Category Archives: Education

Punk Pedagogies: Music, Culture & Learning by Gareth Dylan Smith, Mike Dines & Tom Parkinson PDF Punk Pedagogies: Music, Culture and Learning brings together a collection of international authors to explore the possibilities, practices and implications that emerge from the union of punk and pedagogy. The punk ethos—a notoriously evasive and multifaceted beast—offers unique applications in music education… Read More »

Harmonies of Heaven & Earth: Mysticism in Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde by Joscelyn Godwin PDF Joscelyn Godwin explores music’s effects on matter, living things, and human behavior. Turning to metaphysical accounts of the higher worlds and theories of celestial harmony, the author follows the path of musical inspiration on its descent to Earth, illuminating the archetypal… Read More »

Music’s Monisms: Disarticulating Modernism PDF Daniel Albright was one of the preeminent scholars of musical and literary modernism, leaving behind a rich body of work before his untimely passing. In Music’s Monisms, he shows how musical and literary phenomena alike can be fruitfully investigated through the lens of monism, a philosophical conviction that does away with the binary… Read More »

Mapping the Rockumentary: Images of Sound & Fury PDF Mapping the Rockumentary: Images of Sound and Fury is the first anthology to explore the rockumentary as a central component of both the documentary and world cinema. The book includes case studies of bands and performers such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Clash, Madonna and… Read More »

Sound On Sound UK – December 2021 PDF Sound On Sound is the world’s best recording technology magazine, packed full of in-depth, independent product tests, including music software, studio hardware, keyboards and live sound (PA) gear. Every issue also includes SOS’s unique step-by-step tutorial and technique columns on all the leading DAW programs, as well as insightful interviews… Read More »

Classical Music For Dummies, 3rd Edition PDF Classical music was never meant to be an art for snobs! In the 1700s and 1800s, classical music was popular music. People went to concerts with their friends, they brought snacks and drinks, and cheered right in the middle of the concert. Well, guess what? Three hundred years later, that music… Read More »

Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education PDF This book surveys emerging music and education landscapes to present a sampling of the promising practices of music teacher education that may serve as new models for the 21st century. Contributors explore the delicate balance between curriculum and pedagogy, the power structures that influence music education at all levels,… Read More »

Bach & Mozart Essays on the Enigma of Genius PDF The essays in this volume, by one of America’s leading authorities on Bach and Mozart, serve a single objective: to promote a deeper understanding of those two great composers both as supremely gifted creators and as human beings. Author Robert L. Marshall draws on a diverse range of… Read More »

Digital Audio Editing by Simon Langford PDF Whether you’re comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques, from the simplest corrective editing like cutting,… Read More »

Coming to Terms with Our Musical Past: An Essay on Mozart & Modernist Aesthetics For over a generation now, many leading performers, critics, and scholars of Mozart’s music have taken a rejection of transcendence as axiomatic. This essentially modernist, antiromantic orientation attempts to neutralize the sorts of aesthetic experiences that presuppose an enchantment with Mozart’s art, an engagement… Read More »

Bossa Nova, The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World by Ruy Castro PDF Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as “The Girl from Ipanema” (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), “The Waters of March,” and “Desafinado” are known around the world. Bossa Nova–a… Read More »

Bug Music: How Insects Gave Us Rhythm & Noise by David Rothenberg PDF In the spring of 2013, the cicadas in the Northeastern United States emerged from their seventeen-year cycle―the longest gestation period of any animal. Those who experienced this great sonic invasion compared their sense of wonder to the arrival of a comet or a solar eclipse.… Read More »

HOW TO LEARN ELECTRIC GUITAR WITHOUT EVER TAKING A LESSON: ROCK & METAL MUSIC Have you ever wanted to play along to your favorite riffs and jam out to your favorite songs but feel like learning the electric guitar is too far out of reach for you? I am here to tell you that it is definitely possible… Read More »

Guitar Play! Motivation & Practice When we’re young we “play” the guitar, as we get older we “practice.” This book of motivation and practice concepts will help you return to a state of play. For many the most difficult part of practicing guitar is opening the case. Guitar Play! will teach you how to celebrate small victories and… Read More »

Teaching General Music: Approaches Issues & Viewpoints PDF General music is informed by a variety of teaching approaches and methods. These pedagogical frameworks guide teachers in planning and implementing instruction. Established approaches to teaching general music must be understood, critically examined, and possibly re-imagined for their potential in school and community music education programs. Teaching General Music brings… Read More »