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The guidance of a skilled music producer will always be a key factor in producing a great recording, and this is no small matter in an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century. Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive road map for navigating the continuous changes in the music industry and music production technologies. From dissecting compositions to understanding studio technologies, from coaching vocalists and instrumentalists to arranging and orchestration, from musicianship to marketing, advertising and promotion, Michael Zager takes readers on a tour of the world of music production, helping students and professionals keep pace with this rapidly changing profession. This third edition features: New interviews with eminent industry professionals Updated information on current trends in producing popular music and the impacts of the Music Modernization Act Additional material on video game music End-of-chapter assignments for course usage An instructor's manual is available. Please email textbooks@rowman.com.

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Michael Zager continues to innovate, disrupt, and challenge the music industry to expand its impact. Zager's perspective and wisdom is evident on every page, and his storied career as performer, composer, producer and educator should inspire every reader of this book.--Heather Coltman, pianist, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, James Madison University Michael Zager is one of those guys who has seen it all and done it all. His book uses all of this experience to create the comprehensive guide for music production. Today's music business requires you to understand both the music and the business.--Ed Seay, recording engineer & producer

In this book, Zager reflects on his days leading some of New York's finest session players. The musicians knew there was always an element of excitement about his arranging and producing.--Ray Chew, music director, Dancing with the Stars Michael Zager continues to innovate, disrupt, and challenge the music industry to expand its impact. Zager's perspective and wisdom is evident on every page, and his storied career as performer, composer, producer and educator should inspire every reader of this book.--Heather Coltman, pianist, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, James Madison University Michael Zager is one of those guys who has seen it all and done it all. His book uses all of this experience to create the comprehensive guide for music production. Today's music business requires you to understand both the music and the business.--Ed Seay, recording engineer & producer

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Michael Zager is Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in Performing Arts, professor of music, and director of the commercial music program at Florida Atlantic University. His recording awards for producing, composing, and arranging include 15 gold or platinum records. He is the author of Writing Music for Commercials: Television Radio Commercials and New Media, Third Edition.

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