We’re seeing producers erased actually. Record labels are not paying producers enough. I believe they are paid indirectly from a cut of the revenue given to the artist. Song writers get so much from the cut, producers get so much, sound engineers get so much and so on. Labels are not giving as much to the artists so everyone including the artists are not making as much money as in the past. Many artists, less the most elite, are doing their own sound and production work to make up the deficit. It seems to be second nature to these kids, since they grow up with laptops and DAWs.
I thought songwriters get royalties, not upfront money?
Plus, there's a tutorial for everything available for free nowadays. This guy will teach you the basics and he makes it pretty entertaining too: