Category Archives: Education

Inner Sound Altered States of Consciousness in Electronic Music & Audio-Visual Media by Jonathan Weinel PDF Inner Sound explores how altered states of consciousness have shaped the design of electronic music and audio-visual media. The book begins by discussing consciousness, and how this may change during states such as dreaming, psychedelic experience, meditation, and trance. Next, a variety… Read More »

Retromania, Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past by Simon Reynolds PDF The first book to make sense of 21st Century pop, Retromania explores rock’s nostalgia industry of revivals, reissues, reunions and remakes, and argues that there has never before been a culture so obsessed with its own immediate past. Pulling together parallel threads from music, fashion, art,… Read More »

Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading PDF In this generous collection of book reviews and literary essays, legendary Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau showcases the passion that made him a critic—his love for the written word. Many selections address music, from blackface minstrelsy to punk and hip-hop, artists from Lead Belly… Read More »

An Encyclopedia of the Violin by Alberto Bachman PDF “No list of twentieth-century landmarks in music reference would be valid without Bachmann’s Encyclopedia.”—American Reference Book Annual “If there were such an award as one for the best reprint of our day, surely this book by Alberto Bachmann would be way up front with the leaders.”—American String Teacher Of… Read More »

Film Music, Classic FM by Rob Weinberg PDF Classical music plays a key role in film soundtracks, creating iconic moments and bringing classic tracks to a wide audience, from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Apocalypse Now. Packed full of essential information, this pocket-sized handbook explores the history of film music, the development of different styles, award-winning composers and… Read More »

Best of Beethoven: 30 Famous Pieces for Piano (Best of Classics) (Piano Collection). In time for Beethoven’s anniversary, Schott presents a new collection of his most popular works for piano. The successful author Hans-Gunter Heumann has compiled 30 easy to intermediate original works and arrangements: “Fur Elise,” “Moonlight Sonata,” “Ode to Joy,” and many more, all in one… Read More »

Neil Young on Neil Young: Interviews & Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words) PDF The life of rock’s most durable troubadour in his own wordsNeil Young on Neil Young: Interviews and Encounters is a revealing anthology of Young’s most significant, fascinating, and entertaining discussions, declarations, and dreams, chronicling fifty years of conversations, feature stories, and press conferences. With… Read More »

Community Music at the Boundaries PDF Music lives where people live. Historically, music study has centred on the conservatory, which privileges the study of the Western European canon and Western European practice . The Eurocentric way music has been studied has excluded communities that are considered to be marginalized in one or more ways despite that the majority… Read More »

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music & Social Class by Ian Peddie PDF The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Social Class is the first extensive analysis of the most important themes and concepts in this field. Encompassing contemporary research in ethnomusicology, sociology, cultural studies, history, and race studies, the volume explores the intersections between music and class,… Read More »

A Shostakovich Casebook (Russian Music Studies) PDF “The book . . . includes . . . valuable essays and interviews, which move beyond the scholarly controversy to sketch a nuanced picture of Shostakovich’s life under a totalitarian regime. . . . The ‘Casebook’ contributors compellingly warn of replacing one mask with another, one black-and-white myth with its simple… Read More »

The Music Advantage, How Music Helps Your Child Develop, Learn, and Thrive by Dr. Anita Collins PDF ABOUT THE MUSIC ADVANTAGE An expert in cognitive development and music education reveals the remarkable and surprising benefits that playing–or even appreciating–music offers to children. The latest cognitive research has revealed something extraordinary: learning music and listening to music can grow… Read More »

How Music Works: A Physical Culture Theory by Rolf Bader PDF How do we understand culture and shape its future? How do we cross the bridge between culture as ideas and feelings and physical, cultural objects, all this within the endless variety and complexity of modern and traditional societies? This book proposes a Physical Culture Theory, taking culture… Read More »

Boox: Drums: Level 3 PDF Big Bang Music are delighted to bring to you this series of tutor boox developed in partnership with the award-winning team at Hot House Music www.hhmusic.net. The boox series features 100% of original content which is designed to support and tutor entry level musicians as they progress towards Grade 1. You can also… Read More »

Music in Cinema by Michel Chion PDF Michel Chion is renowned for his explorations of the significance of frequently overlooked elements of cinema, particularly the role of sound. In this inventive and inviting book, Chion considers how cinema has deployed music. He shows how music and film not only complement but also transform each other. The first section… Read More »

Boox: Drums: Level 1 PDF Big Bang Music are delighted to bring to you this series of tutor boox developed in partnership with the award-winning team at Hot House Music www.hhmusic.net. The boox series features 100% of original content which is designed to support and tutor entry level musicians as they progress towards Grade 1. You can also… Read More »