Music Books
Intellect (UK) Popular Music Ethnographies
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£37.95
Anthem Press Reading Song Lyrics
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£19.94
Faber Music Ltd The GCSE Composition Course Teachers Book
Book SynopsisThe GCSE Composition Course comprises a Teachers Book and four themed Project Books (EP7680ad), providing everything needed to manage a successful GCSE composition programme across the examination boards.This Teacher''s Book contains an outline of the content of each Project Book, introductions and checklist reminders for each project, back-up guides to supervising and completing the projects, a selection of ''kick-start'' ideas, integrated listening, performing and improvising activities, notes on ancillary activities, and teaching-point guidance and suggestions for classroom and project management.
£18.86
Faber Music Ltd Practice (Violin): 250 step-by-step practice
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£37.76
Peepal Tree Press Ltd Children of the Ghetto
Book SynopsisVolume 2 takes the story of Black Music Britain from the mid-1960s to the 1990s
£16.99
Profile Books Ltd Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of
Book SynopsisRobert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with Pink Floyd and toured America with Jimi Hendrix. He brought a Bohemian and jazz outlook to the 60s rock scene, having honed his drumming skills in a shed at the end of Robert Graves' garden in Mallorca. His life took an abrupt turn after he fell from a fourth-floor window at a party and was paralysed from the waist down. He reinvented himself as a singer and composer with the extraordinary album Rock Bottom, and in the early eighties his solo work was increasingly political. Today, Wyatt remains perennially hip, guesting with artists such as Bjork, Brian Eno, Scritti Politti, David Gilmour and Hot Chip. Marcus O'Dair has talked to all of them, indeed to just about everyone who has shaped, or been shaped by, Wyatt over five decades of music history.Trade ReviewAn uplifting, inspiring book ... compelling and entertaining -- Mike Barnes * Mojo *English music has produced some fascinating personalities, but few are as unusual as Robert Wyatt. This excellent book captures his gentle, generous and intelligent personality, and is incidentally a very good history of the music scene in England from the sixties onwards. -- Brian EnoI loved Different Every Time ... a great biography and a terrific book -- Jason Toynbee * Senior Lecturer, The Open University *Wonderful and a huge pleasure to read ... Brilliantly researched and well told. Marcus O'Dair has written the book that Robert and Alfie deserve and I can't give higher praise than that. -- Jez Nelson * Presenter and Producer, BBC Radio 3 *An informative biography ... makes thrilling reading. -- Mark Hudson * Daily Telegraph *A fascinating biography -- Jeremy Harding * London Review of Books *Praise for Robert Wyatt 'The most eloquently lackadaisical of jazz-loving English troubadours * Guardian *If you don't believe avant-garde political music can be both playful and polemical, heartfelt and heartbreaking, you need Robert Wyatt in your life * NME *A highly idiosyncratic and intuitively melodic maverick * BBC Music *Robert Wyatt is one of the greats of English music -- Geoff Travis, Rough Trade
£15.29
Schott Music Ltd The Jazz Method for Trumpet: The Modern Way to
Book SynopsisThese methods provide complete courses for players off all ages, guiding students from their first note to ''classics'', together with compositions by contemporary writers. Each book is accompanied by downloadable, high quality rhythm section audio-tracks. Right from the start, students can enjoy authentic jazz sounds, playing in the company of professionals. With step-by-step instruction and a progression of specially written pieces, the fundamental elements of good technique are introduced alongside the rhythmic subtleties of jazz. Improvisation is encouraged from an early stage and is given direction through the systematic study of scales and arpeggios and advice on ear-training and chord patterns. With supplementary suggestions for listening and reading, and an Appendix containing all the chord progressions for ''live'' accompaniment of the tunes, "The Jazz Methods" are ideally suited to both students working alone and those learning with a teacher. The "Jazz Method for Trumpets" will guide beginners of all ages from producing their first note on the instrument to the performance of full-blown pieces, including "classics" by Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard.Instrumentation:trumpet
£22.95
Schott Music Ltd Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Violin: 41
Book SynopsisA beautiful and wide-ranging collection of 41 great tunes from all over Argentina. This collection features tangos, milongas, chamamés, chacareras, zambas and gatos as well as earlier styles and new compositions. Many pieces are presented as duets and so there is the opportunity for the solo violinist to play along with the guitar or bandoneon and the second violin on the MP3 backing tracks. Summaries of the individual tunes and detailed notes on the music of Argentina enable you to get the best out of this exciting and colourful music. All pieces were recorded by Ros Stephen and are available as MP3 files for free download. The edition is suitable for players of level 3 and above.I would recommend this volume to anyone interested in exploring traditional music. (Sarah Kekus (Chair National Association of Music Educators [NAME] 2010-11) This is a really appealing book, and great value for money. (The Strad) Additionally, all pieces are expertly played by violinist Stephen. Her extensive notes on the different styles and tunes enable one to get the best out of this colourful and exciting music. (Australian Strings Association Journal, Stringendo)Instrumentation:violin
£999.99
Schott Music Ltd Exploring Jazz Trumpet: An Introduction to Jazz
Book SynopsisThis definitive book is designed for the intermediate trumpet player looking for an introduction to the world of jazz.Renowned jazzmusician Ollie Weston introduces key concepts step by step, explaining clearly and simply throughout, with the minimum of musical jargon. Improvisation is featured from the very beginning with authentic live jazz trio recordings on the accompanying audio tracks for you to play along with.Key subjects covered include: modes, swing playing, melodic development, the 2-5-1 progression, jazz blues progressions, pentatonic scales, jazz chord extentions, stylistic development, unique trumpet sounds and many more.Instrumentation:trumpet
£25.65
Schott Music Ltd American Old Time Fiddle Tunes: 98 Traditional
Book SynopsisIn his new book, Pete Cooper presents a rich collection of 98 Old Time fiddle tunes from across the USA.All pieces are grouped by key, as played in sessions, and include bowing and chords.The introduction and notes on the individual tunes provide explanations of non-standard string tunings, bowing techniques, and regional playing styles. All tunes, played by Pete Cooper, are available for free download.Grade 3 and above (intermediate to advanced).Instrumentation:violin
£16.62
£16.62
Omnibus Press The Little Black Songbook: Eric Clapton
Book SynopsisSONGS INCLUDE:Bad LoveCocaineLay Down SallyLaylaTears In HeavenMotherless ChildSunshine Of Your Love
£14.24
Omnibus Press Complete Chord Songbook
Book Synopsis(Guitar Chord Songbook). Sixty hit songs from Dire Straits, complete with full lyrics, guitar chord symbols and chord frames. Includes: Angel of Mercy * Brothers in Arms * Eastbound Train * Fade to Black * Hand in Hand * It Never Rains * Money for Nothing * Planet of New Orleans * Romeo and Juliet * Six Blade Knife * Sultans of Swing * Tunnel of Love * Walk of Life * Your Latest Trick * and more.
£17.81
Omnibus Press Tudor Anthems
Book Synopsis(Choral). Tudor Anthems , (the term loosely applied to cover the years 1520 to 1640) anthologizes some of the finest English musical works of that era. It includes sacred works of various lengths and standards of difficulty for mixed voice choir, accompanied and unaccompanied, by an array of composers, including Byrd, Dering, Gibbons, Morley, Mundy, Parsons, Philips, Smith, Taverner and Tomkins.
£19.94
ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces 20182021 ABRSM Grade 1
Book SynopsisThis book contains nine pieces selected from ABRSM's 2018-2021 Grade 1 Flute syllabus.
£10.16
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Oboe Scales & Arpeggios, ABRSM Grades 1-5: from
Book SynopsisThis book contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM's Oboe exams at Grades 1-5. It features all the new requirements from 2018, arranged in grade order.
£9.34
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Flute Sight-Reading Tests, ABRSM Grades 6-8: from
Book SynopsisThis book contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for ABRSM's Flute exams at Grades 6-8. It features sample sight-reading tests for the new requirements from 2018, written in attractive and approachable styles.
£11.30
Omnibus Press The Novello Primary Chorals
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£10.92
Hal Leonard Europe Limited Sing Pop A Cappella Book Two
Book Synopsis(Music Sales America). Gitika Partington''s a cappella arrangements are used by youth and community choirs around the world. Gitika believes in the sensational power of group singing, bringing people together to express joy and celebration through song. Not being able to read music is no obstacle and Gitika''s tips and the original arrangements included here demonstrate just how rewarding and inclusive teaching a cappella by ear and gesture can be!
£17.09
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Jazz Flute Scales Levels/Grades 1-5
Book SynopsisIntroduces characteristic patterns such as modes, the blues scale and the minor pentatonic, and explores these on roots and in key centres commonly found in jazz. Regular and flexible practice of these forms, using them as the basis for improvisation, will give you fluency and technical control, making your playing sound effortless.Trade ReviewThe various publications are produced to a high standard. ... The repertoire is wonderfully varied and inspiring ... The accompanying CDs are well-produced, good recordings and inspiring to listen to. The backing tracks are great fun to play along with, the backing musicians play with commitment and energy. * PAN *The Associated Board's new jazz flute syllabus is one of the most inspiring publications in recent years. What a breath of fresh air! ... The CD play-alongs are fabulous. You feel like you are playing with a top backing group at Ronnie Scott's. ... The ABRSM have made the aural tests real fun ... The Associated Board Jazz Flute Syllabus has been one of the most exciting music packages that has ever dropped through my front door. ... Great materials, great value for money. * Flutewise *
£11.64
Route Publishing Leave The Capital: A History of Manchester Music
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£12.34
Route Publishing The Chameleon Poet: Bob Dylan's Search for Self
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£18.00
Route Publishing In Search of Plainsong: 2022
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£14.24
Route Publishing What's She Like: A Memoir
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£18.00
Wymer Publishing Chasing Shadows: The Search for Rod Evans
Book SynopsisChasing Shadows is the story of an obsessed fan's one-man quest to find the original Deep Purple singer Rod Evans. Evans dropped off the radar in 1980 following a legal case that buried him with a debt in excess of half a million dollars. Just like the mysteries that surrounded Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett and the Manic Street Preachers' Richie Edwards, nobody - literally nobody - has any idea where he is or what he has been doing. So Jarvis set himself a challenge: Find Rod Evans. Part memoir, part piece of musical history, part piece of musical mystery. In this personal quest the author relays his encounters with fellow original Deep Purple member Nick Simper and as an obsessive fan, all that that entails. Rod Evans remains the pivot throughout the book and when Deep Purple finally get accepted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame it sets the author off to the Induction Ceremony in New York where he may or may not find the Holy Grail he has sought for several years. It is also about friendship and how the people we meet influence us and share the journeys on which we embark. It is a picaresque tale, sometimes comic, sometimes moving, sometimes laced with fantasy, but it is one in which everyone - or, at any rate, everyone above a certain age - will find somewhat familiar.
£11.69
Outline Press Ltd More Life With Deth
Book SynopsisIn this follow-up to his 2013 memoir My Life With Deth, Megadeth bassist and co-founder David Ellefson carries on where he left off, charting his mid-2000s departure from Megadeth through his triumphant return in 2010, and offering an inside look at the continuing saga of one of the world s biggest and most enduring heavy-metal bands. Co-written with his business partner, Thom Hazaert a celebrated music-industry figure, radio personality, and music journalist More Life With Deth chronicles Megadeth s record-shattering `Big 4 shows alongside Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, and the release of their Grammy-winning Dystopia their highest-charting record in over twenty-five years and the massive two-year world tour supporting it. Far more than your typical rock star tell-all, More Life also delves deeper into the origins of Megadeth and David s roots in rural Minnesota, and tells the stories behind the creation of his hugely successful EMP Label Group, Ellefson Coffee Co., and the relaunch of the famed metal label Combat Records, as well as his continued personal journey of spirituality and sobriety. Told through the words of Ellefson, Hazaert, and friends including Alice Cooper, Brian `Head Welch (Korn), Kristian Nairn (Game Of Thrones), Mark Tremonti, K.K. Downing (Judas Priest), Brian Slagel (Metal Blade Records), Frank Bello (Anthrax), Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys), Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth), Kiko Loureiro (Megadeth), Chris Adler (Lamb Of God, Megadeth), Dan Donegan (Disturbed), and many more, More Life With Deth is an insightful and personal look at one of the most revered rock musicians and preeminent heavy-metal entrepreneurs of our time.
£13.46
Rough Trade Books Sweating Tears with Fat White Family - Adelle
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£10.68
Red Planet Publishing Ltd '79 Ska Revival
Book SynopsisBack in 1979, pop was getting dull again. Everyone said it was time for a new dance. No-one expected it to come from Coventry. The Two-Tone revolution, led by the Specials, took the pop world by surprise with their infectious mix of Ska rhythms and punk attitude. Madness and The Selecter followed close on their heels. Within a matter of moments the 2-tone bands had stolen our hearts and conquered the charts with a non-stop procession of unforgettable hits; 'Gangsters', 'A Message To You Rudy', Too Much Too Young', 'The Prince', 'One Step Beyond', 'My Girl', 'Too Much Pressure'... And the bands kept coming - Bad Manners, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers. Even Judge Dread came back. Garry Bushell, who wrote the original Dance Craze magazine, was the first rock writer to see the Specials live, the first to interview madness and the first to watch the bands attempt to export their magic to the USA.
£12.34
Red Planet Publishing Ltd Pocket Guide To Punk
Book SynopsisThe punk movement created a revolution in the music industry with its anarchic approach and DIY = ethos. It was the antidote to a bloated record business that had become moribund and prog bands which had become hugely self-indulgent. Punk grew out of the politics of the Seventies in the UK and from bands like Dr Feelgood. With the Sex Pistols as torch bearers the movement provoked strong reactions amongst music fans and industry alike.
£14.24
Korero Press Estrus Shovelin the Shit Since 87
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£26.39
Danann Media Publishing Limited Joni Mitchell
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£17.00
Omnibus Press Pride, Pop and Politics: Music, Theatre and LGBT
Book SynopsisAuthor of the Penderyn Prize-winning The Velvet Mafia Fifty years on from Britain's first Pride march, the long road to LGBT equality continues. Through protest songs and gay club nights, street theatre activism and fundraising concerts, the performing arts have played an influential role in each great stride made. With new interviews with musicians and DJs, performers and activists, including Andy Bell, Jayne County, John Grant, Horse McDonald and Peter Tachell, Pride, Pop and Politics hears from those whose art has been influenced by the campaign for LGBT rights - and helped push it forward. This informative, eye-opening book is the first to focus on the relationship between gay nightlife and political activism in Britain.Trade Review'Bullock has written a meticulously researched history which is as enjoyable as it is informative. 5/5 stars.' Classic Pop
£17.00
Omnibus Press The Beatles 1963: A Year in the Life
Book SynopsisAt the start of 1963, The Beatles were a successful local Liverpool band with one hit single; twelve months, two albums and the arrival of Beatlemania later, they were on the cusp of world domination. Featuring daily entries covering every pivotal event, The Beatles - 1963 draws on hundreds of new eyewitness accounts and provides numerous unseen photographs. Meticulously researched, this is the definitive account of the momentous year that sent John, Paul, George and Ringo to stratospheric heights.
£21.25
Velocity Press The Secret Dj: Book Two
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£13.49
Velocity Press Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey from
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£13.49
Velocity Press Tales From The Booth
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£13.49
Velocity Press Dreaming In Yellow: The story of DIY Sound System
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£13.49
Velocity Press The Icon Catalogue Jungle Vol. 1
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£8.60
Velocity Press The Icon Catalogue Techno Vol. 1
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£8.60
Velocity Press The Label Machine
£16.99
Watkins Media Limited Neon Screams: How Drill, Trap and Bashment Made
Book SynopsisWith a foreword by Simon Reynolds, Neon Screams explores the plethora of new street genres that have emerged at the turn of the 2020s. Neon Screams is a manifesto, a rallying cry for the new musical futurism. Taking street music’s embrace of Auto-Tune in the late 2000s as his starting point, Kit Mackintosh launches you through a whirlwind tour of the last decade of cutting-edge music, championing the modern genres still uncovering the sonic impossible, from mumble rap to drill to Afrobeats, bashment and beyond. Beginning where most future music chronicles end, Mackintosh establishes a new pantheon of pioneers and innovators. Offering dizzying insights into the likes of Future, Young Thug, Migos and Vybz Kartel, Neon Screams is conceptual weaponry to use against all those who say music isn’t what it used to be. Part polemic, part synesthetic possession, Neon Screams is essential reading for everyone eager to uncover the new frontiers of future music.Trade Review"The best music book I've read in years.”
£10.44
Polaris Publishing Limited The Beatles 101: A Pocket Guide in 101 Moments,
Book SynopsisThe Beatles are not only a rock n' roll group, but a social and cultural phenomenon that have captivated music fans for decades. For many, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr changed everything. This guide distils their amazing story into 101 informative and entertaining chapters, taking you from their rough and ready early Liverpool days through their world-shattering success in sound, stage and screen, to an afterlife that could never have been predicted when they first started out. Here, you'll find facts and figures about their chartbusting songs, albums and films, meet the people that helped them along the way, and visit milestones and controversies such as their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, meeting Elvis Presley, John Lennon’s ‘Bigger than Jesus’ comments, experimenting with drugs and the avant-garde, and starting up Apple. The Beatles 101 is a perfect introduction for new fans, a refresher for superfans, and ideal reading for quizmasters everywhere.
£12.34
Watkins Media Limited The Great Psychic Outdoors: Lo-Fi Music and
Book SynopsisHomemade records, tape-hiss worship and a taste for a very peculiar kind of psychedelia have carved themselves a weird niche in the contemporary musical landscape under the name of lo-fi. This genreless genre, characterized by poor recordings and rough sounds, spanning from the most extreme heavy metal to the sweetest ear-candies pop can offer, has become a solid presence in our collective sensibility. And yet, it has largely been neglected: this staunch refusal of anything hi-fi and hi-tech has fallen under the radar of the categories we use to analyse ourselves and our times. The Great Psychic Outdoors, dedicated to the most interesting and controversial artists in this movement, will rectify this injustice and vindicate the revolutionary potential of lo-fi music, engaging with this weird genre on its own terms and facing head on the contradictions and possibilities of this multi-faceted phenomenon. Confronting the aesthetic and conceptual stakes of this sonic craft, The Great Psychic Outdoors shows what lo-fi says about us, our lives under capitalism and the strange ways we cope with pain, madness and beauty.Trade Review"Enrico's doting warmth for all things Lo-fi will surely enchant you. Expect to find yourself perusing the dusty shelves of your local charity shop for a half working cassette deck the moment you close this book. Do you want to know why 'bad' is really good? Start reading!""Many will buy this book for the sonic adventures it promises, only to find themselves down unexpected rabbit holes of radical politics and philosophical inquiry. It is an experience to be cherished. We don't tend to write books about music like this anymore. But we should."Through the pioneers of recording sabotage, this book punches aseries of holes on Pop music’s silhouette to drag you through the joys and curses of sonic interzones, obsolete technologic patchworks and outcast techniques. For those who dwell in the uncertain fields of broken frequencies and hijacked transducers, this is it."The Great Psychic Outdoors is today’s bible of outsider glam... Read about lo-fi as a sovereign act of slackerdom. Ride waves of foggy meanings, where music drifts off into noise, cut-ups, soundscapes, echoes, feedback and other imperfections—and listen how poetry derails.""A well written and informed intro into the world of lo-fi interweaving politics, philosophy... From Monacelli’s bedroom, listening to Smog, to the cult of R. Stevie Moore, the mystical Daniel Johnston and many more. A great overview for those new to the genre and a must read for anyone wanting to know more.""When the world is too much, when everything is just too slick, too smooth, too processed - that is when lo-fi music, thanks to its very subtractions, can take us someplace else, someplace new. In this book, Enrico Monacelli guides us through the surprising varieties of lo-fi experience."“I’m so glad someone has finally written a book like this. It helped me realize all the reasons why I love lo-fi music — why it’s been so important to me in my life, and why it deserves greater attention and recognition.”"The Great Psychic Outdoors is not only a history and theory of Low Fidelity. It is the most urgent aesthetic treatise of our century.”
£10.44
Wymer Publishing Glitter in the Air
Book SynopsisP!nk's journey has been nothing short of extraordinary. Discover the career of Alecia Moore that has captivated millions around the world. This biography chronicles her meteoric rise to fame, from her early struggles to her fearless live performances. A celebration of P!nk's remarkable career and her lasting impact on the music industry.
£16.19
Wymer Publishing The Hard Road
Book SynopsisFormed from the ashes of the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown band, in a sense this could almost be two books in one, the Atomic Rooster story and the Vincent Crane story. But combined, The Hard Road is the classic tale of talented musicians who, through luck, chance and fate, both good and bad, have ultimately come up short.
£16.19
Reach plc Tax Drugs and Rock n Roll
Book SynopsisTax & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll is the story of how an influx of British pop stars in the early 1980s was a significant catalyst in the cultural and social transformation of Ireland. Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Spandau Ballet and Def Leppard were amongst those who descended upon Dublin to endure a year of exile beyond the grasp of the UK taxman.
£13.49
Headpress Noise Receptor Journal: Volume 2: sound with
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£19.54
Danann Media Publishing Limited Harry Styles - As It Is
Book SynopsisA comprehensive illustrated biography of Harry Styles''s amazing story to date Harry Styles is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant on the British music competition series The X Factor. Following his elimination early on, he was brought back to join the boy band One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Styles released his self-titled debut solo album through Columbia Records in 2017. It debuted at number one in the UK and the US, and became one of the world?s top-ten best-selling albums of the year. Its lead single, ?Sign of the Times?, topped the UK Singles Chart. Styles? second album, Fine Line (2019), debuted a top the US Billboard 200 with the biggest first-week sales by an English male artist in history, and was listed among Rolling Stone?s ?500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Harry?s new Album Harry?s House was released in 2022 and achieved No 1 on The Billboard 200 breaking records along the way. He is the first UK male artist to debut at No 1 on the Billboard Chart with his first 3 albums.
£18.69
