How does a song become more than words and music to represent or influence the voice of a generation? Inside the Hits dissects more than 60 of the most powerful and memorable hit songs since the birth of rock and roll to reveal the roots of their success. Author Wayne Wadhams examines the key ingredients that made the songs work then and now, including: melody, lyrics, performance, production, artist image, promotion, and market timing. What really stopped Mick Jagger from getting “Satisfaction”? How did a secretary who was mistaken for a prostitute give Donna Summer her new sound? Find all the answers in Inside the Hits.
“Reading Inside the Hits was like reliving some of the most memorable moments in rock and roll. A captivating read for industry professionals and fans alike.”
– Phil Ramone
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Professional studio design is a specialized science, with more than a touch of “black magic” thrown in. Over the past few years, Sound on Sound magazine has made one trip each month to a reader's studio. These visits have demonstrated that it is fairly simple to make a huge improvement to an untreated project-studio room, without spending a fortune. However, they've also proven that beginners' attempts at DIY acoustic treatments often cause more problems than they solve. Utilizing knowledge from dozens of visits to readers' home and project studios, the SOS team imparts easy-to-understand, organized troubleshooting advice. Learn how to rid yourself of monitoring problems and get an accurate monitoring system, how to enhance the sound of your recording space, and how to perfect your instrumental and vocal recordings. Decrease the time you spend re-recording and mixing, simply by improving your room with advice from the guys who have seen it all when it comes to make-do small studios.
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On January 18, 1958, the Columbia Broadcasting Corporation aired the first of Leonard Bernstein's 53 Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic. So successful were these performance lessons that they ran for over a decade on television. This book brings back into print a classic collection of the best of the best of these Emmy and Peabody Award-winning lectures. A total of 15 lectures are presented here in full. Here is the century's most unique musician and teacher, explaining beautifully and clearly the joy of music in a way that grasps the attention of all. Every aspect of music is so cleverly presented that everyone, regardless of age, culture, or educational background, will enjoy and understand it.
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This book was written in response to a constant demand by educators, music teachers and parents who wanted to know more about Music for Children, in particular how did Orff's ideas differ from existing “methods” and how could teachers develop these ideas. Doreen Hall provides the answers to these and other fundamental questions about Orff-Schulwerk in this concise booklet, which is a natural extension of her work on the first english adaption. There are important chapters on: the instruments; rhythm and speech; lesson planning; giving demonstrations, etc. Illustrated. Introduction • The Instruments • The Body as an Instrument • Rhythm and Speech • The Debelopment of Rhythmic and Melodic Ostinati • The Canon • The Rhythmic and Melodic Rondo • Lesson Planning • Giving a Demonstration
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A musical instrument or a cultural icon? Certainly, the Gibson Les Paul “Sunburst” Standard has become the single most desirable and collectable electric guitar ever made. The late '50s middle-of-the-road guitar emerges as the turn-of-the-century Holy Grail. With over 300 'Bursts shown and 16 pages of full color photos, this is the book for all collectors. Also includes a 1958, '59, and '60 Sunburst Les Paul serial number list.
“Since the first publication of this book til today, the Sunburst has continued to inspire me and new generations of musicians. Thank you, Les.” – Jimmy Page
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Covers twelve blues etudes, four-measure excerpts in all keys, and jazz lines and exercises in all keys.
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Expand learning possibilities with the equipment you already have! From projectors and computers to tablets and IWBs, learn how you can create sophisticated activities and engage every type of student through movement, singing, instrument playing, creating and notating! Create effective visual charts to explore vocal pathways and movement, and to facilitate note reading and recorder improvisation. Create worksheets, use digital flashcards, render melodic and rhythmic dictation and use tablets to assess, record and save student work into an individualized digital portfolio. Explore IWB applications that maximize interactivity. Use pen tools for simple interactivity like tracing quarter rests, use animation features to create interactive xylophones and recorders, and link pages to create question and answer activities or simple games. Explore how to use tablets alone or IWBs and tablets in conjunction with each other, while students play instruments, sing, and move to their compositions, and much more!
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The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the captain's immediate service in their navy. The family's narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. The motion picture version remains the most popular movie musical of all time.
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“He was an ordinary, run-of-the-mill kid coming along,” James “Al” Hendrix remembers about his son, “but he had an imagination.” Many books have been written about Jimi Hendrix's guitar techniques, amps and whammy bars, but none explores his humanity in the depth revealed here by his loving father. In this extraordinary biography, Al Hendrix shares stories, letters, never-before-seen snapshots, and previously unpublished artwork by his remarkable son. Essential for every Hendrix fan! 192 pages. bios: James “Al” Hendrix worked as a professional landscape gardener for nearly three decades and is now the chairman of the board of Experience Hendrix. Jas Obrecht was an editor at Guitar Player magazine for 20 years and is the primary author of Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music. He is the 1997 winner of the W.C. Handy “Keeping the Blues Alive” Award in journalism. “So many books have come out over the past 25 years...Writers who've never talked with Jimi or me don't know anything about his childhood, and his childhood had a whole lot of bearing on who he became...I had to set the record straight.” – Al Hendrix
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Gene Clark soared to fame as a founding member and frontman of The Byrds, one of the most important and influential groups of the '60s. His songwriting with The Byrds and subsequent work as a solo artist and with Dillard & Clark mark him as one of rock's key innovators and a pioneer of folk-rock, psychedelia, and alt-country. Yet Clark's personal demons shadowed him throughout his life, and until now his legacy has been clouded in mystery. Told through the personal recollections of those closest to Clark, Mr. Tambourine Man offers a rare glimpse into his life and work, a revealing portrait of one of rock's greatest bands, and a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of fame. Endorsed by the Gene Clark estate, the book also features rare and previously unseen photos from family and friends.
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A wealth of material including baby bouncing games, wiggles, tickles, tapping, clapping, games and lullabies. While appropriate for very young children, many of the activities can be used in Pre-K classrooms as well.
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Countless musical examples and a running text guide the reader through using chords and changes to create musical arrangements for folk, rock, pop and jazz. Includes information on blues and modal harmony changes, how melody makes harmony, harmonizing a minor melody, and much more.
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What makes a child fall in love with learning to play music? How does talent develop? When is the right time to start lessons? Which instrument is the best fit? Why is practice so challenging and what can parents do to keep kids musically motivated? Where can a parent learn about music programs, camps, books, recordings, and other important resources? This groundbreaking book answers these questions and many others, serving up healthy portions of insight, humor, research, practical advice, fresh ideas and heartfelt encouragement for making the most of musical development from pregnancy through the elementary years. It provides everything parents need to nurture children so they may begin to discover their own unique voices. If one book can keep kids from quitting, this is it!
“This book will help you find a new relationship with your child, and perhaps, yourself ... It's never too late.”
– Graham Nash
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This is an adaption of “Musica Viva 2 • Expression rhythmique” (first published in French) and focuses on the element of rhythm within the pedagogical framework of the Active Method, based on the principles of Carl Orff. Preface: ABCs of the Orff Pedagogy • Notes for Teachers: Rhythm • The Ontogenesis of Rhythm • Verbal Expression: Establishing Rhythm • Elaborating the Rhythm • Poetry as Rhythm • Speech Choir • Rhythmic Imitation: Single-level Imitation • Four-level Imitation • Rhythmic Canon: The Mini-Canon • The Traditional Rhythmic Canon • Question and Answer Technique: Verbal Expression • Body Percussion • Non-Pitched Percussion • Pitched Percussion • Rhythmic Rondo: Verbal Expression • Body Percussion • Non-Pitched Percussion • Pitched Percussion • Vocal Expression- Ostinato: Layering • Accompaniment to Text • Accomppaniment to Songs • Rhythmic Reading Games: Active Rhythmic Reading • Reading Music • Improving Rhythmic Skills • Rhythmic Creativity: Improvisation within a Metric Framework • Aleatoric Music • Movement: Actions and Rhythm • Chorporal Expression • Folk Dances • “Uf Dem Anger” • International Code for Movement Notation • Appendix: Instrumental Ranges • Order of Instruments on Score, Abbreviations and Symbols • Biography of Professor Wuytack ans Lists of Publications
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The Go-Betweens were formed in 1978 when two students at Queensland University in Australia, Grant McLennan and Robert Forster, met. Unlike many other bands, they played perfectly formed, timelessly beautiful, guitar-oriented pop songs from the outset. In 2005 their ninth and final album, Oceans Apart, was released and received the renowned ARIA Award. The great Grant McLennan died unexpectedly on May 6, 2006. This songbook, with a foreword by Robert Forster, an extensive history of the band by Klaus Walter, music and texts for 26 of their best and most popular songs (including: Lee Remick • Cattle and Cane • Streets of Your Town • Finding You • and more), and previously unpublished photographs is dedicated to the memory of Grant McLennan. Text in English and German.
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