Understanding Records, Second Edition - A Field Guide to Recording Practice

The revised edition of Understanding Records explains the musical language of recording practice in a way any interested reader and student can easily understand. Drawing on readily available hit records produced since 1945, each section of this book explains a handful of core production and engineering techniques in chronological record-making sequence, elucidates how those techniques work, what they sound like, how they function musically, where listeners can hear them at work in the broader Top 40 soundscape, and where they fit within the broader record-making process at large. As the only book to introduce music production and its practical elements with no assumed prior knowledge, the revised edition includes:
· Exclusive print and video interviews with emerging and established recordists, including: Alex Chuck Krotz (Drake, Three Days Grace, Mother Mother); Kevin O' Leary (Shawn Mendes, The Glorious Sons, Monster Truck); Alastair Sims (Rush, The Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies); Matt Shelvock (kingmobb, san holo, bitbird, DROLOE); and Russ Hepworth-Sawyer (Billy Ray Cyrus, Steve Earle, Amadou & Miriam)
· Numerous "real word" audio examples, organized into easily accessible streaming playlists, culled from Juno-nominated sessions the author himself worked on, and numerous other professional sources.
· Easy to understand explanations of each facet of the record production process, which avoid technical jargon and clarify terminology.
· Information on new developments in recording practice and updated musical references.
Completely reworked and expanded sections on mixing and audio mastering.

Sommario

Introduction
Chapter One: Tracking
Chapter Two: Signal Processing
Chapter Three: Mixing
Chapter Four: Mastering
Chapter Five: Coda

Info autore

Jay Hodgson is on faculty at Western University, where he primarily teaches courses on songwriting and project paradigm record production. He is also one of two mastering engineers at MOTTOsound - a boutique audio services house situated in England,whose credits include work on records by the likes of Rush, Three Days Grace, The New Pornographers, Glen Campbell, Billy Ray Cyrus, and The Barenaked Ladies. He was awarded a Governor General's academic medal in 2006, in recognition of his research on audio recording, and is co-editor of Mixing Music (2016).

Riassunto

The revised edition of Understanding Records explains the musical language of recording practice in a way any interested reader and student can easily understand. Drawing on readily available hit records produced since 1945, each section of this book explains a handful of core production and engineering techniques in chronological record-making sequence, elucidates how those techniques work, what they sound like, how they function musically, where listeners can hear them at work in the broader Top 40 soundscape, and where they fit within the broader record-making process at large. As the only book to introduce music production and its practical elements with no assumed prior knowledge, the revised edition includes:
· Exclusive print and video interviews with emerging and established recordists, including: Alex Chuck Krotz (Drake, Three Days Grace, Mother Mother); Kevin O’ Leary (Shawn Mendes, The Glorious Sons, Monster Truck); Alastair Sims (Rush, The Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies); Matt Shelvock (kingmobb, san holo, bitbird, DROLOE); and Russ Hepworth-Sawyer (Billy Ray Cyrus, Steve Earle, Amadou & Miriam)
· Numerous “real word” audio examples, organized into easily accessible streaming playlists, culled from Juno-nominated sessions the author himself worked on, and numerous other professional sources.
· Easy to understand explanations of each facet of the record production process, which avoid technical jargon and clarify terminology.
· Information on new developments in recording practice and updated musical references.
Completely reworked and expanded sections on mixing and audio mastering.

Prefazione

A revised edition of the book explains the musical language of recording practice in a way that requires no previous knowledge of the subject - with updated musical references, audio examples, and expanded sections on mixing and audio mastering

Testo aggiuntivo

There are certain texts in the field of music production analysis and pedagogy that lift the lid, so to speak, on the expected wisdom of a standardised train of thought. Hodgson’s updated book is exactly this. Whilst it does provide the reader some technical background in the field we work in, it draws upon, analyses, and portrays a vast array of different contemporary academic and professional thoughts and considerations. The author’s views express the musical artefact, the record, in a unique way and engaging way as a backdrop for the work. In this edition, the production process is totally updated with some excellent discussions around issues of our day such as loudness normalisation delivery and distribution. To those wishing to learn about the philosophy, not just the technology of record production, and to engage in meaningful discussion around the topic of the recorded medium, then this book isn’t just a field guide, it’s a mandatory thought provoker!

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dr. Jay (Western University Hodgson, Jay Hodgson, Jay (Western University Hodgson
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781501342370
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-4237-0
• Pagine: 248
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Recording & Reproduction, MUSIC / Business Aspects, Music Industry, Music recording & reproduction, Theory of music & musicology, Theory of music and musicology, Music recording and reproduction