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[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by elle

interesting. looking through the article on the evolution of the music producer role, the trend of a band member(s) taking on a role of uncredited producer has a long history starting from from the 60s, so apparently not that unusual. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer

so producer is "the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, like a director would a movie. The engineer would be more the cameraman of the movie".
while
"Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrangement

Thank you for this! If we use these definitions, Lindsey would often appear to be talking about arranging when he credits himself for creating the band's sound.