- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (May 6, 1971)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0193119129
- ISBN-13: 978-0193119123
Composing with Tape Recorders: Musique Concrete for Beginners FREE DOWNLOAD
Composing with Tape Recorders: Musique Concrete for Beginners FREE DOWNLOAD
This book is a good introduction to the philosophy and technique of
musique concrete, or sound collage if you will. The author is inspiring
in his recommendation that you listen carefully to sounds and figure out
ways to combine them that are interesting. The book may seem a bit
dated now in its understanding of technology, since it came out in the
early seventies (I think), but then again all anyone needs to have some
fun with this is a tape recorder. I will say that it's interesting to
see how out-of-the-loop the author is, from an ivory tower background
where he knows about the sonic experiments of Berio but seems utterly
ignorant of the amazing accessible advances that were made by rock
artists like the Beatles. Still, we all come from where we come from.
Anyone with an interest in playing with tape will enjoy this dated but
inspiring missive.
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