A List of Music Recommendations and Gear I Use
I get asked rather often what I use in the studio to create music, or if I have recommendations for books and such for younger composers. So, I decided it might be helpful to have all of those things together in a single list.
Books
Music Theory
Music Theory and Composition: A Practical Approach (Textbook)
Theory of Harmony (Schoenberg)
Music of Lord of the Rings (Douglas Adams)
Music History
The Oxford History of Western Music (Taruskin - 5 volumes)
A History of Western Music (Burkholder - single volume)
Composition
Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Gould)
The Study of Orchestration (Adler) (if you only get one book, I’d get this one)
Fundamentals of Music Composition (Schoenberg)
How to Write for Percussion (Solomon)
Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory (Strauss)
Scholarly Articles (Free Online)
SMT Online - a quarterly journal for Music Theory and Music Analysis, usually has about 7-10 articles per edition.
AMS Journal - This journal features articles in musicology.
Supplies
Softwares
Equipment
Vanguard Alta Pro 263AB Camera Tripod
Rode VideoMic GO II Mountable Microphone
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