The Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Reference Handbook provides an easy-to-read guide for music-making in the studio setting, from equipment fundamentals to recording and mixing almost any instrument.
Repeated Takes is the first general book on the history of the recording industry, covering the entire field from Edison's talking tin foil of 1877 to the age of the compact disc.
In an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century, the guidance of a skilled music producer is quickly becoming indispensable for producing a great recording.
Using research, analysis and a range of historical sources, Paul Weller and Popular Music immerses the reader in the excitement of Paul Weller's unique creative journey, covering topics such as the artist's position within his field; his creative processes; the contexts in which the music was made; the artist as collaborator; signifiers that mark the trajectory of the music; and formative influences.
'By mixing lo-fi charm into hi-fi science Into the Groove captures all the wonder and absurdity of its subject, jumping and skipping with real analogue delight.
Mute Records is one of the most influential, commercially successful, and long-lasting of the British independent record labels formed in the wake of the late-1970's punk explosion.
Fully updated to explain digital editing, computer maintenance, system enhancement, CD burning and mastering, Home Recording Made Easy covers the whole range of home recording techniques, from acoustically treating your studio to arriving at a completed master.
Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices, and Tools is a vital read for anyone wanting to succeed in the field of mixing-covering the entire mixing process, from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques.
Drawing on a deep and long-term first-hand engagement with major labels in the early years of the 21st century, this book sheds new light 'behind the scenes', at a time of drastic and far-reaching transformation.
The voice of Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999), the "e;Queen of Fado"e; and Portugal's most celebrated diva, was extraordinary for its interpretive power, soul wrenching timbre, and international reach.
This book examines how compression can be understood not only as a digital process enacted through computing, but as a wider economic and political phenomenon that impacts on the ecology of waste, diversity and social inclusivity.
Rudolph, Frosty, and Captain Kangaroo is a memoir by Judy Gail Krasnow about her father, Hecky Krasnow, the producer of such classic childrens records and holiday tunes as Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Im Gettin Nuttin for Christmas, Peter Cottontail, Suzy Snowflake, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, The Captain Kangaroo March, Smokey the Bear, Davy Crockett, Little Red Monkey, and The Little Engine That Could.
Print - and by extension, visuality - has historically dominated the literary, artistic, and academic spheres in Canada; however, scholars and artists have become increasingly attuned to the creative and scholarly opportunities offered by paying attention to sound.
While composers and percussionists are working more closely than ever with one another, there are few resources that address this collaborative relationship in depth.
In this practical, project-based book, music students, educators, and coders receive the necessary tools to engage with real-world experiences in computation and creativity using the programming language Scratch.
Music and the Broadcast Experience explores the complex ways in which music and broadcasting have developed together throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries.
PROSE AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FINALIST 2024Wild Track is an exploration of birdsong and the ways in which that sound was conveyed, described and responded to through text, prior to the advent of recording and broadcast technologies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Quincy Jones: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography and discography on one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, and conductors in American music.
The Routledge Companion to Screen Music and Sound provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of screen music and sound studies, addressing the ways in which music and sound interact with forms of narrative media such as television, videogames, and film.
Based on educational theory and on recognized music teaching methods, Theory and Practice of Technology-Based Music Instruction develops a framework for examining music teaching that uses technology to introduce, reinforce, and assess skills and concepts.
Major Label Mastering: Professional Mastering Process distills 25 years of mastering experience at Capitol Records into practical understandings and reliable systems.
The revised edition of Understanding Records explains the musical language of recording practice in a way any interested reader and student can easily understand.
