Music

Rock 'n' roll's dead icons from Robert Johnson and Leadbelly to Tupac and Cobain.

A concise chart containing the most commonly used scales. Use for practice, reference, or pedagogy. Contains all major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, chromatic, whole-tone and diminished scales.

Most guitarists tend to memorize songs without learning the underlying theories and musical forms. This book is a practical description of a guitar player's journey from very simple chords and progressions to more intricate songs and forms. It describes in a humorous and engaging way, how the evolution ...

A practical guide to forming a band, from understanding your instruments to recording and playing live. It is a step-by-step course in moving beyond playing alone to working with other musicians. It contains a package of two books, a DVD, and a CD.

This beginning guitar method is unique in that it teaches the basics of playing guitar while focusing on the style of folk guitar. Designed to teach students the fundamentals of playing chords and melody on guitar, First Lesson Folk Guitar also provides lessons on correct posture, caring for the guitar, ...

This book is a collection of riffs that will serve as a great introduction to rock guitar of the 60's and 70's. The cornerstone of many rock tunes, a riff is a short musical phrase that is repeated inside a song. Riffs can be the signature part of a song and what many "play" when they do "air guitar" ...

Captures the arrival and development of World Music at the WOMAD festivals from 1981 onwards with more than 100 portraits of musicians. This title features an introduction by Peter Gabriel.

Clive Palmer, a beatnik banjo player who began playing skiffle, jazz and folk in 1950s London, honed his skills by busking in Paris before moving to Scotland - influencing the young Billy Connolly, among others - and co-founding the legendary Incredible String Band. Leaving them after their first album ...

Rhodes grants the truth of appearances to the clichés of the Jazz Age - the lost generation of writers, the era of mass consumption and the silver screen - while revealing their roots in a conservative ideology which sustained Republican rule.

Where so many rock biographies tell the same story, Jack Johnson's is a true exception.

A story of a conscientious performer and consummate professional with a fascinating and controversial personal life.

An official companion to the UK's talent show, "The X Factor". This book is packed with pictures and memories from various series. It takes readers behind the scenes at various stages of the competition from the auditions through boot camp to the live finals, with profiles of the finalists - as well as everyone's favourite failures.

Jam Bands is the first comprehensive guide to the emerging wave of improvisational music now thriving in North America. The book spans the continent, identifying more than 175 of the most noteworthy jam bands. Each entry includes photos, biographies, discographies, personal insights from band members, ...

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Musical instruments and music technology have never been so complicated, or so sophisticated. For someone just starting out, it can be a minefield. Covering such subjects as what to look for when buying an instrument - and how to avoid making expensive mistakes, how to set it up, ...

(Power Tools). Illuminates the technical & creative aspects of loops, allowing you to master this limitless form. Covers: digital recording & sampling, creating your own loops, signal processing & routing, mixing like the pros, legal aspects of sampling, shortcuts and more, exploring applications of ...

Girls Aloud record the Pointer Sisters' 'Jump'; Atomic Kitten record Blondie's 'The Tide is High' and Kool and the Gang's 'Ladies Night" Westlife record Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl', Phil Collin's 'Against All Odds', Abba's 'I Have a Dream', and Barry Manilow's 'Mandy'...

DOES YOUR CAREERS ADVISER THINK POSH SPICE IS AN UPMARKET INDIAN RESTAURANT? THAT FATBOY SLIM IS A WEIGHT-LOSS AID? OR THAT A ROADIE IS AN AUSTRALIAN MOTORWAY? IF SO, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU! Thousands of people want to get into the exciting, infuriating, glamorous and hard-working music industry, but ...