Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music. Joel Chadabe. Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music. Prentice Hall, 1997.370 pp. Reviewed by Douglas Geers To the uninitiated, the field of computer music may seem a bit over­. Electric Sound Electric Sound, the. Computer music.

With a truly global perspective, this vivid and readable narrative provides a comprehensive overview of the history of electronic music. The author draws upon his combined experience as composer, performer, researcher, entrepreneur, and teacher to provide insight into every aspect of electronic music, including the music itself, the instruments, and the business. Based on more than 150 interviews with leaders in the field, this book allows readers to understand how and why the musicians, engineers and businessmen did what they did to develop the modern synthesizer to its current state.

With a truly global perspective, this vivid and readable narrative provides a comprehensive overview of the history of electronic music. The author draws upon his combined experience as composer, performer, researcher, entrepreneur, and teacher to provide insight into every aspect of electronic music, including the music itself, the instruments, and the business. Based With a truly global perspective, this vivid and readable narrative provides a comprehensive overview of the history of electronic music.

The author draws upon his combined experience as composer, performer, researcher, entrepreneur, and teacher to provide insight into every aspect of electronic music, including the music itself, the instruments, and the business. Based on more than 150 interviews with leaders in the field, this book allows readers to understand how and why the musicians, engineers and businessmen did what they did to develop the modern synthesizer to its current state. It's been around 12 years since I read this and I still think about it today. This was part of my introduction to electronic music and I loved every second of it. Couldn't put it down.

Maybe it's proof that when you become interested in a subject it can consume you and you can't get enough information. But I loved how it started from the beginnings of electric sound, and I was captivated by the early inventions. From there Chadabe followed the evolution of hardware and composers. Another surpri It's been around 12 years since I read this and I still think about it today.

This was part of my introduction to electronic music and I loved every second of it. Couldn't put it down.

Maybe it's proof that when you become interested in a subject it can consume you and you can't get enough information. But I loved how it started from the beginnings of electric sound, and I was captivated by the early inventions.

From there Chadabe followed the evolution of hardware and composers. Another surprise I learned about with this book is 20th century composers and their roots. Even ones that didn't use electronics in their compositions. This book is incredibly comprehensive. My cousin gave me this book when I visited him in the Netherlands where he was studying electric sound, and this book was used as a textbook, so maybe some people will find the content dry and academic.

But it is definitely the first textbook I've ever read completely, cover to cover. If you are really into analog music synthesis, you'll have to read this book at some point. The reason i didn't give it more stars was because half of the book is a really dry history of computer music and pre-synth music. When that happens you learn about a bunch of white men playing with computers and or merely parts of a future synth. Not one of the musical pieces made at that time is still popular, although they might serve as an interesting footnote. It was cool to read about Stockhausen's if you are really into analog music synthesis, you'll have to read this book at some point. The reason i didn't give it more stars was because half of the book is a really dry history of computer music and pre-synth music.

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