Amazon.com description: Product Description: With the ever-increasing number of musicians using computers in live performance, there is a need for a resource on how to deal with the unique difficulties involved. This book is here to fill that need. Providing an in-depth look at live music performance with laptop computers, readers will gain a solid understanding of this relatively new and growing area of music creation. While the book explains laptop music from a big-picture perspective, it also covers some of the technical specifics such as how to choose equipment (both hardware and software) and get it working properly, as well as the musical possibilities that can be gained from a particular hardware and software setup. Additionally, readers explore some of the most effective ways of using computers in a live performance situation. A number of interviews with well-known performers who use computers live are interspersed throughout the book, as well as detailed descriptions of the actual hardware and software setups being used by various contemporary performers. Musicians in the realm of music will truly benefit in this guide's unique, extremely informative, and diverse approach.