Press Release - Hal Leonard has published Electronic Dance Music Grooves.

Montclair, NJ - June 30, 2015 - Hal Leonard has published Electronic Dance Music Grooves. This new Quick Pro Guide provides creative insights to understand how to build exciting, powerful, and compelling EDM grooves. Ableton Live Certified Trainer, and noted EDM performer Josh Bess helps the reader take their skills to the next level with an extremely efficient and intelligent groove-making system for techno, trance, dubstep, drum 'n' bass, garage, trap, or hip-hop music. Accompanying each groove, fill, and transition is a MIDI map, designed to make it simple to use the included grooves and samples with virtually any modern DAW. Whether your preferred DAW is Ableton Live, Reason, Pro Tools, Logic, or almost any of the other popular music production and performance software applications, you'll quickly be equipped to incorporate these grooves and samples into your own creative workflow. Electronic Dance Music Grooves includes over 300 professional-quality drum and effects samples, more than 300 drum grooves and MIDI files, 17 Ableton Live Drum Racks, and much more, all provided to support creativity and EDM production. Samples and sessions are delivered online to provide access to all of the content, whether you're using a desktop, laptop, or mobile device. Electronic Dance Music Grooves $24.99 (US) Inventory #HL 00128989 ISBN: 9781480393769 Width: 8.37", length: 11.0", 264 pages About the Author: JOSH BESS is a percussionist, electronic performing artist, and Ableton Certified Trainer. Performing with multiple artists and employing a wide variety of styles, he is experienced in jazz, funk, Latin, pop, rock, and more. In addition to performing, Bess developed an interest in music production and went on to earn his college degree in audio engineering and jazz commercial performance. He has fused his knowledge and his ear for audio production with his percussive background to develop an efficient and creative electronic workflow-a combination that he regularly puts to work in his compositions and live performances. For more information, visit www.joshbess.net. For more information, please visit http://www.halleonardbooks.com