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Composing music is a joy and a gift, but making it pay can be a real challenge. The competition is fierce, and talent alone is not enough to make you stand out – you also must know what works and how to operate within the business. Now Brian Tarquin, an Emmy-winning composer/guitarist also experienced in ..
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This book teaches the basics of composing, recording, editing, mixing, and processing audio using the free Pro Tools | First software. Designed for the beginner in digital audio, Getting Started with Pro Tools | First: Audio Production Basics offers a first step for aspiring audio engineers, new media professionals, and anyone else seeking better results for their audio ..
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Today, musical composition for films is more popular than ever. In professional and academic spheres, media music study and practice are growing; undergraduate and postgraduate programs in media scoring are offered by dozens of major colleges and universities. And increasingly, pop and contemporary classical composers are expanding their reach into cinema and other forms of ..
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What distinguishes art from craft? Since the traditional answer skews utilitarian and hinges on an object’s ‘use value,’ musical instruments are typically grouped with the latter category. This is a grave oversight. In The Invisible Line: When Craft Becomes Art, seven West Coast artisans discuss their work and make the case for curatorial inclusion of instruments ..
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Although we live in an age of innovation and disruption, many folks are content using new technologies to consume rather than create-especially musicians. Case in point: for many guitarists, the notion of electronic enhancement starts at their instrument’s output jack (or mic) and ends at their amp. Such myopia comes at a price, as Guitar ..
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