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MAKING MUSIC WITH GARAGEBAND AND MIXCRAFT provides music educators and self-learners with a comprehensive guide to music production using two of the most inexpensive and intuitive music software recording programs on the market today. Although easy to use, the tools included in GarageBand and Mixcraft are powerful enough to create music worthy of inclusion in professional productions, and their interfaces and workflows prepare users to work with professional studio-level digital audio workstation programs, such as Logic and Pro Tools. The book is far from a simple software guide. The first chapters introduce the programs, how to use them, and how to get the best audio results from any home or school computer setup. The subsequent chapters help develop creativity and guide the reader (with a very gentle learning curve) into using these programs not only to make recordings, but also to compose and produce great music. This book includes 12 specific lessons for GarageBand and 12 specific

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1435458702
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978-1435458703
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1st
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Cengage Learning PTR
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December 27, 2010
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English
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8.75 x 0.75 x 11 inches
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288 pages
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Robin Hodson is the Mid-Atlantic Manager for Soundtree, based in Baltimore, MD. He comes from a musical family; his grandfather founded a symphony orchestra and music conservatory in Zimbabwe, and his mother taught music for fifty years. An accomplished composer and performer, working in a variety of genres, Mr. Hodson is also a recording engineer, songwriter and arranger. He received a Masters Degree at Magdalen College, Oxford before moving to the US in 1999. He was with Sibelius/Avid for thirteen years, and trained universities and schools all over the US and Canada on how to use Avid music technology products, before joining Soundtree in the summer of 2009. He has authored several free quick start guides on how to use and learn Sibelius, Groovy Music and Pro Tools, and he has just completed writing a curriculum for using Pro Tools in education. More information on Mr. Hodson can be found at www.robinhodson.com.

Dr. James Frankel is the Managing Director of SoundTree, the leader in music, audio and video technology solutions for educators. Before taking the helm at SoundTree, he was the instrumental and general music teacher at the Franklin Avenue Middle School in Franklin Lakes, NJ for 11 years. Dr. Frankel earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University, and his Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. An Adjunct Faculty member at Teachers College Columbia University, he teaches a variety of courses on music technology. His published works include over 50 articles in various state, national and international journals of music education and several works published by SoundTree and Hal Leonard. Recently, his chapter entitled Music Education Technology, was included in Critical Issues in Music Education, published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Frankel is on the Board of Directors for TI:ME where he serves as the Vice President/Secretary and the Editor of the TI:ME E-mail Newsletter. In addition to his work with the TI:ME National Organization, he is the President of ATMI - the Association for Technology in Music Instruction.

Michael Fein earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Rutgers University and a Masters of Jazz Saxophone Performance from Rowan University. Michael has published articles and lesson plans with MET Magazine and Sound Tree. He has presented numerous sessions at music and technology conferences including the 2005 National Education Computing Conference in Philadelphia, the 2009 TI:ME National Conference in San Antonio, TX, and the 2010 TI:ME National Conference in New Brunswick, NJ. Michael currently teaches music technology electives and the jazz ensemble at Haverford High School and serves as an adjunct jazz saxophone instructor at Swarthmore College. Michael's resume includes performances with Ralph Peterson, Stanley Cowell, Scott Whitfield, Ralph Bowen, Denis DiBlasio, Arden Theater Company, and lead alto work with the great Ray Charles. Michael released his debut CD entitled Four Flights Up in April 2005. The CD features Michael and his jazz sextet performing original tunes and arrangements. The CD was re-released by Dreambox Media in October 2006 and is now available for purchase through Amazon.com, DreamboxMedia.com, and select local record stores.

Richard McCready teaches Music Technology at River Hill High School, in Howard County, Maryland. He also serves the Howard County school district in a resource capacity, training other teachers and helping them to bring the excitement of Music Technology to their schools. Richard has been teaching for twenty years, and has taught at the middle school level, high school level, and college level. He began his career at Frodsham High School in Cheshire, England, and has also held positions at Towson University, MD, The Park School of Baltimore, MD, and Mayfield Woods Middle School in Elkridge, MD. Throughout Richard's career he has taught students to experience music through creativity, using the latest technology available, from 4-track cassette-tape recorders to modern-day DAWs such as Garage Band and Acoustica Mixcraft.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cengage Learning PTR; 1st edition (December 27, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1435458702
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1435458703
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.85 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 0.75 x 11 inches

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Michael Fein earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Rutgers University and a Masters of Jazz Saxophone Performance from Rowan University. Michael has published articles and lesson plans with MET Magazine and Sound Tree. He has presented numerous sessions at music and technology conferences including the 2005 National Education Computing Conference in Philadelphia, the 2009 TI:ME National Conference in San Antonio, TX, and the 2010 TI:ME National Conference in New Brunswick, NJ. Michael currently teaches music technology electives and the jazz ensemble at Haverford High School and serves as an adjunct jazz saxophone instructor at Swarthmore College. Michael's resume includes performances with Ralph Peterson, Stanley Cowell, Scott Whitfield, Ralph Bowen, Denis DiBlasio, Arden Theater Company, and lead alto work with the great Ray Charles. Michael released his debut CD entitled Four Flights Up in April 2005. The CD features Michael and his jazz sextet performing original tunes and arrangements. The CD was re-released by Dreambox Media in October 2006 and is now available for purchase through Amazon.com, DreamboxMedia.com, and select local record stores.
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Dr James Frankel is the Head of Digital Education for the Music Sales Group, and Director of MusicFirst (www.musicfirst.com). Previously, he was the Managing Director of SoundTree, the Educational Division of Korg USA, and before that he was the instrumental and general music teacher at the Franklin Avenue Middle School in Franklin Lakes, NJ for 11 of his nearly 15 years in the New Jersey Public Schools.
Dr Frankel earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University in 1993, where he studied the tuba as well as composition. In 1996, Dr Frankel completed his Masters Degree in Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University where he completed his doctoral studies in 2002. Dr Frankel is an Adjunct Faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University where he teaches courses on music technology.
Dr Frankel is a widely published author in various state, national and international journals of music education. He is the author of:
* Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab published by SoundTree
* The Teachers Guide to Music, Media & Copyright Law published by Hal Leonard
He is also co-author of YouTube in Music Education published by Hal Leonard, contributing author for Critical Issues in Music Education published by Oxford University Press and co-author of Making Music with GarageBand & Mixcraft published by Cengage.
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Martin R Lassman

Been needing a book like this

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2011

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I feel pretty fluent with Garageband but I forgot a few tricks and wanted a book to be able to research a few 'how do I do that' things. In addition, my school principally has PC's so I needed to learn Mixcraft if I wanted my students to learn how to do this rudimentary type of composition. I had researched - and purchased - several books but they were not what I needed.

This year, our computer teacher was given a Mac lab which (of course) comes with Garageband so we decided to teach both of our sets of classes how to use Garageband. This book, in addition to allowing me to get answers I need, has lesson plans which I can use to teach Garageband in a logical way. The computer teacher purchased a book also - our dance teacher has decided to buy one as well - and, as we are going through the first lesson, I learned two new tricks I was unaware of. These lessons will be great! The kids will love them and we will finally teach students how to write music using a computer.

Robin Hodson is a co-author of this book. Anything he does is awesome and all about making technology easy and efficient for the user.

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Michael L. Whitfield

judge such books by their usefulness

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2013

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So many of these How To books skimp on one of the most important features of the book - the INDEX. Who has time to read these things from cover to cover? My very first attempt to use this book resulted in failure. Mixcraft has a button for Punch In and Punch Out but when I looked in the index for an explanation, there was no entry.

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good book

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2019

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had to get this for class as it was required but found it to be very useful in learning how to use garage band. would recommend, .

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David Matthews

Music Through Technology

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2011

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I have been using Making Music with GarageBand and Mixcraft with my Music Technology classes. I bought the Kindle version first and then the textbook edition. I like the book very much and my students have been enjoying the projects as well. The great thing about this book is that it is a MUSIC book first. While the students are learning how to use hardware and software, the primary focus is music. My students are learning about music through technology. In addition, there are many applications beyond the printed objectives of each lesson. In other words, they can apply what they learn to future musical projects.

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Mark Boersma

Not the manual for a newcomer I was hoping for

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013

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I'm a part-time musician who wanted to learn how to record using GarageBand, already installed on my laptop. I saw this book and it looked great. Although I was unfamiliar with Mixcraft, it sounded like a good complementary program for GarageBand. After receiving it and attempting to get through lesson one, I discovered:
1) It's oriented towards those teaching a course involving these programs (ok, I thought, same lessons should apply..)
2) It turns out GarageBand ONLY runs on Macs and Mixcraft ONLY runs on PCs. So you couldn't use the two programs on the same computer
3) To get you started on GarageBand, they immediately start with GarageBand Demo songs. I have GarageBand 11 - but no such demo songs. The book suggests if you don't have the songs, surf the web for a free download of them. After a half hour of searching and trying incorrect options, I gave up.

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Rich Ronin

The info is here, but...

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013

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It's written in a very dry manner. I was hoping the "Dummie Books" would have covered this topic in more detail. No such luck. This is written as a school text book. Informative if you can stay awake.

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DW

A Good Book of Instructions for Both the Mixcraft and GarageBand Music Composition Programs!

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016

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Have not gotten through the whole book as of yet but it has helped me so far to do some basic things with my Mixcraft 7 program; but I haven't gotten to the part to use my GarageBand program yet (only for MAC or Apple products) on my iPad Mini but I will after I do more on Mixcraft 7. The book seems to include valuable instructions for both programs so I would highly recommend it for those who have either or both programs and like composing music for their computer.

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Mark Bliss

Pass

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018

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I think this was probably outdated already upon publishing, Now its way out of date. Nice try, but pass.

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roger preisner

So easy to read, even I can understand it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2014

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There is always, in my experience, a certain amount of fear involved when it comes to learning a new skill. I can recall that every member of the typing class that I once joined was absolutely terrified when confronted with a computer keyboard for the first time.. At the back of one's mind there is often the fear of not succeeding and making a fool of oneself. The way that this book is written, and that the accompanying video tutorials are presented, remove all traces of nerves from the learner. A potentially daunting task becomes an absolute learning pleasure!

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