He is also a hit songwriter, mixer/re-mixer, studio drummer and an acknowledged expert n new music technologies.
Now from the inside, he reveals what it takes to become a successful music producer.
* How do you start?
* What kind of producer do you want to be?
* How do you deal with artists? Record companies? Lawyers?
* How can you get rich?
in a witty, anecdotal portrait of the recording industry, Burgess has the answers any aspiring music producer must know. He also explores vital career issues lie management, traversing musical genres and the impact of technology and the internet.
This highly entertaining book is packed with insights from the most successful music producers and full of revealing anecdotes about the business and the stars. Now in its their edition and used as a teaching tool in major colleges, it has become the definitive guide to the art and business-o music and record production.

Introduction.
1. What kind of producer do you want to be?
2. How do you get started?
3. What’s de job description?
4. Will they still love you tomorrow?
5. Producer managers.
6. How do you deal with the artist, the record company and the artist’s manager?
7. Lawyers.
8. Difficulties and pitfalls.
9. Success and money.
10. What are the timeless ingredients in A hit records.
11. Frequently asked question.
12. Working outside the mainstream?
13. Technology rules: will the internet kill the video star?