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Most people regard legal contracts with an inherent suspicion. Having heard scores of horror stories, we in the music business, whether artists, creatives, audiophiles, or management, are especially

Learn the basics of producing music with Ableton Live software. Ableton Live has become one of the most popular platforms for music production since its introduction in 2001. Its intuitive interface allows

Many can attest to the importance of the self-growth that occurs for young people through the arts and their accompanying communities of support, understanding, and caring. Yet even professionals who work

A perfect approach for students with a passion for music outside of traditional programs, Alfred's Music Tech 101 covers the basics of music technology in plain English without heavy technical

This book is a roadmap for today's music educators who are tasked with promoting and fulfilling a rich arts curriculum while still understanding the realities of current and future job markets and

The Answering Voice opens our ears and voices to a new way of understanding counterpoint. Drawing on her fifty years of composing and teaching, Alice Parker envisions a theory or composition class where

This book is written from a composer's point of view and is intended to be a reference book for the analysis of arranging techniques. Its aim is to help composers and arrangers improve their compositional

The Art of Music Production is the first book to comprehensively analyze and describe the role of the music producer in creating successful music recordings. Now in its fourth edition, it is the definitive

This resource is a breakthrough on the topic of assessment for music performance classes in American schools. Written for music directors, administrators, and contest judges alike, the book provides a basis

This is a real world guide for starting out in the recording industry. Covering all you need to know about the recording process, from the characteristics of sound to a guide to microphones to analog versus

Learn the basics of recording, processing, and mixing audio using Ableton Live software. With this book and the included online media files, you'll get working experience using Ableton Live, covering

"Where Legends Begin": this book teaches the basics of composing, recording, editing, mixing, and processing audio using the free Pro Tools ¦ First software. Designed for the beginner in digital

The definitive book on beatboxing by the renowned beatbox performers and coaches Indra Tedjasukmana and Andreas Kuch. Need a bite-size drum kit and percussion section? No instruments are required to achieve

Songwriter's block can be devastating, stopping even the best songwriters in their tracks. It can have several possible causes and levels of severity. Research shows that a fear of failure is the ultimate

With the help of a team of educators with a wide diversity of experience, this book explores how music educators best empower students of all ages to be musical. The goal is to ensure that through

Learn to write songs! This book presents the basic concepts of popular songwriting, such as song construction, creativity