Name: Klezmer!: Jewish Music from Old World to Our World
Brand: Henry Sapoznik
Price: 12.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Henry Sapoznik

Klezmer!: Jewish Music from Old World to Our World

$12.00

Klezmer! is the fascinating story of survival against the odds, of a musical legacy so potent it can still be heard dispite assimilation and near annihilation. The scratchy, distant sound of the early recordings discovered and studied by Henry Sapoznik have formed a soundtrack for an entirely new generation of performers.

Cover image for Klezmer!: Jewish Music from Old World to Our World, isbn: 9780857125057

George T. Simon

The Big Bands

$12.00

In this book you will find an astounding 400 biographies that highlight the history and personnel of the great bands. It is organized into four sections: “The Big Bands--Then” (the scene, the leaders, the public, the musicians, vocalists, arrangers and businessmen, recordings, radio, movies and the press); “Inside the Big Bands” (profiles of 72 top bands); “Inside More of the Big Bands” (hundreds of additional profiles arranged by categories (“The Arranging Leaders,” “The Horn-playing Leaders,” etc.); and “The Big Bands Now.”

The Big Bands is one of the best books on the subject. It is both readable and an invaluable reference source for the study of jazz standards since many were written by big band leaders or musicians or were popularized through their performances and recordings. The index is comprehensive with names but lists no songs.

George T. Simon was one of the original organizers and members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra for which he played the drums. He was also one of the first writers for Metronome Magazine where he remained from 1935 until 1955.

Cover image for The Big Bands, isbn: 9780857128126

Sonny Kompanek

From Score to Screen: Sequencers, Scores, & Second Thoughts the New Film Scoring Process

$12.00

Scoring for film hsa changed dramatically over the past 20 years. With the advent of MIDI sequencers and low-cost recording gear, just about any composer anywhere can score a film. Well-known composer Sonny Kompanek teaches this new film scoring process at the prestigious New York University and now he shares his secrets with the pages of From Score to Screen. Learn about the cast of professionals you'll work with as a film composer. Find out how to meet people in the business, network, and create a promotional demo. Learn how to compose themes and battle writers' block. And know how to make a director happy with your work. With this book, you'll gain practical knowledge that you can put into action immediately. This is the only book that discusses the new film scoring process which utilises the latest technology.

Cover image for From Score to Screen: Sequencers, Scores, & Second Thoughts the New Film Scoring Process, isbn: 9780857125118

Charles R. Cross

Classic Rock Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

$12.00

Nevermind was the album that took Nirvana out of Seattle's alternative rock scene and turned them into a worldwide mainstream sensation. This book documents the album by featuring interviews with the band members and producers and recontructs how the album was made.

Cover image for Classic Rock Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind, isbn: 9780857127686

Max Salazar

Mambo Kingdon: Latin Music in New York

$12.00

Shortly after Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, they began moving into an uptown Manhattan neighborhood that would become known as "Spanish Harlem." By 1930, Afro-Cuban music had gained a firm foothold in the city, setting the stage for the mambo, boogaloo, salsa and Latin-jazz scenes that followed. In this collection of profiles and essays, Max Salazar, perhaps the most eminent Latin-music historian in the United States, tells the story of the music and the musicians who made it happen, including Tito Puente, Machito, Tito Rodriguez, Charlie and Eddie Palmieri, Hector Lavoe and many others.

Cover image for Mambo Kingdon: Latin Music in New York, isbn: 9780857125026

Craig Anderton

Sonar: Insider

$12.00

If you're a Sonar user, this is the book you have been waiting for! Regardless of your level of experience, these tips and techniques - from one of the world's leading authorities on Sonar and musical technology - will improve your music making, streamline your work flow, and put you in control of the power this program offers.

Cover image for Sonar: Insider, isbn: 9780857125279

Gunnar Erickson

The Independent Film Producers Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook

$12.00

In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent film from the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring directors and actors, securing location rights, acquiring music, calculating profits, digital moving making, distribution, and marketing your movie.

Cover image for The Independent Film Producers Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook, isbn: 9780857124982

Jeffrey Brabec

Music, Money and Success

$12.00

The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Industry. Millions dream of attaining glamour and wealth through music. This book reveals the secrets of the music business that have made fortunes for the superstars. A must-have for every songwriter, performer and musician.

Cover image for Music, Money and Success, isbn: 9780857126467

James L. Dickerson

Go, Girl, Go!: The Women's Revolution in Music

$12.00

Women have been important players in the recording industry from the very beginning, but not until 1996 did they out-chart their male competitors and pull ahead in the race for hits. Go, Girl, Go! provides a nearly 100-year history of women in music, beginning with Lil Hardin Armstrong and Billie Holiday, and continuing up to present-day artists such as Britney Spears and Norah Jones. The book features a thoughtful analysis of the 1996 revolution, along with interviews with artists such as Shania Twain, Pat Benatar, Brenda Lee, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Tiffany, and Tammy Wynette, and executives such as Garth Brooks' ex-manager Pam Lewis, BMI head Frances Preston, Stax Records co-founder Estelle Axton, and Tracey Edmonds of Yab Yum Entertainment.

The only definitive history of the women who have made popular music during the past 100 years, with details and stories from over 185 different women musicians and industry executives.

Cover image for Go, Girl, Go!: The Women's Revolution in Music, isbn: 9780857122629

Larry Lehmer

The Day the Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens

$12.00

The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the 'Big Bopper' and Ritchie Valens. The tragic deaths of these three fifties Rock n Roll stars was immortalised in Don McLean's classic hit American Pie. The poignant story of the build-up to, events of, and the fall-out from the infamous 'Day The Music Died' are told here in painstaking chronological detail. A must for any serious rock n roll fan or student.

Cover image for The Day the Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, isbn: 9780857127518

J. S. Rudsenske

Start an Independent Record Label: Music Business Made Simple

$12.00

An indispensable step-by-step guide to releasing your own records and beginning a working independent label. Since the boom of homemade records and independently-minded musicians in the 1980s, the alternative music industry has grown from strength to strength, driven by a policy that privileges the music itself over the aggressive marketing and branding strategies of the majors. You can retain all control and rights to the music you release, allowing you to showcase and sell the music that you believe should be heard. There has never been a better time to begin a label for yourself, and this comprehensive title shows you exactly how it's done, including:

Devising a business plan
Finding and choosing talent
Creating and manufacturing records themselves
All aspects of promotion and marketing
Distribution and radio

Get your company organised and get those records out there right now with the help and advice of this informative guide.

Cover image for Start an Independent Record Label: Music Business Made Simple, isbn: 9780857125262

Serene Dominic

Burt Bacharach: Song By Song

$12.00

Best known as the composer of such hits as Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By," Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love," and the Carpenters' "Close to You," Burt Bacharach wrote the music for over 700 published songs and has been recorded by some 2,000 artists - from Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to the Beatles and the Supremes.

Song By Song is a witty, cheeky song-by-song journey through Bacharach's vast recorded oeuvre, from Nat "King" Cole's little-known 1952 version of 'Once in a Blue Moon" to Burt's recent collaborations with Elvis Costello, Lyle Lovett and Chicago.

Cover image for Burt Bacharach: Song By Song, isbn: 9780857122599

Sahpreem A. King

Gotta Get Signed: How To Become A Hip-Hop Producer

$12.00

Learn how the industry works, and how to tip the odds in your favour and get your beats heard. Multi-platinum producer Sahpreem King of Miami's South Beach club scene gives you his expert guide to the games of Hip Hop production, exposing the pitfalls and giving you a step-by-step approach to developing your profile and getting your unique sound out into the ears of your audience. You will learn...

What a producer really does
How to set up you lab and get the sounds from your head into the speakers
Who to trust, and how to build your team
Promotion and marketing
Networking
Money and accounting
The secrets of A&R - what they don't want you to know
Getting published

Cover image for Gotta Get Signed: How To Become A Hip-Hop Producer, isbn: 9780857121417

Nicolas Slonimsky

The Listener's Companion: The Great Composers and their Works

$12.00

Renowned for his literary style as well as his musical scholarship, Nicolas Slonimsky wrote many program notes and articles for newspapers and other periodicals, in addition to his well-known books. These shorter writings, edited by Slonimsky’s daughter, Electra Yourke, are collected for the first time in this excellent introduction to the classical repertoire, from Bach to Shostakovich. Arranged chronologically by composer, the chapters begin with biographical sketches and go on to describe some of each composer’s most popular and important works.

Cover image for The Listener's Companion: The Great Composers and their Works, isbn: 9780857127679

Richard Jay

How to Get Your Music in Film & TV

$12.00

A detailed look at how musicians, songwriters, publishers, and indie labels?producing every kind of music?can earn good money from placing their music into film and TV in the United States and beyond. Find out who needs music and where to find them, build strategies to market your music effectively, learn to deal with voicemail and rejection, and negotiate your way to a better deal.

Cover image for How to Get Your Music in Film & TV, isbn: 9780857125170

Maynard Solomon

Beethoven

$12.00

Hailed as a masterpiece for its original interpretations of Beethoven's life and music. This edition takes into account the latest information and literature. Includes a 30-page bibliographical essay, numerous illustrations, and a full-color pictorial biography of the composer.

Cover image for Beethoven, isbn: 9780857128133

Sarah Jones

Assistant Engineer Handbook

$12.00

Sarah Jones presents a comprehensive guide to being an effective and creative assistant studio engineer. However, this book is unique. Rather than offering pages and pages of technical jargon, Jones discusses ways to approach the industry itself including

How to network and achieve the best internship
Knowing exactly what will be required of you and what to expect from your role
The standards of knowledge and technical education you may require
Pragmatic ways to approach 'difficult' sessions
Preparing for interviews
Effective strategies and career management
The book is packed with useful contacts, organisations and support. A host of interviews and anecdotes from established industry figures offer help and advice, giving you the best opportunity to beat the competition and land the engineering job you deserve.

Cover image for Assistant Engineer Handbook, isbn: 9780857122612

David John Farinella

Producing Hit Records: Secrets from the Studio

$12.00

Behind the scenes and topping the charts - today's most respected record producers share their secrets.

From the Rolling Stones to Green Day to Norah Jones to the Dixie Chicks, record producers have always played an integral role in the success of an artist. In this fascinating account of how record producers shape the hits and the careers of major artists, author David Farinella talks to the men and women who've launched a thousand careers and pushed their collaborators to multi-Platinum success. He explores the chemistry between artist and producer and presents a treasure trove of sound practical tips for anyone wanting to produce.

David John Farinella has been writing about music since 1990, concentrating his attention on performers, songwriters, record producers, and occasionally the personality that fuses them all. He's written for Rolling Stone, the San Francisco Chronicle, Billboard, Mix, Guitar Player, Spin, Alternative Press, Performing Songwriter, Modern Drummer, Hollywood Reporter and many others. Although Farinella has interviewed some legendary performers, it is the story behind the story that constantly fascinates him. Some of his most memorable professional moments have come in the studio as performers and producers put their hearts into the intricacies of a song.

Cover image for Producing Hit Records: Secrets from the Studio, isbn: 9780857125101

Jeff Brabec

Music Money and Success 8th Edition

$18.00

The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business is the industry bible and the ultimate guide to making money in the music business. Music is a business of money, contracts, decisions and making the most of every opportunity. To succeed—to make money—to have a career—you have to know what you are doing in both music and business. This invaluable book tells you how the business works, what you must know to succeed, and how much money you can make in films, television, video games, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, record sales, downloads and streams, advertising, ringtones and ringbacks, interactive toys and dolls, Broadway, new media, scoring contracts and synch licenses, music publishing, foreign countries and much more. This indispensable reference is written by industry insiders Todd Brabec, Educator, Entertainment Law Attorney and former ASCAP Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Membership, and Jeff Brabec, Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, BMG Music Publishing.

Cover image for Music Money and Success 8th Edition, isbn: 9781787591554

Ronald D. Lankford

Folk Music USA: The Changing Voice Of Protest

$12.00

Folk Music USA: The Changing Voice Of Protest is the definitive story of American folk music, focussing on how a minority music genre suddenly became the emergent voice of a generation at the end of the Eisenhower years.

From Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" in 1958 to Bob Dylan's electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, folk music wove itself from American culture and grew to define it, influencing the hippie '60s, Civil Rights demonstrations and brewing anti-war sentiment before eventually becoming absorbed into popular music. The author also explores how authentic folk is now experiencing a second revival, taking its place in our contemporary fascination with roots music and modern ideals of equality, justice and social unrest.

Cover image for Folk Music USA: The Changing Voice Of Protest, isbn: 9780857124975

Ramsay Adams

Music Supervision: Selecting Music for Movies, TV, Games & New Media

$12.00

Music Supervision, or matching music to TV, film, new media, video games, live events, brands, and a host of other media, is a fast-growing career path. This book guides you through real-world scenarios and legal landmines, profiles key players, explores mixing and sound design, and provides time-saving project form templates.

For those who want to break into the field of music supervision, this book tells you how to get the job. Artists, publishers and labels seeking more effective sync licensing for their catalogues will also benefit from the unique insights of Music Supervision.

“The definitive guide to music supervision.” - Brad Hatfield, Associate Professor, Berklee College of Music

Cover image for Music Supervision: Selecting Music for Movies, TV, Games & New Media, isbn: 9781783238668

Jeff Brabec

Music Money and Success 8th Edition

$34.99

The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business is the industry bible and the ultimate guide to making money in the music business.

Music is a business of money, contracts, decisions and making the most of every opportunity. To succeed—to make money—to have a career—you have to know what you are doing in both music and business.

This invaluable book tells you how the business works, what you must know to succeed, and how much money you can make in films, television, video games, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, record sales, downloads and streams, advertising, ringtones and ringbacks, interactive toys and dolls, Broadway, new media, scoring contracts and synch licenses, music publishing, foreign countries, and much more.

This indispensable reference is written by industry insiders Todd Brabec, Educator, Entertainment Law Attorney and former ASCAP Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Membership, and Jeff Brabec, Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, BMG.

Nicolas Slonimsky

Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns

$29.95

A reference book of scales and melodic patterns, presented in the form of piano scales and melodic studies; arranged according to the principal interval of each particular section.

Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns

Maynard Solomon

Beethoven

$19.95

The definitive biography of Beethoven, “already a classic of its kind” (The New York Times), setting the world standard in composer biographies Maynard Solomon’s Beethoven has long been firmly established among music lovers and scholars alike as the standard modern biography of Beethoven. Now it is thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded by the author to incorporate new materials and the findings of later research to further illuminate the human dimension that underlies a series of creative events unique in the history of civilization. In Beethoven, Solomon movingly traces the slow process by which the renowned composer reconstructed his life and ultimately arrived at a new mode of self-understanding, offering probing analyses of the composer’s deafness, romantic longings, and political outlook, and of his reshaping of the classical tradition. Solomon divides the life and works of the composer into four periods: Beethoven’s early years fraught with family troubles, and his emergence as an exemplary young court musician and virtuoso; his move to Vienna in late 1792 and subsequent conflicts with teachers and patrons and struggles for independence and recognition; the psychological, stylistic, and ideological crises that accompanied the formation of Beethoven’s “heroic” style; and the collapse of Beethoven’s marriage plans, the dissolution of his “heroic” style, and his turbulent attempt to seize the guardianship of his nephew, Karl. Hailed as a masterpiece for its original interpretations of Beethoven’s life and music, this edition of the classic biography includes a thirty-page bibliographical essay and numerous illustrations, providing a robust pictorial biography of the composer.

Kaufman Music Center

Who is Florence Price?

$12.99

Written and Illustrated by Students of the Special Music School at the Kaufman Music Center, NY

Florence loved her mother’s piano playing and wanted to be just like her. When she was just four years old she played her first piano concert and as she grew up she studied and wrote music hoping one day to hear her own music performed by an orchestra.

The story of a brilliant musician who prevailed against race and gender prejudices to become the first Black woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer and be performed by a major American orchestra in 1933.

Ramsay Adams

Music Supervision, 2nd Edition

$24.99

The newly revised, definitive book on music supervision, which guides you through real-world scenarios and legal landmines, explores sound design, and profiles key players. Music supervision, or matching music to all the different mediums from films to ring tones, is one of the fastest-growing careers in the music industry, but finding the winning song for a national ad campaign or compiling a platinum movie soundtrack takes more than just good taste. Music supervision today requires serious multi-tasking and the ability to navigate licensing, relationships, and cultural trends with ease. This book guides you through real scenarios and legal landmines you might encounter; it explores sound design and profiles key players with insightful interviews, while providing project form templates that will save time for seasoned music supervisors. This is the only guide to the career of music supervision and is ideal for the music student, musician, industry executive and of course, for those who want to break into the field of music supervision. Authors David Weiss, Ramsay Adams and David Hnatiuk are all renowned figures in the procurement and supervision of music and they apply their combined knowledge and experience to give the best possible advice and tell you how to get the job!