Music

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" ...

Author Jeff Kaliss scored the first face-to-face interview with the reclusive superstar in over 20 years, making this book a must-read for any rock'n'roll fan. From the anthemic early hits that powered Woodstock, through the moody meditations of "There's a Riot Going On" and beyond, Sly and the Family ...

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 ...

Palmer's extraordinary knowledge and boundless love of music were evident in all his writing. He was an authority on rock & roll, blues, jazz, punk, avant-garde, and world music—often discovering new artists and trends years (even decades) before they hit the mainstream. Now, noted music writer Anthony ...

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'...

"Covering the well-known and public areas of Burt Bacharach's life, as well as those aspects that have previously been hidden from the media, this book examines a celebrated career spanning 50 years. Covered in detail are Bacharach's previously undocumented early life; his work with lyricist Hal David; ...

Now quite retro advice on making a record. It used to be simple: you'd start a band, tour for 400 years, and if you were lucky a record company would spot you and pay for some studio time. Now you can make your own records on a budget of almost zero, and it's possible to record a song in the morning ...

There are few things more intimidating to the uninitiated than a recording studio. The terms in-line monitoring and impedance matching harbour panic and terror, the difference between balanced and unbalanced doesn't depend on level of sobriety, and the perils of sticky-shed syndrome are best left uncontemplated. ...

First published in 1998, Thompson charts the development of pop music from the time when guitar bands were the singularly dominant force to the advent of sampling and digital technology. The book features profiles of, and interviews with, leading lights such as Portishead, Tricky, Pulp, Blur, Goldie, the Aphex Twin among others.