What is an Arranger?

What does an arranger do in the recording studio?

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[yaakovhassoun]

I am 99% sure your example is not what arranging is. that's what producing is, like a director of a film they make global decisions. But arranging is about using different instrumentation and making choices of which instruments play which notes and when... You can also make solo arrangements but it's the same process of finding creative ways to have the song played.

[NICUofficial]

appreciate it. there are so many viewpoints on the distinctions between songwriter/composer vs. arranger vs. orchestrator vs. producer
and then all these definitions vary across genres
and then they all vary across history
and then some music has more division of labor while other musicians try to "do it all themselves", further blurring the lines

no matter how you create your music though, I think it helps to have a better understanding of the traditional "flow chart" of music creation within your era and genre!!
plus relevant historical genres!

thanks again :)

[monkeith]

Nice video! But I just ask what if I write songs (both lyrics and music) and kinda have an idea reagarding the overall outcome. Should I still hire a Producer? Or I should go straight with Arranger and Music Engineer? Thanks

[Tÿswavy]

Holy shit, thanks alot for this video

[janiceslater]

That's such an inaccurate description of what an arranger is, let alone what they do. An arranger will create the score, designating which parts are played by particular instruments. They do not change the structure of a composition.