The recording industry covers a wide range of music, sound, voice, data and other forms of recording. There are three main areas of audio recording and production: music recording, audio for various media such as film, and live recording. Within each of these niches, there are two career tracks: technical and management. Check out the keywords to learn more about the careers in this segment.

Production is any work that is done to create sound or music as all or part of a product. Sound or music production goes into literally thousands of products each year. Examples would cover the music found on the latest CDs on the charts, the creepy sound effects on a scary movie, the live extravaganza staged in Las Vegas, a festival such as OzzFest, or the music cues for a TV show like South Park or the Simpsons.