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Teaching Music Production: An Evidence-Based Approach
Paperback
Music Recording & Reproduction
Publisher Price: $57.99
ISBN13: 9781041091561
Publisher: Focal Press
Published: Oct 29 2026
Pages: 542
Language: English
Teaching Music Production: An Evidence-Based Approach offers a practical and accessible guide for effective music production teaching and learning in today's rapidly evolving creative and technological landscape.
The monograph draws from contemporary educational research, professional studio practice, and real-world classroom experience, and explores how students learn the artistic, technical, and collaborative skills required in modern music production environments. Also, deeper questions of how educators can design meaningful learning experiences are explored to enable students to become creative, adaptable, and reflective sound engineers. Topics include course design, studio and classroom environments, assessment and feedback, critical listening, collaborative production projects, digital audio workstation (DAW) instruction, remote recording workflows, and the emerging role of artificial intelligence in music creation and education.
Written for teachers, graduate students, administrators, and industry professionals alike, this text bridges the gap between educational theory and day-to-day teaching practice. Complex instructional ideas are explained in clear, approachable language and connected directly to authentic studio activities and production-based learning. Throughout the text, readers are provided with practical examples, project models, rubrics, and evidence-informed teaching strategies that can be adapted across a variety of educational settings.
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