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Books that might help
General background ideas, composition and things:
In no particular order, any of these may provide ideas, inspiration
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The Digital Musician: Creating Music with Digital
Technology [Andrew Hugill, Routledge]
Special Sound : The Creation and Legacy of the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop [Louis Niebur, Oxford] includes some
detailed insight into some of the composers' methods, as well as some
fascinating history.
Experimental Music - Cage and Beyond [Michael
Nyman, Cambridge]
On Sonic Art [Trevor Wishart,
Routledge]
Electronic and Computer Music [Peter
Manning, Oxford]
Modern Music and After [Paul
Griffiths, Oxford]
Sounds in Space, Sounds in Time [Richard Vella,
Boosey & Hawkes] covers a very diverse range of musical genres and
techniques for making music; used in a number of courses at university
level, it picks-up on several of the techniques allied in musique
concrète. Its subtitle, Projects in listening, improvising and
composing set the tone and context. Recommended reading for
teachers and the serious student in the field.
One or two excellent books worth looking for [but, sadly, out
of print]:
Composing With Tape Recorders [Terence
Dwyer, Oxford] - Tape recorder technology but inspired compositional
ideas!
Composing - A Student's Guide [Christopher
Binns, Nelson]
Twentieth Century Music
[H.H.Stuckenschmidt, McGraw-Hill] - This was published in 1969, but
covers some excellent ideas from the early days of musique concrète
among other fields and genres.
For Cubase users:
You may have noticed we're quite keen on Steinberg's Cubase
software. Here are a couple of books that are useful to get to grips
with Cubase 5 resonably fast:
Cubase 5 Tips and Tricks [Keith Gemmell, PC
Publishing]
Fast Guide to Cubase 5 [Simon Millward,
PC Publishing]
The same two authors have written various books for Cubase VST, Cubase
SX, and other earlier versions of Cubase.
These guys' books are also very applicable to other versions of Cubase
- especially those newer that Cubase 5.
For GarageBand users
There are quite a few books dedicated to earlier versions of GarageBand
which are still relevant to the current user:
How to do Everything with GarageBand [Emile Menasch,
McGraw-Hill/Osbourne Press, 2004] - This is now quite old, and covers a
very early version of GarageBand, but it is very thorough and
detailed. You'll be lucky to get a second-hand copy without paying
several times the original cover price!
GarageBand: The
Missing Maual [David Pogue, O'Reilly Media, 2004] - Another
book that's been around for a few years, but still "does what it says on
the tin". Well worth buying if you can get your hands on it at a
reasonable price.
GarageBand Tips and Tricks
[Keith Gemmell, PC Publishing]
Keep it Simple with
GarageBand: Easy Music Projects for Beginners [Keith Gemmell,
PC Publishing] is an excellent basic introduction.
Studio Techniques:
More general information on setting-up and using the equipment in your
sound studio can be found in the following books, which are excellent
professional reference texts:
The Technique of the Sound Studio [Alec Nisbett,
Focal Press]
The Use of Microphones [Alec Nisbett,
Focal Press]
Sound and Recording : An Introduction
[Rumsey McCormick, Focal Press]
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download [for free!] take away, and work on ... and a few
more examples of what can be done ...
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