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  • Sound Check For The Performing Musician

    by Paul White ...
    No matter how talented a performer you are, if the sound out front isn't up to scratch, you won't win over your audience. Even relatively inexpensive equipment can produce exceptionally good results - if only you know how to use it...Sound Check For The Performing Musician is a practical guide to equipment and sound for small to medium-sized gigs. It covers everything from choosing PA equipment ... Read more

    ₹1,123.35

  • Six Steps to Songwriting Success, Revised Edition

    The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs

    by Jason Blume ...
    What’s the secret to writing a hit song? It’s as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6! Innovative, practical, and inspiring, Six Steps to Songwriting Success presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Author Jason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having had songs on the Country, Pop, and R&B charts simultaneously, has packed this book with ... Read more

    ₹835.07

  • Crash Course: Home Recording

    by Paul White ...
    Crash Course: Home Recording is an eight week program to take you from novice to studio expert as quickly and comprehensively as possible. Learn how to record, mix and process your own songs. All technical terms are explained in a full glossary. This book was written by Paul White of Sound On Sound magazine. ... Read more

    ₹898.56

  • Creative Recording Part One: Effects And Processors

    by Paul White ...
    This book covers the newest innovations in one of the most popular aspects of music recording and has now been updated to include software plug-ins and virtual mixers, as well as the exciting new world of surround-sound technology. ... Read more

    ₹1,423.07

  • Basic Mixing Techniques

    by Paul White ...
    In music recording, the quality of a mix is every bit as important as the quality of the performance, and potential hit singles have been ruined by poor mixing. Basic Mixing Techniques blows the lid off the secrets of mixing and explains in easy and illustrated terms how you can create a professional-quality recording with even the most basic equipment. ... Read more

    ₹598.72

  • Asian Sound Cultures

    Voice, Noise, Sound, Technology

    Edited by Iris Haukamp, Christin Hoene, Martyn Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
    This book examines the meanings, uses, and agency of voice, noise, sound, and sound technologies across Asia.Including a series of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary case studies, the book reveals sound as central to the experience of modernity in Asia and as essential to the understanding of the historical processes of cultural, social, political, and economic transformation throughout the long ... Read more

    ₹5,886.79

  • 10 Ukulele Oh So EASY 3 & 4 chord tunes

    by Michael James ...
    The Ukulele is…Oh so easy to learn – just 3 or 4 chords will open up hundreds of tunes.cheap to buy – go to the toy store and buy a cheap child's ukulele for not a lot of cash.fun to play – and a great party piece for a great singalong.Plus, even you play it badly "…it's still good enough for jazz"A deceptively easy instrument, so long as you're not planning on being a rock-star.Copy the 4 chords ... Read more

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  • The Greatest War Stories Never Told

    100 Tales from Military History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy

    by Rick Beyer ...
    Series series The Greatest Stories Never Told
    Rick Beyer, the author of the acclaimed History Channel® series The Greatest Stories Never Told, returns with new historic tales, this time focusing on amazing war storiesSearch the annals of military history and you will discover no end of quirky characters and surprising true stories: The topless dancer who saved the Byzantine Empire; the World War I battle that was halted so a soccer game could ... Read more

    ₹798.97

  • Avid Media Composer / First

    Fundamentals of Video Editing

    by Avid Technology ...
    Avid Media Composer | First: Fundamentals of Video Editing introduces users to the power of Media Composer software and marks the first steps toward developing core skills in video editing. The book covers the basic principles you’ll need to complete a Media Composer | First project, from initial setup to final output, and it is designed for those who are new to professional video editing and also ... Read more

    ₹2,346.42

  • Introduction to Fingerstyle Guitar

    by Ashley J. Saunders ...
    So, you want to learn some guitar fingerpicking ideas, tips and tricks? Well, Introduction to Fingerstyle Guitar eBook is for you!This eBook will teach you patterns that you can use today, how to use a capo if the song is in a key that isn't guitar friendly and how to find the best key to move it into for you. As well as much more! ... Read more

    ₹196.89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Basic Mastering

    by Paul White ...
    The ultimate aim of any recording project is the mass-production of music, whether on CD, cassette, MiniDisc or any of the other media available to the modern recording artist. It is important, therefore, to have the best possible recording in the first place. Basic Mastering shows you how to master and edit your music so that you end up with a product that would look at home in any record store. ... Read more

    ₹684.27

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

    A Research and Information Guide

    by John Michael Cooper, Angela R. Mace ...
    Series series Routledge Music Bibliographies
    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Research and Information Guide is a valuable tool for any scholar, performer, or music student interested in accessing the most pertinent resources on the life, works, and cultural context of the composer. It is an updated, annotated bibliography of resources on the biographical, musical, and religious aspects of Mendelssohn's life. ... Read more

    ₹6,636.15

  • Insight

    Martin Gore & Depeche Mode - Ein Porträt

    by André Boße, Dennis Plauk ...
    Überraschende InnenansichtenMehr als 100 Millionen verkaufte Tonträger belegen die atemberaubende Weltkarriere von Depeche Mode und ihrem Songwriter Martin Gore. Nach einer solchen sah es zunächst jedoch gar nicht aus: Gore arbeitete nach dem Schulbesuch ab 1977 bei einer Bank. Die Dinge änderten sich, als er erst Andrew Fletcher und Vince Clarke, schließlich den Sänger Dave Gahan traf. Die ... Read more

    ₹1,099.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lyrics of Syd Barrett

    by Syd Barrett, Rob Chapman ...
    Despite just a three-year tenure with the band, co-founder Syd Barrett’s influence on Pink Floyd was profound and long-lasting. If his guitar gave the early Pink Floyd a distinctive hallucinatory sound, his often obscure and surreal lyrics were perhaps even more intoxicating. The complete lyrics of Syd Barrett – 52 songs written for Pink Floyd and during his subsequent solo career – are presented ... Read more

    ₹899.27

  • DADGAD Encyclopedia

    by Jim Goodin ...
    Whether guitarists are new to open-tunings or already working with them, fingerstyle specialist Jim Goodin offers a progressive look at the popular D-based harp-like tuning. Classical, Celtic, blues, folk, gospel and several original compositions are represented in the 15 notation/tablature arrangements each arranged proportionately to offer beginning, intermediate and advanced fingerstyle players ... Read more

    ₹2,139.97

  • Guitar Journals: Fingerstyle

    by Lee "Drew" Andrews ...
    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

    ₹2,139.97

  • Encyclopedia of Percussion

    by John H. Beck ...
    The Encyclopedia of Percussion is an extensive guide to percussion instruments, organized for research as well as general knowledge. Focusing on idiophones and membranophones, it covers in detail both Western and non-Western percussive instruments. These include not only instruments whose usual sound is produced percussively (like snare drums and triangles), but those whose usual sound is produced ... Read more

    ₹9,098.35

  • Banjo Scales in Tab

    by Janet Davis ...
    This book covers all of the major scales in depth as applied to the 5-string banjo, answering potential questions concerning the use of major scales for any level of player, beginning through advanced. It features finger-strengthening exercises, chords, licks, practical applications of the scales and corresponding exercises which will increase the player's speed, accuracy and ability. While this ... Read more

    ₹2,461.13

  • Ethnomusicology

    A Research and Information Guide

    by Jennifer Post ...
    Series series Routledge Music Bibliographies
    Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of ethnomusicology. The book is divided into two parts. Part One is organized by resource type in categories of greatest concern to students and scholars. It includes handbooks and guides; encyclopedias and dictionaries; indexes and bibliographies; journals; media ... Read more

    ₹6,636.15

  • Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis

    by Pedro Duarte ...
    Series series O livro do disco
    O Tropicalismo foi o movimento que elaborou as obras mais antropofágicas da história da arte brasileira e refletiu criticamente sobre a formação do Brasil. Atingiu seu ápice com o disco-manifesto Tropicália ou Panis et circencis, criado por um coletivo de artistas e músicos extraordinários: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Gal Costa, o grupo Os Mutantes, Nara Leão, Rogerio Duprat, Torquato ... Read more

    ₹700.00

  • Reading Song Lyrics

    An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach

    by Glenn Fosbraey ...
    This book will provide an exploration of how popular songs have been analysed in the past, before detailing how an interdisciplinary approach is necessary to appreciate the multimodal format of the medium. Beginning by examining what we can gain from staying ‘inside’ the song, it will explore the role the listener has in determining meaning within a song, before moving on to how, through their ... Read more

    ₹2,038.32

  • The Police: Every Little Thing

    The Adventures of Sting, Stewart and Andy

    by David Stafford, Caroline Stafford ...
    An American drummer, a bass player from Newcastle and a guitarist a decade older than the other two, with little in common other than their musical brilliance and towering ambition, formed one of the most successful bands in history. Covering the years 1977–1986 and the brief reincarnation in 2007–2008, acclaimed biographers Caroline and David Stafford chronicle the rise and fall of the Police. ... Read more

    ₹899.27

  • Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education

    From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities

    Edited by Silje Valde Onsrud, Hilde Synnøve Blix, Ingeborg Lunde Vestad ...
    Series series ISME Series in Music Education
    Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education: From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities introduces much-needed updates to research and teaching philosophies that envision new ways of considering gender diversity in music education. This volume of essays by Scandinavian contributors looks beyond the dominant Anglo-American lens while confronting a universal need to resist and rethink the gender ... Read more

    ₹6,207.95

  • Cricket Songs

    by Norman Gale ...
    Four years ago the author of this book issued a slender volume of cricket songs. Seven of these are now reprinted; the rest are new. The cricket ball, for the most part, is spoken of as a female. Once or twice the neuter gender is used. Varium et mutabile semper femina. It is hoped that the introduction of the names of prominent players (and one critic) will cause no vexation. Apologies are ... Read more

    ₹213.03