Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of the Roland Corp., has released his autobiography, "I Believe in
Music" ($27.95). Along the way, Kakehashi's book profiles major developments in the field of
electronic music, including the advent of MIDI and the guitar synthesizer.
The book is peppered with anecdotes about the music industry and includes behind-the-scenes
vignettes describing the development of landmark electronic musical instruments. For example,
Kakehashi talks about Roland's DCB (Digital Communication Bus) and the emergence of the MIDI 1.0
specification. The book concludes with a tour of Kakehashi's favorite pipe organs and a collection
of interviews with electronic-music pioneers such as Don Leslie (inventor of the Leslie cabinet)
and Isao Tomita. Hal Leonard Corp.; tel. (414) 774-3630; Web www.halleonard.com.
This came out around August 2002.
--Shemp
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