Books give an overview of a subject and provide information on core concepts and theories. This makes them a good starting point for your assignments. Core books for your subject will be listed on your module reading list. If you have an online reading list on Blackboard or another learning environment, this will show you the copies of the book available from the library. You can also find books by searching FINDit, the Library search engine.
You can browse the collection using the shelfmarks below:
| 004.6 | Computer networks |
| 006.5 | Computer sound processing |
| 306.4842 | Music and culture |
| 394.2068 | Events management |
| 621.3828 | Audio systems engineering |
| 621.3893 | Sound recording |
| 780.1 | Music theory |
| 780.263 | Songbooks |
| 780.68 | Music business / industry |
| 780.72 | Musicology / music research |
| 780.89 | Ethnomusicology |
| 780.9 | Music history |
| 781 | Music theory |
| 781.64 | Popular music |
| 782.42 | Songwriting |
| 792.023 | Stage management |
| 792.0232 | Performance - Production and direction |
| 792.024 | Performance - Sound |
| 792.025 | Performance - Lighting / Set design |
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The field of music production has for many years been regarded as male-dominated. Despite growing acknowledgement of this fact, and some evidence of diversification, it is clear that gender representation on the whole remains quite unbalanced. Ground-breaking in its synthesis of perspectives, Gender in Music Production offers a broadly considered and thought-provoking resource for professionals, students, and researchers working in the field of music production today.
Recording Analysis: How the Record Shapes the Song identifies and explains how the sounds imparted by recording processes enhance the artistry and expression of recorded songs. The book explores a broad array of records, evaluating the music, lyrics, social context, literary content and meaning, and offers detailed analyses of recording elements as they appear in a wide variety of tracks. An essential read for students and academics, as well as practitioners, in the fields of record production, song-writing and popular music.
Replete with interviews with key practitioners (both in the book and online) will give up-to-date information on the techniques, forms and concepts used by leading figures in contemporary Live Visuals.
The relationship between popular music and consumer brands has never been so cosy. Product placement abounds in music videos, popular music provides the soundtrack to countless commercials, social media platforms offer musicians tools for perpetual promotion, and corporate-sponsored competitions lure aspiring musicians to vie for exposure. Activities that once attracted charges of ‘selling out’ are now considered savvy, or even ordinary, strategies for artists to be heard and make a living.
Our day-to-day musical enjoyment seems so simple, so easy, so automatic. Songs instantly emanate from our computers and phones, at any time of day. The tools for playing and making music, such as records and guitars, wait for us in stores, ready for purchase and use. And when we no longer need them, we can leave them at the curb, where they disappear effortlessly and without a trace. This book provides a concerted archaeology of music's media infrastructures. As contributors reveal the material-environmental realities and political-economic conditions of music and listening, they open our eyes to the hidden dimensions of how music is made, delivered, and disposed of.
The music industries are fuelled by statistics: sales targets, breakeven points, success ratios, royalty splits, website hits, ticket revenues, listener figures, piracy abuses, and big data. Music industry statistics are pervasive, but despite this ubiquity they are underexplored. This book offers a corrective by providing new ways by which to learn music by numbers.
First published in 2004, Chris Hannam’s major work has been substantially expanded and totally revised to include chapters on all of the legal frameworks for machinery, fire safety, work equipment, employers liability, PPE, working at height, special effects, temporary structures, COSHH, traffic management, working time regulations and more.
What “live music” means for one generation or culture does not necessarily mean “live” for another. Considering established examples of live music, such as music festivals, alongside less obvious and hybridised forms, including live streaming and holograms, the book examines whether new forms stand the test of “live authenticity” for their audiences. It also speculates how live music might develop in the future, its relationship to recorded music and mediated performance, and how it will affect dominant business models in the popular music industry.
Undergraduate Research in Music: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills, with examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas of music study. Undergraduate research has become a common degree requirement in some disciplines and is growing rapidly. Many undergraduate activities in music have components that could be combined into compelling undergraduate research projects, either in the required curriculum, as part of existing courses, or in capstone courses centered on undergraduate research.
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