Their issues are not your issues.
Every artist is different - the pop mentality is different than bands for me, because I'm playing a lot of the instruments.
Every artist is different - I work with a lot of artists from the ground up because it's really amazing to watch projects go from Minute 1.
Traditionally, an engineer is responsible for capturing sound - microphone choice, gear, etc. A producer can have a number of different responsibilities - anything from songwriting to judging performances - setting mood, and (perhaps most importantly) choosing which songs to work on!
I just try and get the best out of an artist - we all have a responsibility to fill the world with awesome songs!
I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits himher.
I like working in all different mediums so I'm truly lucky to be able to flip back and forth.
Music without a message is just sound
We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.
I have now run up against an ugly snag, the Sunday Excise Law. It is altogether too strict, but I have no honorable alternative save to enforce it and I am enforcing it, to the furious rage of the saloon keepers, and of many good people too; for which I am sorry.
If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.