Pro Audio Textbook
Author: David Gibson and Maestro Curtis
Course Technology 2004

The Art of Producing from Course Technology and written by David Gibson and Maestro Curtis lays out a specific process for producing a music project from start to finish.

Throughout the book, the reader will acquire specific skills and techniques for producing a high-quality production, and explore the many values that must come together along the way.
From working with virtual recording, virtual instruments, vocal techniques, and MIDI tracking to picking a recording studio, and everything in between, "The Art of Producing" offers well-grounded concepts that have been tested and proven through years of success. These concepts adapted to the personal style of the reader will result in a successful process that works for everyone involved.

David Gibson has engineered and produced albums in a wide range of styles of music - acoustic rock, jazz, rock, new age, heavy metal, rap, hip-hop, and electronica. He has been teaching, engineering, and producing groups in major 24-track studios and is the founder of Globe Institute of Recording and Production in San Francisco.