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In 101 Tips and Tricks Every Prop Maker Should Know, Utah Shakespeare Festival's Properties Director Ben Hohman explains tricks of the trade generally not taught in schools, but essential for prop...

Analog Audio Amplifier Design introduces all the fundamental principles of analog audio amplifiers, alongside practical circuit design techniques. Covering all the basics of amplifier operation and...

Art of the Cut provides an unprecedented look at the art and technique of contemporary film and television editing. The book offers a fascinating, topic-based, roundtable discussion with more than 50...

This book provides current and incoming filmmakers with a comprehensive overview of how to create business and marketing plans to prepare their movies for distribution. Nicholas LaRue combines...

Build AI-Enhanced Audio Plugins with C++ explains how to embed artificial intelligence technology inside tools that can be used by audio and music professionals, through worked examples using Python,...

Designing Audio Circuits and Systems is a comprehensive guide to audio circuits and systems design. Beginning with analog audio circuit design basics that a novice can understand, this book offers...

Innovation in Music: Cultures and Contexts is a groundbreaking collection, bringing together contributions from instructors, researchers and professionals. Split into two sections, covering creative...

Innovation in Music: Technology and Creativity is a groundbreaking collection, bringing together contributions from instructors, researchers and professionals. Split into two sections, covering...

Innovation in Music: Technology and Creativity is a groundbreaking collection, bringing together contributions from instructors, researchers and professionals, and including chapters on audience...

Challenging current music making approaches which have traditionally relied on the repetition of fixed forms when played, this book provides a new framework for musicians, composers and producers...

Living the Dream: Building a Sustainable Career in the Performing Arts offers an accessible guide to understanding one's arts career as a business. This essential companion to the inner workings of...

Modular Synthesis brings together scholars, artists, composers, and musical instrument designers in an exploration of modular synthesis, an unusually multifaceted musical instrument that opens up...

Teaching Practical Theatrical 3D Printing: Creating Props for Production is a cohesive and practical guide for instructors teaching 3D printing techniques in stagecraft, costume and props courses...

The Music Business for Music Creators is a roadmap to understanding the traditional and modern income streams that define the modern music industry, with an emphasis on educating and empowering the...

What Is Lighting Design?: A Genealogy of People and Ideas explains what lighting design is by looking at the history of ideas that are a part of this craft and how those ideas developed. Lighting...