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Hal Leonard and Keyboard Present Steal This Sound

The greatest synths sounds from the greatest records and how to get them with your gear
Montclair, NJ (September 20, 2011) Hal Leonard Books, the m sician!s best so rce o" books on the m sic b siness, a dio technolo#$, instr ment histor$, and more, has p blished Steal This Sound (%1&'&&) b$ Mitchell Si#man' (resented b$ )e$board Ma#a*ine, the book is a collection o" Si#man!s col mns o" the same name "rom )e$board, detailin# the #reatest s$nth so nds "rom the #reatest records, and ho+ the$ can be achie,ed +ith modern #ear' (resented in chronolo#ical order as the$ appeared in the ma#a*ine "rom inception to the present, Steal This Sound incl des more than si-t$ articles describin# prominent s$nth so nds "rom (rince!s ./hen 0o,es 1r$2 and Nine 3nch Nails .1loser2 to M4M5!s .5ime to (retend2 and 6adiohead!s .7,er$thin# in 3t!s 6i#ht (lace2' Steal This Sound is packed +ith in,al able tips and insi#hts into re8creatin# these #reat s$nth so nds and pro,ides a ni9 e ,ie+ into ho+ s$nth technolo#$ has e,ol,ed o,er the $ears' Si#man e-plains ho+ these so nds +ere created ori#inall$ on s$nths b$ Moo#, :6(, Se9 ential 1irc its, 6oland, and )or#, and #i,es step8b$8step instr ctions to re8create the so nds sin# +idel$ a,ailable modern pl #8ins and so"t+are instr ments "rom a host o" man "act rers' Steal This Sound is a #reat read "or m sic enth siasts and an in,al able reso rce "or ke$boardists and pro#rammers' About the Author: Mitchell Si#man is a Los8:n#eles based ke$boardist, # itarist, and prod cer' His band 1eleb tante pla$s the L: area and has n mero s 5; track placements in sho+s s ch as The Jersey Shore, The Bold and the Beautiful, Burn Notice, Monk, and more' Si#man also +on a BM3 a+ard in 200< "or his +ork on the Berlin track .Scream2, +hich is sed as the theme son# "or the Li"etime drama Angelas Eyes' Si#man has been a +riter "or )e$board Ma#a*ine since 200=' Keyboard Presents Steal This Sound Hal Leonard Books September 2011 1>2 pa#es, <2 - 102 (aperback %1&'&&, 3SBN &?<818=2@=8&2<18< +++'halleonardbooks'com