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    Life

    by Keith Richards ...
    Narrated by Joe Hurley, Johnny Depp ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 5 min

    Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.'Electrifying' New York Times'A masterpiece' The Word'Funny, poignant, brutally honest' Sunday TelegraphWith the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    This Is What It Sounds Like

    What the Music You Love Says About You

    by Dr. Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas ...
    Narrated by Dr. Susan Rogers ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 35 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Despite being unable to play an instrument, Susan Rogers became an extraordinarily successful record producer - and certainly one of the most successful women record producers in history - because of her ability to listen. (She was an engineer on Prince's "When Doves Cry", which inspired the title of the book.)This is What It Sounds Like distils a lifetime's expertise as ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Music Production

    Discover the Past, Present, & Future of Music Production, Recording Technology, Techniques, & Songwriting

    by Tommy Swindali ...
    Narrated by Austin R Stoler ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 34 min

    What Makes A Song Great?It's a big question and one that has been written about endlessly in an attempt to reveal the “formula” for creating a worldwide, smash hit record.First of all, a good song speaks to you. You remember it, even if it's just one really good line... It fills you with emotions, whether those be sad or happy ones.Then there is something else...it's the way the music was produced ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Chromatics Camp At The Musical Mountain

    by Julie Kirchhubel ...
    Narrated by Daniel Smerdon ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 45 min

    There’s a rumour spreading quickly on the farm that triggers immediate emergency escape plans for this unknowing bunch of fruit and vegetables. And there’s a certain upcoming birthday to celebrate, but it’s too dangerous to stay on the farm. Where can they flee to? Make no mistake; this is a day full of twists and turns. Just how does an ordinary Saturday morning lead to an unexpected adventure of ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Why the Beach Boys Matter

    by Tom Smucker ...
    Narrated by Joe Hempel ...
    series Music Matters

    Unabridged

    4 hours 21 min

    The musical, historical, and cultural argument for the centrality of the Beach Boys."Having spent a lifetime digging into everything the Beach Boys have recorded, Smucker knows it to be fun fun fun, great art, and a barometer of our class, race, and gender politics since World War II."-Robert Christgau, author of Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017Of all the white ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Classical Music Book

    by DK ...
    Narrated by Peter Forbes ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 58 min

    From Mozart to Mendelssohn, this comprehensive guide to classical music history and classical music biography is the perfect latest addition to the bestselling Big Ideas series.Easy to understand and clear to follow, this history of classical music explores and explains music theory and the impact of seminal pieces, while also providing fascinating stories about the lives of crucial composers and ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Mindhunter

    Die spektakulärsten Fälle der FBI-Spezialeinheit für Serienverbrechen. Das Buch zur Netflix-Originalserie

    by John Douglas, John Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mark Olshaker ...
    Narrated by Stefan Lehnen ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 28 min

    Niemand weiß mehr über Serienmörder als John Douglas. Er war der erste Profiler des FBI, galt jahrzehntelang als der meistgefürchtete Killerjäger der Welt und ist das Vorbild für den FBI-Agenten Holden Ford in der Netflix-Serie »Mindhunter«. In seinem Buch, auf dem die Erfolgsserie basiert, erzählt Douglas nicht nur, wie er die Praxis des Profilings erfand, etablierte und perfektionierte, sondern ... Read more

    $37.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Inner Game of Music

    by Barry Green ...
    Narrated by Roxanne Abbott ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 33 min

    The Inner Game of music is that which takes place in the mind, played against such elusive opponents as nervousness, self doubt, and fear of failure. Using the same principles of "natural learning" W. Timothy Gallwey developed so successfully for tennis, golf, and skiing and applying them to his own field, noted musician Barry Green shows how to acknowledge and overcome these internal obstacles in ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Jauchzet ihr Himmel, frohlocket ihr Engel

    by Anselm Grün, Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen ...
    Narrated by Anselm Grün ...
    series Anselm Grün HÖREN

    Abridged

    1 hour 26 min

    Anselm Grün meditiert die bekanntesten und beliebtesten Weihnachtslieder. Zwischen den Textpassagen spielt Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen u. a. Bearbeitungen dieser wunderbaren Melodien: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her O du fröhliche Zu Behtlehem geboren ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    K-Pop Survival Guide

    A Rookie K-Pop Fan's Guide to Learning and Enjoying Korean Pop Music to the Fullest From A to Z

    by HowExpert, Hayley Marland ...
    Narrated by Leah Casey ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 32 min

    Surviving the K-pop community can be a little daunting at first! To prepare you for the battle ahead, A Rookies Guide to Surviving the K-Pop Community, explores many different aspects of K-Pop such as:• What is K-pop?• Things you need to know as a fan and how to stay up to date• The best ways to buy K-pop merchandise and where to find them!• How to support your favourite artists and their careers ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Bayerische Messe

    by Helmut Zöpfl, Paul Schmotz, Thomas Capella Mediaevalis ...
    Narrated by div. Darsteller ...

    Unabridged

    32 min

    Nach der Musik von Paul Schmotz schrieb Helmut Zöpfl die Texte zu dieser Mundartmesse. Ein Schatz in der Sammlung bayerischer Messen und religiöser Lieder. Ausführende: Capella Mediaevalis München unter der Leitung von Thomas Schmid. Einleitungsmusik, Zum Eingang, Zum Gloria, Zwischengesang, Fürbitten, Zum Sanctus, Nach der Wandlung, Zum Agnus Die, Zur Kommunion I, Zur Kommunion II, Danklied nach ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Learning To Read Guitar Music How and Why

    by Ged Brockie ...
    Narrated by Ged Brockie ...

    Unabridged

    31 min

    Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    PENG PENG Parker

    by Nora Gomringer, Philipp Scholz ...
    Narrated by Nora Gomringer ...

    Abridged

    34 min

    Dorothy Parker war eine vielschichtige Frau: Dichterin, Geliebte, Werbetexterin und Oscar-Nominee. Niemand hat so seufzend, so verlachend über die Liebe und das Rangeln zwischen den Geschlechtern geschrieben wie sie und uns dabei gleichzeitig Karikaturen und fein linierte Portraits der Boulevardlöwen und -löwinnen ihrer Zeit hinterlassen, mal zart und mal hart. Ein New York der 20er Jahre ohne ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Guitar: Learn To Play Guitar for Beginners

    by John G. Phillips ...
    Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

    Unabridged

    52 min

    All-in-one Guitar Course With a Proven Step-by-step Learning System.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Would You Like to Eliminate Every Struggle That You Are Faced With When Starting to Play Guitar?This audiobook is your "Free Pass" to playing guitar. It is the most direct and to the point complete audio program guitar course.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn.. ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Helmut Schmidt. Politik ist ein Kampfsport

    Eine Revue in Originaltönen

    by Jürgen Roth ...
    Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 10 min

    Helmut Schmidt, geboren 1918, war Hamburger Innensenator, wehrpolitischer Experte der SPD, Vorsitzender der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion, Bundesverteidigungs-, Finanz- und Wirtschaftsminister und von 1974 bis zu seinem Sturz im Herbst 1982 Bundeskanzler. Sein Leben, das beinahe die Zeitspanne eines Jahrhunderts umfasst, ist oft beleuchtet, dokumentiert und kommentiert worden, in Filmen, voluminösen ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Insights on Donald S. Passman's All You Need to Know About the Music Business

    by Swift Reads ...
    Narrated by Sally Beth ...

    Unabridged

    24 min

    Download now to get key insights from this book in 15 minutes.For more than 20 years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now in its tenth edition, this latest edition leads novices and experts alike through the crucial, up-to-the-minute information on the industry’s major changes in response to today’s rapid ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Wired for Music

    A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound

    by Adriana Barton ...
    Narrated by Adriana Barton ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 22 min

    **Moving personal story:**Barton’s experience of practicing classical cello until she was burned out in her twenties, then rediscovering the healing powers of music later in life, is both heartrending, relatable, and uplifting.Guided by research: Barton distills years of research, drawing from music theory, medicine, art, history, biology, anthropology, and Indigenous and local knowledge.* ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Lucas Cranach

    by Richard Muther, Markus Krochmann ...
    Narrated by Michael Kommant ...
    series Berühmte Maler

    Abridged

    1 hour 28 min

    Auf dem Augsburger Reichstag 1550 trafen zwei berühmte alte Herren zusammen: der 72jährige Tizian aus Venedig und der 78jährige "ehrenfeste, hochweise und fürtreffliche Herr Lucas Cranach, Bürgermeister und Maler aus der churfürstlich Sächsischen Hauptstadt Wittenberg". Welchen Eindruck machten sie auf einander? Was sagte wohl Tizian zu dem Bildnis, das Cranach von ihm malte? Was der Wittenberger ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Sie Düffeldoffel da! Herbert Wehner - Ein komischer Heiliger

    by Jürgen Roth ...
    Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 39 min

    Herbert Wehner war ein Jahrhundertpolitiker, ein Mensch, an dem sich die Weltgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bricht. Er war Sozialist, Anarchist, Kommunist, Widerstandskämpfer in Deutschland und in der Emigration. 1946 trat er in die SPD ein und gehörte von 1949 bis 1983 dem Deutschen Bundestag an. Wehner liebte das Parlament. Er hielt atemberaubende Reden und machte den politischen Gegner nach ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    50 Jahre Beatles

    50 Jahre Beatles in Hamburg

    by Horst Fascher ...
    Narrated by Horst Fascher ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 37 min

    PARALLEL ZUR DVD "50 JAHRE BEATLES IN HAMBURG ERSCHEINT DIESES ATTRAKTIVE HÖRBUCH EBENSO MIT DERSLEBEN MUSIK - CD ALS BONUS UND NATÜRLICH MIT DEN ZAHLREICHEN SPANNENDEN GESCHICHTEN, ERZÄHLT VOM ALTMEISTER HORST FASCHER ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Grime Kids

    The Inside Story of the Global Grime Takeover

    by DJ Target ...
    Narrated by DJ Target ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    For fans of Wiley, Dizzee Rascal and Stormzy, Grime Kids is the definitive inside story of Grime.'An essential read for anyone with the slightest interest in the birth of Grime' The Wire'Sharp and nostalgic' The ObserverA group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture.DJ Target grew up in Bow unde... ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    En contra de la música. Herramientas para pensar, comprender y vivir las músicas.

    by Julio Mendívil, Julio Mendívil ...
    Narrated by Claudio Munda ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 45 min

    La música es parte importante de nuestras vidas y aun los que no se dedican profesionalmente a ella y aseguran no saber nada del tema tienen fuertes opiniones, ideas y fundamentos acerca de las que les gustan y prefieren, pero también de las que detestan. Sin embargo, incluso muchos músicos y cultos melómanos suelen pensar y entender el arte sonoro con términos y conceptos más propios de un ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Why Bushwick Bill Matters

    by Charles L. Hughes ...
    Narrated by André Santana ...
    series Why Music Matters

    Unabridged

    4 hours 15 min

    In 1989 the Geto Boys released a blistering track, “Size Ain’t Shit,” that paid tribute to the group’s member Bushwick Bill. Born with dwarfism, Bill was one of the few visibly disabled musicians to achieve widespread fame and one of the even fewer to address disability in a direct, sustained manner. Initially hired as a dancer, Bill became central to the Geto Boys as the Houston crew became one ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Bitch She's Madonna. La reina del pop en la cultura contemporánea

    by Lara González, Lara González, Iván Rotella, Iván Rotella, Borja Ibaseta, Borja Ibaseta, Eduardo Viñuela, Igor Paskual, Mar Álvarez, Laura Viñuela, Jimena Escudero0, Cande Sánchez-Olmos1, Ana Fernández Alonso2 ...
    Narrated by Por confirmar3 ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 52 min

    Ser un referente para varias generaciones y mantenerse en la cumbre del mundo de la música desde hace cuarenta años no es una tarea fácil. Y más si eres mujer y si nunca has tenido reparos en tomar las riendas de tu vida y de tu carrera (lidiando con las críticas, el machismo, la censura… y el paso del tiempo). Controvertida y admirada, polémica e incombustible, Madonna es una figura clave de la ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial