For all guitarists, the quest to finding the guitar tone you hear in your head and then recording it is a never-ending journey. The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook is your definitive guide to discovering that great, elusive guitar sound and making sure it's recorded well. This book features a series of interviews with expert players, guitar technicians, recording engineers, record producers, and gear manufacturers to give you an inside look into the business of guitar tone. The included DVD provides both audio and visual reference points to help you achieve the classic sounds you hear on records.

The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Creating and Recording Great Guitar Sounds

Arts & Photography

Bobby Owsinski

Rich Tozzoli

Music

Alfred Music

Learn the studio building secrets that only the pros know with The Studio Builder's Handbook. You might think it takes thousands of dollars and the services of an acoustic designer to improve your studio, but this book strips away the mystery of what makes a great-sounding studio and shows how you can make a huge difference even on a budget. Featuring interviews with contractors, studio designers, producers, and engineers, this book and video kit will give you an insider look at studio building. The video shows you how to construct acoustic panels and bass traps, and features a detailed, guided tour of a professional studio.

The Studio Builder's Handbook: How to Improve the Sound of Your Studio on Any Budget, Book & Online Video/PDFs

Dennis Moody

Secrets of the top recording engineers revealed at mixdown! Learn the evolution of mixing, regional mixing styles, the six elements of a mix, rules for arrangements and principles of building your mix! Learn the secrets of EQ and "magic frequencies" along with adding effects, EQ'ing reverbs, sonic layering of effects, calculating the delay time and much more! This book extensively covers stereo mixing with an expansive chapter on mixing in 5.1 surround. Plus, it includes an incredible third section filled with interviews with the top engineers in the field such as George Massenburg, Allen Sides, Bruce Swedien and over a dozen more!

The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook

Mix Books

Bobby Owsinski's The Recording Engineer's Handbook has become a music industry standard, and this fully updated fourth edition once again offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the art of audio recording. Written with special emphasis on today's technology and the evolving marketplace, The Recording Engineer's Handbook Fourth Edition includes a complete overview of recording as it's done by most musicians and producers today in their home studios. In the book's first section, you'll learn everything from how microphones work to specific techniques for recording drums, individual instruments, vocals and much more. In the second section you'll benefit from the wisdom and down-to-earth practical advice offered by a host recording professionals including all-time greats like Al Schmitt, Eddie Kramer, Frank Filipetti and many other others. Topics covered include: <ul>
<li>An overview of recording elements, including microphones, preamps, compressors and DAWs</li> <li>Recording techniques and placement guidance for just about any musical instrument or vocal</li> <li>Prepping and recording drums and percussion</li> <li>Basic tracking and overdub advice and strategies, and stereo and immersive audio recording techniques</li> <li>Interviews with some of the world's best hit-making engineers, and much more </li> </ul>
Learn the art of recording with renowned author, teacher, producer and engineer Bobby Owsinski, and, in the interviews, explore the creative processes behind not only today's hits but the classic cuts we've enjoyed for years. See for yourself why The Recording Engineer's Handbook, Fourth Edition is the book that's a standard text in college courses all over the world.

The Recording Engineer's Handbook 4th Edition

Bobby Owsinski Media Group

Audio mastering is the final step in the audio production process, polishing the recording's final mix and prepping it for release and distribution. This fourth edition of Bobby Owsinski's classic The Mastering Engineer's Handbook is a thoroughly updated and comprehensive manual on the art and science of creating well-mastered recordings. Today's musicians and engineers have many high quality and low cost software-based mastering tools available to them, but the challenge is to understand those tools and learn to use them wisely. Redesigned and updated to reflect both the latest in technology and recent changes in the marketplace, this new edition shows you both the fundamentals, and the advanced aspects of both self-mastering, and prepping your mix for mastering by a pro. Topics covered include: <ul>
<li>Techniques for making a hot-level master</li> <li>A comprehensive look at mastering for vinyl including the format's latest technology improvements</li> <li>Mastering techniques for the best sounding online streams</li> <li>An overview of the tools required for successful self-mastering </li> </ul>
The book also features interviews with a number of legendary mastering engineers discussing their techniques and tips that will help you master your own music with style and technical know-how. Give your music the benefit of the expertise you'll find with The Mastering Engineer's Handbook, Fourth Edition.

The Mastering Engineer's Handbook 4th Edition

Secrets of the top mixing engineers are revealed in this second edition of the bestselling Mixing Engineer's Handbook. In this edition, you will learn about the history and evolution of mixing, various mixing styles, the six elements of a mix, the rules for arrangement and how they impact your mix, where to build your mix from, and mixing tips and tricks for every genre of music. You will also learn the secrets of EQ and the "magic frequencies," along with tips and tricks for adding effects, EQ'ing reverbs, effects layering, calculating the delay time, and much more. A lot has changed in the recording industry since the last edition was published seven years ago, so the new edition provides completely updated information on tips for a loud mix, hypercompression, mixing for Internet distribution, warning signs of an amateur mix, MP3 encoding, streaming audio, audio codecs, de-essing, gating, surround sound mixing, and more. There is also a completely new chapter on how to get the most from mixing inside your computer, as well as a new section on the bass/drum relationship and how to make this difficult part of the mix easy. The book wraps up with insightful interviews with the top engineers in the field, including George Massenburg, Allen Sides, Bruce Swedien, Elliot Scheiner, Andy Johns, Nathanial Kunkel, and several others. Join the tens of thousands of engineers who have used this book to master the art of mixing.

The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, Second Edition

Humor & Entertainment

Thomson/Course Technology

Stop the confusion about how to use social media to promote your band, your music, and yourself with the Second Edition of Social Media Promotion For Musicians. This completely revised and updated book reveals a host of online insider tips and techniques that will help you gain more fans and followers, increase your views and streams, and grow your ticket and merch sales.
If you're an artist, band, engineer, producer or songwriter, Social Media Promotion for Musician Second Edition provides the latest techniques and strategies to increase your online presence on all the important platforms more effectively and efficiently than you ever thought possible.
You'll Discover: <ul>
<li>How to maximize your online exposure to increase your fan base</li> <li>How to have more time for creating by saving at least an hour each day on social media posting, and with better results</li> <li>Exclusive Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter promotional tips that will boost your streams, views and followers</li> <li>How to uncover and develop your personal or band's brand</li> <li>The secret behind successful posts and tweets for maximum engagement</li> <li>Which social media platforms require your attention now and which can wait</li> <li>How to get placement on Spotify and Apple Music playlists</li> <li>And much more!</li> </ul>
Social Media Promotion For Musicians Second Edition covers how to promote yourself on the following platforms: Facebook Websites YouTube Newsletters Instagram Blogs Twitter Playlists Even LinkedIn

Social Media Promotion For Musicians - Second Edition: The Manual For Marketing Yourself@@ Your Band and Your Music Online

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