Executive producer

Executive producer is a role in the entertainment industry that is sometimes difficult to clearly define. Executive producers vary in involvement, responsibility and power. Some executive producers have hands-on control over every aspect of production, some supervise the producers of a project, while others are involved in name only.

Music

In the music industry the executive producer of a music album is usually in control of the overall decision making in how the album turns out: how many songs are placed in the final cut, which songs are used out of the tracks produced in the process of making the album, and in which order the songs go. Additionally in this instance, the executive producer is usually someone who has had a hand in producing some of the tracks on the album. Having a certain executive producer attached to an album is sometimes used as a selling point.

Related Topics:
Music industry - Album - Producing

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In some instances an executive producer may just be someone who "discovered" a particular act, or someone who represents an act, either as an agent or a lawyer. Other times it may just be someone who financed the production of the album.

Related Topics:
Agent - Lawyer

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