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Rick Snoman
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25 Nov 2008
Whatever your level of experience, the Dance Music Manual is packed with sound advice, techniques, and practical examples to help you achieve professional results. Written by a professional producer and remixer, this book offers a comprehensive approach to music production, including knowledge of the tools, equipment, and different dance genres.
Get more advice and resources from the book's official website, www.dancemusicproduction.com.

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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 2 edition (25 Nov 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240521072
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240521077
  • Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 2.8 x 23.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"In short, Snoman knows what he's talking about." - Music Tech

"An exceptionally well-written and researched book... All in all it adds up to quite a package, which deserves a place on any aspiring dance music producer's desk." - Music Tech

About the Author

Rick Snoman has been actively involved in the dance music scene since the late eighties and has produced and released numerous white labels and remixed over thirty professional artists solely for the dance floor. He has held seminars across the UK on remixing and producing club-based dance music and written numerous articles and reviews for leading music technology magazines and websites.
Rick Snoman has been actively involved in the dance music scene since the late eighties and has produced and released numerous white labels and remixed over thirty professional artists solely for the dance floor. He has held seminars across the UK on remixing and producing club-based dance music and written numerous articles and reviews for leading music technology magazines and websites.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT BOOK! 2 Aug 2009
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book, covering a wide range of areas necessary to the modern dance producer. It can serve as a brilliant starting point for a beginner or as a very good reference manual for an advanced producer.
It explains in detail, all the underpinning elements of dance music production, making the reader understand the science behind the sound of modern dance music.
I would highly recommend it to anyone wishing to get a good grasp of the basics of sound synthesis (in context) and dance music production.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good 3 July 2009
Format:Paperback
It gave me nice overview of dance music production in general... In my opinion, really helpful for anyone who wants to make electronic related music and can't afford expensive courses...
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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As you probably know the first book was a huge success, receiving a number of awards and also masses of critical acclaim most of which you can read right here on Amazon. I'm not going to repeat that praise here because you can look it up yourself instead I'm going to concentrate on the differences for those of us who already own the first.

Having already have most of the pages fall out through the bad binding on the first book I decided to take the leap and purchase this one instead.

The good news is the binding has been considerably improved and after owning it and flicking through it for a couple of months it seems to be holding itself together very well.

Some of the chapters have been changed around and there's a new chapter on recording instruments alongside two new chapters in the genre section; drum n bass and UK Garage. While UK Garage is old I do appreciate the authors honesty in his approach. He admits he doesn't like bassline and since this genre developed from UK Garage, he approaches that instead and leaves tips in the text to develop into bassline.

This is where perhaps the biggest different between the editions lie. All the demo software and the crappy mixes that haunted the CD of the first edition have been replaced with a number of very professional sounding mixes. After a few minutes of playing, the author comes in with narrative on each of these tracks explaining the tools and methods he used to produce them. I found this particularly interesting, being able to relate the information in the book with the audio on the CD.

The few mistakes from first edition (particularly the music theory chapters) have been ironed out but in their place are a couple of new minor mistakes such as date and year mix-ups. These are minor issues and certainly don't detract from the books wealth of information.

I've come across the odd naysayers on forums, and there's one right here on Amazon, but they are few and far between and you need to ignore that noise. On visiting the authors page, some of the tracks from the CD have been released commercially so while the music itself may not suit everyone's tastes, especially those who consider themselves "underground", the theory contained within the pages proves itself to be sound advice.

The first edition was my go to reference book and this has replaced it (mostly due to bad binding on the first). It quite simply is the best book available for anyone looking to produce dance music.

I've given this book five stars because if you don't own either edition and you're looking to make the type of music you typically hear from the Ministry of Sound you need this book. But if you already own the first edition and its still in one piece you may need to consider whether the few new chapters and the narrative on the CD are worth it and on that score I'd give it 4 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!
Really well written, explained cleared. I've been working on computer music for years and this has solidly cemented some knowledge and expanded other parts. Read more
Published 2 months ago by MR C K BROWN
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Bought for boyfriend who already dj's but is going back to relearn the basics and he reports this is a great book!
Published 2 months ago by Kitt11
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
I think the review below that claims most of the knowledge in this book falls by the wayside is at best naive. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bogilutor
1.0 out of 5 stars Outdated and largely irrelevant
I bought this book for my partner who is new to the world of electronic music production. There are numerous references to hardware samplers, DAT machines and MIDI connections -... Read more
Published 4 months ago by rockazabah
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, expertly written
The book never seems to condescend while filling in some fundemental parts of digital production.
I have been an amateur producer for years using various programmes but this... Read more
Published 5 months ago by GeorgeB11:11
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is excellent
I bought this book knowing nothing about synthesis and being new to electronic music production. All those software synths are no longer a mystery to me and my production,... Read more
Published 11 months ago by acw100
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, If your willing to put the time in to learn.
First of all, don't buy the Kindle version. No table of contents, almost impossible to find a specific topic quickly and no CD.

But the paperback, Excellent.
Published 14 months ago by Matt H
5.0 out of 5 stars The book you need for Digital Music
I bought this book last year, and I am still reading it, again and again (hence the late review). All info about producing music with computer is there. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mime
5.0 out of 5 stars exactly what I needed
The Chord Wheel is exceptionally helpful,as I also purchased the guitar chord wheel book. Having both together makes it much easier for me.
Published on 18 Feb 2011 by Brian
5.0 out of 5 stars now i get it!
excellent well written book based on, as the title suggests, producing dance music. not a complete resource, but just enough to get any bedroom dj from the decks to the computer... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2011 by M. Watson
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