The Digital Musician

The Digital Musician is a textbook for creative music technology and electronic music courses. It provides an overview of sound properties, acoustics, digital music, and sound design as a basis for understanding the compositional possibilities that new music technologies allow. Creative projects allow students to apply key concepts covered in each chapter. Topics covered include hardware hacking, live coding, interactive music, sound manipulation and transformation, software instruments, networked performance, as well as critical listening and analysis.

Features


Readers Guides outline the major topics in each chapter


Project boxes for both individuals and groups throughout each chapter


Annotated Listening Lists for each chapter, with accompanying playlists on the companion website


Recommended Further Reading and Discussion Questions at the end of each chapter


Case studies of actual composers, with contributed projects


Companion website includes reading lists, links to audio and video, and slides for use in the classroom.

Andrew Hugill is Director of the Institute Of Creative Technologies at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, where he founded the Music Technology programme.

Part 1. Engaging 1. Creative Identity 2. Aural Awareness 3. Understanding Sound 4. Listening to Digital　Music Part 2. Creating 5. Organising Sound 6. Processing Sound　7. Creating Music 8. Instruments　and Media　9. Performing 10. Digital Musicianship Part 3. Knowing 11. Cultural Context 12. Critical Engagement 13. Digital Music　14. Analysing Digital Music Part 4. Being　15. The Digital World 16. Case Studies