The producer as composer : shaping the sounds of popular music /

Moorefield, Virgil, 1956-

The producer as composer : shaping the sounds of popular music / Virgil Moorefield. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2010. - xix, 143 p. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

Virgil Moorefield traces the evolution of rock and pop music with detailed discussions of works by producers and producer-musicians. This book describes the importance of disco, hip-hop, remixing and other forms of electronic music production in shaping the sound of contemporary pop.

Specialized.

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Popular music--Production and direction--History.
Sound recordings--Production and direction--History.
Music.

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