Welcome to the companion website for the book Sound Signatures: Crafting your electronic music identity
A book about creative music production techniques and forging your own unique sound written by Nick Feldman.
Order your copy direct from the publisher
It’s also available online at all major bookshops.
This website hosts additional resources to support the book including a glossary of terms and audio examples. It also features additional interviews, a repeat of the exercises and a link directory.
Book your place at the first launch event in London:
Thursday 29 January 2026 at ICMP Queens Park!
This is a free event running from 6-8pm where Nick will discuss his approach to staying creative whilst producing music and expanding on the underlying philosophy of the book – regarding the importance of workflow, experimentation and play. He’ll ‘also be chatting about finding your unique signature sound and original voice in the impending age of AI dross. There will be physical copies of the book for sale at a discounted price!
You need to register for a free ticket over on Eventbrite.
Sound Signatures: Crafting Your Electronic Music Identity explores ways to help electronic musicians establish their unique signature sound through new methods of sound creation and manipulation. It covers an extensive range of creative techniques for music production and sound design that might not be immediately obvious to those who are self‐taught or at the beginning of their career or study programme.
Designed to provoke curiosity and foster creative thinking and experimental practice, this book spans 12 chapters covering synthesis, creative sampling, workflow techniques, vocal processing, use of noise and texture and an assortment of ways to create and manipulate sound within a musical context. This book is not software specific, focusing on underlying concepts and creative techniques that can be applied to any setup, whilst endorsing performance‐oriented techniques in the studio to introduce new working practices.
Featuring practical exercises to consolidate knowledge, diagrams, tips for further exploration and online audio examples, this book encourages experimentation to develop an improved personal workflow whilst building knowledge and skills in electronic music production. These chapters are complemented by interviews with leading creative music production practitioners such as Holly Herndon, Benn Jordan, Sarah Belle Reid, Amon Tobin and Robert Henke.
About the author:
UK-based Nick Feldman has been producing and performing electronic music and video across a wide range of genres since 1998. He currently works on six different projects to satisfy his musical curiosity: Force Majeure (experimental), Ronin (breakcore), Obese (bass music), Villain (live techno/electro), Killdren (rave-punk), Chwalaw (electronica).
He has been teaching music and video tech since 2012 and holds a Master’s degree in Audio Production from the University of Westminster and this is his first book. A creative and performance-based approach influences his production work and he is currently writing a new book on building a liveset using Ableton Live.
Alongside his musical career, Nick has worked as a graphic designer, VJ and audiovisual artist, with projects and installations that explore the intersection of sound and image. He curates and manages Crux, a series of audiovisual live performance events and electronic music/video jam sessions, which also hosts an annual festival in London. He previously led the London Ableton User Group.