Good books
I am putting together a list of good audio and music books, hopefully with a one paragraph review of each one. Until then, here is the raw list:
Cyclopaedias
The Audio Cyclopedia, 2nd Edition - Howard Tremaine
Handbook for Sound Engineers - Glen M.Ballou (editor)
Studio Recording
Modern Recording Techniques - David Miles Huber, Robert E Runstein
The Mixing Engineer´s Handbook - Bobby Owsinski
The Art of Mixing - David Gibson
Mastering Audio, 2nd Edition - Bob Katz
Mixing With Your Mind - Michael Stavrou
The Recording Studio Handbook - John Woram
The Sound Studio - Alec Nisbett
Studio Recording Procedures by Mike Shea
Introduction to Professional Recording Techniques - Bruce Bartlett
Audio in Media - Stanley R Alten
Mixing Audio - Roey Izhzki
Understanding the Craft of Mixing - William Moylan
Stereo Microphone Techniques – Bruce Bartlett
Microphones: Technology and Techniques – John Borwick
The New Stereo Soundbook – Streicher & Everest
Sound & Recording – Rumsey & McCormick
The Microphone Book - John Eargle
Inside Tracks – Richard Buskin
Temples of Sound – Cogan & Clark
The Encyclopedia of Record Producers – Tobler & Grundy
Creative Music Production (Joe Meek) – Barry Cleveland
Good Vibrations – Mark Cunningham
How to Become a Record Producer – David Mellor
100 Best-selling albums of the 60s – Gene Sculatti
100 Best-selling albums of the 70s – Hamish Champ
100 Best-selling albums of the 80s
100 Best-selling albums of the 90s
Behind the Glass – Howard Massey vol.1
Behind the Glass – Howard Massey vol.2
MIDI & EMP
The Musicians Guide to MIDI – Christian Braut
MIDI Power – Guerin
Logic 9 Power – Anker & Merten
Scoring for Pictures – Jeff Rona
Creative Sequencing Techniques – Andrea Pejrolo
Synthesis
Synthesis - Herbert A Deutsch
Fundamental Technologies of the Synthesiser - Errol G Spector
Electronic Music Pioneers - Ben Kettlewell
Vintage Synthesisers - Mark Vail
Analog Days - Pinch and Trocco
Electronics, equipment interfacing, & Speakers
Electricity and Electronics – G. Randy Slone
Electronics: A Basic Course – Edwards & Meyer
Understanding Solid State Electronics – Cannon
Teach Yourself Electronics – Plant
GSCE Electronics - Rich
Understanding the Mathematics of Electronics - Wilson
Physics Demystified - Gibilisco
The Art of Electronics - Horowitz/Hill
Understanding Audio - Daniel Thompson
Sound System Design and Installation – Phillip Giddings
Loudspeaker Handbook – John Eargle
Introduction to Loudspeaker Design – John Murphy
Designing, Building, and Testing Your Own Speaker System – David Weems
Loudspeaker Design Cookbook – Vance Dickason
Loudspeakers – Newell & Holland
Sound Theory & Acoustics
Wave Physics – R E I Newton
The Acoustical Foundations of Music – John Backus
The Art of Sound Reproduction – John Watkinson
The Science of Musical Sounds – Johan Sundberg
Musical Acoustics – Donald E Hall
Acoustics – Hunter
How Music Works – John Powell
Woods Practical Guide To Noise Control, 5th Ed. - Ian Sharland
Handbook of Recording Engineering, 3rd Ed. - John M. Eargle
Basic Home Studio Design - Paul White
Master Handbook of Acoustics, 5th Ed. - F. Alton Everest
Sound Studio Construction on a Budget - F. Alton Everest
Recording Studio Design – Philip Newell
Building a Recording Studio – Jeff Cooper
Digital Recording
Principles of Digital Audio - Ken C. Pohlmann
Art of Digital Audio - John Watkinson
LiveSound
The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook -Gary Davis/Ralph Jones
Sound System Engineering - Davis/Patronis
Music Theory
Essentials of Music for Audio Professionals – Frank Dorritie
The Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory – Michael Miller
Introduction to Music Theory – Winold & Rehm
Elements of Music – Michelle Worthing
Practical Theory Complete – Sandy Feldstein
The Musician’s Guide to Reading and Writing Music – Dave Stewart
How Music Works – John Powell (chaps 7-10)
Songwriting
6 Steps to Songwriting Success - Jason Blume
The Craft of Lyric Writing – Sheila Davies
Managing Lyric Structure - Pat Patterson
The Craft and Business of Song Writing – John Braheny
101 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them – Pat and Pete Luboff
You can Write a Song – Appleby
Creating Melodies – Dick Weissman
1000 Keyboard Ideas
The Songwriting Sourcebook – Rikky Rooksby
Rock, Jazz & Pop Arranging – Daryl Runswick
Rock Arranging – Mark Michaels
Listen, Compose, Perform – Geoffery Winters
Music & Culture
Kiwi Rock Chicks, Pop Stars & Trailblazers - Ian Chapman
Blue Smoke – Chris Bourke
How Music Works (various authors) [chapters 16-18]
Stranded in Paradise – John Dix
Ready to Fly – David Eggleton
For the Record – Staff & Asley
Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century – Braun
Repeated Takes – Michael Chanan
Woman, Sex & Rock & Roll – Liz Evans
Rock and Roll at 50 – Life Books
Rock of Ages (1986)– The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll - Ed Ward, Geoffrey Stokes, Ken Tucker
All You Need is Love (1976) – Tony Palmer
Rock Reconsidered (1981) – Steve Lawhead
A new look at Rock, 3rd Ed. (1983) – David Belesky
The Concise Oxford History of Music – Gerald Abraham
A History of Western Music – Donald Grout
Music; Its Story in the West – Alan Kendall
The Great Composers – Wendy Thomson
The Rough Guide to World Music – Africa & Middle East
The Rough Guide to World Music – Europe, Asia & Pacific Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia – William Malm
Reggae Bloodlines – Davis & Simon
Maori Music – Mervyn McLean
Sound for Picture
Audio Post Production for Television and Film – Tim Amyes & Hilary Wyatt
Producing Great Sound for Film & Video – Jay Rose
Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound – David Lewis Yewdall
A Practical Guide to Television Sound Engineering - Dennis Baxter
Sound for Film and Television – Tomlinson Holman
Audio Post Production – Mark Scetta
