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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a FlyWinner of: Parents' Choice Recommended Award "Classic sing-alongsfor children" The children s classic I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, for which singer-songwriter Alan Mills is best known, precedes a potpourri of simple singable songs, often focusing on numbers and letters and...
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Queen in 3-D: Bohemian Rhapsody EditionIn Brian May's own words and more than 300 previously unseen 3-D photographs, Queen in 3-D is an insider's look at life with the rock band Queen, told for the first time. The pictures and self-penned text tell the story of Brian's discovery of...
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Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen might be the quintessential American rock musician but his songs have resonated with fans from all walks of life and from all over the world. This unique collection features reflections from a diverse array of writers who explain what Springsteen means to...
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Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross"Seymour's brilliant book is like a great Luther song: elegantly written, effortlessly executed and eloquently delivered." - Michael Eric Dyson"Craig Seymour paints an intimate portrait of the man behind some of the most beautiful love songs of our time...Full of juicy anecdotes, fast-paced writing,...
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Tommy at 50: The Mood, the Music, the Look, and the Legacy of the Who's Legendary Rock OperaTommy at 50 is the definitive, illustrated guide to The Who's legendary rock opera album Tommy, and released to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Rock legend Pete Townshend, The Who's cofounder, singer, and guitarist, provides the foreword and was interviewed for the retrospective, which showcases...
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BowieSimon Critchley first encountered David Bowie in the early seventies, when the singer appeared on Britain's most-watched music show, Top of the Pops. His performance of "Starman" mesmerized Critchley: it was "so sexual, so knowing, so strange." Two days later Critchley's mum bought a...
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Love, Icebox: Letters from John Cage to Merce CunninghamCage's passionate, distraught and affectionate letters to Cunningham provide a vivid portrait of the start of their life togetherA New York Times critics' pick Best Art Books 2019 These early letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham will be revelatory, for while the two...
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Music Theory for BeginnersLearning to read and write music is very similar to learning a new language. Music theory is the study of the fundamental elements of music and how it is written.Music Theory For Beginners was developed for anyone interested in learning to read and write...
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World of the Teton Sioux Indians: Their Music, Life, and CultureSometime in August 1913, two Sioux warriors, Old Buffalo and Swift Dog, met with Frances Densmore at a makeshift recording site in McLaughlin, South Dakota. What Old Buffalo and Swift Dog said that day about life as they knew it before the reservation era...
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English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, Vol 1First published in 1932, Cecil Sharp's English Folk-Songs from the Southern Appalachians contains 274 songs -- ballads, songs, hymns, nursery songs, jigs, and play-party games -- with 968 tunes, collected between 1916 and 1918 from traditional singers in the mountains of Virginia, North Carolina,...
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The Taste of Cigarettes: A Memoir of a Heroin AddictAfter three decades of living in the sandy beach suburbs of Huntington Beach, Jon Vreeland's heroin addiction has finally destroyed his once promising music career, and estranged himself from his wife and his two daughters. Now Vreeland broods his daughter's absence while living in...
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Take It Off: Kiss Truly Unmasked'This was a statement: We're on our way back. It signaled to the industry that this band that you thought was over and done ... might not be.' Eddie Trunk (Trunk Nation host)'There's just something about those albums they released from 1983 to 1997...
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The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s'It's amazing that this style came to be. Can you imagine being a struggling musician back then? It must take an incredible amount of restraint to play that gently.' --Actor/comedian Fred Armisen, from his foreword to this book Just what is 'yacht rock, '...
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Obscure: Observing the CureAndy Vella has been observing Robert Smith and The Cure since 1981. He has designed the majority of the artwork for The Cure's record releases, either as one half of Parched Art or working solo, and has photographed the band in its multiple incarnations....
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Flatpicking Guitar for the Complete Ignoramus! [With CD (Audio)]This FUN instruction book will get you playing forty old-time and bluegrass guitar tunes in no time flat Wayne's many years of teaching guitar are evident on each page of this book. The instruction audio CD is complete with a whopping 91 tracks and...
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An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz, and Blues MusiciansThis guide explains the most useful aspects of theory in clear, nontechnical language. Areas covered include scales (major, minor, modal, synthetic), chord formation, chord progression, melody, song forms, useful devices, (ostinato, mirrors, hocket, etc.), and instrumentation. It contains over 100 musical examples.Author: Chaz BufePublisher:...
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The Very Best Scottish Songs & Ballads, Volume 2: Words, Music & Guitar Chords(Waltons Irish Music Books). With this beautifully produced and comprehensive 4-volume collection of Scottish songs and ballads, Waltons have expanded their great collections. Each book contains 50 enduring favourites and modern classics from the great Scottish song tradition. From the tragic and celebratory historic...
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Ireland's Best Tin Whistle Tunes for Children: With Guitar Chords(Waltons Irish Music Books). 110 of the best tunes in any tin whistle player's repertoire, specially chosen and arranged by one of Ireland's top players and teachers and graded by difficulty for everyone from the beginner to advanced player. The tunes in this collection...
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Absolute Beginners Flute(Music Sales America). Absolute Beginners: Flute uses step-by-step pictures to take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backing track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the first time you play your flute....
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Treble Recorder from the BeginningThis new edition of Treble Recorder from the Beginning is a complete course in playing the treble recorder and is particularly suitable for descant players who are progressing to the treble recorder.Author: John PittsPublisher: Chester MusicPublished: 06/09/2010Pages: 55Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.60h x 7.60w...
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