Dance Music 101

[Barfunkel]

@""dcsux""

Can also recommend this book so far (I’m still working my way through it).

Unlocking the Groove by Mark Butler.
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=22615

It gets pretty technical for someone without any music theory background (like me), but it breaks down what defines many of the original genres, and key tracks/rhythmical passages on a structural level.

And don’t be put off by the use of the acronym EDM! He is referring to all genres of dance music made on electronic machines, not the neon, commercialised plague that has consumed America of late.

I got that book too. Not for the casual reader!

I also bought some theory books at the same time, I’ll try to absord the information contained in them first, before trying to unlock the secrets of the Butler book.