Music

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 ...

Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson - aka the boy band sensation One Direction - have just the right combination of raw talent and crush-worthy looks to have won over millions of fans around the world almost overnight. This book helps you discover the boys behind the band.

Explore the themes and questions raised in the major motion picture based on the best-selling bookBlue Like Jazz.Youth workers, parents, and mentorsneed guidance in order to break through to youth during the critical transition to adulthood. Using the topics, themes, and questions addressed in Blue Like ...

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

Written as a literary detective story, 'Dylan's Daemon Lover' is about the ancient folk ballads, strewn with sex, betrayal and death, that Dylan described in 1997 as my lexicon and my prayer-book'. Written by an acclaimed Dylan expert and the author of 'Dylan Behind Closed Doors,' the book involves and ...

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.

A must-have for fans, this visual history of the mega-selling band is supplemented throughout with text, stories and ephemera from the band themselves.

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.