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Dance Music Manual
All techniques and tools for electronic music production
by Snoman, Rick(Author)
What are the differences between trance and chill-out? How can you interesting, create professional-sounding dance tracks, whether originals or remixes? The Dance Music Manual covers every aspect of dance music production – from sound design to compression and effects to mixing and mastering – and much more, because it also includes advice on releasing your tracks as well as promoting your tracks. Independently of, how much experience you have – this book is packed with techniques and practical tips to help you, achieve professional results, whether you are an aspiring dance music producer, DJ, Remix, sound engineer, are musicians or composers. The third edition contains up-to-date information on the subject of dance music, including a new chapter on dance music arrangement, more information about kick layering, music theory, the basics of rhythm, creating professional drum loops, die Gain-Structure, the production of dubstep and tips on the very latest production techniques. The companion website provides examples of synthesis programming, Compression, Effects and MIDI files as well as sample tracks, covered in this issue.
Modern music production in practice
The best tips and tricks for pop producers, Dance und Hip Hop
by bean, Lars(Author)
Produce your own music Produce your own pieces of music? – No problem. With modern music production in practice you raise your skills to the next level. The book supports you in many creative processes of computer-aided music production – of finding new ideas, to creating original sounds using synthesizers and other sound generators to building an appealing arrangement. With its focus on modern styles, the book shows the characteristics of contemporary production, explains the technical production implementation of musical trends from the pop genre, Dance and Hip Hop and shows the practical application of these aspects in detailed instructions. The production techniques are illustrated by numerous sound samples on the accompanying DVD.
EDM composing – Thomas Foster
Synthesizer Programming – Peter Borges
Songwriting intensive – Michael Schymik
beat programming – Maya Consuelo Stemel
Sequencer Works – Thomas Pohl
reason in practice – Thomas Alker
write lyrics – craft and dramaturgy
by Abou-Dakn, in the masses(Author)
Write your song! life is a song, who can meet us anywhere. The instruction, to write it down, get it here from a professional songwriter, who introduces you to the technical basics of songwriting and gives you the basic dramaturgical knowledge. For this purpose, song texts are analyzed and their structure and elements are explained. The author suggests various creative techniques and shows practical examples and exercises, how songwriters can find ideas and use the linguistic and formal possibilities creatively.
Effects & Dynamics
Professional know-how for mixing and mastering
by Sandman, Thomas(Author)
Effect- and dynamic processing is the icing on the cake of any music production. All relevant effect types are briefly explained, then it's all about practice: Which settings for which music, How do different effects harmonize, how to make an interesting one, nevertheless transparent mix? The book for all mixer practitioners. With surround effects!
Songwriting for Dummies
by Peterik, Jim / Austin, Dave / Lynn, Cathy(Author)
From the song idea to the hit single: In this book you will find everything, what you need to know, to have success with your song in the music industry. Find the style, rhythm and rhyme, that fits your genre, and captivate your listeners with catchy lyrics and unforgettable melodies. With many exercises and examples, the authors support you with the basics, creative elements of songwriting, but also with that, what comes after: Demotape, Online Marketing, digital downloads, copyright, contracts, agents and record companies – they find out, how you can achieve the greatest success with your works.
Harmony compact for dummies
by fehn, Oliver(Author)
As idyllic as the name sounds – that's how uncomfortably complicated the theory of harmony can be for a musician. But no worry, Oliver Fehn explains everything to you in a way that is easy to understand, what you need to know about the theory of chords. First you will learn everything you need to know about scales, and why you need to know them, to form chords. Then intervals, Circle of Fifths and Co. discussed and intensively on the different chords, chord extensions, chord sequences and cadences received. Numerous exercises and practical tips complete the book.
Rhyming dictionary
by Willy Steputat
Willy Steputat's »rhyming dictionary«, 1891 was first published by Reclam and has been edited again and again since then, is the best-known rhyming dictionary …
DVD tutorial
HowTo Tutorial 1-4 Bundle
Die HowTo Trainings 1-4 in a cheap savings bundle
authors: Nils Hoffman, Tim Crocker, ca. 29,5 hours runtime
- Suitable for all music genres and DAWs!
- No previous knowledge necessary
- Incl. Practical exercises to take part in
- Free Bonus Webinars included!
- Interactive video tutorials for PC, Macs and tablets
With this bundle you will receive the following training courses as a download:
- HowTo Tutorial #1 – Melody & Bass
- HowTo Tutorial #2 – The harmony & chords
- HowTo Tutorial #3 – Groove & rhythm
- HowTo Tutorial #4 – Arrangement and Variations
- Free Bonus Webinars included!
Suitable for users of:
- Users of a DAW like Cubase, Ableton Live, Logic, Presonus Studio One etc.
(Of course, with the appropriate knowledge, this can also be applied to note-based arrangements)