Dance Music Manual
Tools, Toys, and Techniques
- 2nd Edition - March 5, 2009
- Imprint: Focal Press
- Author: Rick Snoman
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 6 9 6 - 4
Whatever your level of experience, the Dance Music Manual is packed with sound advice, techniques, and practical examples to help you achieve professional results. Written by a… Read more
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Whatever your level of experience, the Dance Music Manual is packed with sound advice, techniques, and practical examples to help you achieve professional results. Written by a professional producer and remixer, this book offers a comprehensive approach to music production, including knowledge of the tools, equipment, and different dance genres.
Get more advice and resources from the book's official website, www.dancemusicproduction.com.
Get more advice and resources from the book's official website, www.dancemusicproduction.com.
* Updated second edition includes sections on recording instruments and new chapters covering more dance music genres.
* Examines all aspects of music production—from sound design, compression, and effects to mixing and mastering to publishing and promoting—to help you become a better producer.
* The companion CD provides sample and example tracks demonstrating the techniques used in the book.
Amateur and aspiring dance music producers, DJs/remixers, recording engineers, musicians and composers who want to create original tracks.
Students on Music Technology and Dance Music Production courses
Students on Music Technology and Dance Music Production courses
Chapter 1: Sequencing, sequencers and The MIDI protocol
Chapter 2: Digital Audio
Chapter 3: Synthesizers and Synthesis
Chapter 4: Tools of the Trade
Chapter 5: Programming Theory
Chapter 6: Sampling and sample manipulation
Chapter 7: Compression processing and effects
Chapter 8: Cables, mixing desks and effects busses
Chapter 9: Recording vocals
Chapter 10: Recording Instruments
Chapter 11: Dance Music Theory 101
Chapter 12: Dance genres: including 2-step garage, Drum'n'Bass, Trance, Hip hop, Chill out, House, Techno, Trip hop
Chapter 13: Mixing
Chapter 14: Mastering
Chapter 15: Publishing and promotion
Chapter 16: Remixing and sample clearance
Chapter 17: A DJ's perspective
Chapter 2: Digital Audio
Chapter 3: Synthesizers and Synthesis
Chapter 4: Tools of the Trade
Chapter 5: Programming Theory
Chapter 6: Sampling and sample manipulation
Chapter 7: Compression processing and effects
Chapter 8: Cables, mixing desks and effects busses
Chapter 9: Recording vocals
Chapter 10: Recording Instruments
Chapter 11: Dance Music Theory 101
Chapter 12: Dance genres: including 2-step garage, Drum'n'Bass, Trance, Hip hop, Chill out, House, Techno, Trip hop
Chapter 13: Mixing
Chapter 14: Mastering
Chapter 15: Publishing and promotion
Chapter 16: Remixing and sample clearance
Chapter 17: A DJ's perspective
- Edition: 2
- Published: March 5, 2009
- Imprint: Focal Press
- Language: English
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Rick Snoman
Rick Snoman has been actively involved in the dance music scene since the late eighties and has produced and released numerous white labels and remixed over thirty professional artists solely for the dance floor. He has held seminars across the UK on remixing and producing club-based dance music and written numerous articles and reviews for leading music technology magazines and websites.
Affiliations and expertise
Recording and live-mixing engineer, who has worked with the Happy Mondays and The Prodigy; has also remixed Madonna, Filter, Moby, Underworld, and Garbage.Read Dance Music Manual on ScienceDirect