I had always considered myself a guy who signs bands and makes records. I spend a lot of time on the phone. One of the advantages of being an in-house producer is that I oversee all of the areas of delivering the record and how they're handled in the various departments. Promotion, advertising, publicity, marketing, distribution. I maintain very close relationships with everybody in the chain, so that I can watch over my records.
Independent producers have very little input or even ability to get knowledge of what is going on.
I don't produce records and do the office thing at the same time. Typically, I'll produce maybe half a dozen songs per year. I'm a real song guy. I like to do singles. I'll do like a five-week stint in the studio and kind of let the office slide.