Principles of Electronic Music Production

Principles of Electronic Music Production offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts that shape contemporary electronic music production, revealing it as a complex tradition.

Thomas Brett is a musician who has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of The Creative Electronic Music Producer (Routledge, 2021) and writes about music at brettworks.com.

Introduction; 1. Serendipities; 2. A Living Musical System (Alive at Many Levels at Once); 3. Attention and Attunement; 4. Minimalisms and Constraints; Interlude: AI in Electronic Music Production; 5. Sonics and Instruments; 6. Learning Producing and Building Tacit Knowledge; 7. Ambiences and Atmospheres; 8. Towards Dynamic Structures; 9. Iterating Towards a Quality Without a Name