So, welcome to Lesson Three. This lesson is called the Business of Planning a Record. And the name of the game for this one is research, research, research. Do your research. We're going to talk about all the research that you're going to need to do while you're planning your record, so you don't just launch right into recording the thing and then get halfway through and realize that you don't know what you're doing. So, we're going to talk about how to set up a really simple budget for your recording project. We're going to talk about producers. What does a producer do? Why do you need a producer? And for that segment, we're going to have Prince Charles Alexander, who is a Grammy award winning Berklee faculty member, talk with us a little bit about his experience and working with artists and kind of developing that really lovely relationship between an artist and a producer. We're also going to talk about planning the record itself, something like as simple as choosing what songs to put on your record. For that segment, I'm going to invite my producer Johnny Duke to come and just kind of share some of his thoughts that he was thinking when he and I sat down to choose what songs to put on my EP. It's my hope that by the end of this lesson you'll be able to set up a simple budget for your recording project, identify important qualities that your producer must possess, clearly communicate the vision for your project and engage in professional conversation with producers. That you'll be able to reflect on your repertoire and begin to identify which songs you think should be recorded, and that you'll be able to optimize your songs and prepare them to be recorded in the studio. So, here we go.