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This is first & foremost the story of the Montrose & Gamma records. But there's a darker turn with Ronnie's shocking suicide, before looking at his legacy by those who knew him best. It's a rough ride but there are enough lessons on creativity to satisfy those readers centred around the type of six-string mayhem cooked up by the hero of our story.

Amongst Popoff's analysis of the catalogue is lots of tour talk, revealing nightmares surrounding the band's business based around interviews with the key members. The journey takes us through the period where Paul Chapman takes over from Michael Schenker and concludes with 1995's Walk On Water that sees the classic line-up reunited with Schenker.

Iron & Wine: The Songbook contains songs from albums and EPs by American singer-songwriter Iron & Wine. The artist-approved chord songbook includes lyrics and chords with short picking patterns in tab and notation, and is full color throughout with artwork, photographs, tour posters, a song index, and an index of first lines.

In 1991, three producers released a record called Blue Lines under the name Massive Attack. It spliced together decades of American hip-hop and soul with the British postcolonial underground, creating, in a moment, the genre of trip-hop. As Blue Lines's iconic flame logo spun on turntables the world over, Massive Attack's spaced-out and sensual urban blues reimagined the sonic landscape of the 1990s and beyond.

[N.W.A Fans Only!] Astonishing facts revealed for the first time!#1 on Amazon U.S., Canada, France, Australia and Japan!For Decades Harris Rosen Has Been Asking Fearless Questions Of Hip-Hop's Biggest Names. N.W.A: The Aftermath collects many of his best interviews, which challenge and draw out seminal figures like Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Jerry Heller. You won't find these interviews anywhere else. N.W.A: The Aftermath is a must-read for fans of Ruthless, Death Row, and Aftermath.- Ben Westhoff, columnist for The Guardian, Author of Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap.This was a different one. I like that. - Dr. DreHarris Rosen is at the forefront of Hip-Hop Journalists; bright, articulate and totally fearless. My interview with Harris was stimulating and unique, and I now feel confidant that the basic honesty of the music and it's future as an Art Form will continue to be reported honestly and with integrity in his capable hands.- Jerry HellerN.W.A: The Aftermath is the fourth book from the In Their Own Words: Behind the Music Tales of Truth, Fiction & Desire series.The interviews provide first-hand knowledge and the state of mind of these legendary figures who existed within the heart of arguably the most infamous and dark period in music history.Each chapter will unravel the truth and give you new insight. Don't miss out on the opportunity to learn what really happened. What was Eazy-E's all consuming desire? How did Jerry Heller feel after listening to "No Vaseline"? When did Yella find out Eazy-E had AIDS? What really happened in the Ice Cube Vs Cypress Hill war? What really went on behind the scenes at Death Row? What did Dr. Dre think of Snoop Doggy Dogg's Tha Doggfather album? Why did people say Dr. Dre fell off? Who had the money lined up to produce an N.W.A movie in 2006? How did Ice Cube go from burning to turning Hollywood? And much more! Much of what you will read here has been sensationalized by others in a manner of journalistic psycho-speak. N.W.A: The Aftermath is as close to the truth as one can get. Alternately triumphant and tragic, lively, uplifting, and resentful, each tells a distinct story, creating an intimate portrait as fearless as its subjects.

A newly updated edition of the autobiography of Scottish singing sensation Barbara Dickson

Music Theory for the Bass Player Comes with 89 videos that are viewable online.Have you always wanted to learn music theory but felt it was too overwhelming a task? Perhaps all the books seem to be geared toward pianists or classical players? Do you know lots of songs, but don't know how the chords are put together or how they work with the melody? If so, this is the book for you! Starting with intervals as music's basic building blocks, you will explore scales and their modes, chords and the basics of harmony. Packed with fretboard diagrams, musical examples and exercises, more than 180 pages of vital information are peppered with mind-bending quizzes, effective mnemonics, and compelling learning approaches. Extensive and detailed photo demonstrations show why relaxed posture and optimized fingering are vital for good tone, timing and chops. You can even work your way through the book without being able to read music!Music Theory for the Bass Player is a comprehensive and immediately applicable guide to making you a well-grounded groover, informed bandmate and all-around more creative musician. This is the definitive resource for the enthusiastic bassist!

(Third Edition updated for MAX 7) Structured for use in university courses, the book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max and MSP, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. Comprehensive online support, running parallel to the explanations in the book, includes hundreds of sample patches, analyses, interactive sound-building exercises, and reverse engineering exercises. This book will provide a reader with skill and understanding in using Max/MSP for sound design and musical composition.

In the first complete biography of Metal legends Sepultura's epic career, Sao Paulo-based US author Jason Korolenko tells the remarkable story of how Brazil's biggest musical act came to sell over 20 million albums world-wide. -- .

Country music's Waylon Jennings shares this story of his life. He tells of his rise from poor beginnings to fame as Buddy Holly's protege, and his own near-destruction from drug abuse and financial ruin. He discusses his three failed marriages, and his joy at finding his soulmate, Jessi Colter.

This Companion is an invaluable resource for music students and teachers, professional and amateur musicians, scholars and record collectors. It provides seventeen chapters on every aspect of the harpsichord and its music - composers, genres, national styles, tuning and the art of harpsichord building - by fourteen leading experts in the field.

The first book to capture the chaotic rise of Michael Gira’s band en route to becoming one of the most acclaimed and fearsome rock acts of recent decades.

Despite the presence of the Flaming Lips in a commercial for a copier and Iggy Pop's music in luxury cruise advertisements, Jeffrey T. Nealon argues that popular music has not exactly been co-opted in the American capitalist present. Contemporary neoliberal capitalism has, in fact, found a central organizing use for the values of twentieth-century popular music: being authentic, being your own person, and being free. In short, not being like everybody else.Through a consideration of the shift in dominant modes of power in the American twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from what Michel Foucault calls a dominant "disciplinary" mode of power to a "biopolitical" mode, Nealon argues that the modes of musical "resistance" need to be completely rethought and that a commitment to musical authenticity or meaning--saying "no" to the mainstream--is no longer primarily where we might look for music to function against the grain.Rather, it is in the technological revolutions that allow biopolitical subjects to deploy music within an everyday set of practices (MP3 listening on smartphones and iPods, streaming and downloading on the internet, the background music that plays nearly everywhere) that one might find a kind of ambient or ubiquitous answer to the "attention capitalism" that has come to organize neoliberalism in the American present. In short, Nealon stages the final confrontation between "keepin' it real" and "sellin' out." 

Songs for fourpart vocal groups.

SOUND PICTURES offers a powerful glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles. The second book of two, SOUND PICTURES traces the story of George Martin and the Beatles' incredible artistic trajectory after reaching the creative heights of Rubber Soul.

The emergence of death metal in the beginning of the 90's changed the metal scene forever. Many of the seminal bands came from Sweden. Why did this small mild-mannered country become the hotbed for such aggressive and extreme music? Blood, Fire, Death explores the bands, individuals and phenomena which have propelled the scene forward and still does to this day. The book investigates the politics, economy and gender structures of the scene, and tells the spectacular stories of Bathory, Entombed, Pelle Dead, Dissection and many other major players in the scene.

The shocking, decadent, true story behind the making of the Rolling Stones' beloved double album Exile on Main Street

To fans and critics alike, the years 1973 to 1980 the Bon Scott era were the most significant of AC/DC s five-decade career. This richly illustrated book documents all the key events of that frenetic time.

The album that Brian Wilson created in an attempt to outdo the Beatles' Rubber Soul album. Worshipped by music lovers for its harmonies it is also regarded as an early demonstration of how to use the recording studio as an instrument. Brian Wilson has recently been touring the album again, playing it to thousands of devoted fans.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy this pictorial journey back to the magical-and turbulent-1960s. It was a time when culture, society and politics were changing at a rapid pace. And it was the music of Motown that brought people together in a way never before achieved in popular culture. It didn't matter if you were black or white, rich or poor, young or old...we were ALL listening to, dancing to, and buying the music of Motown. Motown provided the soundtrack for the 1960s. This book is a collection of photos taken by Motown fans throughout the years. Because it is based on available photos from those fans willing to share their collections, not all of Motown's artists are represented here. Most of the photos depict Motown artists today, rather than as they appeared in their heyday.

Concise historical introduction to Johann Sebastian Bach and his continuing influence on the world and how we see it.

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Chicago-based Alligator Records is the biggest blues label in the world. This is the story of how it got that way, told by its founder, a story of small-time gigs and big breaks, changing audiences and a transformed industry, and, always, amazing music.