BOOK: Electronic Dance Music Programming Secrets???

lesterdiamond · Post by **lesterdiamond** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:15 pm

Has anyone read this? The thing about it that caught my eye is that it is 60.00 us

I'm thinking that that there may be some good stuff in here, why the book is so much maybe? If any of y'all have any good rec's related to audio or music I'd like to check em out.

http://www.amazon.com/Electronica-Dance ... F8&s=books[/img]

robbmasters · Post by **robbmasters** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:20 pm

It's all right. I've got a copy - and a copy of its predecessor "Dance Music Programming Secrets", which is quite similar.

Probably good for beginners who want to know how to make house, big beat, trance, etc.

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:23 pm

It' a European book so they may be charging extra to import it.

It looks like it was last updated. Probably a lot of good information but a lot has changed in 7 years as well.

I found a site that lists it cheaper.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchR ... 6966&nsa=1

lesterdiamond · Post by **lesterdiamond** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:36 pm

yeah thats the thing with most electronic music books, 7 years old is a long time for electronic music. I have the "Dance Music Manual" and it is a little tiresome when you run into sections of in depth explanations of things you no longer have to worry about.

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:38 pm

lesterdiamond wrote:yeah thats the thing with most electronic music books, 7 years old is a long time for electronic music. I have the "Dance Music Manual" and it is a little tiresome when you run into sections of in depth explanations of things you no longer have to worry about.

Yeah like a whole section dedicated to trance

muscleandhate · Post by **muscleandhate** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:43 pm

kennerb wrote:
lesterdiamond wrote:yeah thats the thing with most electronic music books, 7 years old is a long time for electronic music. I have the "Dance Music Manual" and it is a little tiresome when you run into sections of in depth explanations of things you no longer have to worry about.
Yeah like a whole section dedicated to trance

Hurrah for progress!

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:22 pm

that book is very dated - i had it 2 years ago - didnt learn much from it at all - best kept next to the toilet for quick info bursts. honestly you dont need books like that , google is what you need - KVRs music production forum, dogs on acid and this forum pretty much taught me everythign i know, al i did was practise and put into effect what id read about.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:27 pm

That book isn't very good at all. On the other hand, the Dance Music Manual IS pretty good.

pax · Post by **pax** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:31 pm

It's okay. Not really great.

http://www.sound.org/
I'd go with the Waves plugin tutorial books. They were much more hands on, even though I'm not a big fan of waves plugins you can use the techniques with any setup.

kramerica · Post by **kramerica** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:00 pm

What about a simple guide on programming beats for d/f genres and how to get the right samples/sounds for each drum hit?

lesterdiamond · Post by **lesterdiamond** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:03 pm

I'm looking for something that reads fairly easily, not written overly technical

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:06 pm

get the ravenspiral guide - its also free.
as for finding the right hits - use your lugs