Cigar Box Guitar Jazz & Blues Unlimited 3 String: Book Two: Chords, Fingerstyle & Theory Play Jazz and Blues on the Cigar Box Guitar. Learning to play jazz and blues on the cigar box guitar is simultaneously easy and difficult. Easy because you only have 3 or 4 strings to worry about so fewer options than a standard… Read More »
How to Play Acoustic Guitar in 14 Days: Daily Lessons for Absolute Beginners (Play Music in 14 Days) PDF Introducing How to Play Acoustic Guitar! With daily lessons for absolute beginners! From Troy Nelson, author of Guitar Aerobics and the popular Play Guitar in 14 Days series (including How to Play Guitar and Master Pentatonic Scales), Troy Nelson… Read More »
Rock Music Styles: A History PDF Rock Music Styles: A History, takes students on a musical journey through the development of rock music from its origins to its most contemporary styles. Charlton uses in-depth summaries and descriptions paired with a historical background to help immerse students in different musical genres. Learning from featured performers throughout the text and… Read More »
The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Jobim has been called the greatest of all contemporary Brazilian songwriters. He wrote both popular and serious music and was a gifted piano, guitar, and flute player. One of the key figures in the creation of the bossa nova style, Jobim’s music made a lasting impression worldwide, and many of… Read More »
The Logic of Filtering: How Noise Shapes the Sound of Recorded Music The Logic of Filtering traces the profound impact of technical media on the sound of music, asking: how do media technologies shape sound? How does this affect music? And how did it change what we listen for in music? Since the invention of sound recording in… Read More »
How To Teach Guitar & Start Your Own Music Instruction Business This book is a revised edition of Desi Serna’s original 2001 release, How to Make Money Teaching Guitar, which was one of the very first coaching materials on the market geared toward guitar teachers. Through a step-by-step process, and using a positive and encouraging tone, Desi and… Read More »
Guitar Lessons and Steps: Guitar Learning Tips and Guide for Beginners: How to Play Guitar The guitar is the absolute best instrument you could learn for a large number of reasons. It’s mobile, cheap, and just awesome. The guitarist in the band always gets the most kudos, no question about it. But wait, there is a problem… Getting… Read More »
SOUND DESIGN FOR BEGINNERS: How to Make Jaw-Dropping Sounds for Your Song by Discovering the Essential Basics of Synthesis & Sound Engineering Let’s face it. You want to make awesome sounds for your track, but they often end up extremely weak and underwhelming. That’s why EDM producer and best-selling author Cep from Screech House shares the essential basics of synthesis… Read More »
Piano Lessons & Technique: Piano Learning Methods: Piano For Beginners You want to learn piano, but don’t know where to start? We can help. This book gives you everything you need to know to get going, safe in the knowledge you’re doing it right. When you’re starting out with the piano, there are some basics that everyone needs… Read More »
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Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music (Oxford Studies in Music Theory) From its dynamic start at dance parties in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, hip hop and rap music have exploded into a dominant style of popular music in the United States and a force for activism and expression all over the world. So, too,… Read More »
Aural Education: Reconceptualising Ear Training in Higher Music Learning Aural Education: Reconceptualising Ear Training in Higher Music Learning explores the practice of musical ‘aural training’ from historical, pedagogical, psychological, musicological, and cultural perspectives, and uses these to draw implications for its pedagogy, particularly within the context of higher music education. The multi-perspective approach adopted by the author affords… Read More »
Music by Numbers: The Use & Abuse of Statistics in the Music Industries The music industries are fueled by statistics: sales targets, breakeven points, success ratios, royalty splits, website hits, ticket revenues, listener figures, piracy abuses, and big data. Statistics are of consequence. They influence the music that consumers get to hear, they determine the revenues of music… Read More »
Audio Mastering Essential Practices by Jonathan Wyner (FULL BOOK in VIDEO) Improve the sound of your recordings. Mastering is the art of optimizing recorded sound, finding the ideal volume levels and tonal quality, and insuring data integrity necessary to produce a professional-quality duplication and distribution-ready master. This book introduces the techniques and tools of audio mastering, suitable for… Read More »
Song Starters: 365 Lyric, Melody, & Chord Ideas to Kickstart Your Songwriting With Song Starters, you’ll spend more time creating and less time struggling to come up with ideas. Discover an endless supply of exciting, creative concepts that will launch song after song. Use the Starters to spark a brainstorm or set a series of notes in motion,… Read More »