Music Recording : Salaries of a Music Producer

The salary of a music producer can vary greatly depending on whether the producer is getting paid a piece of the royalties, a piece of the publishing, a per diem or money per day. Find out how negotiation skills will help determine how much a producer makes with information from a recording studio engineer in this free video on music producing. Expert: Brad Winslow Bio: Brad Wilnslow has worked in the music production industry for over ten years. Filmmaker: Nathan Boehme
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The Cosmic Lounge presents Funk/Soul Music: ‘I’m In Love’ by Evelyn “Champagne” King. “Singer Evelyn “Champagne” King first came to fame with the million-selling ’70s disco smashes “Shame” and “I Don’t Know If It’s Right.” Born July 1, 1960, in the Bronx, NY, she had a showbiz lineage. Her uncle was actor/singer/dancer Avon Long, who first played Sportin’ Life in the opera Porgy and Bess and later starred in the ’70s play Bubblin’ Brown Sugar. Her father, Erik King, was a singer and often augmented groups that appeared at New York’s Apollo Theater. By her teens, King had relocated to Philadelphia with her mother, and began singing in several groups. To make ends meet, King and her mother became cleaning women. For a teenager, King’s voice was quite mature; many at first thought she was a grown woman. While working one night at Philadelphia International Records’ recording base, producer T. Life overheard some tantalizing vocals coming from a washroom. There he discovered 16-year-old Evelyn King and her mother. Signing the singer to a production deal and a contract with RCA, Life’s first single with Evelyn “Champagne” King was “Dancin'”Dancin’ “Dancin’.” Her debut LP Smooth Talk was released August 1977. But it was a song written by John Fitch and Reuben Cross called “Shame,” that gave her career-launching success. The extended mix began gaining radio play and eventually the Top Ten on the R&B and pop charts by spring 1978. The follow-up, “I Don’t Know If It’s Right” also …