Writings on Music, 1965-20001 review Steve Reich Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Great Timeline of Reich's Works This is a must have for Reich enthusiast and student. It chronicles his works and talks about his compositional style. Very interesting.             What to Listen for in Music30 reviews Aaron Copland Signet Classics, 2002 What to Listen for in music + Fun and educational + Awesome book + what to listen for in CLASSICAL music + Easily Worth the Price and Well Worth the Effort             Silence: Lectures and Writings9 reviews John Cage Wesleyan, 1961 Essential + A Seminal 20th Century (And Beyond) Text (from Ahadada Books) + Very Interesting!! + Quintessential Cage + This book is slightly overrated, actually             Rhythm Science (Mediaworks Pamphlets)10 reviews Paul D. Miller aka Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid The MIT Press, 2004 5 stars + + Sampling the world + Lyricism in the age of the mix + A thoughtful 'exorcism' in regards to our Global Community             Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts5 reviews Douglas Kahn The MIT Press, 2001 fascinating, with a brilliant critique of Cage + A new voice for the silent spots in audio-theories + great book. + invaluable content. challenging vocabulary. + An astonishing history of art             Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming: The Ultimate Reference for Sound Design (Power Tools Series)19 reviews Jim Aikin Backbeat Books, 2004 Excellent Overview and Reference of Synthesizer Programming + Essential! + Great book covering essentials for programming synths This book provides an excellent overview of synthesizer programming and is good as a technical reference as well. It is written by veteran synth expert Jim Aikin and provides and excellent overview of the main concepts and also dives into each of the components in the signal chain, providing ...             Aural Cultures YYZ Books, 2004 A timely and comprehensive essay collection that examines sound in art and contemporary culture. The authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds notably communication, anthropology, art history, film studies and philosophy. With an audio CD of 15 artists' works, including Shirin Neshat and Ann Hamilton.             Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition (Media and Popularculture)3 reviews Thomas B. Holmes Routledge, 2002 this book is great + Fantastic, but, where is Bowie? + Broad approach this book is an incredible study of electronic music. holmes discusses the history of electronic instruments, from the beginning, including the pre-theramin era, and finishing with some information regarding current electronic and experimental music. although some sections of this book are a ...             Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond (Music in the Twentieth Century)6 reviews Michael Nyman Cambridge University Press, 1999 processes and fields of sound, not time-objects... + Not a revision, a reprint + A Classic Introduction + THE 20th CENTURY RADICAL AVANT-GARDE + A welcome return             Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass (Music in the Twentieth ...2 reviews Keith Potter Cambridge University Press, 2002 music theory exposition, and history too + makes you ponder what this was all about Potter's book will be best appreciated by those with a much better understanding of music theory than I. However, I learned something about the personal and musical history of so-called "minimalism." (Potter falls prey to some extent to the problem of reifying an abstraction -- having first ...             Behind the Beat: Hip Hop Home Studios12 reviews Raph Gingko Press, 2005 A great book for anyone remotely interested in the process of making music! + Great for the coffee table + wicked book + Fantastic photos - CD packaging is terrible however + Must-Have for Beatheads             Talking Music: Conversations With John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, And 5 Generations Of American ...2 reviews William Duckworth Da Capo Press, 1999 great fascinating interviews on American creativity + A very intertaining and solid introduction Willian Duckworth is marvelous at asking questions,he is so natural at it that he makes you feel you have known his guests all your life. He allows everyone to feel at home, at ease,like catching more flies with sugar quip. Like asking John Cage for instance, "I don't have a very good ...             Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking8 reviews Nicolas Collins Routledge, 2006 Rediscovers the simple facts of electronic music + Excellent Book, Great For Novices & Experienced Alike + so good for electronic musicians and composers + Let's make music! + Excellent             Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music3 reviews Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004 Very comprehensive guide + Son likes it + just brilliant. This is a very comprehensive guide on the different sides of "audio culture". Many of the authors and readings you'll find here are among the most influential on the subject...From Luigi Russolo's futurist musical manifesto to Brian Eno's ambient music, coming across Stockhausen, Steve Reich, Cage, ...             Works with Sound Terry Fox, Eva Schmidt Kehrer Verlag, 2003 Works with Sound presents a complex body of work, comprising thirty years of sculptures, drawings, environments, and performances. Fox, who since the 1960s radically rejected traditional art forms and sought new ways of artistic expression, has been increasingly concerned with investigating the seldom-observed energetic aspects of materials. Hence, sound gained a central significance in his ...             Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer11 reviews Trevor Pinch, Frank Trocco Harvard University Press, 2004 Not just a biography on the Moog Synthesizer, but early synths + True Analog Bliss + A Good History of the Moog Synthesizer + The Roots of the synthesizer + glib but fun             Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)7 reviews Igor Stravinsky Harvard University Press, 1993 Essential reading for Stravinsky devotees, but requires some background and additional reading + Clear your writer's block + about art by an artist + From a composer's perspective.... + Essential Stravinsky             This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession101 reviews Daniel J. Levitin Plume, 2007 great, a revelation + Amazing facts from a uniquely well-informed expert + Very interesting As a professional musician and a medical doctor, I must say it is the best book on music - in all its facets - that I've ever read.             Electronic Music Pioneers21 reviews Ben Kettlewell Artistpro, 2001 Enlightening in a number of ways + wonderful book + a great resource Published by ArtistPro Press, this is unquestionably a scholarly and serious work... yet at times it reads almost like a novel. Kudos to Kettlewell for making this material educational, accessible and enjoyable in all the right ways. As a "serious" collector of analog synthesizers, I found this ...             The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution26 reviews Dave Kusek, Gerd Leonhard Berklee Press, 2005 The future is now + The Future of Music + Good read, For the most part, whenever authors write about new media and the Internet, the book is dated by the time the ink dries. For the most part "The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution" is still ahead of the curve. David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard take chances. Most futurists ...