Editing Songwriter (section)

=== Beatmaker ===

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A beatmaker is a songwriter who creates and composes music or beats for a song, often laying the groundwork or "musical bed". Tools typically used are [[Synthesizer|synthesizers]], [[Drum machine|drum machines]], and [[Digital audio workstation|digital audio workstations]]. Beat makers or composers are not necessarily [[Record producer|record producers]] by definition since they generally do not work directly with artists in a [[Recording studio|recording studio]] that oversees the production and recording of the final product.

However, record producers can be involved in co-writing songs as the composer wearing two hats as the producer and songwriter as they may write and compose the original music such as the beat and then oversee the production that takes control of the recording sessions with the artist and engineer all the way down to the mix stage. They are referred to as [[Record Producer]] / Songwriters as they generally receive songwriting and production credits for both roles. This is especially true for R&B, hip-hop producers in urban [[hip hop production]], when composing the original music as the co-writer is integrated into their traditional role as a Record Producer, such as [[Rodney Jerkins]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[Timbaland]] or [[Pharrell Williams]], as opposed to a rock producer that may rarely contribute as a co-writer of a song.