Erin J. Sturdivant
Record Producer
Nashville, TN · (615) 555 0141 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/erinjsturdivant
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Eleven years producing albums and singles for country and Americana artists
INDUSTRIES
Independent country labels, Americana artists, publishing demonstration work
SPECIALTIES
Album production, session musician hiring, arrangement, budget management, split sheet administration
SYSTEMS
Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Universal Audio hardware, Dropbox delivery
CREDENTIALS
Voting member of the Recording Academy; affiliated writer with Broadcast Music Incorporated
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in music production
Executive Summary
Independent record producer working country and Americana artists, with eleven years of credits and a habit of finishing records on budget. Hires the band, runs the sessions, keeps the split sheets signed before anyone leaves the room, and delivers masters ready for release.
Signature Achievements
- Produced thirty one albums and forty eight singles, seven of which reached the Americana radio chart top forty.
- Delivered the last nineteen projects inside their approved budgets, which run between eighteen and ninety thousand dollars.
- Wrote or cowrote on fourteen released tracks and registered every split sheet before the sessions ended.
- Kept a producer point on twenty two masters and retained a publishing share on the songs he cowrote.
- Built a call list of about sixty session players and singers that lets him staff a full band in a day.
Professional Experience
Record Producer
Cumberland Bend Productions, Nashville, TN 2019 to present
His own production company, taking eight to ten album and single projects a year for labels and independent artists.
- Takes projects from preproduction and song selection through mixing and master delivery.
- Hires and directs session musicians, engineers and mixers, and negotiates their rates.
- Manages the project budget and reports against it to the label or the artist.
- Handles split sheets, producer agreements and the credits that go to the distributor.
Staff Producer and Engineer
Trailhead Records, Nashville, TN 2015 to 2019
Independent label of twelve staff releasing about twenty titles a year from a room on the label premises.
- Produced and engineered label releases and publishing demonstration recordings.
- Coached developing artists through vocal takes and arrangement decisions.
- Maintained the studio, its instrument stock and its session calendar.
- Prepared final files and metadata for the label distribution partner.
Licensure and Certification
Voting member, Recording Academy
Affiliated writer, Broadcast Music Incorporated
Education
Bachelor of Science in Music Production, Middle Tennessee State University, 2014
Core Skills
Album production · Preproduction and song selection · Session musician direction · Arrangement · Vocal production · Pro Tools · Budget management · Split sheets · Master delivery