Favorite Music Producers?

[catlover79]

Mine, in no particular order:

Giorgio Moroder
Arif Mardin
Barry Gibb
George Martin
Smokey Robinson
Quincy Jones
Norman Whitfield
Ashford/Simpson

[Shine]

George Martin
Jimmy Page
Barry Gibb
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Prince

[Dean Winchester]

for older producers:
Giorgio Moroder
George Martin
Arif Mardin
Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, The Cars)
Mutt Lange
Quincy Jones (the real brains behind Michael Jackson)
Prince
Tony Visconti (producers the majority of David Bowie's classic albums)
Barry Gibb
Nile Rodgers
Pet Shop Boys

current:
Stuart Price (Madonna's COADF, the upcoming Killers cd, etc..., a producer who is not afraid of making music sound dancy)
Timbaland (granted, he's getting to be overdone, but he has given urban music a much needed kick and just a peek at his resume: Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Bjork, Duran Duran, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, etc.... shows huge diversity)

[Austin Tripper]

I agree with everyones list :)

Add a couple different ones:

Rick Ruban
John Fruschante

[catlover79]

for older producers:
Giorgio Moroder
George Martin
Arif Mardin
Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, The Cars)
Mutt Lange
Quincy Jones (the real brains behind Michael Jackson)
Prince
Tony Visconti (producers the majority of David Bowie's classic albums)
Barry Gibb
Nile Rodgers
Pet Shop Boys

current:
Stuart Price (Madonna's COADF, the upcoming Killers cd, etc..., a producer who is not afraid of making music sound dancy)
Timbaland (granted, he's getting to be overdone, but he has given urban music a much needed kick and just a peek at his resume: Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Bjork, Duran Duran, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, etc.... shows huge diversity)
If Quincy Jones was the brains behind Michael Jackson, we've got to give the same props to Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Janet's music career was going nowhere until they came along. Could we safely call Control Janet's Thriller??

[freshprinceofLA]

Dr.Dre had some great beats and made artists legends and discovered some great talent
Rick Rubin important for the birth of Hip-Hop (RUN DMC)
Berry Gordy a great scout and producer (jackson 5 & stevie wonder to name a few)

[Dean Winchester]

If Quincy Jones was the brains behind Michael Jackson, we've got to give the same props to Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Janet's music career was going nowhere until they came along. Could we safely call Control Janet's Thriller??
well, Quincy's production skills didn't begin and end with Michael Jackson, so he deserves to be considered since he did so much in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

Jam and Lewis have lost their magic and it's probably a good thing that Janet had ditched them seemingly for good. They've lost their ability to produce a good uptempo song

[catlover79]

well, Quincy's production skills didn't begin and end with Michael Jackson, so he deserves to be considered since he did so much in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

Jam and Lewis have lost their magic and it's probably a good thing that Janet had ditched them seemingly for good. They've lost their ability to produce a good uptempo song
That's a good point. I'm not really familiar with Jam & Lewis' work outside of Janet, except they did hook up with Mariah Carey earlier in the decade.

As for Q, I've also enjoyed his work with James Ingram ("Just Once", "One Hundred Ways", "Yah Mo B There", etc.). He also wrote the unforgettable theme song to Sanford & Son. :rock: