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A Framework for Jazz Mastery is a wealth of information from one of the great modern jazz piano voices, Richie Beirach. Richie lays out in the first of three sections ten essential tips for becoming the jazz player you have the full potential to become. His tips include how to develop the necessary technique, the value in transcribing solos and how to best use them, how to learn a tune, reharmonization, composition, and more.

Are you a songwriter who feels frustrated? Do you have unfinished masterpieces sitting in a drawer somewhere? Do you feel stuck, confused and paralyzed in the process? Do you have feelings of inadequacy, comparing yourself to other great songwriters out there? Then you've picked up The Crazybrave Songwriter just in time. In Lisa M. Arreguin's breakthrough guide on the craft of songwriting, she will show you a way out of your creative malaise by helping to clarify, build, and deliver your musical message in every song you write.

So, you're a music teacher. Or perhaps you are an administrator hoping to start a music program at your school. Maybe your program is running, but you have no idea how to drive it, give it a long vision and productive implementation. Is it working? Is it doing what it should be doing? What is that goal in the first place? Or maybe you are a parent, wondering how to put your child or yourself on the path to music literacy. This book is for you.

Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundred-piece orchestra. Today film music has become its own industry, indispensable to the marketability of movies around the world. Film Music: A Very Short Introduction is a compact, lucid, and thoroughly engaging overview written by one of the leading authorities on the subject.

Acoustic Alchemy explores the connection between sound, art, and human psychology. Dive into the creative mindset, explore the fundamentals of sound, and the tools we use to manipulate it. We touch on the art of sound design and mixing to transform chaos into harmony. Whether you're an aspiring audio engineer, a professional, a musician, or simply curious. Acoustic Alchemy can enrich your connection to sound.

In this powerful and soulful guide, Grammy Nominated and Emmy-winning producer Timothy “Sonny King” Word takes you behind the curtain of modern music creation—blending personal testimony, real-world lessons, and spiritual grit into a blueprint for every artist who feels called to create. This isn’t a dry manual or a list of shortcuts. This is the journey—from raw desire to disciplined craft. Sonny shows you how to build your studio from the ground up, master rhythm, harmony, and melody, shape your unique sound, and create professional-level music with whatever tools you have.

Whether you're producing in your bedroom, building a beat empire, or just opening your first DAW, Hitmaker’s Blueprint is the definitive guide to navigating the modern music production world with clarity, confidence, and creativity. Written by CIN Entertainment, this all-in-one handbook takes you step-by-step through the essentials of recording, beatmaking, sound design, mixing, mastering, branding, distribution, and monetization—plus how to stay ahead of the curve in an ever-evolving industry.

In The Real Toscanini, Cesare Civetta presents an intriguing collection of vivid, one-of-a-kind interviews with artists who performed with Toscanini. A portrait of the inner workings of the maestro emerges through these extensive conversations, conducted by the author over a period of 20 years, together with other firsthand recollections. These accounts clarify Toscanini's philosophy, musical style, and techniques. They depict a man tormented by inner demons of anger and depression, which were easily triggered by his frustration at being unable to produce the musical ideal in his mind's ear.

Derived from a popular series of lecture-recitals presented by Carol Montparker over the past several years, The Composer's Landscape features eight insightful essays on the piano repertoire. Each chapter focuses on a single composer: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and Mendelssohn. Montparker uses landscape as a metaphor for the score, whether it be a well-tended garden of Mozart or the thorny thickets on a Schumann page: the topographical peaks and valleys, the circuitous melodic lines, the thoroughfares where all the voices convene, and so on.

Rock 'n' roll appeared in the 1950s as the high-energy, electrically amplified music of young dancers and listeners, first in the United States and then around the globe, and from the beginning it symbolized more than music.

Confessions of a Serial Songwriter is an amusing and poignant memoir about songwriter Shelly Peiken's journey from young girl falling under the spell of magical songs to working professional songwriter writing hits of her own. It's about growing up, the creative process – the highs and the lows, the conflicts that arise between motherhood and career success, the divas and schemers, but also the talented and remarkable people she's found along the way. It's filled with stories and step-by-step advice about the songwriting process, especially collaboration.

This book is for you if you want to... Start drum circles in your school, corporation, community, music store, band, or even your home! Share your musical talent with others in a way that reaches beyond performing. Inspire people of all ages, races, and abilities to discover their commonality through musical expression. The online audio features over 45 minutes of play-along grooves to jump-start your drum circle as well as a practice tool to develop your person percussion repertoire.

Ever strummed a guitar, recorded vocals, or built a beat—only to play it back and feel like something’s missing? Maybe the performance was solid, but the mix sounded muddy. Or the idea had potential, but you didn’t know how to take it further. And with endless plugins, gear, and opinions out there, it's easy to get overwhelmed. You don’t need racks of vintage gear or a million-dollar studio to make release-ready music. You need a clear process, a smart setup, and the right techniques. That’s exactly what this audiobook delivers.

Trombone Techniques Uncovered: An Educator’s Manual for Introducing New Players is the ultimate resource for band directors, private teachers, and music students eager to master the trombone. Written by veteran music educator Bill Stevens, this practical guide combines pedagogy, history, and modern teaching strategies to unlock the secrets of successful trombone playing.

Bill Withers entered the music fray as hardly an afterthought, rewrote the rules for a decade, earned a fortune, then, unable to square himself with the requisites of the music business, took his leave. When he died in 2019 at eighty-one, he was every bit the mystery he was when he started. In this remarkable biography by acclaimed author Mark Ribowsky, the most accidental music supernova is brought to life in vivid detail, told with insights from those who knew him throughout his short but incredibly impactful career.

Do you dream of being on stage, a rock star shredding like a lawn mower, or serenading your loved ones with melodies that flow from the very depths of your soul? Let this guide be the bridge to those dreams. Just a short while ago, my dream was distant, like a fading star. I had a passion, a desire to sing and play, but I hit wall after wall. Every time I tried to learn, I felt more and more disconnected from the world of music. But destiny had another plan.

Eight Minute Axe is the ultimate companion for the busy adult who dares to dream big and play big, even amid the daily grind. Crafted by a professional musician, coach, and father of three who knows the ins and outs of a hectic schedule, this revolutionary method will make your instrument come alive, one note at a time.

Have you ever heard a song on the radio and thought, "Did they say what I thought they just said" and then realized that they did and thought, "I can do better than that"? Then this is the book for you.

The central push at the heart of this little book is to not overlook the opportunity a drum student has to outsmart the default Western mindset when learning. This is not a motivational book. This is about dropping the ego and seeing what's there. Then learning from that center. And if you can't drop the ego (it's not easy), this book helps you with that, too.

On June 12, 2017, Micah Dillon’s world completely flipped. With no prior warning, Micah woke up to find her husband of 13 years, Ben, dead on the floor of their shower. In a matter of moments, everything she’d used to build a steady foundation in life—her marriage, her career, her music—crumbled beneath her feet.