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  • The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms

    You have a passion for making beautiful music, but when it comes to understanding and speaking the musical language, you need a little help. The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms compiles dozens of the most important and commonly used terms in the musical lexicon - from notations and chords to modes and scales - explaining them all in clear, concise language. ... Read more

    Was $10.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD

  • I'll Be Damned

    How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama

    by Eric Braeden ...
    In this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his amazing life, from his birth in World War II Germany to his arrival in America to his rise to humanitarian and daytime superstar for the past thirty-five years.For nearly four decades, fans have welcomed the star of television’s number-one ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • String Theories: Tips, Challenges, and Reflections for the Lifelong Guitarist

    String Theories is the book every modern guitarist needs for a lifetime of inspiration and growth.In String Theories, renowned guitarists Adam Levy and Ethan Sherman offer a comprehensive and practical guide to boundless musical growth for the dedicated guitarist, as well as on-the-job lessons learned from both of their many years of experience as players and teachers.Originally adapted from Adam ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Love, Pamela

    A Memoir

    The actress, activist, and once infamous Playboy Playmate reclaims the narrative of her life in a memoir that defies expectation in both content and approach, blending searing prose with snippets of original poetry.In this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates between storytelling and her own poetry, Pamela Anderson breaks the mold of the celebrity memoir while taking back the ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

  • The Living Art of Violin Playing

    Progressive Form

    Blending creative insights with wisdom of the masters, professional violinist Maureen Taranto-Pyatt shares practical guidance in her new methodology, Progressive Form.With The Living Art of Violin Playing, violinists will learn to appreciate the physics and geometry of movement to facilitate a nuanced flow of compression and release in the playing. A gradual building of technique begins from ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • One Foot on the Platform

    A Rock 'N' Roll Journey

    by Peter Goddard ...
    The final word from one of popular music's greatest critics.In the summer of 2020, acclaimed music critic and journalist Peter Goddard began work on a new book that would take readers on a journey back through his fifty-plus years spent writing professionally about rock music and the musical styles circling it—everything from blues and jazz to country and classical. His plan was to revisit his old ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Red Priest of Venice

    by Karl Heller ...
    Series series Amadeus
    Antonio Vivaldi's rediscovery after World War II quickly led him from obscurity to his present renown as one of the most popular 18th-century composers. Heller's biography presents the important facets of his life, his works, and his influence on music history. ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • The Storyteller

    Tales of Life and Music

    by Dave Grohl ...
    The #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021So, I've written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of... ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conducting Music

    The Fundamentals and More for Conducting Bands, Orchestras, Choirs, and Ensemble

    The complex art of conducting may look effortless to the casual onlooker, however, it requires a great deal of knowledge and skill. The success of a performance hinges on the director's ability to keep the group playing together and interpreting the music as the composer intended.The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Conducting Music shows student and novice conductors how to lead bands, orchestras, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Giorgio Gomelsky ‘For Your Love’

    Voted one of top 10 books on Rock in 2023 and #1 Amazon bestseller in R n B books Giorgio Gomelsky was at the centre of the counterculture in 60s' London and 70s' Paris before running a studio for avant-garde musicians in New York. He was the original manager of the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds in London, then managed the French supergroup Magma and developed the career of Gong. Dumaurier ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Violin Technique - Some Difficulties and Their Solution

    Originally published in 1930, this little book is not an exposition of the art of violin-playing, nor does it claim to teach a system of technical study. The authors aim was to help students and less experienced teachers through some of the more frequent problems from which they will, almost inevitably, be faced. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music Theory and Songwriting Handbook

    Are you an aspiring songwriter looking to improve your skills and understanding of music theory and songwriting? Look no further! This comprehensive handbook covers everything you need to know to take your songwriting to the next level. From melodies and harmonies to chord progressions and lyrics, this book covers all the essential elements of music theory and songwriting. Whether you are a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Is This Live?

    Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic: The Nation's Music Station

    "A fascinating, moving recollection that celebrates one of the great achievements in Canadian television." Elaine Lui, author of Listen to the Squawking Chicken"Ward celebrates...raw, forward-thinking, multicultural, multigender-produced content by finally freezing it in a compelling book where, occasionally he himself wonders, ‘How the hell did we do that?’” The Globe and Mail**“What a blast! ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Music Theory, 3E

    Series series Idiot's Guides
    Music theory doesn’t need to be complicated, and this guide will show you how to make it simple.Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician or experienced musician how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading and composing music. Here’s what you’ll find:• The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, scales, ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Lives of Brian

    A Memoir

    by Brian Johnson ...
    One of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Guitar Journals: Fingerstyle

    Series series Guitar Journals
    Mel Bay's series, Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. Included in this wonderful fingerstyle journal are a myriad of tunes in many styles: Easy, Blues, Gospel, Classic, Fiddle Tunes, Thumbpicking, Patriotic, Ballads, Early Jazz, Latin, Celtic, DADGAD, Ragtime and Contemporary. Perfect for the student to professional musician, this ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD

  • 100 Things Beatles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

    Series series 100 Things...Fans Should Know
    Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base over half a century that is as significant and devoted as those of the Beatles, and this entertaining guide to all things Fab Four rewards those fans with everything they need to know about the band in a one-of-a-kind format. Packed with history, trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures that every Beatles fan should undertake, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music, the Arts, and Ideas

    Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Culture

    Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967. ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Duke Ellington and His World

    Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a fresh look at this legendary composer. The first biography of the composer written by a fellow musician and African-American, the book traces Ellington's life and career in terms of the social, cultural, political, and economic realities of his times. Beginning with his birth in ... Read more

    $67.32 CAD

  • The Aesthetical Writings of Giacinto Scelsi

    Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), an extraordinary, innovative, and often controversial moving force in modern music, has been the subject of a vast amount of literary criticism, philosophical discussions, and groundbreaking performances.Originally in French, Scelsi’s writings have been included in anthologies of prose, poetry, and memories published in French, Italian, and German. For the first time, ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Musical Instrument Desk Reference

    A Guide to How Band and Orchestral Instruments Work

    In The Musical Instrument Desk Reference, Michael Pagliaro, musical instrument authority extraordinaire, provides the one-stop shop for those in need of a quick, visually-rich reference guide to band and orchestral instruments. Descriptions and illustrations of everything from the physics of sound to detailed discussions of each orchestra and band instrument make this work the ideal desktop ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

    The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time.Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Guitar Journals: Rock

    Series series Guitar Journals
    Mel Bay’s latest series, Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. Finally, there is a volume focused directly to “Rock Guitar”, which includes a wealth of exercises and tunes ideal for everyday use - perfect for the student to the professional musician wishing to have a wide range of rock examples to add to their repertoire. Rock rhythms, ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD

  • The Dirt

    Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE.Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD