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Recording/Production: General | Acoustics | Specific Techniques

The Industry: General | Contracts | Copyright & Licensing | Marketing | People and Companies

Research: Articles | Charts & Statistics | History

Selected Music Production Books in the Library

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Master Handbook of Acoustics, 6th Ed.

Also available online.
Guide to designing and constructing audiophile-quality sonic environments of all sizes, from home theaters and project studios to large-scale recording studios.

Music Marketing for the DIY Musician

A proactive, step-by-step guide to producing a fully integrated, customized, low-budget plan of attack for artists marketing their own music.

Audio Production and Critical Listening

Helps develop your critical listening skills. Covers sound measurements, signal processing, hearing conservation, and bias in the listening process.

All You Need to Know about the Music Business

Regarded as the definitive comprehensive guide to the music industry.
Available online with UH email login/password.

Practical Recording Techniques

A practical guide with advice on equipping a home studio, miking instruments and vocals, improving recordings, working with MIDI and loops, mastering, and putting your music on the web.

Cowboys and Indies

An entertaining ride through the musical, cultural, and technological changes that shaped the recording industry.

Music Business Handbook and Career Guide

Noted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the music industry in all of its diversity.

The Recording Engineer's Handbook

A music-industry standard for audio recording information. Includes practical techniques and interviews with recording professionals.

Music Law

Explains how to use samples, do covers legally, protect your copyright, trademark your band's name, sell your music, understand record contracts, deal with taxes, and more.

Master Handbook of Acoustics, 6th Ed.

Also available online.
Guide to designing and constructing audiophile-quality sonic environments of all sizes, from home theaters and project studios to large-scale recording studios.

Music Marketing for the DIY Musician

A proactive, step-by-step guide to producing a fully integrated, customized, low-budget plan of attack for artists marketing their own music.

Audio Production and Critical Listening

Helps develop your critical listening skills. Covers sound measurements, signal processing, hearing conservation, and bias in the listening process.

All You Need to Know about the Music Business

Regarded as the definitive comprehensive guide to the music industry.
Available online with UH email login/password.

Practical Recording Techniques

A practical guide with advice on equipping a home studio, miking instruments and vocals, improving recordings, working with MIDI and loops, mastering, and putting your music on the web.

Cowboys and Indies

An entertaining ride through the musical, cultural, and technological changes that shaped the recording industry.

Music Business Handbook and Career Guide

Noted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the music industry in all of its diversity.

The Recording Engineer's Handbook

A music-industry standard for audio recording information. Includes practical techniques and interviews with recording professionals.

Music Law

Explains how to use samples, do covers legally, protect your copyright, trademark your band's name, sell your music, understand record contracts, deal with taxes, and more.

Master Handbook of Acoustics, 6th Ed.

Also available online.
Guide to designing and constructing audiophile-quality sonic environments of all sizes, from home theaters and project studios to large-scale recording studios.

Music Marketing for the DIY Musician

A proactive, step-by-step guide to producing a fully integrated, customized, low-budget plan of attack for artists marketing their own music.

Audio Production and Critical Listening

Helps develop your critical listening skills. Covers sound measurements, signal processing, hearing conservation, and bias in the listening process.

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