The best music producers in the business understand what it takes to make a b-side into a single that gets played over and over again on the radio or downloaded hundreds of thousands of times. That’s their job after all.

And while a producer may not be running the soundboard or putting together the drum kit, they still need to know the ins-and-outs of every square inch of the studio. Producers aren’t born with this knowledge – they pick it up on their way to making a career in the industry.