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  • Life

    The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the Rolling Stones legend

    by Keith Richards ...
    The once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.'Electrifying' New York Times'Funny, poignant, brutally honest' Sunday Telegraph'Immensely readable' Sunday Times'Once you begin this, wild, wild horses couldn't drag you away' IndependentAs a member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards cr... ... Read more

    5,49 €

  • Heroes of the Metal Underground

    The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands

    by Alexandros Anesiadis, Yiannis Scarpelos ...
    The only encyclopedic and definitive book on American indie metal!If all you know about metal music was what was heard on commercial radio, then you don’t know metal at all. Heroes of the Underground profiles 600 American bands from every town and city in the United States who ever released a record.Metal bands exploded during the 1980s. Influenced by the heavy sounds coming out of Britain via ... Read more

    7,52 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The SuperCollider Book, second edition

    Edited by Scott Wilson, David Cottle, Nick Collins ...
    A comprehensive update of the essential reference to SuperCollider, with new material on machine learning, musical notation and score making, SC Tweets, alternative editors, parasite languages, non-standard synthesis, and the cross-platform GUI library.SuperCollider is one of the most important domain-specific audio programming languages, with wide-ranging applications across installations, real ... Read more

    89,14 €

  • Mustaine: A Life in Metal

    by Dave Mustaine ...
    Former Metallica guitarist and founding member of Megadeth Dave Mustaine talks for the first time about his life in rock ‘n’ roll, finally telling the inside story of two of the most influential heavy metal bands in the world.Here, for the first time ever, Dave Mustaine tells the tale of two of the biggest metal bands in history; a story yet to be told from the inside. A pioneer of the thrash ... Read more

    9,85 €

  • Violin Varnish

    by Joseph Michelman ...
    After more than eight years of extensive research on the varnish used by the Italian Violin Makers from 1550 to 1750 A. D., it has not been possible to corroborate the results in the chemical laboratory. This is due entirely to the unavailability of samples of the varnish for confirmatory analysis. Violins made by the Italian masters of this period are so valuable and so scarce that a small sample ... Read more

    9,11 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beauty, Disrupted

    The Carre Otis Story

    by Carre Otis, Hugo Schwyzer ...
    Throughout her career, supermodel and actress Carré Otis has been celebrated for her striking physical beauty—but in this brazenly honest memoir she revisits the ugliest parts of her past to reveal the events that ultimately brought her to strive for, and champion, the kind of beauty that can only be found within. In Beauty Disrupted Carré details the triumphs and challenges of her career in ... Read more

    9,11 €

  • Gothic Rock (Author's Edition)

    by Mick Mercer ...
    Originally published in 1991, then briefly reprinted by Cleopatra in America, this irreverent tome, my second on Goth, has been out of print for over 25 years, so I am delighted to make it available online, as I own the rights. Please excuse any layout weirdness. Popping in exclusive photos meant the layout moved up and down a bit in strange ways, and I couldn't change it to anything which settled ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • The Dirt

    Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

    by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars ...
    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

    11,33 €

  • The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference

    Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023

    by Daniel Bedrosian ...
    “Daniel Bedrosian has done a wonderful job of a seemingly impossible task of reconstructing this history-finding everybody who's been a part of, involved with, or in any way left their fingerprint on what has become the P-Funk.”- George ClintonGeorge Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic collective (P-Funk) stands as one of the most iconic and important groups in popular music history, with an ... Read more

    39,21 €

  • How Music Works

    by David Byrne ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

    9,32 €

  • Konstruktion von Identität in Installationen und Videos von Lynn Hershman-Leeson

    by Petra Leitmeir ...
    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 2,7, Freie Universität Berlin (Institut für Theaterwissenschaft- Seminar für Filmwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: HS Video/ Kunst, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Lynn Hershmans Schaffen ist in der Tradition der feministisch orientierten Kunst der 70er Jahre zu sehen, welche sich zum Ziel gesetzt hatte, Weiblichkeit als soziale ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • Recorded Solo Concert Spirituals, 1916-2022

    by Randye Jones ...
    This work catalogs commercially produced recordings of Negro spirituals composed for solo concert vocalists. More than 5,000 tracks are listed, with entries sourced from a variety of recording formats. The featured recordings enhance the study of concert spiritual performance in studio, concert, worship service or competition settings.Arranged alphabetically, entries variously identify the ... Read more

    44,83 €

  • "A History of Violence" meets a History of Classical Cinema

    Das Autorenkino des David Cronenberg im Mainstreamkontext

    by Malte Can ...
    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Stempel Mainstream verheißt in den seltensten Fällen etwas „Gutes“1. Im Gegenteil: Selbst in jenen Besprechungen, die einen massenwirksamen Film als gelungene Ausnahme markieren, stigmatisieren sie meist im gleichen Atemzug a priori die Gattung als Ganzes ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • The Working Musician's Handbook for Professional Success

    How to Establish Your Value in the Real World

    by Kris Hawkins ...
    Series series Music Pro Guides
    So, you’ve decided to become a professional musician—to turn your passion into a career. Now what? Unlike many professions, there is no clear-cut path to success in the music industry.Emmy-winning music producer, studio/session guitarist, and award-winning educator, Kris Hawkins explains some of the most basic and highly misunderstood concepts about what it takes to be a professional musician. ... Read more

    23,52 €

  • Compassionate Music Teaching

    A Framework for Motivation and Engagement in the 21st Century

    by Karin S. Hendricks ...
    Compassionate Music Teaching provides a framework for music teaching in the 21st century by outlining qualities, skills, and approaches to meet the needs of a unique and increasingly diverse generation of students. The text focuses on how six qualities of compassion (trust, empathy, patience, inclusion, community, and authentic connection) have made an impact in human lives, and how these ... Read more

    Was 33,38 € Now 29,03 €

  • "Ich weiss keine Musik, ..."

    Gesammelte Programmhefttexte

    by Heinz M. Strohbach ...
    Ein Programmheftbuch. Gechichten, Biografien und Werkbetrachtungen einiger Meisterwerke der Musikgeschichte. Vom Werden von Legenden und vom Wirken von Volksmusik auf grosse Werke der Kirchen - und Kunstmusik. Also gleichsam vom Guggisberglied zu J.S.Bach. ... Read more

    15,99 €

  • Four-Part Choral Warm-Ups

    by Tijs Krammer ...
    In 2019 Tijs Krammer's book 'Harmonic Warm-Ups for Choir' was published by Alfred Publishing. Now he's back with a brand new book with very useful multiple-voice warm-ups.Does this sound familiar? "I'm bored with the warm-ups. We always sing the same exercises." Yes, many singers regard warm-ups as a monotonous requirement, a trivial exercise, or an unnecessary delay before the actual rehearsal ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Electric Light Orchestra on Track

    by Barry Delve ...
    Series series On track
    2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the first Electric Light Orchestra album.The ELO story is one of continued success for over 50 years. From inauspicious beginnings in 1971, where live audiences barely reached double figures, ELO would become one of the most popular bands in the world by the end of the decade, thanks largely to the songwriting and production talents of Jeff Lynne. ... Read more

    9,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • iPractice

    Technology in the 21st Century Music Practice Room

    by Jennifer Mishra, Barbara Fast ...
    Series series Essential Music Technology:The Prestissimo Series
    This book provides new practical tools that bridge the gap between familiar, easy-to-use technology and musical practice to enhance musicianship and motivate students. Authors Jennifer Mishra and Barbara Fast provide ideas for use with students of all levels, from beginners to musicians performing advanced repertoire. This book is written for teachers (both studio teachers and ensemble directors), ... Read more

    34,44 €

  • Starboard Quest

    Sailing the Sea of Sound to Explore Music's Connection to the Universe

    by Mark Jager ...
    Ancient sages spoke of secret music, purposely hidden from the ears of most mortals. Researchers say the enlightened philosopher, Pythagoras, could hear this music. He perceived it, even while in the immediate presence of those who couldn't.Pythagoras and others believed that all things were making music. Pythagoras reportedly believed that people couldn't hear it because they were entangled in ... Read more

    6,35 €

  • Songs of Social Protest

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Aileen Dillane, Martin J. Power, Eoin Devereux, Amanda Haynes ...
    Series series Protest, Media and Culture
    Songs of Social Protest is a comprehensive companion guide to music and social protest globally. Bringing together scholars from a range of fields, it explores a wide range of examples of, and contexts for, songs and their performance that have been deployed as part of local, regional and global social protest movements, both in historical and contemporary times. Topics covered include ... Read more

    53,31 €

  • Narrative Complexity in Christopher Nolan’s "Memento". Narrative Structure, Unreliability, Fabula Construction and Cinematography as Key Elements for the Spectator’s Manipulation

    by Claudia Rumms ...
    Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Film Science, grade: 1,3, University of Münster, language: English, abstract: In my term paper, I will examine the narrative structure in “Memento“ which switches between chronological narration and reversed temporality. With respect to this unique narrative structure, I will take a closer look at the black-and-white and colour sequences, the opening ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • Avantgardistische Strömungen in der Musik

    by Nicole Lang ...
    In der Literatur und der Bildenden Kunst ist der Begriff der „Avantgarde“ geläufig und wird für verschiedene Strömungen um 1900 verwendet. In der Musik wird dagegen selten von einer „Avantgarde“ gesprochen. Heißt das, dass in den musikalischen Strömungen um 1900 keine avantgardistischen Tendenzen wahrzunehmen sind? Dieser Frage soll in der vorliegenden Arbeit nachgegangen werden. ... Read more

    0,99 €

  • So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist

    GMI - Short Read Series, #2

    by Ged Brockie ...
    Series Book 2 - GMI - Short Read Series
    So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist is part of the GMI short read series. This discussion, by guitarist Ged Brockie who has worked in the music business for over thirty five years considers the reality of working in music. He also discusses the skills needed to survive in this demanding business as a guitar player. ... Read more

    0,99 €