The Digital Musician is a textbook for creative music technology and electronic music courses. It provides an overview of sound properties; acoustics; digital music; and sound design as a basis for understanding the compositional possibilities that new music technologies allow. Creative projects allow students to apply key concepts covered in each chapter. Topics covered include hardware hacking; live coding; interactive music; sound manipulation and transformation; software instruments; networked performance; as well as critical listening and analysis.FeaturesReaders Guides outline the major topics in each chapterProject boxes for both individuals and groups throughout each chapter Annotated Listening Lists for each chapter; with accompanying playlists on the companion websiteRecommended Further Reading and Discussion Questions at the end of each chapterCase studies of actual composers; with contributed projectsCompanion website includes reading lists; links to audio and video; and slides for use in the classroom.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Troubled and TroublingBy Ryan M. ClaycombThe verbatim theatre trend in England (part of the same trend that earlier gave us the work of Anna Deavere Smith and The Laramie Project) has produced this important entry into the body of political theatre. But as political theatre goes. it pulls its punches. While its acquittal of British nationals in Gitmo is a compelling and trenchant critique of American policy. it builds its critique not on basic human rights. but on the notion that these figures are in fact innocent. Which leaves open the possibility that the terrorists who may be incarcerated in Guantanamo may be guilty. and may deserve the abuse they get. Its an open question. sure. but this play doesnt address that problem head on. and since most of the figures it depicts have since been released. its already something of a period piece.
