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Rhythm Science, by Paul D. Miller, AKA DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, is a fascinating and challenging book. It explores ideas about Rhythm Science - the creation of art from the flow of patterns in culture.

Advanced Audio Effects in GarageBand

2/2/2005

In this article, author Jeff Tolbert shares some creative Garageband effects techniques.

GarageBand Tips and Tricks

8/21/2004

Apple GarageBand is one of the hottest new music applications in years. In this article, author Jeff Tolbert shares his secrets for being more creative and productive in GarageBand. Many of these suggestions are taken from his 68-page electronic book, Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand .

Electro-Acoustic Music

7/9/2004

Electro-acoustic music is a term used to describe a broad range of modern classical electronic music. It often explores the interaction of natural and electronically generated sounds and effects.

Tony Verderosa - The Techno Primer

4/17/2004

The Techno Primer is an excellent introduction to techno styles and technology. The author, Tony Verderosa, performs a one-man live techno/remix act, known as VFX, and obviously knows his topic. The book comes with a multimedia CD that has examples of many techno styles, along with some video clips of the author performing and demo versions of some music software.

Eric Tamm - Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound

3/28/2004

With this book, Eric Tamm takes one of the deepest looks ever put to paper about an electronic musician.

Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments

3/25/2004

This book is an excellent introduction to the world of software synthesizers by long-time Keyboard columnist Jim Aikin. For anyone new to computer-based synthesis, this book will provide a basic understanding of the ideas of software synthesis. It also reviews many of the most popular software synthesizers.

Sound Synthesis and Sampling

3/25/2004

This 1997 release by Martin Russ is one of the best introductions to synthesis and sampling in print. It discusses both analog and digital synthesis concepts and sampling in a fairly non-technical fashion, making it a great way to expand your understanding of synthesizers.

Electronic Music Pioneers

3/25/2004

Electronic Music Pioneers, a book by Ben Kettlewell, is a popular history of electronic music. Kettlewell covers the highlights of recent electronic music history, and does it in an easy-to-read fashion.

Mark Prendergast - The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby - The Evolution in Sound in the Electronic Age

3/18/2004

This sprawling book traces the development of ambient music over the past 100 years, from composers like Mahler and Satie, to current musicians like Moby and Aphex Twin. It covers a huge amount of territory, and serves as an easy introduction to many of the significant composers and musicians of the twentieth century.

Modular Analog Synthesizers Return!

3/15/2004

Modular analog synthesizers may seem like dinosaurs in this age of virtual instruments and computer-based music. In reality, modular synthesis has experienced a renaissance in the last few years. The Internet has made possible communities of interest to build around modular synthesizer manufacturers, and connected manufacturers with willing buyers. As a result, a new golden age of modular analog equipment is emerging, where the hands-on immediacy of big modular equipment is combined with reliability and repeatability of modern electronics.

Techno Music Reviews Index

3/10/2004

Recent reviews of Techno Music.

Music Software News

3/10/2004

Recent music software news from Synthtopia.

Download Bittorrent and Install

3/6/2004

Bittorrent is a P2P file-sharing tool that is generating a lot of interest. Here is what you need to know to download and install the latest version of it.

Apple GarageBand Resources

3/3/2004

Apple GarageBand is one of the most popular applications released in the last few years. This is a guide to the resources available for GarageBand users.

Symphonic Electronica

2/20/2004

This style grows out of the tradition of classical orchestral music and features synthetic orchestration. It often features melodies and harmonies that are neo-romantic in style.

House Music

1/26/2004

House music retains much of the heavy regular beat of disco, but tends to be more electronic, with drum machine rhythms and synthesized basses. The music is song based, and draws on a variety of influences, including Latin, jazz, soul, gospel and reggae.

Dark Ambient Music

1/26/2004

Dark ambient music explores the experimental fringes of ambient music, often using ambient sounds to create an unsettling or even scary soundscape.

Free Pop-Up Blocker Download

1/21/2004

Pop-up ads are completely out of control. When you go to small web sites, they pop up so many windows that your computer goes haywire. Even the big web sites are going popup ad crazy. Fortunately, Google and Amazon worked together to create a pop-up blocker, that you can download for free, that completely eliminates the pain of pop-ups.

Electronica Styles

1/15/2004

Sometimes it seems like there is a style of electronica for every day of the year. March 21st? Must be French Ambient Techno day! Here is a guide to some of the popular styles of electronic music.

25 Years of Ambient Music

1/11/2004

In 1978, Brian Eno released an album of music titled Ambient 1: Music for Airports. It got little attention at the time, and many that heard it were put off by the lack of any songs or melodies. In the twenty five years since Music for Airports, ambient music has gained an audience, and influenced a generation of musicians.

New Age Music

1/10/2004

If you are looking for music that is contemplative, spiritual, and reflective, music that focuses on satisfying your needs, rather than the ego of a musician, new age music explores new sonic territory.

Ambient Music

1/9/2004

Starting in 1978, Brian Eno started creating music that would support reflection and thinking. He did this by making music that was beautiful, but that did not demand your attention. With Music for Airports, Eno created a new style of music, ambient.

Techno Music

1/8/2004

Techno music is the sound of the future, and comes from musicians abusing drum machines and synthesizers in ways their creators never imagined.

Electronic Music Projects for Musicians

1/6/2004

No writer has done a better job of covering the do-it-yourself side of electronic music than Craig Anderton. He has written about everything from soldering cables to patching virtual synthesizers. Electronic Projects for Musicians is a must-read for anyone interested in DIY electronic music instruments.

Trance Music

1/3/2004

The trance style of electronic music covers a lot of ground, including straight-ahead dance music and more experimental electronica.

All Music Guide to Electronica

1/3/2004

At 700 pages, this book is biblical in scale. While it does not qualify as being the electronica bible, it looks at enough artists that any electronic music fan is sure to find some new musicians to check out.

Free MP3 Music Downloads

12/23/2003

Download free electronica music from these sites that offer legitimate free mp3 downloads to promote their artists.

Vintage Synthesizers, 2nd Edition

12/17/2003

Vail's Vintage Synthesizers is the place to start if you want to learn more about vintage synths. If you are interested in buying older synths, this book will make you a better shopper. If you are a musician, this book will help you understand the instruments behind the music, and also how the instruments shaped the sounds of their times. For anyone interested in electronic music, this book is a must-have!

The Mellotron Book

12/4/2003

Back before samplers made the scene in the 80's, the Mellotron ruled as a source of "lifelike" playback of prerecorded sounds. The Mellotron Book takes you back to the early days of sampling, and explores the unique qualities of this strange instrument.

Audiopad - An Experimental Electronic Music Interface

11/30/2003

Out of MIT comes a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music.

Modulations: A History of Electronic Music - Throbbing Words on Sound

11/27/2003

Modulations serves as a good introduction to the various genres of modern dance electronica. It is stylishly put together, and includes many great photos that give you a feel for the musicians and the scene they were making music for.

Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer

11/27/2003

The book is tough to put down.

It's an accurate history the synthesizer, but even more, it's a picture of the people and times that gave birth it.

It gives you a feel for the times, and lets you understand why the early synthesizers would have seemed so trippy to the people of the 60's.

This book is a must-buy for any synth-fan or electronic music lover.

Recent Electronica News

Brian Eno To Score Spore

1/16/2007

Brian Eno is reported to be working on the soundtrack for the Will Wright video game, Spore.

Ueberschall Intros Scoretrax Royalty-Free Music Library

1/14/2007

Ueberschall has announced the release of SCORETRAX, a royalty free music library for Video, Film, Flash, TV, Advertising, Animation, Games, Music on hold, Multimedia, Education, Broadcast and Website Producers.

Ueberschall Intros Liquid Trumpet

1/14/2007

Ueberschall Liquid Trumpets are loop-based construction kits (480 licks) adding over 1000 add-on licks and phrases (jazz, funk, pop, soul, afro cuban, buena vista, bebop and electronica).

Electronica News Index

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