GET READY TO ROCK! In ten easy lessons, PLAY GREAT ROCK GUITAR will take you from closeted air guitarist to real-life rocker. Each lesson is linked to audio files on the included CD, so you can hear exactly what you’re learning. Play along with the CD to get just what those chords, riffs, and melodies are supposed to sound like. Soon you’ll be playing your favorite songs along with your favorite bands—or in your own rock band! Including the basics of harmony and melody, riffs and solos, and the fundamentals of blues, rock ‘n roll, classic rock, heavy metal, rhythm guitar, and alternative, PLAY GREAT ROCK GUITAR is for anyone who’s ever dreamed of playing popular music’s most supremely cool instrument—or who’s caught the “Guitar Hero” bug. With the helpful CD, clear illustrations, and examples from the rock gods you worship, PLAY GREAT ROCK GUITAR creates the world’s next master shredder—you!

Play Great Rock Guitar: Jam, Shred,and Riff in 10 Foolproof Lessons

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Capone, Phil

Copperwaite, Paul

Canning & Preserving

Billboard Books

Jazz is thriving in the twenty-first century, and The New Face of Jazz is an intimate, illustrated guide to the artists, venues, and festivals of today's jazz scene. This book celebrates the living legends, current stars, and faces of tomorrow as they continue to innovate and expand the boundaries of this great musical legacy. In their own words, artists such as McCoy Tyner, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schuur, Terence Blanchard, Charlie Hunter, Nicholas Payton, George Benson, Maria Schneider, Christian McBride, Randy Brecker, Jean-Luc Ponty, Joe Lovano, Lee Ritenour, and more than 100 others share intimately about their beginnings, musical training, inspiration, and hard-earned lessons, creating a fascinating mosaic of the current jazz community. Photographer Ned Radinsky contributes 40 amazing black-and-white portraits of these musicians doing what they do best€”playing. An appendix offers resources for jazz education; an exclu

The New Face of Jazz: An Intimate Look at Today's Living Legends and the Artists of Tomorrow

Arts & Photography

Cicily Janus

Music

“For someone on the way up, this book is a must; for everyone else, it’s a bible.”—Danny Strick, co-President, SonyATV Music Publishing, Inc. This completely revised and expanded edition of What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business is a must-have reference not only for aspiring songwriters, record producers, and performing artists but also for record company executives, personal and business managers, agents, and attorneys. You’ll learn: *How the Internet has affected every aspect of the music business, from copyright and royalty issues to censorship *How many musicians have seized do-it-yourself Internet opportunities to create successful business models *How satellite radio, digital jukeboxes, and video games are affecting the music market *How artists can maximize their chances for long-term financial health *How the royalty pie is sliced—and who gets the pieces *What snares and pitfalls to avoid when signing an employment contract *And much more. “The music business is complicated, and this book is very helpful in deciphering its pitfalls, opportunities, and challenges.”—Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer, Sony Music Entertainment Worldwide “Thall’s book simplifies a complicated business, and it provides the reader with knowledge that otherwise is available only to those on the inside.”—Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music and Chairman &amp; CEO, Warner/Chappell Music U.S. “Whoever reads this book is getting expert advice from one of the most respected and knowledgeable players in the music industry today. I wish this book was available when I was looking to begin my career in the music business.”—David Renzer, Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Publishing Group "Intelligent and accessible--rich in references, but easily understandable."—David Geffen “A clear contender for the one indispensable work on the topic, this book delivers the goods. There is no one involved in the music business who will not learn and benefit from this ambitious work.”—New York State Bar Association

What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business: The Myths, the Secrets, the Lies (& a Few Truths)

Thall, Peter M.

Humor & Entertainment

Up-to-the-minute information on Billboard's hottest hits! Back in a fully revised and updated fourth edition with eighty extra all-new pages, Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits is the venerated and reliable source of information on the most popular songs of our times. Immensely entertaining, endlessly informative, and filled with fascinating facts and figures on the biggest hits right up to 2007, this is the ultimate music trivia book. Separate chapters are devoted to artists, songwriters, producers, labels, years, and subjects. Within each chapter, readers will find fun-to-read, fun-to-share lists in 300 categories, including The Top 100 Love Songs, The Top 50 Songs Written by Carole King, The Top 100 Songs on Atlantic, The Top 100 Songs of 1999, and many more. A revised and updated list of The Top 5,000 Songs of the Rock Era, plus a chart and text section devoted to American Idol finalists, make this book so hot it's cool.

Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits, 4th Edition

Bronson, Fred

Offering parallel viewpoints of the manager and the entertainer, all aspects of career planning and development are examined from establishing the artist-manager relationship to coping with fame

Successful artist management (A Billboard book)

Business & Money

Frascogna, Xavier M.

Management & Leadership

A definitive resource for radio fans and broadcasting professionals provides a country-by-country listing of radio stations according to time, frequency, and language, along with a list of worldwide TV stations, international radio clubs, and other valuable features. Original.

World Radio TV Handbook 1995

Politics & Social Sciences

Andrew G. Sennitt

Social Sciences

A comprehensive and accessible guide to making music on a home computer, this book is perfect for beginners, a godsend for musicians trying to keep up with technology, and an inspiration to anyone thinking of the best way to make music more easily. The handbook covers all the software and hardware needed to create any type of music on a computer. Plus, professional tips and jargon troubleshooters are provided throughout the text to help individuals through the technology minefield and provide expert information in a digestible form. With the solid advice and information found in this book, individuals will be able to make music using the same methods as professional musicians. • For both amateur and professional musicians • Written for both Mac and PC users • Includes contributions from and expert team of writers and consultants from the US and UK • The flexi-bound format of the book allows readers of different levels of experience to get up to speed quickly

The Billboard Illus Home Recording Handbk

Macdonald, Ronan

Provides complete, cross-referenced information for all songs and artists to make the Top Forty of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart from 1955 to today.

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (Billboard Book of Top Forty Hits) 8th Edition

Whitburn, Joel

American entertainment: A unique history of popular show business (A Billboard book)

Csida, Joseph & June Bundy

Collects album covers of records released from 1987 to 1989, considered the best in design and graphic impact

Album Cover Album 5 / The 5th Book of Record Jackets

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