Electronic Musician

This article is about the magazine. For the electronic musician, see electronic music.

Electronic Musician was a monthly magazine published by Future US featuring articles on synthesizers, music production and electronic musicians.

Electronic Musician

Cover of the final issue (August 2023)
Categories	Music
Frequency	Monthly
Founded	1975
Final issue	August 2023
Company	Future US
Country	USA
Based in	San Bruno, California
Language	English
Website	Electronic Musician
ISSN	0884-4720

History and profile

Electronic Musician began as Polyphony magazine in 1975, published by PAiA Electronics as a synthesizer hobbyist magazine. In 1976, it was spun off as a separate company, Polyphony Publishing Company. It was sold to Mix Publications in 1985. Mix Publications was bought by Act III Communications around 1989, which in the 1990s was bought by Primedia. Primedia's business magazines were spun off as Prism Business Media in 2005; Prism merged with Penton Media the next year. NewBay Media bought the magazine in 2011.^[1] EQ Magazine was merged into Electronic Musician in May 2011.^[2] Future acquired NewBay in 2018.^[3] The headquarters is in San Bruno, California.^[4]

The magazine ceased publication after August 2023 issue.