Books by Aaron Joy

A rock musician''s life is glamorous, but it is also a winding road of learning and discovery with no clear road signs to guide by. This book broadly paints this unique journey via the words of those who have done it and have much to share following both successes and failures ... or at least stuff to vent about.This book - written by a musician and label owner known for his music crossword book series - goes deep inside the music business and into the musician''s life, looking for the real struggle, real life and real feelings. It tries to paint the otherwise invisible street signs as it charts the life of a musician from learning an instrument to being in a band to breaking up, quoting both mainstream and indie musicians.While the book may be focused on the heavy metal/hard rock experience, the story it tells is actually one any struggling or successful working musician will relate to. This is unlike any other music quote book around and is more than a collection of thoughts but an education.

Writer, podcaster and bassist Aaron Joy presents his series of rock music crossword puzzle books. Each book looks at the bands, albums and general history, including famous and indie musicians. Great for the fan, musician or history buff. At least 14 puzzles in each book. Visit the publisher www.lulu.com/aronmatyas to find all his books. This volume features the topics: Matisyahu, Johnny Nash, Eric Donaldson, Dennis Brown, Abyssinians, Third World, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Shaggy, Maxi Priest, Bunny Wailer, Prince Far I, Junior Delgado, Upsetters, Soul Syndicate, Inner Circle, Eek-A-Mouse, Mighty Diamonds, Steel Pulse, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs, Wailing Souls, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Joe Higgs, Judge Dread, Barrington Levy, Sly & Robbie, Bob Marley, Original Wailers, the Wailers Band, I Three

Writer, podcaster and bassist Aaron Joy presents his series of rock music crossword puzzle books. Each book looks at the bands, albums and general history, including famous and indie musicians. Great for the fan, musician or history buff. At least 14 puzzles in each book. Visit the publisher www.lulu.com/aronmatyas to find all his books. This volume features the topics: Acid Bath, Buzzov*en, 16, Crowbar, Kylesa, Eyehategod, Corrupted, Corrosion Of Conformity, Mastodon, Melvins, Svarog, Dukatalon, Brainoil plus sludge metal albums.

A literary tribute to the World-Teacher, Heart-Master and religious guru Adi Da Samraj, formerly recognized as Bubba Free John. In a unique prose style - divinely inspired and culling from the styles of Gertrude Stein, Adi Da Samraj and the Beat Generation - this is the story of a middle aged everyman, a Mr. Zero if there ever was one, whose materialistic and heathen existance comes face to face with the divine being, a man called Da. Using a unique poetic prose style of repetition and mirror prose imagery, this is a story of semi-biographical caliber, that anyone of spiritual leanings can relate to and pull something from. The story is loosely based on the biography of Adi Da Samraj, but it is not so much a story of him as the story of how the average man perceives life and what it does or does not offer.

Writer, podcaster and bassist Aaron Joy presents his series of rock music crossword puzzle books. Each book looks at the bands, albums and general history, including famous and indie musicians. Great for the fan, musician or history buff. At least 14 puzzles in each book. Visit the publisher www.lulu.com/aronmatyas to find all his books. Features the topics: Guns N Roses/L.A. Guns/Hollywood Rose, Great White, Steel Panther, Badlands, Bullet Boys, House Of Lords, Love/Hate, Faster Pussycat, Warrant, Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Mr. Big, Don Dokken/George Lynch plus albums.

This is a collection of 100 poems covering the first 100 days of Zen meditation practice in the confines of a countryside Buddhist temple. These are not poems of enlightenment and peace or worldly observations. These are poems of struggle and discomfort. These are not poems of book learning and priestly discussions, but of simple observations sitting in meditation, eating in silence and cleaning the hallways. These are poems of celebration of a new world that any Buddhist practitioner will enjoy reading. Also, throughout the book are photos of Buddhist and Shinto temples in Japan. Neither the poems or photos are previously published.