Dayson, there is no problem with any of the people I work with trying to take back what they have contributed or walking off in a snit..... First they are good, intelligent, talented, reasonable people. Second, the producer makes the decisions.

Heck, there have been many times that the producer has made determinations that were contrary to what I wanted or wrote. Many times. TJ Sadler and Lucas Kellison are the two producers I team with. I trust them both. In fact, although I am the executive producer (ie I pay for most of the costs), I tell them all the time - "You are the boss."

One example: I am working on an album project for Megan, a 25 year old country singer. Lucas Kellison is the producer. I am fronting most of the cost. I am also writing the first draft of most of the lyrics. Lucas and Megan only use about 1/3 of the songs I write. They have even rejected (very nicely) one song that I thought was the greatest country song ever written. Oh well..............

It's all good....... Give and take. I would not call it compromise - I don't like that word because it implies the songwriting by committee alluded to above by Everett. That is not good. Got to have trust in the producer and give him the final control ---- It works.

I don't want to make this sound like the process is very formal. It is not. These things are done in the context of sitting in the control room, in a relaxed easy manner, having fun and maybe even having a beer.



Tom

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