Hal Leonard Publishes "Producing Music with Ableton Live"

Learn to make electronic dance music with the innovative application that started the revolutionMontclair,  NJ (February 1, 2012) – Hal Leonard Books, the musician’s best source  of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published Producing Music with Ableton Live ($16.99) by Jake Perrine. This exciting new title is designed to get readers producing their own music from the ground up!Ableton  Live is a groundbreaking program whose unique nonlinear, incredibly  flexible features set it apart from all the other digital audio applications.  It is equally at home with making beats, remixing, live recording,  DJing, live looping, sound design, electronic music, hip-hop, and much more.Unlike  other books about Live that simply explain its features like a second  manual, this hands-on-centric book contains a series of exercises that  will walk readers through all the features they need to make an actual  track from start to finish. Also included are audio content for use in the  Ableton Live exercises contained in the text and screen-cast videos of  the exercises, so readers can actually see how many of the features described by the author work.A  substantial appendix section offers discussions of important  non-Ableton-specific topics, including digital audio basics, components  of a producer's studio, considerations when buying a DAW computer, and more.In  addition to over 20 years of making electronic music, certified Ableton  trainer Jake Perrine has over a decade of experience teaching audio production,  so not only does he know what he's talking about, he knows how to make  sure the reader know what he's talking about! Whether it’s  DJing, making mashups and remixes, playing with a band, or building epic  dance anthems from scratch, this book has all the step-by-step details achieve it with Ableton Live.About the Author:Jake Perrine began making bloops and bleeps with computers on an Apple II+ when he was 12. He has been an audio engineer for RealNetworks  and a mastering engineer at RFI/CD, and has taught professional audio  production for over a decade at the Art Institute of Seattle.  He has written and directed a rock opera entitled Vamp, releases his  own solo electronic music under the name of Spire, and is one half of the electropop duo Bloom. (More information about Perrine can be found at www.jakeperrine.com).Producing Music with Ableton LiveHal Leonard BooksJanuary 2011182 pages, 8.5” x 11”Paperback with DVD$16.99, ISBN 9781458400369www.halleonardbooks.comwww.onstageandbackstage.wordpress.com