Books published by Hal Leonard Corporation

I KNOW BETTER NOW: MY LIFE BEFORE DURING AND AFTER THE RAMONES

MUSIC FOR PIANO

THE TELEVISION PLAYS OF PADDY CHAYEFSKY

When Leo Fender added a bass to his growing family of instruments 50 years ago he created a new world for musicians and revolutionized an industry in the process. Using hundreds of photographs this exciting release chronicles the evolution of that instrument from 1951 to 2001 providing background history and highly researched facts vital to understanding everything about this remarkable member of the Fender family. A must for all music fans!

DARK MAGUS MILES DAVIS

STAN GETZ - NOBODY ELSE BUT ME

GRATEFUL DEAD GEAR

THE YARDBIRDS THE BAND THAT LAUNCHED ERIC CLAPTON JEFF BECK AND JIMMY PAGE SFTCOVER

This complete method for the practicing musician covers: intervals, rhythms and melodic shapes; inversions, scales, chords, extensions and alterations; fretboard visualization, fingering diagrams; and much more. The CD includes 99 full-demo tracks.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

This book/CD pack is the complete guide to playing in the styles of the Skatelites, Specials, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime and others. Provides in-depth coverage of: Jamaican ska, English ska, Southern California ska, and ska-ska; punk and hard rock sounds in ska; soloing and strumming techniques; and more. The music is in standard notation & TAB, and the CD features 60 full-band tracks.

THE MUSICIAN'S GUIDE TO AUDIO

Current market forces in the performing arts, such as aging audiences, electronic media, and HD broadcasts, have changed the operatic landscape. Young opera singers entering the workforce find themselves navigating difficult and highly competitive waters. Previously ignored skill sets become assets - and, in many cases, requirements - in casting. But most singers graduate from college having never taken a formal acting class and knowing little about acting technique as it pertains to their craft.Singer and Actor demystifies theatrical acting technique stemming from Stanislavsky's Method of Physical Action and provides singers at all levels a roadmap with which to complete character preparation, using a clear and organized progression based on the work of Franchelle S. Dorn and exercises and examples (recitatives, arias, and ensembles). Singers (including choristers) are given the necessary tools to prepare auditions and inhabit a character from rehearsal to final performance.Singer and Actor also provides a history of acting from its beginnings to the present day, including a survey of acting techniques from Stanislavsky, Meisner, Hagen, Strasberg, Larry Moss, and others. Drawing additionally on the writings of composers and other creators of opera, the book deals with the misconception that only the singing matters in opera and includes a discussion of previous approaches to operatic acting.

David Rothenberg's multilayered life thrust him into Broadway's brightest lights, prison riots, political campaigns, civil rights sit-ins, and a Central American civil war. In his memoir, Fortune in My Eyes, his journey includes many of the most celebrated names in the theater: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Sir John Gielgud, Peggy Lee, Alvin Ailey, Lauren Bacall, Christine Ebersole, and numerous others.He produced an Off-Broadway prison drama, Fortune and Men's Eyes, which reshaped his life. John Herbert's chilling play led directly to the creation of the Fortune Society, which has evolved into one of the nation's most formidable advocacy and service organizations in criminal justice.Rothenberg was Elizabeth Taylor's opening night date at the Richard Burton Hamlet - a distant cry from his entering Attica prison during that institution's famed inmate uprising; these are just two of the experiences revealed in this memoir. As a theater publicist and producer - and as a social activist - he shares experiences with politicians and with anonymous men and women, out of prison, who have fought to reclaim their lives. The human drama of the formerly incarcerated that unfolds in this book is a match for many of the entertainment world's most fabled characters.