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Interview with Quincy Jones about Beat It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEhXeTE0Cps

Listen to the excerpt of an interview with Quincy Jones on producing Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” Which of his contributions as producer are mentioned?

Engineers and Producers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIAiT3YBE4A

Trina Shoemaker discusses her career as a mixer, record producer, and sound engineer for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Something for Kate, Nanci Griffith, and many more.

What Should a Record Producer Contribute to a Project?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_12o5p7lx_I

The veteran record producer and music educator John Snyder shares his thoughts on the role a producer plays in a recording project, and what the producer’s role is in relation to the artist and the music. He also explains what a producer should do to prepare to tackle a new project and the relationship between thinking and feeling when making hard decisions about which take is the best.

AES Oral History Project Gallery
http://www.aes.org/historical/oral/

AES provides an archive of videos on everything audio from Les Paul and his AMPEX tape recorder’s harmonics to the history of digital audio.