Appendix F-1
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RECOMMENDED READING AND LINKS
The recommended reading is provided on a chapter-by-chapter basis. This provides you the opportunity to gen up much more in each subject area as you wish. These are by no way exhaustive, but should prove a good signposting tool.
SECTION A – WHAT IS MUSIC PRODUCTION?
Burgess, R. J. (2005). The Art of Music Production. Omnibus Press.
Eno, B. (1996). A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno’s Diary. Faber & Faber.
A-1 Quantifying It
Cunningham, M. (1998). Good Vibrations: A History of Record Production. Sanctuary Press.
Hepworth-Sawyer, R. (Ed.), (2009). From Demo to Delivery: The Process of Production. Focal Press.
Massey, H. (2000). Behind The Glass. Backbeat Books.
Massey, H. (2009). Behind The Glass (Vol. II). Backbeat Books.
Emerick, G., & Massey, H. (2006). Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles. Gotham Books.
A-2 Analyzing It
Moylan, W. (2007). The Art of Recording: Understanding and Crafting The Mix. Focal Press.
Bartlett, B., & Bartlett, J. (2005). Practical Recording Techniques. Focal Press.
Watkinson, J. (2001). The MPEG Handbook. Focal Press.
Section B – BEING IT
B-1 Being a Producer
Kintish, W. (2008). I Hate Networking. Jam Publications.
Harding, P. (2009). PWL From The Factory Floor. W.B. Publishing.
Daylite CRM. www.marketcircle.com.
Sage ACT CRM software. www.sage.co.uk/act.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM. www.crm.dynamics.com.
SalesForce CRM. www.salesforce.com.
Filemaker. www.filemaker.com.
Altermedia’s StudioSuite. www.studiosuite.net.
Farmers WIFE. www.farmerswife.com.
B-3 Being a Business
Allen, D. (2001). Getting Things Done. Piatkus.
Forster, M. (2006). Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management. Hodder & Stoughton.
Stone, C. (2000). Audio Recording for Profit: The Sound of Money. Focal Press.
SECTION C – PREPPING IT:
C-1 What’s the deal?
Harrison, A. (2008). Music, The Business. Virgin Books.
Passman, D. S. (2008). All You Need to Know About the Music Business. Penguin.
Avalon, M. (2009). Confessions of a Record Producer: How to Survive the Scams and Shams of the Music Business. Miller Freeman Books.
C-2 Pre-Production
Huber, D., & Runstein, R. (2005). Modern Recording Techniques. Focal Press.
Cope, D. (2009). Righting Wrongs in Writing Songs. Cengage Learning.
Teaboy: An online repository for your recall settings for outboard. www.teaboyaudio.com.
C-3 Project Management
Association for Project Management. (2006). The APM Body of Knowledge. APM Knowledge.
C-4 The Desired Outcome: Strategies for Success
Burgess, R. J. (2005). The Art of Music Production. Omnibus Press.
Farinella, D. J. (2006). Producing Hit Records: Secrets from the Studio. Schirmer Trade Books.
Harding, P. (2009). PWL from the Factory Floor. WB Publishing.
SECTION D – DOING IT
Burgess, R. J. (2005). The Art of Music Production. Omnibus Press.
Farinella, D. J. (2006). Producing Hit Records: Secrets from the Studio. Schirmer.
D-1 The Session
Huber, D., & Runstein, R. (2005). Modern Recording Techniques. Focal Press.
D-2 The Mix
Izhaki, R. (2008). Mixing Audio- Concepts, Practices and Tools. Focal Press.
Stavrou, M. P. (2003). Mixing with Your Mind. Flux Research Pty.
D-3 The Mastering Session
Katz, B. (2007). Mastering Audio: The Art and The Science. Focal Press.
Cousins, M., & Hepworth-Sawyer, R. (2010). Logic Pro 9: Audio & Music Production. Focal Press.
Bob Katz’s website. www.digido.com.
Russ Hepworth-Sawyer’s website. www.mottosound.co.uk.
International Standard Recording Code (ISRC). www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/isrc.html.
WEBSITES
The most important website is www.whatismusicproduction.com associated to this site.
Trade Associations & Links
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
U.K.
www.mpg.org. The Music Producers Guild. A body representing music production professionals in the U.K.
www.jamesonline.org.uk. Joint Audio Media Education Services. A joint venture between the Music Producers Guild and the Association of Professional Recording Services supporting education through accreditation.
www.aprs.co.uk. The Association of Professional Recording Services.
www.britishacademy.com. British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
USA
www2.grammy.com/recording_academy/producers_and_engineers/. The Producers and Engineers Wing (The P&E Wing) of the Grammys.
www.aes.org. The Audio Engineering Society.
www.spars.com. Society of Professional Audio Recording Services.
MUSIC AND MUSIC MANAGEMENT
www.musiciansunion.org.uk. The Musicians Union in the U.K.
www.themmf.net. The Music Managers Forum.
www.afm.org. The American Federation of Musicians.
RECORD INDUSTRY
www.bpi.co.uk. The British Phonographic Industry (U.K.).
www.riaa.com. The Recording Industry Association of America.
Online Networks
www.prosoundweb.com. A large community to discuss all matters relating to audio.
www.myaprs.co.uk. MyAPRS: APRS’ online community.
www.gearslutz.com. Gearslutz: Another large online audio community.
Audio Magazines
www.prosoundnewseurope.com. An excellent audio magazine for the European industry with fantastic equipment reviews.
www.prosoundnews.com. Audio magazine for the American industry.
www.eqmag.com. EQ magazine is a good source of information for the recording musician.
www.musictechmag.co.uk. A U.K. magazine for producers and recording musicians.
www.soundonsound.com. A long-running U.K. music technology magazine.
www.resolutionmag.com. A detailed U.K. audio magazine.
www.musicweek.com. U.K.’s leading music business magazine.
www.billboard.biz. U.S. music industry news.
Royalty Collection Agencies
U.K.
www.prsformusic.com/Pages/default.aspx. PRS for Music is an alliance of the Performing Rights Society (PRS) and the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society. A U.K.-based collection agency for the writers of recorded music.
www.ppluk.com. PPL, or Phonographic Performance Limited. PLL and VPL (Video Performance Limited) collect royalties for the performance of recorded music (or music videos in the case of VPL) on radio, television, etc.
U.S.A.
www.soundexchange.com. Sound Exchange is a new performance rights organization (PRO) in the United States primarily concerned with collecting digital performance royalties.
www.ascap.com/index.aspx. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ASCAP collects royalties on behalf of musical copyrights just in the same way that PRS does in the U.K.
www.bmi.com. Broadcast Music Inc., like ASCAP, collects royalties for their composers and publishers.
www.sesac.com. Society of European Stage Authors and Composers—no longer just collecting for Europeans, is based in Nashville, U.S.A. and unlike most PROs is a for-profit company.
CANADA
www.socan.ca. SOCAN, Canada (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada).
REST OF THE WORLD
Some of the main territories provided here.
www.jasrac.or.jp. JASRAC, Japan (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers).
www.apra.com.au., Australia.
www.sadaicmia.com/. APPASADAIC, Argentina.
www.cash.org.hk. CASH, Hong Kong.
www.rao.ru. RAO, Russia.
www.iprs.org. IPRS, India.
www.sacm.org.mx. SACM, Mexico.
www.apra-amcos.com.au. APRA|AMCOS, Australia.
EUROPE
www.imro.ie. IMRO, Ireland.
www.sacem.fr. SACEM, France (the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique) is the PRS equivalent in France.
www.sabam.be. SABAM, Belgium (Société d’Auteurs Belge – BelgischeAuteurs Maatschappij) is a similar agency in Belgium but is not restricted to music, and represents film directors, scriptwriters, and poets among many other artists.
www.gema.de. GEMA, Germany (Gesellschaft für Musikalische Aufführungs- und Mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte).
www.sgae.es. SGAE, Spain.
www.spautores.pt. SPA, Portugal.
www.aepi.gr. AEPI, Greece.
www.akm.co.at. AKM, Austria.
www.suisa.ch. SUISA, Switzerland.
www.bumastemra.nl. Buma Stemra, the Netherlands.
www.tono.no. TONO, Norway.
www.teosto.fi. TEOSTO, Finland.
www.stim.se. STIM, Sweden.
www.siae.it/. SIAE, Italy.
www.koda.dk. KODA, Denmark.
www.listir.is/stef. STEF, Iceland.
www.zaiks.org.pl. ZAIKS, Poland.