What's A Producers greatest tool?

[RecorderMan]

What's A Producers greatest tool?

My answer after a few of yours.

 

[Kurt Foster]

Quality songwriters and killer musicians. The formula for all the hits of the golden age
60's, 70's and 80's! Just ask Don Kirshner.....Fats

 

[Bob Olhsson]

The ability to consistently inspire people to perform beyond what they believe are their limits.

 

[basper]

Fattys?

 

[RecorderMan]

Originally posted by Cedar Flat Fats:
Quality songwriters and killer musicians. The formula for all the hits of the golden age
60's, 70's and 80's! Just ask Don Kirshner.....Fats

Fats as usual came close and/or surpassed my answer:
A great phone book! e.i. players, writers,engineers, rooms, ect. When you make connections keep those numbers and stay in touch. Make a list of all the great players in your area, and what they're good at. A list of rooms, of rental gear.
When you have a new client, nothing looks better than calling the cats that make you look great.

 

[Tony C]

Originally posted by Bob Olhsson:
The ability to consistently inspire people to perform beyond what they believe are their limits.

Yep, I agree totally, this is the one tool (talent) that makes a producer the real deal... the rest of the BS could easily be left to any good mananger type meatball.

 

[anonymous]

The balls to do the unexpected.

 

[RecorderMan]

Originally posted by Fletcher:
The balls to do the unexpected.

As in picking a great song? Working up a great arrangement?
Coaxing great perfoemances?
In todays corporate enviorment, I would agree that this has become "unexpected".
Great players , engineers, ect can help create an enviorment that lets the unexpected happen.
Chaos Theory anyone?

 

[soundphaRm]

When chaos theory becomes Chaos Magick...

"Any sufficiently advanced form of science will appear indistinguishable from Magick." - Arthur C. Clark...

...remember this also works in the obverse...

 

[audiowkstation]

Greatest tool is Trust.

 

[droog]

1. platinum ears (and the space between them)
2. golden tongue (see entries above)
3. eyes of steel (to stare down the a$r creeps)

cheers
max
newcastle, oz
(soon of paris, france)

 

[droog]

plus the fatties, of course, and fletcher's balls

 

[alfonso]

and love for music...