Welcome to the Companion Website for Contemporary Songwriting with Ableton Live and GarageBand, 3rd Edition, by Toby Koenigsberg!
Contemporary Songwriting with Ableton Live and GarageBand provides a method for integrating songwriting with music production, enabling students and experienced musicians to create and produce finished, original pop songs. It provides an industry-standard process of songwriting in the context of popular digital audio workstations (DAWs): Ableton Live and GarageBand. Combining music theory and fundamentals with hands-on software tutorials and a plethora of famous song examples, this comprehensive guide provides a solid foundation for music industry success.
New to the 3rd edition:
- Updated software images
- Over 30 new song examples, including many songs from the 2020s
- An expansive new appendix exploring songwriting theory with tutorials for applying more advanced techniques
- Enhanced instructions for changing dissonant notes to consonant notes and for using Tambourine, Shaker, and Vocal loops in GarageBand
- More chord progression options and added safeguards against overlooking project extraction and the installation of Live Packs in Ableton
For Print Edition Users
All external website content mentioned in the book can be accessed by clicking the External Website Content link in the sidebar, organized by chapter.
For Instructors
A full range of teaching materials accompany this text, including question banks and course materials. Instructor ancillaries are password-protected. To access them, please click the Instructor Resources link in the sidebar. Existing users can log in with their username and password, and new users can request access by submitting the Access Request Form.
Toby Koenigsberg is Associate Professor of Jazz Piano at the University of Oregon, USA, where he has chaired jazz studies and popular music. He has written 6 books on jazz and popular music composition, production, and performance, and has consulted with numerous universities on the development of innovative curricula.
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