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"An enjoyable read, liberally peppered with anecdotes that humanize the people involved in the transformation of recording from a strictly technical attempt to capture a live performance to an artistically crucial element of modern music." -- Kent Williams, Groove "Virgil Moorefield has given us a first-rate inside view of how gifted producers have changed the way we create and consume music. This book is essential for anyone who cares about how music has changed in the last 30 years." --Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, author of Rhythm Science and editor of Sound Unbound "Virgil Moorefield has his finger on the pulse of a very interesting and exciting new development in popular music today: the convergence of the roles of producer and composer. He brings a unique expertise to the study, melding the insights of an insider with the objectivity of a scholar and provides a perspective that is dynamic, useful, challenging, and quite new." --Paul Lansky, composer and Professor of Music, Princeton University
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"Virgil Moorefield has given us a first-rate inside view of how gifted producers have changed the way we create and consume music. This book is essential for anyone who cares about how music has changed in the last 30 years."--Paul D. Miller aka Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid, author of *Rhythm Science* "An enjoyable read, liberally peppered with anecdotes that humanize the people involved in the transformation of recording from a strictly technical attempt to capture a live performance to an artistically crucial element of modern music." Kent Williams Groove
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In the early days of recording, the record producer in the modern sense did not exist. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book is structured in a wholly linear fashion and written according to academic convention. It is therefore somewhat dry, which is at odds with the lushness of the subject. Nevertheless, it is rich in facts, anecdote and analysis, which makes it an easy and entertaining read, although only those coming to the subject for the first time will not already be familiar with some of the material. The author's deep interest in and passion for the means of production of popular music is apparent. It perhaps comes over best in the minutely detailed analysis of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. Although it is not particularly my favourite music, Moorefield's writing made me dig it out - vinyl, not MP3, mind you - so that I could verify his observations. Fascinating, but anoraks are mandatory.
Although not published until 2005, the bulk of the book is given over to late Fifties to mid Nineties music. Because of this, it largely ignores the rise of cheap, computer-driven technology in popular music. The development of low cost but extremely powerful production technology, which allows anyone so inclined to become a musician/producer/whatever, in parallel with the huge reach of web-based distribution has created a situation where recorded music is in such profusion that its average price is rapidly tending to zero. The implications of this for popular music are fast becoming apparent, and it would have been very interesting to read Virgil Moorefield's thoughts on this topic. A sequel, perhaps?
Although not published until 2005, the bulk of the book is given over to late Fifties to mid Nineties music. Because of this, it largely ignores the rise of cheap, computer-driven technology in popular music. The development of low cost but extremely powerful production technology, which allows anyone so inclined to become a musician/producer/whatever, in parallel with the huge reach of web-based distribution has created a situation where recorded music is in such profusion that its average price is rapidly tending to zero. The implications of this for popular music are fast becoming apparent, and it would have been very interesting to read Virgil Moorefield's thoughts on this topic. A sequel, perhaps?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Unique View of an Essential Creator in the world of Popular Music
6 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
I love this book! It finally brings to light for the average popular music consumer as well as the scholarly directed the vital function that has made the producer the king of the studio. We members of the business side of popular music have recognized the financial rewards that come to producers from the likes of Phil Spector and Leiber and Stoler on to the producers of more current rap, hip hop and other genres including disco. But this book finally brings a search light of musicology to show the skills that warrant the status of producers as a vital contributor to the music scene. It is a worthy tribute to each of the many producers whose contributions are analyzed with skill by an author who combines his role as professor and working musician.
Bill Krasilovsky ( co author of This Business of Music)
Bill Krasilovsky ( co author of This Business of Music)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
excellent
12 Nov 2007
Format:Hardcover
I've been trying to find a book like this for quite a while. It's an excellent academic, yet accessible, study of modern producers - their techniques, technology, and personalities. I only wish it covered more people. ...though the producers that were chosen were excellent choices.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Title Says it All
15 July 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A great book for people wanting to understand the basics of record production and how it ties in with music composition.
There has been a strong trend lately for the composer to be a musician, engineer, arranger, producer... of their music.
This is a good book for music students or anyone who would like to understand modern music production.
There has been a strong trend lately for the composer to be a musician, engineer, arranger, producer... of their music.
This is a good book for music students or anyone who would like to understand modern music production.
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