General Reference 36

Generally regarded as one of the most tragic tales in the history of rock music, the story of Badfinger makes for an impressively sombre Hollywood-style film script. A Welsh and Liverpudlian hybrid,……続きを見る

1979 was an amazing time for post-punk pop. At the end of March, a fresh new sound entered the UK top 20. It was ‘Sultans of Swing’, a very wordy song with lots of driving guitar, a tight rhythm sec……続きを見る

Mixerman treansforma toda a experiêmcia de uma carreira de sucesso em termos compreensíveis e práticos tanto para os profissionais quanto para os amadores. Se você mudar como você pensa sobre mixage……続きを見る

The legendary Jimi Hendrix has had all kinds of superlatives bestowed on him since his incendiary debut in 1966, but Lou Reed’s pithy summation beats the lot: ‘…he was such a bitching guitar player’……続きを見る

Think about Led Zeppelin and the image coming to mind would be of the band straddling the world as the archetypal 'rock gods', defining the 1970s like no other artist did. Dig deeper though, and the……続きを見る

“Beautifully written… a riveting account of how melodies and rhythms connect us, and help us deal with alienation and anxiety.”ーDr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score In this c……続きを見る

• Only full-scope book that features music trends of the last 100+ years. • Written by an expert who has met hundreds of music stars, getting behind-the-scenes stories. • Serves as a reference book ……続きを見る

Motorhead were arguably the greatest rock and roll band in history, but it took many years to win that accolade. As a result, this is the story of the band that refused to die. The band had to deal ……続きを見る

Morton Feldman viewed Piano and String Quartet as his capstone workーthe culminating example of the aesthetic that Feldman spent his life seeking. Written in 1985, the year before Feldman’s death, t……続きを見る

Combining the personal memories and critical analysis of a self-confessed pop addict with a wealth of contemporary documentary evidence, Gathered From Coincidence reconstructs a truly momentous era ……続きを見る

One of the biggest names in the musical landscape of the 1970s, Steely Dan released a string of albums that pushed the boundaries of what was possible in a recording studio. With albums like The Roy……続きを見る

Wie entsteht Musik? Weder bringen Komponisten zu Papier, was ihnen höhere Mächte zufliegen lassen, noch üben sie ein reines Handwerk aus, dessen Regeln auch Algorithmen übernehmen könnten. Sie antwo……続きを見る

»Radio Ga Ga«, »Bohemian Rhapsody«, »We Are the Champions« oder »Another One Bites the Dust«: Die Hits von Queen sind unsterblich. Über 30 Jahre nach dem Tod ihres Frontmanns Freddie Mercury ist die……続きを見る

This book is about the top 50 musical artists of the East Coast, who have been either born on the East Coast or been long time residents who are associated with the region. Groups are also included.……続きを見る

The Harmonium Handbook provides detailed instruction in how to play, maintain, and repair this popular devotional instrument. It also reveals the colorful history of free-reed instruments such as th……続きを見る

Wer Mozart wirklich kennen will, wer sich nicht begnügen will mit dem populären Bild des Wunderkindes, des gleichsam wie in einem Rausch dahinlebenden Götterlieblings, der leichthändig seine Melodie……続きを見る

»Springsteen ist eine poetische und musikalische Einladung ins richtige Leben, mit allen Höhen und Tiefen, mit allen Tränen und Lachfalten.« Bruce Springsteen ist der große Chronist und Erzähler der……続きを見る

Né le 23 juillet 1910 au hameau Taâzibt, dans la tribu des Ihasnawen, commune de Beni Zmenzer sur les piémonts sud de Tizi-Ouzou, cheikh El Hasnaoui – Khelouat Mohamed pour l’état civil, Si Moh N’Am……続きを見る

Ronnie Sepctor: süße Teenager-Träume und ein exzessives Leben Die in Spanish Harlem aufgewachsene Ronnie Spector verzauberte als Leadsängerin der Ronettes die Welt mit unsterblichen Songs wie »Be My……続きを見る

Why did jazz go Latin? And how did blues influence rock? Find out how music has shaped the world from prehistory to the present day. Classical or rock, everyone has their favourite music style, but ……続きを見る

Chords, chords, and (almost) nothing but chords Guitar Chords For Dummies is full of, well, guitar chords. This indispensable reference is a must for guitarists of every ambition, skill level, and m……続きを見る

Gideon Karting has been a stalwart of the music industry for more than twenty years. He started this career as a concert billposter and in the years that followed developed into one of the Netherlan……続きを見る

»Meys Lieder sind Feier des Gelungenen wie Einspruch gegen das Schlechte. Wovon handeln sie? Von der Liebe zwischen Asphalt und Wolken. Von den Widrigkeiten des Alltags. Vom ganzen Leben.« »Ich woll……続きを見る

Cofondateur des Francofolies de Spa, Charles Gardier en a été le codirecteur pendant vingt-huit ans. Dans ce livre parsemé d’anecdotes étonnantes, il a pris plaisir à vous décrire ce qui fit de Spa ……続きを見る

Repeated Takes is the first general book on the history of the recording industry, covering the entire field from Edison's talking tin foil of 1877 to the age of the compact disc. Michael Chanan con……続きを見る

Since it was founded in 1982, The Wire magazine has covered a vast range of alternative, experimental, underground and non-mainstream music. Now some of that knowledge has been distilled into The Wi……続きを見る

Christopher Sean, a middle aged single man known for visiting random bars just to meet new and interesting people visits a bar in the south suburbs that is known for great drinks and karaoke. What h……続きを見る

Between 2005 and 2013, one woman embarked on one seemingly simple quest: to find and interview, the world's greatest music producers. What followed was a cross-global odyssey that zig-zagged time,co……続きを見る

Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column Songs that se……続きを見る

Formed in 1964 and still going strong in 2019, the Moody Blues are one of the most enduring bands in the history of rock. R&B, pop, psychedelic, symphonic, prog rock, folk rock, synth-pop, mainstrea……続きを見る