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Composers' Rules of Engagement

Author: " I think that it is possible to deal with structural complexity and at the same time to be very transparent or clear. It is true that this music is difficult to understand because we don't have the habit of listening to it but i also think that it is exciting to listen to music that is constructed in ways that we never thought of."

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The disc opens to a folder containing 23 construction kits ranging from 80 to 180 bpm, with most hovering around 120. I'm immediately impressed by the scope of what's offered: everything from dream-pop, robot music, techno-goth and early Ministry-like electro industrial (minus screaming guitars) to erotic '80s house and even a cool downtempo new-wave rap beat

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Blog for beginner musicmakers

Articles about musical production, time management for musicians, targets, tends etc.

Unique cource of musical theory for vibes/mallets in Jazz

This site is based on independent research into chord progressions in tonal music and shows how chord progressions create musical phrase structures similar to sentence structures in natural language. Also included is a section on how harmony works in Pop and Rock Music!

The most popular music of the year: from 1900-2006

Empirical guide on EQ