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House of Fun: The Story of MadnessFormed in the heyday of punk, Madness were true originals who mixed ska and reggae rhythms with social comment and music hall humour to become a British group like no other.Their appeal endures to this day, Madness' latter-day concerts having become fun-packed celebrations of...
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Where Are the Elephants?Fierce and funny, this memoir in essay and song is full of wonderful tales of art and protest. Leon Rosselson's Where Are the Elephants? is a rare behind-the-scenes look at the life and times of one of England's foremost songwriters. This clear-eyed portrait of...
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A Thorn in the Rosebush. The American Bartók Estate and Archives During the Cold War, 1946-67This book opens up new perspectives on the history of Béla Bartók's music in the 20th century. It joins a growing literature on music and the cultural Cold War. It draws inspiration from a trove of historic correspondence discovered in Massachusetts in 2010, written...
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Finance the Dream: Creative Financing for Creative PeoplePassion. This is where it starts. Creativity captures the heart and you must pursue it. Perhaps you're a singer trying to connect to the world with the sound of your voice. Maybe you're a filmmaker hoping to share a story visually with a camera....
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Sinatra and Me: The Very Good YearsAn intimate look at the legendary Frank Sinatra by one of his closest friends. Not many people were allowed inside Frank Sinatra's inner circle. But Tony Consiglio was a boyhood friend of Sinatra's who remained his friend and confidant for over sixty years. One...
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Rhythm and Critique: Technics, Modalities, PracticesRhythm and Critique presents 12 new essays from a range of specialists to define, contextualise and challenge the concepts of rhythm and rhythmanalysis. It includes newly translated materials from Rudolf Laban and Henri Meschonnic. The book begins with a genealogy of rhythm as it...
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British Music Videos 1966 - 2016: Genre, Authenticity and ArtBased on new archival evidence and interviews, and setting out a new theoretical framework for music video analysis, Emily Caston presents a major new analysis of music videos from 1966-2016, identifying not only their distinctive British traits, but their parallels with British film genres...
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Warren Zevon: Every Album Every SongBruce Springsteen called him 'one of the great, great American songwriters', Jackson Browne hailed him as 'the first and foremost proponent of song noir', and Stephen King once said that if he could write like him, he 'would be a happy guy'. The list...
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Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, CanonsBut is it a musical? This question is regularly asked of films, television shows and other media objects that sit uncomfortably in the category despite evident musical connections. Musicals at the Margins argues that instead of seeking to resolve such questions, we should leave...
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100 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Licks: Learn Gypsy Jazz Guitar Soloing Technique with 100 Authentic LicksRemi Harris' 100 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Licks If you're looking for the most direct pathway to learn incredible gypsy jazz guitar soloing - here it is!"Remi Harris is one of the very finest and most exciting exponents of gypsy jazz guitar ... now he...
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Called to Sing: A Theological Overview & Practical Guide to Prophetic SingingAuthor: Rachel CulverPublisher: WestBow PressPublished: 11/15/2021Pages: 196Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56dISBN: 9781664248915
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Clara Schumann StudiesAuthor: Joe DaviesPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/02/2021Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.59lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.75dISBN: 9781108489843About the AuthorDavies, Joe: - Joe Davies is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of California, Irvine and Maynooth University. His research focuses on nineteenth-century music, its...
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Be Inspired, Stay Focused: Creativity, Learning, and the Business of MusicBe Inspired, Stay Focused: Creativity, Learning, and the Business of Music is an engaging and inspiring collection of personal essays written by soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome. This book is a must-read for those wanting real insight into how a creative musician thinks about his...
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Piano & Keyboard Scales and Arpeggios Book, Practice Diagrams Step by Step: Fundamentals of Piano Practices, All the Major, Minor (Pentatonic, Blues aScales and Arpeggios book for Piano and Keyboard! Learn to build SCALES and ARPEGGIOS easily and quickly. Scales and arpeggios are described for the right and left hand, with descriptions of correct fingering.The book contains the necessary theory to perform the exercises, It is...
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The Second Summer of Love: How Dance Music Took Over the WorldThe birth of acid house and club culture, as told by those who were there In 1987, four friends from London, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Nicky Holloway and Johnny Walker, took a week-long holiday to Ibiza. What they saw there, and brought back home,...
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One Hundred Columns for Razorcake by Ben Snakepit: The Complete Comics 2003-2020All of Ben Snakepit's comics for Razorcake magazine, collected into one definitive volume! Spanning from 2003 until 2020, Snakepit covers the essentials of DIY punk life, from show reviews and scene reports, to the basics of touring on the cheap and making friends on...
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The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity: an Analysis and Synthesis of Pianoforte Tone-productionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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I Got Something to Say!: Collections, Recollections & Personal Reflections About Def LeppardIF YOU REALLY WANT TO INDULGE IN DEF LEPPARD (or looking for a great gift for any fan of the band), THEN THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY FOR YOU!The book includes 37 chapters all about Def Leppard, and features in-depth write-ups on the band's studio...
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Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in TennesseeFollowing the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee is an epic history of a little-known African American instrumental music form. John M. Shaw follows the music from its roots in West Africa and early American militia drumming to its prominence in...
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Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in MusicBased upon Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music (1976), by Alan Lomax, Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music is a contemporary guide to understanding and exploring Cantometrics, the system developed by Lomax and Victor Grauer for analyzing the formal...
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