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Jaco and Jamerson are our two famous examples then? yeah.... I can live with that... glad to hear a couple other folks on here have discovered this themselves as well

Great, this has truly been an awesome discussion!! Bassists are the best... trying to imagine what this convo would look like on drum or guitar forum.... hahaha So, best approach: "I've done my research on the role of a producer, and I really think I produced that album, but I'm not going to...

Welp, now we are getting somewhere! Knew I came to you guys for a reason!! "Producer" seems to touch a nerve with him, so if songwriting credits are easier to get then there we go!

Band name. He's been super awesome about allowing everyone their freedom of expression. "This is your art too". Pink Floyd comes up regularly as a model of a band where the aggregate unit became this monolithic thing larger than the sum of the parts or larger than any one person individually...

I was just considering that possibility myself. What sort of difference is there between songwriting credits and producer credits in royalties etc? You seem well versed in this subject...

There's only one song that the bass line has potential to be considered "iconic"... I may bring songwriting credits up on that one up at some point, but it's not on this EP so ehhh just kick that conversation down the road. When I get some finished products from this I would love to share it...

yea seemed like a stretch, especially since one of my feature basslines is really pretty derivative of the banjo part, but I think I'm the only person in the band who realizes that...

I like you! I think you are overstating the case by saying "you are making all of the creative decisions", but yes! You see where I am coming at this from. First steps & resume building. Bingo bango thank you mango!

Ironically he seems very open to giving me songwriting credit for the song I wrote the bridge on, and if I pointed out the similar contributions I made to other songs he's probably be open to songwriting credits on that. Chalk it up to ignorance and lack of understanding of roles. Your mention...

Good thought! Definitely yes to the first half! And probably yes to the second half. I think the efficiency in studio time that I have enabled by thoughtful planning and preparation has probably saved many hours of expensive studio time alone that I would be justified being paid for. Slight...

We've got a great shot of the engineer standing on the steps of the studio triumphantly holding aloft a half gallon jar of my homemade chicken soup!

Frankly I'm surprised that line only got one response!! That's basically what I'm planning on doing. "Ok, if what I've been doing isn't producing, then you definitely don't need me in the studio to finish this. I've got better things to do than hang out watching you guys play guitar" If he...

However, the single most poignant response has probably been "If anyone in the room doesn't know who the producer is, then you don't have a producer". That's tough to argue against!!!

Wow great reading to catch up on getting home from work! Glad we got the trolls weeded out. Thanks everyone for the awesome input!! The "wisdom of the masses" seems to be that what I've done likely qualifies as co-producer and band manager, but titles and credits should have been negotiated...