Publisher's Synopsis
This is a hacks-only version of Part 1 in the series: Hack Music Theory. Each hack delivers all the vital info you need to know about each topic. Read through all these hacks in a half hour, and you'll be making good music in less than an hour from now. However, you'll miss out on a bunch of bad jokes and deep insights that are only revealed in its companion, so go grab a copy at HackMusicTheory.com
Ray Harmony is an award-winning music lecturer and multi-instrumentalist, who draws on his two decades of teaching experience to break down music theory into its simplest form. After studying 'popular' and 'classical' music theory, Ray created a unique approach that he uses to compose his songs, which feature multi-platinum Grammy winners Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), and many more. "The most brilliant, fast, easy, and fun music theory book I've ever seen!" -DEREK SIVERS, CD Baby founder, TED speaker, musician, author of Anything You Want "This is the kind of book I wish I had when I first started out." -IHSAHN, Emperor "Trust Ray, and in no time you'll have a watertight music theory skillset you once thought impossible to obtain." -PAT LUNDY, Modestep, ex-Funeral for a Friend "Ray manages to make learning music theory fascinating, digestible, and damn right cool!" -JOE COPCUTT, AxeWound, Zoax "If you have been put off music theory in the past, then this is the book to inspire and empower you." -VICTORIA WILLIAMSON, PhD, Vice Chancellor's Fellow Researcher and Lecturer in Music at the University of Sheffield, UK, author of You Are the Music "Ray has a totally unique approach of hacking music theory, which gives you the essentials in a fraction of the time." - VESPERS, Warp Academy founder, music producer
