Music Production Methods

JOSH BESS is a music producer, Ableton Certified Trainer, and an educator with a Higher Education Teaching Certificate from Harvard University. He is the author of Electronic Dance Music Grooves: House,Techno, Hip-Hop, Dubstep and More! and has created multiple TEC Award–nominated instructional video courses. An artist and producer with releases through Armada Music, he is a resident music producer at Fashion Week TOKYO. He is also a studio drummer with multiple television and commercial music placements on MTV, Disney, and Nickelodeon.

• About the Media Content Introduction SECTION I: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC PRODUCTION Method 1.Understand Your Role Method 2.Understand Your ProcessMethod 3.Understand Your OrderSECTION II: AN IN-DEPTH PERSPECTIVE ON MUSIC PRODUCTIONMethod 4.Song Writing and ArrangingMethod 5.Sound Design and RecordingMethod 6.Mixing and MasteringSECTION III: REFLECTION AND DEVELOPMENTMethod 7.Modern Problems and SolutionsMethod 8. Your MentorConclusion: Tying It All Together

Music Production Methods: A Concise Guide for Understanding Your Role, Process, and Order fills a gap—knowledge that is easy to understand and apply. The active learning exercises are great tools to utilize the techniques immediately.