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Take Control of iCloudby Joe Kissell
TidBITS 2011; US$ 15.00Take Control of iCloud will teach you how to handle many aspects of iCloud, including: iCloud Web site: Learn what you can and can't do in iCloud's Web-based interface for Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Find My iPhone, and iWork documents. iTunes in the Cloud: Learn how to turn on automatic downloads so nearly anything you buy from Apple -- music, apps, and ebooks, though not TV shows or movies -- appears on all your devices. You'll also learn how to re-download previously purchased items (including TV shows, for those with accounts in the U.S. iTunes Store). iCloud Backup: Find out what data on your iOS device backs up, how to handle your backup, and -- most importantly -- how to restore your backup after a problem! Photo Stream:... more...
Mix Smartby Alex Case
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 34.95After you've recorded the perfect song, you're only halfway there! Mixing is where the magic really happens and getting the perfect mix is a challenge. One of the most elusive arts of the recording practice, mixing can take a lifetime to master - this handbook jump-starts your skills and fast-forwards your progress! Breaking the mix down by different effects - EQ, distortion, compression, expansion, pitch shift, delay, reverb, and more - and applying them to some of the most important instruments in pop music, Mix Smart will arm you with the skills and techniques you need to tap into your musicality and express it through multitrack mixing, putting true professional quality mixing within your reach. *Future proof, ear-opening strategies... more...
Empty Wordsby John Cage
Wesleyan University Press 2010; US$ 14.99Writings through James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, Norman O. Brown, and "The Future of Music." more...
Music and the Emotionsby Malcolm Budd
Routledge 1992; US$ 38.95Is there any artistically important connection between music and emotions? Budd examines the theories of music that support and deny such a correction. more...
Encyclopedia of Government and Politicsby Mary Hawkesworth; Maurice Kogan
Routledge 1992; US$ 640.00Unrivalled comprehensive coverage of contemporary trends in world, regional and nation-state government and politics. 84 detailed essays capture the international changes - theoretical and factual - of the last three decades. more...
Digital Songstreamby Brad Hill
Routledge 2003; US$ 32.95Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand way by a master musician and computer expert, The Digital Songstream will be the first-and only-reference needed for anyone wishing to enter the world of computer music. more...
Eighteenth Century Piano Musicby Robert Marshall
Routledge 2003; US$ 48.9518th-Century Piano Music focuses on the core composers of the 18th century repertoire. Each chapter is written by a well-known scholar in the field, and includes history, musical examples, and analysis. more...
Between Couch and Pianoby Gilbert J. Rose
Brunner-Routledge 2004; US$ 34.95Between Couch and Piano links well-established psychoanalytic ideas with historical and neurological theory to help us begin to understand from a psychoanalytic perspective some of the reasons behind music's ubiquity and power. more...
GarageBand For Dummiesby Bob LeVitus
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 24.99Get ready to rock with Apple's digital music recording studio Find out how to record, edit, mix, and master like a pro! Are you the next big thing in music - but the world just doesn't know it yet? Here's the guide that will help you create great-sounding recordings with GarageBand. Packed with useful information on setting up a digital studio, laying down tracks, working with loops, playing with MIDI and software instruments, and mixing tracks, the only thing this book doesn't provide you with is . . . a recording contract! The Dummies Way * Explanations in plain English * "Get in, get out" information * Icons and other navigational aids * Tear-out cheat sheet * Top ten lists * A dash of humor and fun Discover how to: * Decide what gear... more...
After Adornoby Tia DeNora
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 27.00Argues that music sociology can be greatly enriched by a return to Adorno's focus on music as a dynamic medium of social life. A guide to 'how to do music sociology', it covers aesthetic ordering, cognition, the emotions and music as a management device through a series of grounded examples. more...