The music producer's survival guide: chaos, creativity, and career in independent and electronic music

A music-career book like no other, THE MUSIC PRODUCERÔÇÖS SURVIVAL GUIDE: CHAOS, CREATIVITY, AND CAREER IN INDEPENDENT AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC offers a wide-ranging, exploratory, yet refreshingly down-to-earth take on living the life of the independent electronic music producer.

If you are an intellectually curious musician/producer eager to make your mark in todayÔÇÖs technologically advanced music business, youÔÇÖre in for a treat.

In this friendly, philosophical take on the art and science of music production, veteran producer, engineer, and teacher Brian Jackson shares clear, practical advice about shaping your own career in todayÔÇÖs computer-centric ÔÇ£home-studioÔÇØ music world.

YouÔÇÖll cover music technology, philosophy of music production, career planning, networking, craft and creativity, the DIY ethos, lifestyle considerations, and much more.

BrianÔÇÖs thoughtful approach will teach you to integrate your creative passion, your lifestyle, and your technical know-how.

The Music ProducerÔÇÖs Survival Guide is the first music-production book to consider the influence of complexity studies and chaos theory on music-making and career development.

Focused on practicality, and guided by the ÔÇ£big pictureÔÇØ framework of Integral theory, it traverses a wide spectrum of topics, including presets, the butterfly effect, granular synthesis, harmonic ratios, the TR-808, altered states, fractals, P2P file sharing, and more.

Carving out your niche in music today is an invigorating challenge that will test all your skills and capacities.

Learn to surviveÔÇöand thriveÔÇöas a creative-technical professional in todayÔÇÖs music business, with the help of Brian Jackson and THE MUSIC PRODUCERÔÇÖS SURVIVAL GUIDE: CHAOS, CREATIVITY, AND CAREER IN INDEPENDENT AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC.