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Hal Leonard Corporation The Pat Metheny Interviews
Book SynopsisPat Metheny is one of the most critically acclaimed commercially successful and musically significant artists of the last 50 years. He has not only revolutionized his instrument but also changed the face of jazz itself.ÞIn 2007 composer arranger and performer Richard Niles wrote and produced a three-part series of in-depth interviews for the BBC titled ÊPat Metheny ä Bright Size LifeÊ. This book is comprised of these never-before-printed interviews and discussions with Metheny whom Niles has known and worked with since 1974. In this series of intimate in-depth interviews MethenyÞÛ reveals why he was driven toward music with a stratospheric drive and dedicationÞÛ uncovers the inner workings of his creative mind showing step by step how he set and achieved each of his own demanding goalsÞÛ describes his methodology as a guitarist improviser and composerÞÛ demonstrates his concepts and methodologies on the guitar. Niles has transcribed these unique musical performances for the
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Waking Lion Press Zez Confreys Modern Course in Novelty Piano Playing
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Katy Perry
Book SynopsisThis biography reveals the life story, musical style, personality, lyrics, and fashion of Katy Perrythe elements that have catapulted her to stardom and made her a 21st-century pop music icon.Katy Perry: A Biography examines who the young woman behind the hit songs, explicit lyrics, racy album covers, unconventional dress, and sometimes odd behavior really is. Through this nine-chapter narration of Perry''s life, readers will gain insight into all stages of her development as a person and as a performer, from her early childhood, to her attempts to break out within the Christian music genre, to her pop music stardom and acting career.The book can be used as both a source of information for an essay or report, and as an easy-to-use guide to find answers to specific questions. It will also be of great interest to any reader who appreciates pop music and wants to know more about Katy Perrywhere she came from, who she is today, and the fascinating journey and inspirational tale of hTable of ContentsSeries Foreword Overview Acknowledgments Introduction Timeline: Events in the Life of Katy Perry Chapter 1 "California Gurl" Chapter 2 "Teenage Dream" Chapter 3 Coming to Life Chapter 4 A Style of My Own Chapter 5 "One of the Boys" Chapter 6 The Actress Chapter 7 Giving Back Chapter 8 Controversy Chapter 9 Beyond the Music Appendices Discography Filmography Awards and Nominations Interpretation of Lyrics Bibliography Index
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Continuum Publishing Corporation Jerry Lee Lewis
Book SynopsisA superb new study of Jerry Lee Lewis that''s as intense and fast paced as the life of The Killer himself, from the height of fame to the bumpy road that followed.The category in which Jerry Lee Lewis truly belongs is ''Jerry Lee Lewis.'' The Killer is as big as Mount Rushmore, and he''s also as American, as revered, as clichéd, as misunderstood, as corny, and as taken for granted as that monument. The curse of iconoclastic American success. Elvis felt it, so does Dylan. So will others who haven''t been born yet.The story of Louisiana hellcat Jerry Lee Lewis and his 1958 wedding scandal-it was discovered that at 22 he had married his 13-year old second cousin, Myra, before he was divorced from his second wife-long ago took precedence over the man himself and the music he makes. In Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found, author Joe Bonomo lets others focus on the scandal and delves more deeply into the accidental intersection between fading American Rockabilly and ascendingTrade Review"The compelling story behind the greatest live record ever! Thoroughly researched and beautifully written. They should teach this book in schools." (Blaine Cartwright, Nashville Pussy) "Joe Bonomo manages to tell the (fascinating) back story while capturing the excitement of what may be the greatest live album ever recorded." (James "The Hound" Marshall) "Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found is the greatest book ever written on the making of an album. It also dispels any lingering doubt about the profound musical impact of Jerry Lee Lewis." (Josh Alan Friedman, author of Tales of Times Square) "Besides "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," the best-known fact anent Jerry Lee Lewis is that marrying his 13-year-old second cousin scuttled his rocketing young career. Bonomo launches his appreciation of Lewis from that event, homing in on Lewis' first British tour, at the beginning of which the news was broken. A mass cancellation followed, and back home it became hard to get new Lewis records airplay. Lewis hit the road heavily to maintain his lifestyle (which came to include hitting booze and pills pretty hard, too) and eventually scored big time on the country charts in the late 1960s. Between rock and country stardom, however, he returned to Britain in 1962 and 1963 and, concluding the '63 jaunt in Hamburg, Germany, recorded one of the acknowledged greatest live albums ever. Accounting for every aspect of that record is the loving heart of Bonomo's tribute, and he continues to thoughtfully evaluate Lewis' country albums." (Booklist) "Way back in the early 1960s, Hunter S. Thompson established what came to be known as gonzo journalism. Popular music journalists such as Lester Bangs and Nick Tosches adapted the form to fit their needs. Bonomo channels their styles in this three-part study about rock and 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis's fall from grace owing to his marriage with a teenage second cousin; his return to artistic and commercial viability in 1964 when, in Hamburg, Germany, he recorded one of the greatest live rock 'n' roll albums; and, finally, his turn toward country music in the late 1960s. Writing in a no-holds-barred style, Bonomo is at times vulgar, intriguing, controversial, insightful, and inciting.... Those willing to take a chance on this nonstandard biography, complete with graphic sexual allusions, musings on commercialism, and shots of raw emotion, is recommended for pop culture hounds." (Library Journal) "...it's hard to imagine [Jerry Lee Lewis] will ever find himself championed by a more enthusiastic and persuasive advocate." (Washington Post Sunday, December 2009) "Particularly convincing in capturing the thrill of live performance." Joe Muggs, The Word, February 2010. (9 stars out of 10) "The book is flush with a passion for music and life, all further enhanced by Bonomo's keen understanding of the human impulse to create, the quest for honesty and commitment, and the unshakable fallibilities that dog us all. One needn't even be conversant in that album in particular or Lewis in general to be captivated the common threads that tie us to music, or anything that we care about deeply. Between this and his 2007 book on the Fleshtones (Sweat), Bonomo has earned permanent shelf space in any vital music library." (Blurt Magazine) "Bonomo has managed a thoroughly exciting and thoughtful story that should delight both Jerry Lee Lewis fans and anyone who's had their world shook up by a live performance." (Country Standard Time) "I've read most of the books about him and will now put Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found on the indispensable list. It's one of the best books about the man and his music." (Lincoln Journal Star) 'The contentiousness of [this book] is refreshing, and a welcome alternative to merely rehashing facts and figures.' (Record Collector Terry Staunton) "Bonomo doesn't shy away from the gory details, but he doesn't bury his subject in myth either. A welcome rarity among books about rock legends, Bonomo lets the music and the history do the actual talking." (Country Roads Magazine) "When dealing with the career of rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, the star's marriage to his 13-year-old second cousin overshadows the years that led up to one of his most important recordings: his album Live at the Star-Club. In this meaty volume, Joe Bonomo looks in depth at how this amazing performance came to be, examining the improbable intersection of rockabilly's tail end and the first stirrings of British Beat on stage in Hamburg. The book includes new interviews with album producer Sigi Loch, members of the Nashville Teens (who backed Lewis during the performance), and musicians and fans who were there at the Star-Club that night. An essential guide to Lewis' "lost years" and later career, this book will be devoured by readers interested in Jerry Lee Lewis and the history of rock." (Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.)"Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Lost; 2. Found; 3. Down the Line; 4. Longing for Home; Sources.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Resonances
Trade ReviewResonances offers a conceptually diverse yet simultaneously minutely detailed investigation of noise that draws a line between popular music, cultural and sound studies. … [Reverberations and Resonances] are a significant achievement, a comprehensive collection of thinking to date about where noise fits into our cultural lives, pointing forward towards a fertile development of the field. -- Adam Behr, University of Edinburgh, UK * Popular Music *From overviews of specific artists--Lou Reed, Einsturzende Neubaten, Diamanda Galas, Filthy Turd--to theorizing about the sonics of feminism, computer sounds, turntablism, and composition, this timely book resituates noise not as Jacques Attali’s societal 'herald of change' but as a vital and everyday part of the new media landscape. It’s a great addition to any serious sound scholar’s library. * Gina Arnold, Adjunct Professor of Rhetoric at University of San Francisco and author of Route 666: On The Road To Nirvana * The collection itself is a diverse mix...Resonances is fairly highbrow. The book’s language is intensively scholarly, and its appeal mostly academic. -- Guy Crucianelli * Pop Matters! *The value of this anthology lies in its attempt to be as complete as possible, and its inclusion of perspectives that often go unconsidered. -- Aurelio Cianciotta * Neural (Bloomsbury translation) *In the decade since, a stunning range of new offerings from a variety of publishers has become readily available, and sound studies is a far more expansive discipline. This fact is nowhere more evident than in Bloomsbury Academic’s excellent sound studies catalog ... the scholarship here shows how adept the cultural study of sound can be at unearthing the thorny political and social tensions that define contemporary culture. -- Nicholas C. Laudadio, University of North Carolina Wilmington * Journal of Popular Music Studies *Resonances carries its readers from the ideas of Theodor Adorno to 'Hi-Fi Wives,' Russian punk and 60s rock. If you want to know what Iannis Xenakis, Eric Clapton, and the 'Filthy Turd aesthetic' have in common, this is the book for you! Handsomely illustrated and extensively documented, Resonances is a must-read volume for modernists and postmodern cultural critics alike. -- Michael Saffle * Endorsement *'That’s not music, it’s noise!' The contributors to this book ask us to think again. They reveal that noise can prove as stimulating a part of sonic organization as melody and harmony—the distorted rock guitar being one example among many. These engrossing essays cover a remarkable variety of musical practices, exploring noise as both accident and deliberate design, and building theories about noise that set the agenda for future debate. -- Derek B. Scott, author of Sounds of the Metropolis (2008) and Musical Style and Social Meaning (2010).This collection is a massive achievement in laying the groundwork for a new way of thinking about things musical. Its scope is large - Hendrix, Xenakis, deafness, production aesthetics, pleasure, Russian punk - and essays impress in both their attention to detail and the breadth of their conceptual scope as we move from questions of aesthetics to detailed close reading. It is a study which succeeds as both music scholarship and cultural contextualization, particularly in relation to artists in other media (Ballard, Artaud) and key scholars (Attali, Adorno, Benjamin). And although it is hard to photograph noise, the book's photos find some excellent visual analogues. -- Allan F Moore, Professor of Popular Music, University of Surrey, author of Rock: the Primary Text and Song MeansTable of Contentspart one Noise, Rock and Psychedelia 1 ‘Kick Out the Jams’: Creative Anarchy and Noise in 1960s Rock Sheila Whiteley 2 Recasting Noise: The Lives and Times of Metal Machine Music Nicola Spelman 3 Shoegaze as the Third Wave: Affective Psychedelic Noise, 1965–1991 Benjamin Halligan 4 To Be Played at Maximum Volume: Rock Music as a Disabling (Deafening) Culture George McKay part two Punk Noise: Prehistories and Continuums 5 Sounds Incorporated: Dissonant Sorties into Popular Culture Stephen Mallinder 6 Stairwells of Abjection and Screaming Bodies: Einstürzende Neubauten’s Artaudian Noise Music Jennifer Shryane 7 Make a Joyous Noise: The Pentecostal Nature of American Noise Music Seb Roberts 8 Roars of Discontent: Noise and Disaffection in Two Cases of Russian Punk Yngvar B. Steinholt 9 Noise from Nowhere: Exploring ‘Noisyland’s’ Dark, Noisy and Experimental Music Michael Goddard Archive: Indestructible Energy: Seeing Noise Julie R. Kane part three Noise, Composition and Improvisation 10 Xenakian Sound Synthesis: Its Aesthetics and Influence on ‘Extreme’ Computer Music Christopher Haworth 11 Sound Barriers: The Framing Functions of Noise and Silence Alexis Paterson 12 Listening Aside: An Aesthetics of Distraction in Contemporary Musi David Cecchetto and eldritch Priest 13 Using Noise Techniques to Destabilize Composition and Improvisation Eric Lyon 14 Noise as Mediation: Adorno and the Turntablism of Philip Jeck Erich Hertz part four Approaching Noise Musics 15 Noise as Music: Is There a Historical Continuum? From Historical Roots to Industrial Music Joseph Tham 16 Noise as Material Impact: New Uses of Sound in Noiserelated Movements Rafael Sarpa 17 Into the Full: Strawson, Wyschnegradsky and Acoustic Space in Noise Musics J.-P. Caron 18 Gossips, Sirens, Hi-Fi Wives: Feminizing the Threat of Noise Marie Thompson 19 Beyond Auditive Unpleasantness: An Exploration of Noise in the Work of Filthy Turd James Mooney and Daniel Wilson Bibliography Index
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Continuum Publishing Corporation Little Richard
Book SynopsisIn June, 2007, Little Richard's 1955 Specialty Records single, Tutti Frutti, topped Mojo magazine's list of 100 Records That Changed the World. This book begins by grounding the reader in the fertile soil from which Little Richard's music sprang.Trade Review"So much about the 'architect of rock 'n' roll' defies linear logic that his life and work lend themselves to a more digressive and intuitive chronicle. It takes a poet, in other words, to convey the miracle of Little Richard. David Kirby limns his subject with the loop-de-loops of wonder, mischief, and insight that characterize his verse, and the resulting account sings in a way that, like the singer's hammy, barn-storming performances, makes you gyrate with pleasure. It is less a straightforward biography than a meditation on art, music, and culture through a lens lined heavily with kohl and 'Pancake 31' makeup. Kirby's hagiography fits his subject like a sequined cape. Its fringe of odd details and learned asides affirms his contention that, 'All new music changes the world, but no music changed the world the way this song did.'" (Candice Dyer, author of "Street Singers, Soul Shakers, and Rebels With a Cause: Music from Macon") "In Kirby's book, Elvis and Chuck Berry are milquetoasts next to Little Richard: The former Richard Penniman channeled Baudelaire, hard bop and juke-joint hoodoo, and invented rock & roll in two and a half minutes with 'Tutti Frutti.' The Georgia Peach is well and truly buffed." (Rolling Stone) "In the poem "The House of Blue Light" - whose eponym is where Miss Molly does her rockin', dontcha know - Kirby says that when he, a la Whitman, hears America singing, it "sounds like Little Richard." He sticks to his line in this high-spirited, ambulatory meditation on Richard's America. Ambulatory literally as Kirby pinballs mostly around Macon, Georgia, Richard's hometown, but also New Orleans, where Richard recorded his first big hit, and L.A., home of Specialty Records, which Richard made a major independent label. Ambulatory spiritually, too, because Kirby adopts Greil Marcus' canny conception of Old, Weird America - poor, superstitious, culturally "backward," but always striving - as the homeground of rock 'n' roll (along with the other vernacular American pop musics: gospel, blues, country) to explain Richard's artistic roots. Kirby insists that that first big hit, "Tutti Frutti," a cleaned-up "paean to heinie-poking" howled by "a gay black cripple from a town nobody ever heard of," is the first 100-proof rock 'n' roll song and devotes the central chapter here to its creation and impact. Kirby packs his prose as fully as he does his verse and likewise runs it on high octane, pedal to the metal. He beats all the professional rock scribes hollow with this light-footed but profound little book." (Booklist, STARRED Review) "David Kirby, a poet and professor in Tallahassee, Florida, is on an uphill, uproarious mission to rewrite the legacy of Macon's outsize Little Richard. "'Tutti Frutti' occupies a finite space smack in the middle of our huge-ass Crab Nebula of a culture," Kirby writes. "It's like the skinniest part of an hourglass; everything that came before flows into this narrow pass, and the world we live in today flows out the other side." Even if you don't agree with the sentiment, you have to admire Kirby's enthusiasm. This is a very personal biography, full of good-humored energy and insightful wit." (Theresa Weaver, Atlanta Magazine) "Kirby isn't interested in stolidly documenting all of Little Richard's life; he's interested in him as a transformative figure who embodies a whole array of antitheses in one pompadoured, satin-and-glitter-clad person, like some trickster god of 20th century pop culture....A rich subject for a scholar and poet, and Kirby has a ball with it." (St. Petersberg Times) "...it's hard to imagine [Little Richard] will ever find himself championed by a more enthusiastic and persuasive advocate." (Washington Post Sunday, December 2009) "...a huge cultural shift that Richard, unlike Elvis, say, has never been given full credit for. With one foot firmly planted in academia, and concentrating on that one song, Kirby makes a valiant attempt to right that perceived wrong." (Q Magazine, February 2010) "An entertaining read." (Total Music, February 2010. Read the full review at http://www.totalmusicmagazine.com/bookreviews.htm) "[Kirby] writes with the fast-talking charm of the music he loves...a hymn of praise to the emancipatory power of nonsense." (Times Literary Supplement, March 2010) 'The contentiousness of [this book] is refreshing, and a welcome alternative to merely rehashing facts and figures.' (Record Collector Terry Staunton)"Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1: Early One Morning; Chapter 2: The Ninety-Nine Names of the Prophet; Chapter 3: Keep A Knockin'; Chapter 4: I've Got It; Chapter 5: All Around the World; Sources; Bibliography.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals
Book SynopsisWhile the 1960s may have been a decade of significant upheaval in America, it was also one of the richest periods in musical theatre history. Shows produced on Broadway during this time include such classics as Bye, Bye Birdie; Cabaret; Camelot; Hello Dolly!; Fiddler on the Roof; How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying; Oliver!; and Man of La Mancha. Performers such as Dick Van Dyke, Anthony Newley, Jerry Orbach, and Barbara Streisand made their marks, and other talentssuch as Bob Fosse, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Jerome Robbins, and Stephen Sondheimalso contributed to shows. In The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines every musical and revue that opened on Broadway during the 1960s. In addition to providing details on every hit and flop, Dietz includes revivals and one-man and one-woman shows that centered on stars like Jack Benny, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Danny Kaye, Yves Montand, and Lena Horne. Each entry coTrade ReviewBetween the forgotten Beg, Borrow or Steal (February 1960) and Meredith Willson's 1491 (which closed pre-Broadway in October 1969), 271 musicals opened or tried to open on Broadway. Dietz, author of Off-Broadway Musicals, here discusses all book musicals with new music, revivals, revues, imports, and other works that appeared in New York venues (plus 29 pre-Broadway closings). Each chronologically arranged entry includes opening and closing dates, number of performances, crew, cast (with character names), setting, musical numbers (and performers), a two-page plot summary and critical reception, awards, book availability, and recording history. If a performer's name was billed above the title, it is presented in italics. Entries are well written, with subjectivity kept to a minimum (the critics do the talking), and the commentary is well informed. Included in the 12 appendixes are a discography and a filmography. More detailed than Thomas Hischak's Broadway Plays and Musicals, and more comprehensive than Stanley Green's Broadway Musicals: Show by Show (7th ed., rev. and updated, or Ethan Mordden's Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s, this is a valuable resource for all theater collections. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers. * CHOICE *This hefty volume examines all 271 musicals that opened on Broadway from 1960 through 1969, from the familiar (Camelot, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, and Hello, Dolly!) to the obscure (Holly Golightly and 1491). As author Dietz notes in the introduction to this book, the 1960s saw the last hurrah of the traditional book musical. In this decade, there were 98 new musicals (with original music) produced on Broadway. (Compare this to the years 2000 to 2009, which saw 38 new musicals and 42 revivals.) This reference covers those musicals, as well as a number of musical revues, imports from London’s West End, revivals, and pre-Broadway closings.The technical details for each production include opening and closing dates; number of performances; names of the writers, composers, directors, and casts; and a brief description. This is followed by a full listing of the musical numbers and a narrative (ranging one to three pages) about the show. The narrative portions of the entries consist of facts and figures, quotes, and interesting details—and Dietz does a wonderful job of remaining objective, not allowing personal bias or preference to show. There are 12 appendixes, including an alphabetical listing of shows, a chronology by season, a chronology by classification (i.e., 'Revues' and 'Institutional Revivals'), and a list of shows by Broadway theater. There are a number of books about Broadway musicals, but this one—set to be the first in a new series examining musicals by decade—stands out as a rich and readable resource. General theater enthusiasts will enjoy perusing this book, and students or researchers in the field will find this to be a great starting point. Recommended for medium and large public-library reference collections as well as academic libraries supporting performing-arts programs. * Booklist *Numerous and notable musicals made their initial runs in the 1960s. . . .[The author] compiles plot summaries, cast members, composers, writers, directors, producers, and information about the musical, for shows produced from 1960 to 1969, encompassing the 1959-1960 through the 1969-1970 seasons. Additional information in each entry includes the number of performances, specific songs, opening and closing dates, and reception history. Dietz adds his own critical commentary, as he calls the 1960s the 'last hurrah of the traditional book musical.' In that decade, 98 new book musicals with new music appeared on Broadway. This is compared to the recent decade of 2000-2009, which saw only 38 premiere with new musical content. However, there were several more revivals. The book presents 271 musicals that opened on Broadway during the 1960s; this includes 98 with new music, 3 with pre-existing music, 22 revues, 16 personality revues, 58 revivals, and several imports. Several appendixes add data. . . .The first, an alphabetic list of musicals, designates the years only when another musical of that title was produced. Others appendixes present chronologies (one by season, another by classification), discography, filmography, the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan, three lists by the theater producing the musical (e.g., New York City Center Light Opera Company, New York City Opera Company, Lincoln Center), published scripts, and theaters (with the musicals they presented). The author uses italics to display cast members who were billed above the musical’s title. * American Reference Books Annual *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Broadway Musicals of the 1960s 1959–1960 Season 1960–1961 Season 1961–1962 Season 1962–1963 Season 1963–1964 Season 1964–1965 Season 1965–1966 Season 1966–1967 Season 1967–1968 Season 1968–1969 Season 1969–1970 Season Appendixes A. Alphabetical Listing B. Chronology (By Season) C. Chronology (By Classification) D. Discography E. Filmography F. Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta Productions G. New York City Center Light Opera Company Productions H. New York City Opera Company Productions I. Music Theatre of Lincoln Center Productions J. Other Operetta Productions K. Published Scripts L. Theatres Bibliography Index About the Author
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Lulu Press The Kinks
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Grand Central Publishing Acid for the Children
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Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Ray Brown Legendary Jazz Bassist NoteForNote
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Hal Leonard Corporation Neil Peart
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AuthorHouse Harold Jones
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Alfred Music The Giant Book of Classic Rock Sheet Music
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Alfred Music Alfreds Easy Piano Songs Standards Jazz
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Alfred Music 2019 Greatest Pop Movie Hits Deluxe Annual
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Lulu Press Apollo Memories
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Outskirts Press The Beatles Discography The Releases
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Hal Leonard Corporation Buck Em
Book SynopsisÊBuck ''Em! The Autobiography of Buck OwensÊ is the life story of a country music legend. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona Buck eventually found his way to Bakersfield California. Unlike the vast majority of country singers songwriters and musicians who made their fortunes working and living in Nashville the often rebellious and always independent Owens chose to create his own brand of country music some 2 000 miles away from Music City ä racking up a remarkable twenty-one number one hits along the way. In the process he helped give birth to a new country sound and did more than any other individual to establish Bakersfield as a country music center.ÞIn the latter half of the 1990s Buck began working on his autobiography. Over the next few years he talked into the microphone of a cassette tape machine for nearly one hundred hours recording the story of his life.ÞWith his near-photographic memory Buck recalled everything from his early days wearing hand-me-down clothes in Te
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Hal Leonard Corporation Easy Pop Melodies for Cello 50 Favorite Hits with
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Hal Leonard Corporation Ticket to Ride
Book SynopsisTICKET TO RIDE: INSIDE THE BEATLES' 1964 TOUR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
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Globe Pequot Dion
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Squat City Rocks protopunk and beyond a musical memoir from the margins
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University Press of Mississippi Hip Hop on Film
Book SynopsisA reclamation and interpretation of a once-dismissed aspect of American film historyEarly hip hop film musicals have either been expunged from cinema history or excoriated in brief passages by critics and other writers. Hip Hop on Film reclaims and reexamines productions such as Breakin'' (1984), Beat Street (1984), and Krush Groove (1985) in order to illuminate Hollywood''s fascinating efforts to incorporate this nascent urban culture into conventional narrative forms. Such films presented musical conventions against the backdrop of graffiti-splattered trains and abandoned tenements in urban communities of color, setting the stage for radical social and political transformations. Hip hop musicals are also part of the broader history of teen cinema, and films such as Charlie Ahearn''s Wild Style (1983) are here examined alongside other contemporary youth-oriented productions. As suburban teen films banished parents and children to the margins of narrative action, hip hop musicals, by c
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Chapel of Love
Book SynopsisExplores the ups and downs of one of the most successful girl groups of the early 1960s. Telling their story for the first time, in their own words, Chapel of Love reintroduces the Louisiana Music Hall of Famers to a new audience.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Soul in Seoul African American Popular Music and
Book SynopsisK-pop (Korean popular music) reigns as one of the most popular music genres in the world today, a phenomenon that appeals to listeners of all ages and nationalities. In Soul in Seoul, Crystal Anderson examines the most important and often overlooked aspect of K-pop: the music itself.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Electro Rap
Book SynopsisAdam de Paor-Evans is Fellow in the School of Art, Design, and Architecture at University of Plymouth, UK, having previously held the post of Reader in Ethnomusicology at University of Central Lancashire. UK. He is author of the monograph Provincial Headz: British Hip Hop and Critical Regionalism (2020), and runs the research studio Rhythm Obscura: Revealing Hidden Histories Through Ethnomusicology, Practice Research and Spatio-material Culture.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc DIY Music and the Politics of Social Media
Book SynopsisThe emergence of social media in the early 21st century promised to facilitate new DIY cultural approaches, emphasizing participation and democratization. However, in recent years these platforms have been criticized as domineering and exploitative. For DIY musicians in scenes with lengthy histories of cultural resistance, is social media a powerful emancipatory and democratizing tool, or a new corporate antagonist to be resisted?DIY Music explores the significant challenges faced by artists navigating this fraught cultural landscape. How do anti-commercial musicians operate in the competitive, attention-seeking world of social media? How do they deal with a new abundance of data and metrics? How do they present their activity as cultural resistance? This book shows that a platform-enabled DIY approach is now the norm for a wide array of cultural practitioners; this DIY-as-default landscape threatens to depoliticize the call to do-it-yourself.Trade ReviewIn DIY Music and the Politics of Social Media, Jones presents a rich account of how social media is used in DIY music scenes and how scene participants committed to a genuine DIY ethos connected with political and cultural resistance negotiate the tensions and contradictions this produces. Going beyond presentation and analysis of the situation that exists, Jones presents ideas for new and innovative ways for music cultures to exist online that do not involve simply accepting the way of doing things presented to us by the major platforms. * Catherine Strong, Senior Lecturer, BA (Music Industry), RMIT University, Australia *Surely this is the definitive study of the politics of alternative music in our time. It’s also an agenda-setting contribution to studies of social media. Part of the book’s brilliance is that Jones writes so clearly and compellingly across such a wide range of challenging areas, including musical aesthetics, social theory, internet studies, the cultural importance of locality, and debates among musicians and fans. * David Hesmondhalgh, Professor of Media, Music and Culture, University of Leeds, UK *Table of Contents1. The problem 2. The past: a history of DIY music in three case studies 3. The personal: intimacy and identity work on social media 4. The players: gatekeeping, authority, and ownership within the scene 5. The public: elucidating difference and performing politics 6. The popular: metrics, measurements, and the DIY imagination 7. The platform: self-sufficiency and the political economy of social media 8. The plan: envisioning alternative platforms
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Brand Lady Gaga
Book SynopsisThis book is about Lady Gaga's brandingthe stories that inform it and the ideas that shape her public image. Who is Lady Gaga and how does she connect with her fans and audiences via storytelling? These questions guide Nelligan's discourse and textual analyses of Gaga's media interviews, product marketing, songs, albums and documentaries to reveal numerous themes and messages that inform her brand. These themes include: stories about monsters, self-love bravery, kindness and pride; distinctive and outlandish fashion and boundary-pushing performance art; LGBTIQA+ activism and support of queer communities; mental-health advocacy and philanthropy (which, as Nelligan shows, is powerfully underpinned by Gaga's own mental-health challenges); and personal reflections on the significance of family and kinship in shaping her identity as a songwriter and artist. Nelligan demonstrates how Gaga, in a considered yet heartfelt manner, weaves these themes together to form the overar
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The Beatles and Humour
Book SynopsisThe Beatles are known for cheeky punchlines, but understanding their humor goes beyond laughing at John Lennon's memorable rattle your jewelry dig at the Royal Variety Performance in 1963. From the beginning, the Beatles' music was full of wordplay and winks, guided by comedic influences ranging from rhythm and blues, British radio, and the Liverpool pub scene. Gifted with timing and deadpan wit, the band habitually relied on irony, sarcasm, and nonsense. Early jokes revealed an aptitude for improvisation and self-awareness, techniques honed throughout the 1960s and into solo careers. Experts in the art of play, including musical experimentation, the Beatles' shared sense of humor is a key ingredient to their appeal during the 1960sand to their endurance.The Beatles and Humour offers innovative takes on the serious art of Beatle fun, an instrument of social, political, and economic critique. Chapters also situate the band alongside British and non-British predecessors
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Small Venues
Book SynopsisThroughout the history of popular music, the careers of many culturally significant artists and groups began on the small stages of local bars clubs, pubs, and discotheques. When the stories of The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and the New York punk hardcore and post punk scenes are told, iconic venues such as The Cavern, The Marquee and CBGB's serve as the settings of their early chapters Small live music venues such as these are pivotal in the narratives and history of popular music. However, very few of them survive. This book focusses on the role of small live music venues as incubators for emerging talent and social hubs for music scene participants. Such venues are grassroots spaces of cultural labor and production that often struggle with issues of financial precarity yet are fundamental to the live music ecology of a city, acting both as platforms for emergent performers and spaces of sociality for local music scenes.
£28.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Musical Lives of Charles Manson
Book SynopsisNicholas Tochka is Head of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Albania (2016), and the forthcoming book in the 33 1/3 Europe series, Ardit Gjebrea's Projekt Jon (Bloomsbury).
£57.00
