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We all know the heroes of the recording industry: Sir George Martin Al Schmitt Nigel Godrich Rick Rubin ä people who seem larger than life. In our book ÊRecording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording TechniquesÊ we imagined some big-name producers as gods from mythology. We envisioned famous recording engineers doing other types of engineering and mixers as people who mix all kinds of things besides music. Okay maybe we aren't taking ourselves all that seriously and why should we or you? This is a coloring book! We want nothing more than to give you the opportunity to draw all over your favorite audio icons.ÞEnjoy these illustrations from ÊRecording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording TechniquesÊ and be sure to color outside the lines in your own recording projects just as these great people have done.ÞAnd it doesn't end here. So raise a colored pencil to future editions of Illustrations Unhinged. Many other great industry icons ä past present and future ä are slated to become immortalized in Sylvia's portraits. Stay tuned!

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If you attended public school in the United States between 1973 and today odds are you've heard Dave Frishberg's songs ä just see if any of these Schoolhouse Rock classics ring a bell: The Number Cruncher Seven Fifty Once a Week Dollars and Sense Walking on Wall Street Hardware and of course the classic I'm Just a Bill. Of course Frishberg is much more than the writer of beloved civics-minded ditties ä he's also the brilliant lyricist and composer behind well-known songs including Peel Me a Grape I'm Hip My Attorney Bernie Blizzard of Lies and Van Lingle Mungo a top-flight jazz pianist and sardonic wit in tow an exemplar of American ideals. From his boyhood and university days in St. Paul Minnesota to his Air Force service in Salt Lake City and then on to his life as a pianist and songwriter in New York City and Los Angeles ÊMy Dear Departed PastÊ is a pointed poignant sagacious look back on a fascinating career in music at the height of the jazz scene and a storied life flush with wit imagination and good humor.ÞFor Frishberg an internationally-known jazz pianist songwriter and lyricist it all began in his WWII elementary school days. Mentored by his brother Mort seven years his senior Dave discovered the music of Count Basie Benny Goodman Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby while listening to Mort's 78-rpm records. For good measure Mort also taught Dave how to play boogie-woogie and blues on the piano ä a musical indoctrination that perfectly sharpened the younger Frishberg's musical tastes and laid the foundation for a lifelong love of music and the camaraderie of musicians. In this book populated with colorful characters ä especially the brilliant jazzmen and women he played with in iconic clubs and studios during the scene's heyday ä Dave brings his stories of being on the road and his experiences in the music business vividly to life. While ÊMy Dear Departed PastÊ is a must-read for jazz aficionados it's just as suitable for anybody who ever wondered about the composer behind those classic tunes singing the praises of active citizenship and financial security.ÞThis book includes online access to recordings of 20 Frishberg classics.

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Ê5-Minute PlaysÊ is the latest collection from veteran editor Lawrence Harbison a man who has spent his career championing new and established playwrights by bringing their work into print. What's the story behind this one? In keeping with the spirit of the book we'll give it to you in five.ÞÞ1. On any given day freely circulated viral videos make waves across our society äÿand we take the time to consume them. The top trenders boast an average length around five minutes.ÞÞ2. Needless to say an average play runs far longer (and costs much more). Accordingly we don't have the time (or money) for theater.ÞÞ3. Variety is the spice of life ä perhaps that's why the passive consumption of digital media runs rampant. Sometimes you feel like something melodramatic; sometimes you feel like something comedic. Sometimes you crave the firm grounding of realism; sometimes you crave the sweet escape of surreality. Sometimes you desire each of these things in rapid succession within the course of a half hour. Whatever your mood bite-sized bits of entertainment keep you covered.ÞÞ4. At long last the world of theater has caught up with the digital realm. Five-minute plays and festivals abound ä you can now plow through a full-fledged performance in less time than it takes a busy barista to make your grande chai latte skim with whip.ÞÞ5. Seems you suddenly ÊdoÊ have time for theatre.ÞÞWhether you're an actor looking for a quick warm-up an instructor scrounging for tight scene exercises or an everyday reader eager to speed-date some of today's most talented playwrights Ê5-Minute PlaysÊ provides all the theater you need without killing all the free time you have. Why not give it a whirl?

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Featured in this year's volume:ÞÛ ÊBarbecueÊ by Robert O'Hara ä a wildly inventive new play that proves family can be a bigger vice than any other addiction.ÞÛ ÊNew CountryÊ by Mark Roberts ä a rowdy raucous rodeo and a ÊNew York TimesÊ Critics Pick.ÞÛ ÊLost GirlsÊ by John Pollono ä a hard-hitting working-class drama about people struggling to redefine family.ÞPlus three more of the most innovative and enjoyable plays to hit the stage in 2015!

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