Books of Music / Genres & Styles / Electronic
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Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music
By Joel ChadabeWith a truly global perspective, this vivid and readable narrative provides a comprehensive overview of the history of electronic music. KEY TOPICS: The author draws upon his combined...
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Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture
By Paul D. Miller, DJ Spooky That Subliminal KidSound UnboundSampling Digital Music and Cultureedited by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spookythat Subliminal Kid foreword by Cory Doctorowintroduction by Steve ReichIf Rhythm Science was aboutthe flow of things, Sound...
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Creating Music and Sound for Games
By G. W. ChildsGet ready to step into the mysterious world of the video game sound designer and composer. Creating Music and Sound for Games examines the responsibilities associated with each of these...
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Sounding Art: Eight Literary Excursions Through Electronic Music
By Katharine NormanSounding Art is a journey that traverses a variety of aesthetic approaches to making electronic music. Katharine Norman, herself a composer, writes from a highly personal and unusual perspective. The...
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Essentials of Music Technology
By Mark BalloraThis useful handbook provides a concise introduction to the principle topics of music technology. It discusses fundamentals in a straightforward style, with the extra levels of detail...
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Computer Based Creative Music Making: Young People's Music in the Digital Age
By Göran FolkestadComputer Based Creative Music Making: Young People's Music in the Digital Age
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Going Digital: A Musician's Guide to Technology
By Brad Hill"Going Digital offers the working musician an easy-to-use guide to the world of digital music making. Without any prior technical knowledge, you'll be able to make music using your computer....
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A DSP Primer: With Applications to Digital Audio and Computer Music
By Kenneth SteiglitzThis new book by Ken Steigliz offers an informal and easy-to-understand introduction to digital signal processing, emphasizing digital audio and applications to computer music. A DSP Primer covers important topics...
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Computer Models of Musical Creativity
By David CopeAn examination of computational creativity in music offers a series of models that illustrate selected aspects of musical creativity and then presents a process that integrates these aspects and produces...
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Rave Culture: The Alteration and Decline of a Philadelphia Music Scene
By Tammy L. AndersonIt used to be that raves were grassroots organized, anti-establishment, unlicensed all-night drug-fueled dance parties held in abandoned warehouses or an open field. These days, you pay $40 for a...
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Digital Audio Signal Processing: An Anthology
By F. Richard MooreDigital Audio Signal Processing: An Anthology
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The Guide to Midi Orchestration: A Comprehensive Manual for the Midi Musician
By Paul GilreathThe Guide to Midi Orchestration: A Comprehensive Manual for the Midi Musician
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Electronic Music Circuit Guidebook
By Brice WardElectronic Music Circuit Guidebook
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Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reason
By Derek Johnson, Debbie PoyserThe Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reason is the book Reason users have been waiting for to help them get the very best from Propellerhead's amazing electronic music studio software.This in-depth...
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Synthesizer Performance and Real-time Techniques
By Jeff PressingThe changes wrought by the MIDI and microcomputer revolution in the 1980s have dramatically transformed the world's music. Listeners now expect much more from the electronic music composer and performer,...
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Analog Electronic Music Techniques: In Tape, Electronic, and Voltage-controlled Synthesizer Studios
By Joel Naumann, James D. WagonerAnalog Electronic Music Techniques: In Tape, Electronic, and Voltage-controlled Synthesizer Studios
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Arranging Techniques for Synthesists
By Eric TurkelThis book will give you an understanding of acoustic instruments and voices that will dramatically improve your knowledge of sound production and arranging.
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Music Analysis East and West
By Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Walter B. HewlettComputing approaches to the representation, interchange, and analysis of musical repertories that do not use conventional notation--in particular, early Western European music and the art music of non-Western cultures. Early...
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The Digital Audio Music List
By Howard FerstlerThe Digital Audio Music List by Howard Ferstler is unique for its detailed exploration of the technology behind high-definition recordings. The author goes beyond identifying excellent recordings and explains the...
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The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Producing Music with Samples, Loops, and MIDI
By Bill Gibson, William A. GibsonIn today's world, hit-quality recordings require more than just excellent instrumental or vocal tracks. Simply having great material isn't enough -- to create truly compelling audio, you need to understand...