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SYP Bibliography

Cann, Simon. //Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: from Presets to Power User//. Boston: Course Technology, 2010. Print. This book was relevant to my topic only a little, however it was very useful for improving my skills directly related to my fieldwork. Although at first it seemed gimmicky, it turned out to be a perfectly legitimate and resourceful tool.

Cox, Christoph, and Daniel Warner. //Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music//. New York: Continuum, 2004. Print. This book was one of my most useful relevant sources it seemed as if the book was written for my project. It related past music experimentation to modern popular music and also talked about modern electronic music culture.

Darter, Tom, and Greg Armbruster. //The Art of Electronic Music//. New York: Quill, 1984. Print. This book being an old book was unsurprisingly sparse in relevant information. However I was able to learn a lot about the history of electronic music, including the people, and technology that pioneered it.

DJ, Spooky. //Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture//. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 2008. Print. This book was very relevant to my topic; it contained information regarding how people have experimented with music and how people are experimenting with music. The book was comprised of numerous essays from a variety of different sources with expertise in many areas of the subject.

Holmes, Thom. //Electronic and Experimental Music//. 3rd ed. New York: Scribner's, 1985. Print. This is another book that seemed to be made for me. It covered many key artists, milestones, and innovations of experimental and electronic music. The book covered many types of experimentation and even talked about how electronic music evolved from the experimental, to the mainstream.

Lincoln, Harry B. //The Computer and Music.// Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1970. Print. This old book was surprisingly useful and interesting. It covered the marriage of music and the computer and how the computer revolutionized music. The book however was very wordy and I found it difficult to retain very much information.

Longhurst, Brian. //Popular Music and Society//. Cambridge, UK: Polity, 1995. Print. This book was key to my research. It covers the role of popular music in everyday life and how people are influenced by it. But more importantly it discusses the social machine that determines which genres and songs do and do not get exposure.

Miranda, Eduardo Reck, and Al Biles. //Evolutionary Computer Music//. London: Springer, 2007. Print. This book was probably the most interesting of my sources, it talked about modern research in music and how people are using computers to experiment with music. Including using experimental technology to research how music affects culture and culture effects music.  "Pop Songs | Billboard.com." Music News, Reviews, Articles, Information, News Online & Free Music | Billboard.com. Web. 8 May 2010. . This website keeps tabs on what songs are at the top of the charts, as well as playing full versions of them. I found it very helpful in my study of pop trends

Smithsonian Jazz - A Jazz Portal Intended to Preserve and Promote One of America's Greatest Art Forms - Jazz. Web. 1 May 2010. . This website keeps a database on americain music history with a focus on jazz. It was particularly helpful in determining what was happening in music culture at different time periods.

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