RICK RUBEN Rick Ruben was attracted to music since an early age. Legend has it that his first music production experience was when he was in high school and befriended the school’s audiovisual director who taught him the basics, including playing the guitar. Soon, he formed the band The Pricks, and during their stage performance, the band “heckled” with the audience, who were …
Joan Jett Everyone remembers the young teen punk girl who was the co-lead of The Runaways. However, once she was done with the girl band, she decided to go solo that didn’t initially prove successful. History has it that 23 labels turned her down. So in true rebel style, she decided to release the album on her own. She started her record label and the …
Those who are even remotely connected to the music industry keep hearing this title “music producer” being thrown around. No one really sees them around, unless they are biggies like Dr. Dre and Missy Elliot. But still there are abstract definitions to what a music producer really is and what they actually do. Here we break, break, break it down (LOL) to let you in …
