Great Music Books
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Great Music Books
Hello folks,
What are some good music books out there? Here are some that I like:
Drum Machines - helped me understand drum machine programming: http://www.amazon.com/Drum-Programming- ... rogramming
General Guitar - a classic that is unmatched: https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Handbook- ... r+handbook
Synthesizer programming - dated but short/easy to help understand synthesizers: http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Synth ... ynthesizer
What are some good music books out there? Here are some that I like:
Drum Machines - helped me understand drum machine programming: http://www.amazon.com/Drum-Programming- ... rogramming
General Guitar - a classic that is unmatched: https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Handbook- ... r+handbook
Synthesizer programming - dated but short/easy to help understand synthesizers: http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Synth ... ynthesizer
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Re: Great Music Books
From my personal collection:
https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Proje ... r+projects
https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Synthesi ... ynthesizer
https://www.amazon.com/White-Line-Fever ... ords=lemmy
From my wish list:
https://reverb.com/item/343064-analog-m ... -brand-new
https://www.amazon.com/Analog-Days-Inve ... 733&sr=1-2
https://reverb.com/item/2019646-the-boo ... nge-velvet
https://www.amazon.com/Turquoise-Days-W ... e+bunnymen
https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Proje ... r+projects
https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Synthesi ... ynthesizer
https://www.amazon.com/White-Line-Fever ... ords=lemmy
From my wish list:
https://reverb.com/item/343064-analog-m ... -brand-new
https://www.amazon.com/Analog-Days-Inve ... 733&sr=1-2
https://reverb.com/item/2019646-the-boo ... nge-velvet
https://www.amazon.com/Turquoise-Days-W ... e+bunnymen
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Re: Great Music Books
I've had those on my wishlist at one time or another - interesting stuff
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Re: Great Music Books
I really love How Music Works by David Byrne. Very interesting discussion of a lot of different aspects of music.
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A birthday gift from a friend that I've found to be an entertaining read:
https://www.amazon.com/Recording-Unhing ... g+unhinged
https://www.amazon.com/Recording-Unhing ... g+unhinged
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his ted talk was goodmonkeydancer wrote:I really love How Music Works by David Byrne. Very interesting discussion of a lot of different aspects of music.
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I got this when I was a kid. Great book. Cute diagrams. It started me down the dark path.JereFuzz wrote:
General Guitar - a classic that is unmatched: https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Handbook- ... r+handbook
This is a great one: http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Books/Gui ... Guide.html
Tho I'd skip his making yr electric guitar play great book..
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The Zorn Arcana stuff. Also not necessarily instructional (well, maybe), but Please Kill Me usually gets me thinking 
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This is probably the 2nd guitar book I ever bought ... when I was a kid I would fanticize about owning all this different types of guitars in it - I would also pick up buyer' guides and drool over the jacksonsBoxbie wrote:I got this when I was a kid. Great book. Cute diagrams. It started me down the dark path.JereFuzz wrote:
General Guitar - a classic that is unmatched: https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Handbook- ... r+handbook
This is a great one: http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Books/Gui ... Guide.html
Tho I'd skip his making yr electric guitar play great book..
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I've been interested in checking that one out, what's it like?worra wrote:A birthday gift from a friend that I've found to be an entertaining read:
https://www.amazon.com/Recording-Unhing ... g+unhinged
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Did anyone mention this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feeding-Back-C ... 161374059X ?
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i like that one! also, this, which is basically a photography art book:Interstellar Burst wrote:Did anyone mention this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feeding-Back-C ... 161374059X ?
- must read for me

https://www.amazon.com/Instrument-Pat-G ... 0811874745
and if you want to get into the world of modern classical music, this book is great:

https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Noise-Liste ... bc?ie=UTF8
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Beethoven For A Later Age. Among other things about "the hang" if you're in a touring string quartet
