Recording & Voice Processing Vol.2: Working in the Studio PDF Capturing, recording and broadcasting the voice is often difficult. Many factors must be taken into account and achieving a true representation is much more complex than one might think. The capture devices such as the position of the singer(s) or narrator(s), the acoustics, atmosphere and equipment are just… Read More »
Recording & Voice Processing Vol.1: History & Generalities PDF Capturing, recording and broadcasting the voice is often difficult. Many factors must be taken into account and achieving a true representation is much more complex than one might think. The capture devices such as the position of the singer(s) or narrator(s), the acoustics, atmosphere and equipment are just some… Read More »
Writing Audio Drama PDF Writing Audio Drama is a comprehensive and intelligent guide to writing sound drama for broadcasting and online production. The book uses new and original research on the history of writing radio plays in the UK and USA to explore how this has informed and developed the art form for more than 100 years. Audio… Read More »
Electro Swing: Resurrection, Recontextualisation & Remix Electro swing is a relatively recent musical style and scene which combines the music of the swing era with that of the age of electronic dance music. Chris Inglis considers key questions about electro swing’s place in contemporary society, including what it may mean for a contemporary genre to be so reliant… Read More »
The Analogue Approach to Digital Recording & Mixing PDF Analogue recordings sound better, don’t they? But it was never all about tape recorders, valves or vinyl. It is a way of working – and a way of thinking. Digital recording encourages you to click on a plugin to solve a problem or look for a new idea; with… Read More »
Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes & Scoring PDF Music composed for television had, until recently, never been taken seriously by scholars or critics. Catchy TV themes, often for popular weekly series, were fondly remembered but not considered much more culturally significant than commercial jingles. Yet noted composers like John Williams, Henry Mancini, Jerry… Read More »
Easy Piano Songs for Beginners: Simple Sheet Music of Famous Favorites PDF Easy Piano Songs for Beginners is a collection of favorite songs that you can play right away, even if you have no musical experience. Songs are arranged from easiest to hardest with simple charts to show you where to put your fingers and how to read… Read More »
Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig PDF While most successful sidemen are lucky to spend a decade in the music business, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rivera is working on his fifth. Best known as Billy Joel’s saxophonist as well as Musical Director for Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, Rivera has shared the stage with some of Rock… Read More »
Sheet Happens OPETH Watershed PDF The Complete Guitar Transcription for Opeth’s 2008 album “Watershed”. 112 Pages 14pt front and back covers with high gloss 5mm lamination Black plastic coil binding 70 lbs offset pages printed on bright white stock *Plastic coil binding lays flat while reading and won’t warp or break during shipment. Instant digital delivery of Guitar… Read More »
Digital Audio Processing Fundamentals PDF The book provides an accessible overview of audio signal processing, and enables readers to design and write algorithms for the analysis, synthesis, and manipulation of musical and acoustic signals for any programming language. It provides an overview of highly interdisciplinary topics developed in a simple but rigorous way, and described in a unified… Read More »
How To Master The Violin: A Practical Guide For Students & Teachers PDF Great care has been taken to make all statements as clear as possible for the average student. The less experienced player will find stated here the fundamentals which he needs; and the more proficient violinist will not resent the presence of this groundwork beneath the… Read More »
Sound Waves & Acoustic Emission PDF The nature of sound is, nowadays, well known and understood so that sound could be synthetically described like the propagation of vibration in elastic media.Sound waves propagate as longitudinal waves, transverse waves, or in mixed modes in different media. The development of applications related to the proper management of the information connected… Read More »
Music Education Research: An Introduction PDF Designed to be used as a primary text in introductory research methods courses, Music Education Research: An Introduction aims to orient even the most novice researchers toward basic concepts and methodologies. Offering sustained attention to historical, philosophical, qualitative, quantitative, and action research approaches, the book includes overviews of how to read, interpret,… Read More »
AC/DC at 50 PDF A beautifully produced, photo-packed celebration of the ultimate rock band, AC/DC at 50 examines the extraordinary history of the Australian rockers through the lens of 50 milestone events and an illustrated gatefold timeline . Formed in Australia in 1973, AC/DC became one of the most popular and best-selling bands in rock history with their… Read More »
Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio PDF Many people will recognise the famous zebra crossing. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls. Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates. But what draws in these thousands of fans here, year after year? What is it… Read More »