Music Production Books

[theferret]

Hey there,
Been producing for a few months and am thinking of buying book, any suggestions? I've seen this on amazon, http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/02405 ... eader-link What do you think?

Cheers

[collige]

No book can teach you how to make good music.

For the tech side of things get Modern Recording Techniques. It has more info than you'll ever need (like mic placement and analog recording).

[daft cunt]

Imo half of the book is useless, the author is exploring main dance music genres. Basicly it's like telling you to assign lfo to cutoff and put the snare on the 3rd for dubstep...

Some good info in the 1st part tho.

Can't go wrong for that price particularly if you're new to producing.

[nitz]

If your new, you would rather want to explore then read at this stage, you want to be finding your strengths and weakness. However if its the theory side you are missing then i would advice you to do some little research onto the basics, keys scales, triads, chord progression etc.

[legend4ry]

Theres LOADS of books out there what will be for recording and analogue gear .. Theres not really any real ways to make music spesh electronic, just read your synth manuals, learn how to construct beats, find out how compression/EQing/other effects work then learn about synthesis and get a large sample library and then experiment, then look at structures, time signitures, theory and learn how to play basic piano.

Thats my advice, seems a lot but you can learn a large portion of it and get a fairly basic understanding in a few weeks/months.

[Wrigzilla]

I've got that book, it's pretty good - I'm doing a degree in music tech and it taught me a few things as well as being good revision.

It won't teach you how to make a good tune, but it's got some really good technical knowledge in it and the bit about how the industry works is good as well.

I'd definitely recommend it if you're starting out.

[theferret]

Thanks for the replies, think i wasn't clear enough in the first post. Although im fairly new to production i do have a basic grasp on synthesis and beat construction, the same applies for EQ, compression etc. I am also no stranger to music theory and have an understanding of scales, chords and what not. Obviously i dont think that a book is going to show me how to make a good music, however i do think that it would help me brush up on the technical side of music production. That being said, do you reckon its a good buy?