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  • The Day John Met Paul

    An Hour-by-Hour Account of How the Beatles Began

    by Jim O'Donnell ...
    With many new photos and an updated introduction, The Day John Met Paul, a critically-acclaimed Beatles book, reappears in a visually stunning second edition. The book is an hour-by-hour account of the fateful day the two founding Beatles met in July 1957. But it is much more than that: it's a spellbinding story of how fate brought together two men who would radically change the face of popular ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Liszt and Virtuosity

    In the annals of music history, few figures have dominated the discussion of virtuosity as much as Franz Liszt. A flamboyant performer whose hair-raising technical feats at the piano created a sense of awe-inspiring excitement andan icon whose star power radiated far beyond the realm of music, Liszt was, along with his early model, Paganini, among the first major performer-composers to define ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Philippe Grandrieux

    Sonic Cinema

    Series series Ex:Centrics
    Philippe Grandrieux is one of cinema's only living true radicals and feted as one of the most innovative and important film makers of his generation. His consistently controversial work remains, however, relatively unknown outside of the international art film festival circuit. In this volume, the first book-length study of the work of Grandrieux in any language, Greg Hainge provides an overview ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Music Production

    A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students

    In an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century, the guidance of a skilled music producer is quickly becoming indispensable for producing a great recording.Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive road map for navigating the continuous transformations in the music ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Levon

    From Down in the Delta to the Birth of THE BAND and Beyond

    The life of the legendary drummer and singer is explored through extensive research and personal interviews with family, friends, and fellow musicians.In the Arkansas Delta, a young Levon Helm witnessed “blues, country, and gospel hit in a head-on collision,” as he put it. The result was rock 'n' roll. As a teenager, he joined the raucous Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, then helped merge a hard ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teach Yourself to Play Bass

    A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners

    (Bass Instruction). Do you want to learn how to play the bass guitar quickly, but don't read music or have little to no musical experience? If so, this book/audio pack is for you! Instead of standard music notation, this method uses tablature combined with rhythmic symbols to make learning fast and easy! Topics covered include: parts of the bass guitar * tuning * basic hand and finger positions * ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Preachin' the Blues

    The Life and Times of Son House

    In June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (1902 - 1988). House pioneered an innovative style, incorporating strong repetitive rhythms with elements of southern gospel and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 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

    $9.99 USD

  • Everything in its Right Place

    Analyzing Radiohead

    More than any rock artist since The Beatles, Radiohead's music inhabits the sweet spot between two extremes: on the one hand, music that is wholly conventional and conforms to all expectations of established rock styles, and, on the other hand, music so radically experimental that it thwarts any learned notions. While averting mainstream trends but still achieving a significant level of success in ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Why You Love Music

    From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds

    by John Powell ...
    A delightful journey through the psychology and science of music, Why You Love Music is the perfect book for anyone who loves a tune.Music plays a hugely important role in our emotional, intellectual, and even physical lives. It impacts the ways we work, relax, behave, and feel. It can make us smile or cry, it helps us bond with the people around us, and it even has the power to alleviate a range ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

    A Memoir

    by Viv Albertine ...
    A feminist musician icon, Viv Albertine reveals the rocking, uncompromising story of her life on the front lines at the birth of the British punk movement and beyond in this exciting, humorous, and inspiring memoir.Selected by the New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 YearsViv Albertine is a pioneer. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the seminal band The Slits, she ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Punkhouse in the Deep South

    The Oral History of 309

    Radical subcultures in an unlikely placeTold in personal interviews, this is the collective story of a punk community in an unlikely town and region, a hub of radical counterculture that drew artists and musicians from throughout the conservative South and earned national renown.The house at 309 6th Avenue has long been a crossroads for punk rock, activism, veganism, and queer culture in Pensacola ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Year of Wonder

    Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day

    “Year of Wonder is an absolute treat—the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.” **—**Eddie RedmayneA unique celebration of classical music that showcases one inspirational piece each day of the year, written by an award-winning violinist and BBC Radio personalityClassical music has a reputation for being stuffy, bori... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Come Up

    An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop

    The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop culture—from the award-winning journalist behind All the Pieces Matter, the New York Times bestselling oral history of The Wire“The Come Up is Abrams at his sharpest, at his most observant, at his most insightful.”—Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Down the Highway

    The Life of Bob Dylan

    by Howard Sounes ...
    The acclaimed biography—now updated and revised. “Many writers have tried to probe [Dylan’s] life, but never has it been done so well, so captivatingly” (The Boston Globe).Howard Sounes’s Down the Highway broke news about Dylan’s fiercely guarded personal life and set the standard as the most comprehensive and riveting biography on Bob Dylan. Now this edition continues to document the iconic ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Songbook

    by Nick Hornby ...
    “All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do.” —Nick Hornby, from SongbookA wise and hilarious collection from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Just Like You, Funny Girl and About a Boy.Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Personal Finance for Musicians

    Series series Music Pro Guides
    Are you tired of living paycheck-to-paycheck, being broke and in debt, and watching everyone else become independently wealthy? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Most musicians will admit they know little about personal finance.In Personal Finance for Musicians, music industry and finance experts Bobby Borg and Britt Hatsey coach you on how to:Make and save moneyIncrease your credit ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out

    Series series 33 1/3
    Sleater-Kinney's 1997 album Dig Me Out is built on Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein's competing guitars, Janet Weiss's muscular rhythms, and layered vocals that teeter between an urgent, banshee-like vibrato and a lower accompaniment. Dig Me Out was the band's third studio album, but the first one written and recoded with Weiss. It inaugurated Sleater-Kinney into a lineup that would span its two ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method

    by Neil Griffin ...
    One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available! The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style (one note at a time), how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics include note and tab reading, chord background styles, traditional bluegrass techniques, fills and endings, use of the capo, rolls, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The American Fiddle Method Volume 1

    Beginning Tunes and Techniques

    Series series American Fiddle
    Destined to become a classic, this method provides the beginner with the elements needed to become a proficient fiddler. Based on many years of teaching experience, the author introduces the concepts and techniques that yields solid results. This method encourages creativity in the student by including variations to the tunes and illustrating how they can serve as a basis for improvisation. To ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Listen to This If You Love Great Music

    A critical curation of 100 essential albums • Packed with links for further reading, listening and viewing to take your enjoyment to the next level

    by Robin Murray ...
    Series series If You Love
    Listen To This If You Love Great Music is a must read for anyone with even a passing interest in music. Featuring 100 of the best albums from the last four decades, clashmusic.com editor Robin Murray shares his passion for exceptional music and offers insightful takes on what elevates these records above the competition.Robin steers clear of the usual classics – The Beatles and The Clash, for ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Beloved Vision

    A History of Nineteenth Century Music

    A rich and luminous biography of nineteenth century music.****A New Yorker "Best Book of the Year"**When one thinks of “great” classical music—music with the most emotional resonance and timelessness—we harken back to the nineteenth century and the Romantic tradition. We recall the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration of a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Guitar Theory Vol. 1

    Learn The Fretboard

    by Kamel Sadi ...
    Series Book 1 - Guitar Theory
    Learn the names of the notes on the fretboard of the guitar is essential. Both for understanding and memorization of forms of agreements, of lines, solo, improvisation, communication between musician and much more. This eBook contains: Theory, Diagrams, Exercises, Tabs and 50 audio tracks. ... Read more

    $4.43 USD

  • Connecticut Rock ‘n’ Roll

    A History

    by Tony Renzoni ...
    Long neglected in the annals of American music, the Nutmeg State's influence on the history of rock'n'roll deserves recognition.Connecticut's musical highlights include the beautiful harmonies of New Haven's Five Satins, Gene Pitney's rise to fame, Stamford's the Fifth Estate and notable rockers such as Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and Saturday Night Live Band's Christine ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus