Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a music producer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a music producer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Music producers are responsible for acquiring music to be published. They listen to demos of songs and determine whether they are good enough to be published. Music producers oversee the production of records. They manage the technical aspects of recording and editing.

Also known as vocal producer, record producer, chill-out & lounge music producer, producer, pop music producer, sound recording engineer and arranger, dance music producer, music publisher, recording engineer and arranger, rock music producer.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: sound mastering engineer, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sound mastering engineer 62% covered publishing rights manager 61% covered producer 53% covered video and motion picture prod… 42% covered radio producer 40% covered music producer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from music producer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a music producer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A music producer needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • coordinate music components of the work management skills
  • identify music with commercial potential management skills
  • negotiate with artists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • musical theory arts and humanities
  • liaise with financiers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • musical genres arts and humanities
  • musical instruments arts and humanities
  • financial jurisdiction business, administration and law
  • assess financial viability information skills
  • implement strategic planning communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a music producer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Music producer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a music producer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.