Live Electronic Music : Composition, Performance, Study



English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138022608 | 359 Pages | 15 MB

During the twentieth century, electronic technology enabled the explosive development of new tools for the production, performance, dissemination and conservation of music. The era of the mechanical reproduction of music has, rather ironically, opened up new perspectives, which have contributed to the revitalisation of the performer’s role and the concept of music as performance. This book examines questions related to music that cannot be set in conventional notation, reporting and reflecting on current research and creative practice primarily in live electronic music. It studies compositions for which the musical text is problematic, that is, non-existent, incomplete, insufficiently precise or transmitted in a nontraditional format. Thus, at the core of this project is an absence. The objects of study lack a reliably precise graphical representation of the work as the composer or the composer/performer conceived or imagined it. How do we compose, perform and study music that cannot be set in conventional notation? The authors of this book examine this problem from the complementary perspectives of the composer, the performer, the musical assistant, the audio engineer, the computer scientist and the musicologist.

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Links update: 18/11/2023

This volume examines the global influence and impact of DIY cultural practice as this informs the production, performance and consumption of underground music in different parts of the world. The book brings together a series of original studies of DIY musical activities in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Oceania. The chapters combine insights from established academic writers with the work of younger scholars, some of whom are directly engaged in contemporary underground music scenes.

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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education : Perspectives and Practices



English | 2019 | ISBN: 1350049417 | 505 Pages | PDF | 6 MB

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Educationdraws together current thinking and practice on popular music education from empirical, ethnographic, sociological and philosophical perspectives. Through a series of unique chapters from authors working at the forefront of music education, this book explores the ways in which an international group of music educators each approach popular music education. Chapters discuss pedagogies from across the spectrum of formal to informal learning, including “outside” and “other” perspectives that provide insight into the myriad ways in which popular music education is developed and implemented. The book is organized into the following sections:

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Hip Hop Around the World : An Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]



English | 2019 | ISBN: 0313357587 | 945 Pages | PDF | 30 MB

This set covers all aspects of international hip hop as expressed through music, art, fashion, dance, and political activity.

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Groove3 MODO Drum Explained TUTORiAL



SYNTHiC4TE | 215 MB

Eli Krantzberg brings you in-depth IK Multimedia MODO Drum videos! Learn MODO Drum inside and out, including how to make your first drum part. These MODO Drum tutorials are for those just starting out with the MODO Drum virtual instrument, as well as intermediate MODO Drum users.

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Links update: 07/10/2025

Why do rap MCs present their studio recorded lyrics as “live and direct”? Why do they so insistently define abilities or actions, theirs or someone else’s, against a pre-existing signifier? This book examines the compositional practice of rap lyricists and offers compelling answers to these questions. Through a 40 year-span analysis of the music, it argues that whether through the privileging of chanted call-and-response phrases or through rhetorical strategies meant to assist in getting one’s listening audience open, the focus of the first rap MCs on community building and successful performer-audience cooperation has remained prevalent on rap records with lyrics and production techniques encouraging the listener to become physically and emotionally involved in recorded performances.

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Music, Myth and Story in Medieval and Early Modern Culture



2019 | ISBN: 9781783273713 | 280 pages | PDF | English | 26 MB

Myths and stories offer a window onto medieval and early modern musical culture. Far from merely offering material for musical settings, authoritative tales from classical mythology, ancient history and the Bible were treated as foundations for musical knowledge. Such myths were cited in support of arguments about the uses, effects, morality and preferred styles of music in sources as diverse as theoretical treatises, defences or critiques of music, art, sermons, educational literature and books of moral conduct. Newly written literary stories too were believed capable of moral instruction and influence, and were a medium through which ideas about music could be both explored and transmitted. How authors interpreted and weaved together these traditional stories, or created their own, reveals much about changing attitudes across the period.

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CreativeLive Robert Lang Studios Songwriting Class with Rocky Votolato and Kris Orlowski TUTORiAL



FANTASTiC | 2.15 GB

Learn Songwriting From Two Of The Northwest's Most Respected Songwriters At The Legendary Robert Lang Studios

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Links update: 04/07/2020

Want to produce professional quality music and audio using Logic Pro X?

UPDATED FOR VERSION 10.4

By the end of this course, you will be able to use every feature of Logic Pro X with confidence. This will allow you to quickly and easily write, edit, mix and produce great music that sounds professional, polished and impressive.

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Links update: 20/01/2025

Learn advanced techniques in Sibelius Ultimate, the powerful and flexible music notation software used around the world by music professionals, educators, and hobbyists. In a course designed for Sibelius users who are ready to take their printed music to the next level, instructor Jenny Amaya covers advanced techniques including additional note input methods, chord symbols, and playback capabilities, with the goal of producing a quality lead sheet.

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Links update: 03/03/2021

Recording drums is not an easy task! Learn the skills and techniques needed to mic, record, and mix pro-sounding drums with Avid’s Pro Tools in this advanced course, by audio engineer and Pro Tools expert Joshua Carney.

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Links update: 04/10/2020

Hello and welcome to Learn to Play the Drums, a top seller on Udemy by Billy Baker - Top 10% instructor on Udemy. If you've always wanted to learn the drums this course is for you. Enrol now and I'll see you on the inside!

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Udemy Achieve a Perfect SENSE OF RHYTHM; Course for All Musicians TUTORiAL



P2P | 3.37 GB

Play Everything with a Rock-Solid Sense of Time; Learn how to GROOVE with Songs; CONNECT with the Rhythm Section.

This course will be the single biggest improvement to the bottom line of your musicianship: how you sound like, and how fun it is to listen to you. (And for other musicians - how fun it is to play with you)

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Piano Music Book of Bach Classics for Beginners



English | 2019 | ISBN: 0578576538 | 119 Pages | PDF | 46.5 MB

This book and streaming video course is all that you will ever need for getting started playing the most famous and cherished piano classics by J.S. Bach and the great composers of the Baroque Period, like Pachelbel, Handel, Vivaldi, and Purcell!

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Links update: 24/08/2020

Reveal Sound’s soft synth Spire has quickly become a standard in the plugin collection of most aspiring producers, with its powerful feature set and impressive audio quality allowing the creation of a huge range of desirable sounds. In this 3-hour course from Producertech senior tutor Rob Jones, you’ll be taken through every section of the plugin interface and shown a multitude of techniques for designing a variety of different patches.

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