1st Edition
Audio Production Tips Getting the Sound Right at the Source
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Contributors
Chapter 1: Production Philosophies, Your Ears and Critical Listening
Chapter 2: Project Management and Pre-Production
Chapter 3: Basic Music Theory
Chapter 4: Song Structure, Lyrics and Melody
Chapter 5: Advanced Music Theory
Chapter 6: Arrangement and Orchestration
Chapter 7: Demystifying Recording Levels
Chapter 8: Microphone, Pre-Amp and Live Room Choice
Chapter 9: The Critical Listening Environment
Chapter 10: Decision-Making and General Recording Techniques
Chapter 11: Tracking Drums
Chapter 12: Tracking Electric and Bass Guitar
Chapter 13: Tracking Other Instrumentation
Chapter 14: Tracking Vocals
Epilogue
Biography
Peter Dowsett is a British audio engineer known for his experience with many facets of the music industry including studio engineering, mixing, mastering and live sound
In the studio he has worked at Metropolis studios with clients including Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Downton Abbey, Nick Jonas, and Dappy. His work has been synced on ABC, Channel 5 and featured on cover CDs for Metal Hammer magazine. He has received extensive international radio and television airplay.
In a live sound environment Peter has toured with Ugly Kid Joe, Fozzy, Twisted Wheel and Beholder and has engineered major festivals including Download, Sonisphere, Wacken Polish Woodstock, and Lockerse. He has also worked FOH or monitors at Coventry Kasbah, Birmingham Institute, and Nuneaton Queens Hall for The Darkness, Buzzcocks, Foals, Miles Kane, Dodgy, Ash, Cast, Chase and Status, Pulled Apart by Horses, and We are the Ocean.
