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The Art of Producing: How to Produce an Audio Project
David Gibson and Maestro Curtis
An attempt to make the producer's intuition teachable. David Gibson — a studio veteran since the early 1980s and founder of San Francisco's Globe Institute — lays out a step-by-step method for evaluating and refining every element of a recording so the finished project works in any genre, and, crucially, covers the human side too: how to actually work with bands, groups, and labels. Newer editions fold in digital tools, virtual instruments, and MIDI. Read it as a flexible framework rather than a rulebook; the aim is to make good production repeatable without deadening it. Contents shift a bit between its several editions and subtitles, but the core method holds. A natural companion to Gibson's visual classic The Art of Mixing, and a level-headed guide to the least tangible job in the studio.
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The authors
David Gibson has been engineering and producing in professional multitrack studios since the early 1980s and founded the Globe Institute of Recording and Production in San Francisco. He is also known for The Art of Mixing, a widely used visual guide. His co-author Maestro Curtis is a musician and producer who joined the book in its later form.
The book
The Art of Producing sets out to standardize the production process — a step-by-step method for evaluating and refining every element of a recording so the finished project works for any genre. Alongside the technical craft it covers the interpersonal reality of producing: working with bands, groups and labels. Newer editions incorporate digital technologies including virtual instruments and MIDI tracking.
How to read it
Read it as a practical framework rather than a set of rigid rules; Gibson's aim is to make the producer's intuition teachable and repeatable. The book has appeared in more than one edition and under slightly varying subtitles, so contents differ by printing, but the core method is consistent.
For more context
It pairs naturally with Gibson's own The Art of Mixing for the hands-on mixing side of production.
Sources
- Type
- Book
- Author / Maker
- David Gibson and Maestro Curtis
- ISBN
- None
- Shelf
- Music
- Location
- Colorado