The Secrets of Dance Music Production
by David Felton · first published 2016
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I have two suggestions but they might not be strictly what you're looking for, just musician learning material. I have found the book "The Secrets of Dance Music production" [0] published by Attack Magazine very nice to read with many anecdotes on how to produce. It is focused on dance music as the name suggests. Additionally, Adam Neely's YouTube channel [1] has many infotainment…
on “Is there anyone here making music?” ↗Attack Magazine put out a book called The Secrets of Dance Music Production, which has some fairly good "beat starter" breakdowns of how a 16-step beat would be sequenced different styles of electronic music, such as deep house, tech-house, trance, etc. https://store.attackmagazine.com/products/the-secrets-of-dan...
on “The Real Book” ↗I have been very pleased with the book "The secrets of dance music production" that has a very high ratio of knowledge and tips per page. It is pretty nerdy but is still starting from the basics.
on “Ask HN: How to get started in electronic music” ↗…(http://www.syntorial.com). Dance Music Manual (http://www.dancemusicproduction.com) from Rick Snoman, version 4 has been recently released and it's the only book you need (for a time being). I don't own it but Secrets of Dance Music Production looks good too. Melodics (http://www.melodics.com) is also good for practicing keyboard, if you're interested in learning to play the keyboard. Music Production is very similar to front-end development,…
on “Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music” ↗