Written by one of today's most prolific author/educators Boonshaft's new book is sure to top the charts following the international success of his first two best sellers.Filled with motivational anecdotes quotations and ideas on how to improve your teaching this is a must-read treasure trove for students music educators and administrators.
You Should Know to Track Music-Recording music can be a daunting task especially in the present day with its ever-changing technologies and environments. This one-of-a-kind collection of modern easy-to-understand techniques for recording music in a variety of settings provides tools and information that set you well on your way to capturing high-quality sounds on par with those recorded by seaso…
A comprehensive guide history and owner's manual for all players and fans of National Resonator Dobro and electro-acoustic stringed instruments. Bob Brozman eats sleeps breathes and plays Nationals and in this detailed volume he covers the facts and figures necessary for serious collectors as well enthusiasts. It includes the instrument's history background innovators and its place in the cu…
A Look at the American Musical Theater. This revised and expanded edition of Kislan's acclaimed study of America's musical theater includes a new section on Recent Musical Theater: Issues and Problems. The ancient union of drama and song known as musical theater comes in many forms - vaudeville burlesque comic opera minstrels etc. The author reviews these and other highlights of American mus…
This is the ideal handbook for musicians who want to make high-quality recordings at home. The author's basic philosophy is that musicianship not equipment is the essential ingredient in a great recording. With skill creativity and a can-do attitude anyone can produce CD-quality recorded music at home with a minimum of technology and training. The book makes general practical musical sense o…
Keyboard Presents: Classic Rock brings out the stories behind the hits on drive-time radio as told by the keyboard-playing artists and sidemen who created them. What was Billy Joel thinking when he wrote “PianoMan”? Who played the pounding piano on the Doobie Brothers' “China Grove”? What was it like to back up Jim Morrison in the Doors? How did synthesizers create the sou…
This book recounts the story of all the electric steel guitars - or electric 'Hawaiian' guitars as they were called during most of their tenure - that were built by Gibson between 1935 and 1967. Hawaiian guitars were the most popular form of electric guitars until the 1950s and they contributed to some crucial developments in pickups and amplification in addition to lending their voice to the ea…
The Musical Dramas Of Claudio Monteverdi-Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was the first great opera composer and is often hailed as the creator of modern music. His genius was often likened to that of Mozart Wagner and Verdi but in many of the world's opera houses hisoperas often receive an almost chilly respect far removed from the nearly universal love aroused by those later masters. This book…
Techniques-In Al Schmitt on Vocal and Instrumental Recording Techniques legendary producer and engineer Al Schmitt takes us into the studio and shares his process of selecting a microphone and shows us how to get the best sounds. Considerations such as song style instrumentation and the recording space itself are taken into account when making mic choices and determining the best placement for …
Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars is the most extensive and detailed list of specifications ever published for identifying dating and establishing the authenticity of an instrument. This new edition is enlarged and updated making it once again the essential guide enabling collectors dealers players and fans to determine the authenticity rarity and relative value of vintage acoustic and elec…
Few composers since the mid-twentieth century have escaped Mahler's influence. This book is the first discussion of Mahler's ten completed symphonies to offer music lovers a comprehensive overview of the music as it strikes today's listeners. The book caters to the novice as well as the expert as David Hurwitz describes what the listener will hear section by section. He explains how each work …
A host of secrets hints and how-to tips that will improve and enhance your recording work whether at home or in the pro studio. Contains dozens of entries from the personal experiences of producers such as Tom Dowd Pete Anderson Dick Shurman Desmond Child and Steve Vai. The accompanying CD features nearly an hour of audio demonstrations to help you finally get the results you've been striving…
Newly expanded to cover the most recent updates of Pro Tools this indispensable guide provides a complete list of over 250 shortcuts to help you get the most out of Avid's industry-leading digital-audio software with the least effort. Each shortcut shows the key combination needed on both Mac and Windows what it does in what context the command is available and other important features. Packed…
The Beatles' Solo Years 1970-1980-In the years following the 1960s Beatle fans around the world were twice-stunned: in 1970 when their beloved group disbanded and ten years later when the murder of John Lennon ended a decade of hope that somehow the Fab Fourwould reunite. Fab Four FAQ 2.0 picks up the story where the acclaimed Fab Four FAQ left off. Loaded with images of rare period ephemera i…
Maria Callas was almost as famous for her personal life - her jet-setting her staggering weight loss her tigress-like temperament - as she was for her singing.Of Greek parentage the New York-born internationally famous Callas was the most influential soprano of the 20th century reviving a school of singing - bel canto - that had been forgotten for 75 years. Unlike most of her generation of so…
Dans cette représentation brillante de l'un des compositeurs plus célèbres du monde, Lewis Lockwood entrelace des dimensions musicales et biographiques de Beethoven et les place dans leurs contextes historiques et artistiques. Ecrit pour le lecteur lay, ce livre décrit les problèmes spéciaux Beethoven comme une artiste qui a rempli son destin comme successeur de Mozart, tout en restant un original…
A Scrapbook of Artifacts Treasures and Inside Information-The Martin Archives Scrapbook provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of America's oldest and most revered Guitar maker bringing the company's story to life with all kinds of memorabilia from their expansive archives - from a fold-out floorplan of their North Street factory and early purchase ledgers to letters and photographs fr…
