What does the term ‘Producer’ mean to you?????

the term producer goes to the man who puts together all the ideas together (the music + the song itself) and he makes sure its all butter…don’t get it confuse with the term beat maker (he just makes the music n got no input)

Imo….it’s not clear cut anymore…Depending on the size of the project, a producer could quite easily be just about everything under the sun except for a runner and indeed the artist themselves.
In some cases they are all of the above!

I think you got it right with reating to a project manager. Sure you can have your individuals who excel in their own fields but if the artist is clueless it pays to have someone who knows enough in each area to know they’re not being taken for a ride.

But then, when dj’s turn into "Producers" (and i use this term mainly for the undersigned/bedroom producers) it’s really quite narrow. I suppose it’s used for the sake of being an easy 3-syllable word that saves one from explaining that what they’re actually doing on their DAW and various hardware is a combination of: Programming, being an artist, and various forms of engineering and indeed songwriting.

I agree that the term Composer and ‘arranger’ should be left out of electronic music really (unless we’re referring to IDM, but that’s special ). Especially a composer as it’s not the easiest thing in the world to write/compose sheet music and then get musicians to play it the way you hear it.