Information is the key to success Producer is businessman more than musicman or glorified arranger. Never borrow against current.
Arranger escalates to producer.
If you want things to move fast, it means that you have to, also. Accelerates everything about the process. Accept sacrifices, controversy, turmoil. People that go out of their way to wreck your connections, hurt you. If you come across as someone who'll do anything, you'll have to.