The Creative Electronic Music Producer

The Creative Electronic Music Producer examines the creative processes of electronic music production, from idea discovery and perception to the power of improvising, editing, effects processing, and sound design. Featuring case studies from across the globe on musical systems and workflows used in the production process, this book highlights how to pursue creative breakthroughs through exploration, trial and error tinkering, recombination, and transformation. The Creative Electronic Music Producer maps production's enchanting pathways in a way that will fascinate and inspire students of electronic music production, professionals already working in the industry, and hobbyists.

Thomas Brett is an electronic music producer, with a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. His essays and book reviews have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, and Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. He has released numerous electronic music recordings and his compositions for marimba and vibraphone have been performed internationally by soloists and university ensembles. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

About the Author List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Electronic music production as infinite game Chapter 1. Electronic music production, the producer, and the enchanted DAW Chapter 2. Musical systems and production workflows Chapter 3. The Faintest Traces: beginnings, approaches, improvising, and being lost Chapter 4. Subliminal Feeling: presets and sound design Interlude: YouTube electronic music production tutorials Chapter 5. Timekeeping Ways: rhythm programming Chapter 6. Folding Back In: production disruptions Chapter 7. Levels of Detail: editing Chapter 8. Conjuring: arranging and mixing Conclusion: The push forward References Suggested Listening Index