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  • Life

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

    The 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 Telegraph'Densely packed with incident... immensely readable'Sunday Times... ... Read more

    5,49 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 SuperCollider Book, second edition

    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

    87,44 €

  • 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

    11,12 €

  • Heroes of the Metal Underground

    The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands

    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

    27,66 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference

    Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023

    “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

    9,53 €

  • Violin Varnish

    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

    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

    9,21 €

  • Listening to Art Song

    An Introduction

    Listening to Art Song: An Introduction offers an easy-to-read, fresh perspective on the remarkably diverse musical genre of art song. As the ultimate expression of the human singing voice, song has provided succor and entertainment to humanity in many forms since the dawn of civilization. Margaret Olson examines art song’s development, outlines the elements that comprise it, offers ideas on how to ... Read more

    73,13 €

  • Listen to Jazz!

    Exploring a Musical Genre

    Series series Exploring Musical Genres
    Listen to Jazz!: Exploring a Musical Genre explores jazz as both an American musical genre and a global creative exchange, with a focus on 50 must-hear musicians, composers, bands, groups, albums, and songs.Rather than focusing on jazz as a solely American genre with a limited set of established jazz greats, Listen to Jazz! explores the diversity of jazz's sounds, compositions, recordings, and ... Read more

    61,36 €

  • Vuorilaakson lauluja

    Laululintu 14

    Series Book 14 - Laululintu
    Uusia lauluja, runoja, tekstejä ja kuvia viimeisimmältä syyskaudelta. ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • The Rolling Stones Quiz Book

    1000 Questions 100 Categories

    by Mart Matthews ...
    Not many books on the Rolling Stones make mention of Charles Dickens, Portsmouth Football Club, Piers Morgan, Fairy Liquid, Henry Ford, the Salvation Army, the Carry On films, the Queen, the American Civil War or West Side Story, but this one does! Try these for size: 1. Which track from the Between the Buttons LP begins and ends with a Beatles song? 2. Which was the first Rolling Stones song to ... Read more

    5,40 €

  • Die Toten Hosen. 100 Seiten

    by Birgit Fuß ...
    Series series Reclam 100 Seiten
    »Es gibt 1000 gute Gründe, sich für Die Toten Hosen zu interessieren: ihre Ohrwürmer, ihre Energie, ihr Engagement. Am beeindruckendsten aber ist, wie sie sich ihre eigene Welt geschaffen haben.«Eine erstaunliche Karriere: Aus den Düsseldorfer Punks, die kaum ihre Instrumente halten konnten, wurde eine der größten Rockbands Deutschlands, die ganze Stadien in Euphorie versetzt. Dass es bei den ... Read more

    6,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music Production: Discover The Past, Present & Future of Music Production, Recording Technology, Techniques, & Songwriting

    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 ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Greatest Hits of … the 1960’s

    Series series Greatest Hits of ...
    Encore! You’ll find this second volume in this series an indispensible cross-reference manual to the music of the 1960’s With the British Invasion, the success of Motown, all the way to Woodstock, music, especially rock and roll, went through an amazing transformation creating classics that still sound new and relevant 50 years later. It was the decade that saw the start of the Beatles, the ... Read more

    2,20 €

  • A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist

    by Stephen Siek ...
    Series series Dictionaries for the Modern Musician
    A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist combines nearly four hundred entries covering classical and popular pianists, noted teachers, terminology germane to the piano’s construction, and major manufacturers—both familiar firms and outstanding, independent builders who have risen to the forefront in recent years. Speaking to the needs of the modern performer, it also includes entries on jazz and pop ... Read more

    85,32 €

  • Der Klang der Gegenwart

    Eine kurze Geschichte der Neuen Musik

    Freiheit in der Musik: musikalische Revolutionen und neue KlangweltenDie Neue Musik ist nicht in einem Augenblick entstanden: Spätestens ab 1950 haben Komponisten sich mehrfach eine neue Tonkunst vorgestellt, in Manifesten, in ihren Lebenswegen und ihren Kompositionen realisiert und damit eine ganz eigene, extrem farbige Bewegung angestoßen.Also eine westliche Erfindung nur für Spezialisten? Weit ... Read more

    24,99 €

  • Play Like a Legend Doc Watson

    by Joe Carr ...
    Play Like a Legend: Doc Watson features transcriptions of his great guitar flatpicking recordings from the early 1960s until the 1990s. In addition, detailed explanations of special techniques such as Carter Plus soloing, using three note patterns (3NPs) and numerous crosspicking patterns are included. Exercises are designed to isolate specific licks and patterns, making them easier to learn. ... Read more

    18,61 €

  • The Sex Pistols - 1977: The Bollocks Diaries

    '...short, sharp, to the point, minimal. 'Never Mind the Bollocks' is a blackmail note - and we got you all to pay up!' - JOHN LYDON'When we first went in Wessex [recording studios] we went in through this side door. Freddie Mercury was there doing a vocal take and we walked right through with our guitars. He threw a wobbler.' - STEVE JONES''God Save The Queen' was definitely the pinnacle. It all ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music

    The United States and Canada

    Edited by Ellen Koskoff ...
    Series series Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
    This volume makes available the full range of the American/Canadian musical experience, covering-for the first time in print-all major regions, ethnic groups, and traditional and popular contexts. From musical comedy to world beat, from the songs of the Arctic to rap and house music, from Hispanic Texas to the Chinese communities of Vancouver, the coverage captures the rich diversity and ... Read more

    547,96 €

  • Música moderna

    Series series Digitales
    Testimonio impagable, y de primera mano, de la efervescencia artística y musical madrileña de principios de los 80, "Música moderna", y su autor, el mítico «Zurdo», uno de los principales protagonistas de esos días, es no solo un canto al entusiasmo y al deseo de renovar, de hacer algo, de sacudirse la inercia. Es también, y por supuesto, toda una novela, en su estricto sentido. Una crónica donde ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film

    Musicians, both fictional and real, have long been subjects of cinema. From biopics of composers Beethoven and Mozart to the rise (and often fall) of imaginary bands in The Commitments and Almost Famous, music of all types has inspired hundreds of films. The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film features the most significant productions from around the world, including straightforward ... Read more

    142,67 €