Just curious. Aren't they more engineered than produced? Once everything's set up the band just plays and the music is recorded. What is there for a producer to do? Of course very few live albums are entirely live and a lot of studio overdubbing usually occurs but few bands want to admit that. I just always found it funny to see that a live album was produced by whomever, often the person credited as producer wasn't even anywhere near the venue (or even in the same country) when the music was recorded.

rialb said:

Well there is making sure the sound that's being recorded sounds ok. There's the tuning out of the audience at just the right times too. It's a bit more than press record and stand back.

superspaceboy said:

True, but isn't it the sound mixer/engineer who does that. Unless I'm mistaken they rarely get a producer credit.

true. these days the 2 are interchangable nevermind the "do-it-yourself" types like prince.

"producer" usually has all the headaches and is responsible for the production of the work meaning the artists, engineer, singers, studio/venue, song selection and the like. they make sure "the product" ends upp being what everyone planned on it being(does that make sense)

"engineer" gets the sounds on tape and watches the monitors, p.a., mics and such.

Thus, you could imagine 2 people backstage at a venue w/ headphones on. one is missing with knobs and fussing over amplifiers with the roadies adn techs, the other would be saying something like " no it should sound liek an arena show not a 200 seat club!" the first would be the engineer, the second would be the producer. also refer to description of the way prince works - his engeineers get sound, he makes the creative choices, song selection etc.

but as i said, the lines become blurry with the beatles and continue to be.

Hilarious! The thought never crossed my mind, but it's so true!

I love the org!

superspaceboy said:

Not on these