(Book). Fully updated for Finale 2005, this book remains the definitive guide for understanding and using this powerful, state-of-the-art music notation software. Finale's wide range of capabilities yields a steep learning curve, but The Finale Primer guides users through the powerful intricacies of ...
Provides an exposâe on the record industry, discussing how musicians and producers can protect their rights, and includes information on how producers dip into budgets, artists steal songs, and lawyers write contracts in code.
Aimed at songwriters, recording artists, and music entrepreneurs, this text explains the basics of digital music law. Entertainment attorney Gordon offers practical tips for online endeavors such as selling song downloads or creating an Internet radio station. Other topics include (for example) web site ...
Serge Gainsbourg was famous - or infamous - for his 1969 hit Je T'Aime . . . Moi Non Plus, in which he and Jane Birkin simulated the sounds of sex. The song's notoriety overshadowed an often brilliant - and wildly controversial - career as a composer, novelist, director, and actor. A shameless and charming ...
An account of Elektra Records in the Jac Holzman years, from 1950 to 1973. It tells the story of Elektra's growth from a small independent folk label to a major, multi-faceted, hit making concern.
An illustrated chronological history of over 50 years of the pop music single. This book focusses on individual hits, offering a fresh look at the history of popular music. It presents a brief history of the various formats and delivery systems associated with the single, and offers a look at the evolution of the charts system.
"Drawing on a vast amount of new material that has surfaced in the last decade, ... jazz writer John Szwed considers how [Holiday's] life inflected her art, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy"--Amazon.com.
Thomas Ades is feted from Los Angeles to London, from New York to Berlin, as the musician who has done more than any other living composer to connect contemporary music with wider audiences. This title offers insight into the crucible of his composition.
Sex, drugs, egos, money, fans, music, god and who we love and hate... the rock stars have their say. This book features over 2,000 words of wisdom and stupidity from your favourite rock stars and five decades of rock 'n' roll.
Chronicling the pioneers who set the stylus on the most important labels and musical discoveries of the last century, this narrative follows all the musical trends and developments, from the phonograph to the internet age, as it delves behind the big business of corporate hit machines and the diligent industry of small, curated labels.
Let s Kanikapila! 2 follows the first book and is specifically written for ukulele players to come together to play in groups - in harmonized parts, with rhythmic accompaniment. Almost all ukulele books offer a single melody with strumming accompaniment. This book is different! It deepens the artistic ...
Chronicles the career of Pink Floyd, including how the group began, their rise and success around the world, and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bob Marley blazed a trail for reggae from 1962, when he cut his fi rst single as an inexperienced teenager, to 1980, when he played the last of his concerts. The decades after his death he remains the music's undisputed superstar, revered and recognized the world over. Marley's career not only introduced ...
