sound recordings

"Includes a complete overview of recording as it's done by most musicians and producers today--in the home studio ... [Describes] everything from how microphones work to specific techniques for recording drums, individual instruments, vocals, and much more"--Provided by publisher.

The author chronicles his 30+ year passion for punk rock music.

Discusses the steps involved for recording and promoting music, from home recording to marketing and uploading it onto the Internet.

Chronicles the history of developments in recording technology since the first classical recordings were made in Thomas Edison's laboratory in the late 1880s, and discusses the impact of recording on both performers and listeners.

Reviews 9,500 albums, CDs, and cassettes and critiques 2,500 artists in the field of alternative music.

Eric spends the summer with his grandmother in Spanish Harlem and learns about her favorite salsa records.

Explains what it takes to make a musical recording, describing various recording methods that have been used throughout history, the people who work together to make a recording, and the ways recordings are played and distributed.

The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she introduced him to the sounds of the merenque and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.