Keyboard for Commercial Music Production - by Andy Villemez (Hardcover)

About the Book

This is a comprehensive guide designed to build foundational keyboard skills for students and musicians pursuing careers in the commercial music industry. It provides a well-rounded approach focusing on music reading, keyboard technique, music theory, harmonization, aural skills, and creativity for people whose secondary instrument is the piano.

Book Synopsis

This is a comprehensive guide designed to build foundational keyboard skills for students and musicians pursuing careers in the commercial music industry. It provides a well-rounded approach focusing on music reading, keyboard technique, music theory, harmonization, aural skills, and creativity for people whose secondary instrument is the piano.

Review Quotes

Keyboard for Commercial Music Production covers relevant concepts and provides a full range of exercises designed specifically to equip and reinforce the skills necessary for effective work in the realm of commercial music production.

This is a practical and essential well-rounded text for the growing era of keyboardists who can ldquo;do-it-all.rdquo; Andy Villemez introduces relevant keyboard skills with a problem-solving and process-oriented approach that embraces different musical styles (pop, folk, classical, rock, jazz, etc.) while building confidence with digital audio workstations and overall practice and performance.

About the Author

Andy Villemez is an educator, composer, author, and performer based in Cincinnati, OH where he serves as associate professor of piano and piano pedagogy at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He teaches courses in piano literature, music pedagogy, and keyboard musicianship for music industry majors. His research focuses on the development of teaching strategies and educational materials that empower students with well-rounded musicianship and long-lasting creativity.