Reading For The Dancefloor
Hey, look, it’s another book designed to teach you the ins and outs of making, producing and promoting dance music – this time, however, the author is a UK dance-music veteran who has been in the business for nearly 20 years. Rick Snoman has released various white labels and remixed more than 30 artists for the dancefloor, not to mention led remixing and production seminars across the UK. In short, Snoman knows what he’s talking about. And in The Dance Music Manual (Focal Press), he breaks down dance-music mastery in three major categories: “Technology and Theory,” “Dance Genres” and “Mixing and Promotion.”
As you might expect, the opening section walks readers through everything from basic music theory to outboard processing and vocal recording. From there, Snoman gives a theoretical analysis of six primary club-music genres (trance, hip-hop, ambient, house, techno and trip-hop) that includes programming help for each. And after you’ve learned how to create your genre-specific tunes, Snoman guides you through the daunting tasks of not only making it sound good but also getting it to the ears of the public. To help you out along the way with sound examples and demo software, a CD-ROM (Mac/PC) is included. For more information, visit www.dancemusicproduction.com.
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