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The Musician And The Micro was published by the Blandford Press in 1982 and achieved two firsts. It was the world's first book for musicians about the practical uses of computer technology in music making and it was also the first book in the UK to be directly typeset from an author's word-processed keystrokes.
Prior to writing the book, Ray Hammond had been the founder publisher and co-owner of International Musician and Recording World, a monthly magazine for musicians, that was published in the USA, UK and Germany.
Excerpt from The Musician And The Micro (1982):
"The computer will liberate the music in all of us. There is no longer the need for years of piano practice, agonized months of violin scrapings and the deliberate cultivation of finger-tip calluses. The computer will take over the mechanical parts of the job and allow us to make melody, to sing, allowing the music to pour forth."
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What the reviewers said about The Musician And The Micro:
This is the first guide to the new world of affordable computer music. Sounds
An intelligent and thorough survey of the new computer-based equipment that will completely change music making. International Musician (USA).
Beam me up Scotty! Keyboards
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