Jimmy Webb - Tunesmith
Andreas Antoniou - Digital Signal Processing (takes 5 years to read)
Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way
Felix Salzer - Structural Hearing (Tonal Coherence in Music)
Arnold Schoenberg - Fundamentals of Musical Composition
Sheila Davis - Successful Lyric Writing
And personally I'd also take 'The art of M&A Integration', 'Valuation', and 'Watching the English'
Recommend me some books!
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- KVRist
- 426 posts since 6 May, 2006 from over there
Who the hell wrote that?!pekadan wrote:"The most effective course of action is always...tetraplan wrote:Laozu - Dao Dejing
Groet, Erik
to do nothing!"
"Wisdom is the understanding that knowledge is useless.
The failure to understand that knowledge is useless is sickness."
"Is it me or does the Roctave stuff seem like a rip off of the Babya stuff?" - Liquidclear
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1269 posts since 6 Nov, 2002 from where moose mate, mate
Wow! Loads of interesting suggestions! Thanks a lot guys, really! I'll look all these up on Amazon and order the ones that attract my interest the most. Again, thanks!
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1269 posts since 6 Nov, 2002 from where moose mate, mate
Well, I read it here: http://www.his.com/~merkin/daoBrief.htmlsatchnut wrote:Who the hell wrote that?!pekadan wrote:"The most effective course of action is always...tetraplan wrote:Laozu - Dao Dejing
Groet, Erik
to do nothing!"
"Wisdom is the understanding that knowledge is useless.
The failure to understand that knowledge is useless is sickness."
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- KVRAF
- 3404 posts since 15 Sep, 2002
I found the Jimmy Webb book irritating. I couldn't finish it. I think he got the definition of "blank verse" wrong and then I started reading the rest of the book more skeptically.
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- KVRAF
- 3964 posts since 31 Aug, 2003 from In a foreign town, in a foreign land
The author of the page appears to have overlooked the very first verse of the Dao Dejing.pekadan wrote:Well, I read it here: http://www.his.com/~merkin/daoBrief.htmlsatchnut wrote:Who the hell wrote that?!pekadan wrote:"The most effective course of action is always...tetraplan wrote:Laozu - Dao Dejing
Groet, Erik
to do nothing!"
"Wisdom is the understanding that knowledge is useless.
The failure to understand that knowledge is useless is sickness."
Groet, Erik
Pop music delenda est.
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- KVRAF
- 37376 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
I just came across this - it's an excellent introduction to all forms of and principles of synthesis with worked examples too:
"How to make a noise: sound design and synthesiser programming"
Free to download though if you want all the worked example presets you need to drop them a reasonable $10 for a CD with them on and a printable high res copy.
"How to make a noise: sound design and synthesiser programming"
Free to download though if you want all the worked example presets you need to drop them a reasonable $10 for a CD with them on and a printable high res copy.
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- KVRAF
- 13442 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
"The Advancing Guitarist" by Mick Goodrick. In case you're no guitarist, probably try to borrow it and only read the non-guitarish chapters. But even some of the guitar-related things could easily be translated to suit other instruments.
It's one of the most impresssive books about music I've ever been reading. A mixture of theoretical, technical and, hm, shall we say almost "philosophical" advice, with some slightly hidden humor in it as well.
It's one of the most impresssive books about music I've ever been reading. A mixture of theoretical, technical and, hm, shall we say almost "philosophical" advice, with some slightly hidden humor in it as well.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- KVRAF
- 37376 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Of course if you want a really life changing book about music how about TW Adorno's "Philosophy of Modern Music" - a great read - I've not read anything else on modern classical music and the philosophy of music to touch it.pekadan wrote:Hey! Recommend me some really good books related to music making and production (e.g. about music theory, composing, song/lyrics-writing, sound synthesis, sound processing, mixing techniques, etc). The books that changed your life!
See, I have to do some travelling this fall and want to bring some interesting stuff to read. I'm hoping to return to my music studio with lots of newly gained knowledge and inspiration!
I guess I'm at some sort of intermediate amateur level as far as most music making related things go, so I won't get "home recording for dummies" or "advanced orchestration for geniuses" even if you recommend them, but anything else might well be of interest!
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- KVRist
- 426 posts since 6 May, 2006 from over there
Interesting. The guy sounds like an asshole.pekadan wrote:Well, I read it here: http://www.his.com/~merkin/daoBrief.htmlsatchnut wrote:Who the hell wrote that?!pekadan wrote:"The most effective course of action is always...tetraplan wrote:Laozu - Dao Dejing
Groet, Erik
to do nothing!"
"Wisdom is the understanding that knowledge is useless.
The failure to understand that knowledge is useless is sickness."
How it should go:
"Knowledge without wisdom is useless."
"Is it me or does the Roctave stuff seem like a rip off of the Babya stuff?" - Liquidclear
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- KVRAF
- 1622 posts since 28 Jan, 2004
"Govern as you would cook small fish."pekadan wrote:Well, I read it here: http://www.his.com/~merkin/daoBrief.htmlsatchnut wrote:Who the hell wrote that?!pekadan wrote:"The most effective course of action is always...tetraplan wrote:Laozu - Dao Dejing
Groet, Erik
to do nothing!"
"Wisdom is the understanding that knowledge is useless.
The failure to understand that knowledge is useless is sickness."
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- KVRian
- 809 posts since 25 Apr, 2004 from Windsor, Ontario
...if you're up for a fairly odd book, read "The Music of Time" by Preston B. Nichols. he discuss the music business, mind control, and time control and his associations with it.
"Sound Synthesis & Sampling" by Martin Russ is a great book, especially if you're into sound synthesis, and I refer to it from time to time.
"Temperament" by Stuart Isacoff is good if you're into the study of equal temperament and the battles over that scale.
"Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures our Imagination" by Robert Jourdain is a good book to find out why certain things sound rather pleasing over others.
"Microsound" by Curtis Roads if you're into granular synthesis.
"Sound Synthesis & Sampling" by Martin Russ is a great book, especially if you're into sound synthesis, and I refer to it from time to time.
"Temperament" by Stuart Isacoff is good if you're into the study of equal temperament and the battles over that scale.
"Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures our Imagination" by Robert Jourdain is a good book to find out why certain things sound rather pleasing over others.
"Microsound" by Curtis Roads if you're into granular synthesis.
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- KVRAF
- 12235 posts since 18 Aug, 2003
Here's a few more for you:
- Give My Regards to Eighth Street by Morton Feldman
The collected writing of Morton Feldman including little bits of nothing, liner notes, essays. Really excellent.
Electronic and Experimental Music by Thom Holmes
A good history of 20th century experimental music, with an emphasis on electronics. One of the few histories that looks extensively at the Sonic Arts Union.
Words and Music by Paul Morley
Fun book about how popular and experimental music intersect, focusing a lot on Kylie Minogue, Kraftwerk and Alvin Lucier. Hard to describe this one, but it is a lot of fun.
Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music edited by Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner
A great collection of essays designed to be a sort of intro text book on experimental music, split between theory and practical applications. I don't normally read text book-style essay collections, but this one is so well done and fairly broad in scope.
Music Downtown by Kyle Gann
A collection from Kyle Gann's music column from the Village Voice. He has a lot of great ideas about music and is very good at presenting them clearly.
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- KVRist
- 52 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from Florida, USA
Try the following. I work at B&N and have recommended this book after it was recommended to me.
Howard Massey's "Behind the glass"....it's cover reads:
Pratical tips, artisitic insights, and inside stories from the pros behind the music...Interviews with George Martin, Brian Wilson, Phil Ramone, Eddie Kramer....Just go to your local bookstore and ask for ISBN 0879306149...every time I read it I learn something new.
Howard Massey's "Behind the glass"....it's cover reads:
Pratical tips, artisitic insights, and inside stories from the pros behind the music...Interviews with George Martin, Brian Wilson, Phil Ramone, Eddie Kramer....Just go to your local bookstore and ask for ISBN 0879306149...every time I read it I learn something new.
I'm sofa king
we tah did.
we tah did.
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- KVRAF
- 4634 posts since 25 Mar, 2006 from The city by the bay
A little anecdote, possibly apocryphal, about Feldman that was told to me by a composition professor once.shamann wrote:
- Give My Regards to Eighth Street by Morton Feldman
The collected writing of Morton Feldman including little bits of nothing, liner notes, essays. Really excellent.
Feldman is giving a seminar on composition and a young student asks him something along the lines of what advice he would give to someone starting out on the path to becoming a composer. Feldman's response: "Buy a comfortable chair."