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Loops and Grooves is an overview of the technology and art of making music with loops by a nationally recognized expert on music technology. The book surveys the fundamentals and evolution of loop-based composition and explores in depth the power of current groove-making technology. Loops and Grooves includes a special focus on loop-sequencing hardware, which hasn't been covered in book form before. The complete section on loop slicing software makes it easy to select and use the best loop sequencing programs. An extra bonus is a value added CD including audio examples and software demos. B/W photographs; Book/CD Pack; Paperback Original; May; Reference; World Rights. Todd Souvignier is the author of Computer Audio: The Complete Guide to Mac and Windows Music and Sound (Alfred Publishing), co-author of The Musician's Guide to the Internet, 2nd Edition (Hal Leonard) and a frequent contributor to Electronic Musician magazine. His writings have been featured in the pages of Mix and Guitar magazines. Souvignier is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Exploit Systems, Inc., a technology company that assists copyright owners in the peer-to-peer file sharing arena. As the former Vice President of Marketing for OSC and Arboretum Systems, Souvignier helped grow two groundbreaking music software startups and assisted in popularizing desktop hard disk recording and digital signal processing. He lives in New Orleans.

Fully authorized by Mackie Designs Inc., this book is for you! If you spend any time working with sound equipment for recording or live performance, you'll be involved with mixing and mixers. This book walks you through the concepts and features common to all compact mixers so you can get the most from these very flexible audio tools. Covers the basics, easy-to-read diagrams, hooking things up, real world applications, mixing tips, advanced signal routing, and under the hood advice for the Mackie VLZ, VLZ-PRO, SR, CFX, PPM and now DFX-series mixers. Certified 100% math-free and musician-friendly!

Owning and operating a recording studio presents the same challenges faced by other businesses. Successful recording studio owner Tom Volinchak reveals the ins and outs of how to turn your musical passion into a profitable venture. In this enlightening book, he covers in detail: sales and marketing techniques; promotional tools; adding value to your business; finding new business; making your studio demo; equipment tips; studio profiles; resource listings; and much more. If recording means more than a hobby to you, get this book - it'll pay for itself in spades. - Lorenz Rychner, Editor, Recording magazine

This newly updated book is an invaluable resource for the musician or aspiring musician who lives outside the major music business markets. The author has lived in New York, Los Angeles, Denver, and Portland, Oregon, and he details the differences in strategies that a musician can use to make a living outside the mainstream music marketplaces. This book shows you how to expand and develop your skills as a musician and composer right in your own backyard. It explores topics relevant to musicians on every level: Why should a band have an agreement? How can you determine whether a personal manager is right for you? Are contests worth entering? What trade publications are the most useful? Why copyright your songs?

Look who's having the best time ... THE MUSIC TEACHER! This comprehensive time-management resource book for the music specialist can help you stay fresh and on top of things even with back-to-back music classes. Based on years of classroom experience, the author shares her philosophy of helping students learn HOW to learn. There are literally dozens of ideas to help you FIND time, STRETCH time, SAVE time, and MAKE more time to meet all your instructional goals. This book will place the magic wand that casts the magic spell of musical learning into your hand. The book is divided into 12 sections to help you achieve maximum student response in minimum lesson time. You can make each minute count by choosing and adapting musical activities that appeal to your own teaching situation. Topics include: Attitude and Atmosphere, Classroom Management and Discipline, Incredibly Successful Teaching Strategies, Attention Grabbers, Hello and Goodbye (Personalizing Your Music Class), Musical Warm-Ups (Mind-Body-Voice), Introducing and Digesting New Songs, Musical Learning Outcomes (Assessment Methods), Making the Music Room Our Own, Beyond the Music Room (Public Relations), Awards, Forms Documents and More! For all ages.

Electronic Musician Associate Editor Gino Robair shows you the essential steps for making a demo tape. He teaches you how to target your audience, put together a gear checklist, and prepare a room for recording, with info on choosing and using a mixer, power amps, patch bays and mics. Other topics include: analog vs. digital; demo formats (CD-R, DAT and cassette); home studio maintenance techniques; and the fundamentals of multitracking, overdubbing, track bouncing, dynamics processing, and recording instruments. Robair also covers what to do when your ultimate demo's in the can, covering: Demo Shopping 101, stalking the deal makers, press kit etiquette, lawyers, A&R reps, managers, self-publishing, starting your own label, and more!

Mr. Maestro will get all of your students involved in recognizing range, direction, movement, rhythm and tonality with this fun version of bingo. Appropriate for both beginning and intermediate levels of note-reading, the recording includes 24 short pentatonic music examples, diatonic melodies and even some altered tones. These melodic fragments are in 3 different game sequences so you can play the game again and again. Available: game/cassette pak, game/CD pak, replacement cassette and replacement CD. For all ages.

Like the Hal Leonard Rhythm Flashcard Kit, this innovative kit by master teacher Cheryl Lavender extends the learning into melody patterns and likewise provides motivation, stimulation, and practice for your students in a fun whole-class or cooperative learning situation. The melodic patterns are sequenced by difficulty (S-M and S-M-L, the pentatonic scale and the diatonic scale) and each of the 48 cards features a common melodic pattern. But the greatest benefit of this fun and practical approach to learning is that both sides of the cards are laminated for durability and for use with wipe-away dry erase markers. Side 2 of each card features a blank staff, so that you can create your own melodic patterns for students to read, or for the students to use in learning to write notes and intervals, melodic dictation, and even their own songs. This classroom-tested kit comes complete with a wealth of ideas in the easy-to-use instruction booklet all enclosed in the handy cover wrap. Whether you use the ideas suggested or let it be a springboard to your own creativity, you may never have to cut up poster board again! For Grades 3-8.

Here's your complete guide to using MIDI synthesizers, samplers, soundcards, sequencers, computers and more! The MIDI Companion shows how a MIDI system or systems for a wide range of situations can be assembled quickly, easily and trouble-free. Describes how to synchronize MIDI sequencers, drum machines, multitrack equipment, SMPTE-based equipment, and other MIDI instruments. Describes each and every MIDI code and the techniques used in transmitting these codes between various MIDI devices. Explains how to get the most out of any musical situation that calls for the use of synthesizers and electronic musical instruments. This totally new edition includes more information on the actual applications and musical uses for MIDI. A complete chapter devoted to General MIDI, plus the charts for GM sounds. Two additional new chapters on The MIDI Studio and MIDI And The Personal Computer. New diagrams, updated diagrams, new graphics. Profusely illustrated with pictures, photographs and diagrams, and also includes a detailed glossary.