The Billboard Book of Rock Arranging

Whether you are putting together songs with a band or recording solo with digital keyboards & MIDI, this book is designed to help you get the most out of the sounds & musicians available to you. There are basic guidelines for arranging music in blues, rock, funk, heavy metal, & country styles with information on: *How to guide effective guitar bass drum keyboard grooves *How to sweeten your music with horns, strings, & signal processing *Tips on working with MIDI & computers *Creative approaches of Prince, Van Halen, Elvis Costello, George Martin, Richard Perry, & others Aimed especially at songwriters, rock musicians, & home recordists, this book gets right to the heart of rock n roll & the art of creating, shaping, & polishing your own rock sound.