Reddit reviews Composition for Computer Musicians
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Reddit reviews Composition for Computer MusiciansWe found 12 Reddit comments about Composition for Computer Musicians. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio - http://www.amazon.com/Mixing-Secrets-Small-Studio-Senior/dp/0240815807
Sound on Sound Synth Secrets - http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm
Music Theory for Computer Musicians - http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Computer-Musicians-Michael-Hewitt/dp/1598635034
Composition for Computer Musicians - http://www.amazon.com/Composition-Computer-Musicians-Michael-Hewitt/dp/1598638610
Harmony for Computer Musicians - http://www.amazon.com/Harmony-Computer-Musicians-Michael-Hewitt/dp/1435456726/
Dance Music Manual - http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Music-Manual-Tools-Techniques/dp/0415825644
Also all of the manuals for whatever daw/vsts you have.
Composition for Computer Musicians - same guy. It's a pretty obvious cash-in on newbies.
> BTW, that wiki song structure article is a mess
Agreed. I linked to that wiki article without even really looking. Personally, I like the following books that go into a lot more detail in regards to production and EDM:
All the above are solid books.
I'd that https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1435456726/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_of_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4J9JHHY159DKP3FRKH35 and https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1598638610/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_of_10?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4J9JHHY159DKP3FRKH35 are great too.
You might want to check this book out. It's really helping me a lot in deciding how to fill the different roles in my songs. My other advice is to let the machine lead more. Experiment, make weird sounds. A lot of what I end up using are happy accidents
this, this and this are said to be pretty good and are on my "to buy" list as well. Just took a short look at one of them at a friend's house a while ago and seems to be pretty well written.
Also: AFAIK written by a redditor. ;)
https://www.amazon.com/Composition-Computer-Musicians-Michael-Hewitt/dp/1598638610
this is a general production book, but the first few chapters have some really good tips on drum programming. I learned a ton from it already and I thought I already knew a fair bit about drum programming.
The most important thing I read was to watch a real drummer and program your drums realistically. Watch a real drummer and realize how many hands they have and think about that as you write.
He also talks about how to make a loop and then how to extend that loop to work for 4 bars, 8 bars, and 16. Really good stuff.
You forgot the most relevant book by that author to this thread: Composition for Computer Musicians
Jake Perrine wrote three books on Ableton, if you already know the ins and outs of the daw's interface and what not then the other two aren't the most useful, although they do contain some amazing workflow tips and what not, but I'd recommend picking this up http://www.amazon.ca/Sound-Design-Mixing-Mastering-Ableton/dp/1480355119 . It's great for Ableton specific Mixing and Mastering.
Also, another series of books that are fantastic for continuing music training are these ones. http://www.amazon.ca/Composition-Computer-Musicians-Michael-Hewitt/dp/1598638610
They are a little less about production and more about composition, harmony and theory but very well written and informative.
Check out Composition For Computer Musicians.
It has a few chapters on drum programming, as wel as adding swing, groove and fills.
Hey,
I had the same question very recently and realized that I just need to learn some of music theory, not sure how deep I'm going to dig into it, but so my resources so far:
Some of the videos from youtube, together with relevant chapters fromthe book already helped me understanding some of music theory basics I never happened to learn before.
Next planned books, if I'll keep on being interested:
Hope that helps!
This book has several sections dedicated to writing drums.
http://www.amazon.com/Composition-Computer-Musicians-Michael-Hewitt/dp/1598638610