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Many of our books are used as textbooks at Berklee College of Music (as well as at many other institutions around the world). New books are adopted as texts to courses all the time, so if you know of others that should be here, please let us know and we’ll add them.

Audio Post Production: For Film and Television

by Mark Cross,

Project Management for Musicians: Recordings, Concerts, Tours, Studios, and More

by Jonathan Feist,

Music Composition for Film and Television

by Lalo Schifrin,

Producing Drum Beats: Writing & Mixing Killer Drum Grooves

by Erik Hawkins,

The Contemporary Singer – Second Edition: Elements of Vocal Technique

by Anne Peckham,

Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail

by Mike King,

World Jazz Drumming

by Mark Walker,

Funk/R&B Guitar: Creative Solos, Grooves, and Sounds

by Thaddeus Hogarth,

Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling

by Andrea Stolpe,

Berklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary

by Rick Peckham,

Music Notation: Preparing Scores and Parts

by Matthew Nicholl, Richard Grudzinski,

Berklee Music Theory Book 2 – Second Edition: Fundamentals of Harmony

by Paul Schmeling,

Piano Essentials: Scales, Chords, Arpeggios, and Cadences

by Ross Ramsay,

Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer

by Anne Peckham,

Berklee In the Pocket: Music Publishing 101

by George Howard,

The Songwriter’s Workshop: Harmony

by Jimmy Kachulis,

Recording and Producing in the Home Studio: A Complete Guide

by David Franz,

Harmonic Ear Training

by Roberta Radley,

Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice

by Ted Pease,

The Songwriter’s Workshop: Melody

by Jimmy Kachulis,

Reharmonization Techniques

by Randy Felts,

The Songs of John Lennon: The Beatles Years

by John Stevens,

Modern Jazz Voicings: Arranging for Small and Medium Ensembles

by Ted Pease, Ken Pullig,

Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs

by Jack Perricone,

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