About the author
Rick Rubin is an American record producer and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings whose work has crossed hip-hop, rock, metal, country, and popular music. He is known for a stripped-back production style and for helping artists reconsider the form of a project.
The Creative Act is not a memoir of recording sessions but a collection of reflections on attention, taste, practice, doubt, completion, and release. It presents creativity as an orientation toward the world before it becomes a profession or product.
Where to start
Start with The Creative Act for Rubin's philosophy of making; his recording catalogue provides the practical counterpart across very different artists and genres.
