Roads, Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic (2015)
Roads, Curtis. Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic". Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Roads presents a not-quite-survey of composition methods in electronic music, avoiding any claim of comprehensiveness while presenting a useful selection for understanding what it means to compose contemporary electronic music, complete with its pedagogy.
c. 3 - “The Nature of Sound” is an instructive chapter, less original than the rest, as stated by the author in the preface as well. Therefore, no notes taken. It’s a good brief review of the physical properties of sound — good reference material. — File under “shallow reference”
TODO: List main arguments of the book.