don’t know any of the terms mentioned above and you can learn most of it, if not all, under one roof. Yes, I said one roof. Seamedu is the best institute to learn sound engineering and music production under one roof, everything from the basis of sound, history of sound where it all started to the current music technology of Dolby atmos music. It offers uniquely designed music production courses to its students. With the help of industry professionals who’s, expertise is in all the aesthetics of sound- be it Music production, recording, mixing, surround sound, sound design, live sound etc., will all be thought in one place in one course of Sound engineering.


By doing a sound engineering degree course, you reduce your struggle to learn and understand how the industry runs. And being trained makes it easier for your employer to pick you out of the crowd because he doesn’t have to teach you anything from scratch. Being prepared and certified by our institution, you are industry-ready even if you want to get into the industry but want to start your startup. Yes, your recording and music production studio you can. And the result you will be putting out will be of industry quality and premium with a “no compromise” service.


To end with, Many people aspire to be successful in the music production industry but fail to because they lack the training and tutoring. Joining us will yield you the best of the best experience and mentoring along with the best faculty and facility we have to offer.

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Written by: Hitansu Patnaik

Last updated: 02-04-2024

Hitansu Patnaik is an established music producer & arranger, composer, multi-instrumentalist, mixing engineer and vocalist with over 8+ years of industry experience in the music industry. He is a creative & aspiring educator since 2016 for media & sound, and a globally recognised Ableton Certified Trainer in India (his international recognition is on the Ableton Website).

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