From efc41b71096f44f77bf43282a35b8a9a7566495e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leonard Francis Coogan Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 01:37:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] one more commit --- idm.mom | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/idm.mom b/idm.mom index 03f1026..af2cbe1 100644 --- a/idm.mom +++ b/idm.mom @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Access to music technology is universal for anyone with a computer, but educatio This book aims to give intermediate electronic music producers advice on how to think more critically about their sound design choices. For true beginners without any music or technology background, this book might be too advanced — you might benefit more from starting with foundational music theory, especially if you struggle to create melodic or harmonic content. Although IDM compositions tend to be simple theory-wise, they're still strong compositions. You need a stable structural base to build the complex sound design. .PP If I end up working professionally in sound design — not just for electronic music, but for film, animation, or games — this book could eventually expand to explore how sound design functions across those mediums. In IDM, sound design is the foreground; it carries the structure and invites deep, focused listening. In film and animation, sound design supports another medium — it sets the mood, enhances the world, and reinforces narrative without drawing too much attention to itself. The techniques often overlap, but the intent shifts: where IDM prioritizes sonic innovation for its own sake, film sound must serve timing, emotion, and story. In both cases, though, sound design is applied sound art — and understanding how to shape, place, and transform sound remains a core compositional skill. +.PP +I used to wish I didn’t take so long to compose. But I’ve come to realize the reason it takes so long is because I’m constantly experimenting — and that’s not a flaw in the process, it is the process. Each piece is built through trial and discovery. I’m not just composing, I’m conducting research. This book is a map of that ongoing research: a record of the tools I’ve tested, the techniques I’ve uncovered, and the paths that led somewhere unexpected. .COLLATE