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Computational Thinking in Sound

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Computational Thinking in Sound by UML Department of Music chair Gena Greher and Emeritus Professor of Computer Science Jesse Heines provides music fundamentals educators with a one-of-its-kind text devoted specifically to music, sound, and technology. Using a student-centered approach that emphasizes project-based experiences, the book discusses multiple strategies to explore, create, and solve problems with music and technology in equal parts. It also provides examples of hands-on activities that encourage students, alone and in groups, to explore the basic principles that underlie today’s music technology and freely available multimedia creation tools.

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Computational Thinking in Sound is an effective tool for educators to introduce students to the complex process of computational thinking in the context of the creative arts through the more accessible medium of music.

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3rd edition released of William Moylan’s critical listening book

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Long used as a textbook for Dr. William Moylan’s Critical & Analytical Listening class, his “Understanding and Crafting the Mix: the Art of Recording” has been substantially revised, with 80% thoroughly rewritten and updated and now supplemented by a website.

Understanding and Crafting the Mix, 3rd edition provides the framework to identify, evaluate, and shape your recordings with clear and systematic methods. Featuring numerous exercises, this third edition allows you to develop critical listening and analytical skills to gain greater control over the quality of your recordings.　Sample production sequences and descriptions of the recording engineer’s role as composer, conductor, and performer provide you with a clear view of the entire recording process.

Dr. William Moylan takes an inside look into a range of iconic popular music, thus offering insights into making meaningful sound judgments during recording. His unique focus on the aesthetic of recording and mixing will allow you to immediately and artfully apply his expertise while at the mixing desk. A companion website features recorded tracks to use in exercises, reference materials, additional examples of mixes and sound qualities, and mixed tracks.

https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-and-Crafting-the-Mix-The-Art-of-Recording/Moylan/p/book/9780415842815

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Dr. William Moylan publishes book on “How the Record Shapes the Song”

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Dr. William Moylan’s newest book is “Recording Analysis: How the Record Shapes the Song.” In it, he identifies and explains how the sounds imparted by recording processes enhance the artistry and expression of recorded songs.

Moylan investigates how the process of recording a song transforms it into a richer experience and articulates how the unique elements of recorded sound provide essential substance and expression to recorded music. This book explores a broad array of records, evaluating the music, lyrics, social context, literary content and meaning, and offers detailed analyses of recording elements as they appear in a wide variety of tracks.

Accompanied by a range of online resources, Recording Analysis is an essential read for students and academics, as well as practitioners, in the fields of record production, song-writing and popular music.

https://www.routledge.com/Recording-Analysis-How-the-Record-Shapes-the-Song/Moylan/p/book/9781138667068