Digital Flows
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Some fifty years after its birth in the Bronx, hip hop has become one of the most influential cultural phenomena of the internet era. With the internet now enmeshed in our daily routines, hip hop thrives in the digital realm, constituting a third of all music streams. From Drake memes to viral TikTok dances and AI-generated rappers, hip hop is constantly created, shared, and discussed online. This shift challenges hip hop's conventional connections to place, authenticity, and community. Through this book, author Steven Gamble offers a fresh examination of hip hop's latest chapter, intricately interwoven with the interconnected cultural currents of the internet. With an innovative method encompassing music and cultural analysis, ethnography, and web data analysis, Gamble provides a cutting-edge account of the intersections between hip hop and the internet, supported by the latest practices in digital humanities and data ethics. The book extensively draws on scholarship in hip hop studies, internet studies, popular music studies, media studies, communication studies, cultural studies, Black studies, intersectional feminism, and more. Gamble provides in-depth insights into hip hop in the internet age, new net-native genres like Soundcloud rap and YouTube lofi beats, communities on social media and streaming platforms, online hip hop feminism in rap music videos, cultural appropriation and callout/cancel culture, and hip hop concerts on video game platforms. For old school heads and extremely online memesters alike, for fans and creatives, for students as well as academics seeking to understand digital transformations of music, Digital Flows uncovers what happens when a cultural form born on the streets thrives on the transformative technologies of global reach.
Patti Smith: Before Easter After
A new trade publication of Before Easter After, originally published in a limited edition at $1,000. Hundreds of rarely seen images by legendary photographer Lynn Goldsmith offer an intimate portrait of rock 'n' roll icon Patti Smith during a transformative moment in her career. Images of Smith performing on stage combine with candid behind-the-scenes photographs and striking studio shoots to create a deeply personal look at the singer during her rise to fame. The photographs include Smith's life-changing accident while on tour in 1977 and the aftermath, as well as closeup, empathetic portraits that reveal Smith's self-assurance, her defiance of cultural norms, and her effortless poise. This poignant visual narrative is punctuated throughout by Smith's original poetry and song lyrics. This book is both a glimpse into a fabled time in music history, documenting a young artist creating what turned out to be a revolutionary work, as well as a celebration of an enduring partnership between two close friends who continue to be creative collaborators to this day.
Jean-Philippe Rameau (Selected Works)
This new edition of Rameau's piano works, edited by Edwin McLean, brings the elegance of Rameau's harpsichord compositions to the modern piano. While the original works were written for harpsichord, they translate beautifully to piano, and this edition offers additional piano-appropriate dynamics, such as piano and forte, though these need not be followed strictly. Suggested tempo indications and fingerings have also been added to guide the performer. The edition remains faithful to the original phrasing and ornamentation from Rameau's first editions. It includes selections from the easier pieces of Rameau's Premier livre de pi癡ces de clavecin (1706) and Pi癡ces de clavecin avec une m矇thode (1724), providing a balanced collection that maintains historical integrity while offering modern pianists a new interpretive framework.
From Sea to Shining Sea, Songs of America, Bk2
Songs of America, Book 2: From Sea to Shining Sea is a delightful collection of late elementary piano duets, featuring beloved American folk songs arranged for one piano, four hands. These carefully crafted arrangements offer students and teachers an opportunity to explore America's rich musical heritage while developing ensemble skills and fostering musical collaboration. Each piece captures the heart of traditional American folk music, from lively dance tunes to soulful ballads, providing a fun and engaging experience for both players.The collection includes familiar favorites, making it ideal for recital performances, classroom activities, or just a fun duet practice with friends. The accessible arrangements are designed to challenge students without overwhelming them, encouraging steady growth in coordination, rhythm, and expression. Songs of America, Book 2 brings a sense of history and national pride to the piano bench, allowing students to journey across America's diverse landscape from sea to shining sea" through the joy of music."
Playing the Piano with Three Chords
The Playing Piano with Three Chords series introduces pianists to the fundamentals of chord playing, offering a gradual path toward hands-together coordination. Designed for early to late intermediate pianists, this collection of piano solos provides a diverse selection of standards and original blues-inspired pieces. Featuring everything from the soulful Bassline Blues" and "Beacon Street Blues" to lively, upbeat selections like "Hot Shot" and "Spring Swing," these pieces are harmonized with no more than three chords, making them accessible while laying the foundation for more complex playing.This volume includes well-loved classics like "The House of the Rising Sun" and "The Saint James Infirmary," along with unique compositions such as "Monty's Groove" and "Nowhere to Go." Each piece is crafted to help students develop coordination, rhythm, and an understanding of chord progressions, all in easy key signatures. Whether playing the reflective "Little Blue Waltz" or the rhythmic "Offbeat Blues," pianists will find a perfect balance of challenge and enjoyment in this versatile collection. It's an ideal resource for students wanting to explore the world of blues, jazz, and standards while honing their technical and interpretative skills."
Join the Future
Five years after it was first published, Matt Anniss's critically acclaimed alternative history of UK dance music in the acid house era is returning to stores in updated and expanded form. Boasting even more interviews, sharpened analysis, strengthened arguments, an updated recommended listening list and a whole new 'afterword' chapter, this is the definitive revised edition of what author Matthew Collin called 'a significant addition to the canon of dance music literature'. Join The Future traces the roots, origins, development and legacy of bleep & bass (sometimes known as 'bleep techno'), a highly influential but previously overlooked style of UK dance music that emerged from Yorkshire and the Midlands from 1988 onwards. Mixing social, cultural and oral history, Anniss puts forward a persuasive argument that it not only inspired the development of more celebrated styles of British dance music, but should also be considered the foundation of what many now call 'UK bass' (that collection of styles that put heavy sub-bass to the fore). Since the book's publication, it has become a 'must-read' for anyone interested in the development of British dance music culture and received hugely positive feedback from critics. In 2021, Rolling Stone UK cited it as one of the best non-fiction books on British dance music culture, alongside music books that are considered genuinely key texts such as Dan Hancox's Inner City Pressure and Jon Savage's England's Dreaming. Other critics have highlighted the level of research behind the book.
Martin Taylor's Latin Jazz Guitar Soloing Etudes
Ready to master Latin Jazz guitar soloing?Discover the intricacies of Latin Jazz guitar with Martin Taylor's Latin Jazz Guitar Soloing Etudes. You'll take an intimate look into the techniques and pieces that define Latin Jazz, brought to life by one of the world's foremost jazz guitarists. Each chapter offers a carefully arranged solo etude based on classic Latin Jazz standard and some beautiful arrangements of unexpected classics, giving you the tools to understand and engage with the language of Latin Jazz guitar soloing.As Martin Taylor shares his thoughts on each piece, you'll master all the authentic vocabulary and phrasing you need to bring this vibrant genre to life in your playing.Learn beautiful guitar solos on the chord changes to: The Girl from Ipanema: Learn how to balance its iconic melody with intricate, sophisticated chordal movements.How Insensitive: Delve into the delicate interplay of melancholy and hope, mastering expressive phrasing and dynamics.Keep the Home Fires Burning: Experience a unique Latin Jazz interpretation of this classic tune, blending traditional melodies with modern rhythmic innovations.Night and Day: Reinterpret this jazz standard through the lens of Bossa Nova, discovering new harmonic pathways.The Shadow of Your Smile: Develop the ability to convey deep emotion through melodic storytelling and harmonic subtlety.Triste: Navigate the harmonic richness of this piece, using ii-V-I progressions to craft compelling solos.Wave: Tackle the challenges of improvisation over complex chord changes, with a focus on handling diminished chords effectively.Beyond the etudes, Martin Taylor provides a breakdown of the key features of Latin Jazz guitar solos, sharing his personal insights and techniques. This ensures you not only learn the solos but also understand the principles behind them, helping you to develop a deep inner connection with the music.With free downloadable audio tracks, you can hear how each piece should be played, allowing you to practice and nail the phrasing with confidence.
Rhythm Changes
Rhythm Changes: Jazz, Culture, Discourse explores the history and development of jazz, addressing the music, its makers, and its social and cultural contexts, as well as the various discourses - especially those of academic analysis and journalistic criticism - that have influenced its creation, interpretation, and reception. Tackling diverse issues, such as race, class, nationalism, authenticity, irony, parody, gender, art, commercialism, technology, and sound recording, the book's perspective on artistic and cultural practices suggests new ways of thinking about jazz history. It challenges many established scholarly approaches in jazz research, providing a much-needed intervention in the current academic orthodoxies of Jazz Studies.Perhaps the most striking and distinctive aspect of the book is the extraordinary eclecticism of the wide-ranging but carefully chosen case studies and examples referenced throughout the text, from nineteenth century literature, through 1930s Broadway and film, to twentieth and twenty-first century jazz and popular music.
Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music
Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music offers the first long-form ethnographic study of grime practice; it questions how and why artists do what they do; and it asks what this can tell us about creative process and improvisation more widely. Based on research conducted in London's grime scene--facilitated by the author's long-standing role as a DJ and broadcaster--this book explores the form's emergence before taking a magnifying glass to the contemporary scene and its performance protocol, exploring the practice of key artists and their crews living and working in the city. The resultant model of creative interaction provides a comprehensive mapping of collective social learning in London's informal cityscape, offering new ways to conceptualise improvisatory practice within ensembles.
Immortal, Invisible
This collection of hymn arrangements for violin duet with piano accompaniment is arranged for intermediate players. Enjoy these new settings of hymns set for two equal violins. Use for a church service, recital, weddings, or for personal meditation. Free demo, practice, and accompaniment recordings are available for download from the publisher's website. Titles include: Be Still My Soul Christ Arose Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah Hark the Herald Angels Sing Immortal Invisible God Only Wise Like A River Glorious Rock of Ages Sleepers Awake (WACHET AUF) The Love of God This Is My Father's World.
The Ukrainians - From Kyiv to the Kosmos
The Ukrainians have brought Ukrainian music and culture to the attention of the West. Written and compiled by the band's Peter Solowka and Len Liggins, The Ukrainians: From Kyiv to the Kosmos celebrates their 35-year career. With over 250 full colour images, the book is packed with stories from current & former band members along with fans, friends and musical collaborators, including David Gedge (The Wedding Present), Jan Wobble (Invaders of the Heart, PiL), Andrew 'Whitey' White (Kaiser Chiefs), TV Smith (The Adverts) and Shaun Charman (Jetstream Pony, The Wedding Present). There's also a story from the cosmos itself, with a contribution from NASA astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, who took The Ukrainians' music to the International Space Station.
Wagner and the Creation of the Ring
Part cultural history, part biography, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner's life, influences, gift for storytelling, and artistic revolution, culminating in his dramatic journey to write The Ring Cycle. The Ring Cycle is one of the most epic and compelling operas of the nineteenth century, created by a composer who was, alongside Dickens, Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo, also one of the century's master storytellers. But the story of how Richard Wagner created the work is one full of intrigue and triumphs against unlikely odds--as well as controversy, due to the composer's anti-semitic views and popularity with the Nazi party. In Wagner and the Creation of the Ring, Michael Downes combines cultural history and biography to recount the colorful, fascinating, and insightful journey behind the creation of The Ring and its mythology. He tells the story of how and why this extraordinary masterpiece came into being, why it takes the form it does, why it fascinates and obsesses so many--and horrifies others--and why it still matters today.
Kill Your Masters
All the unwritten rules of rap say it doesn't happen like this. Yet Killer Mike, a Black man from Atlanta, Georgia, and El-P, a white man from Brooklyn, New York, have transformed what should have been the twilight of their careers as rappers into their biggest spotlight yet. Known as the hip-hop duo Run The Jewels, they have headlined festivals worldwide, become action figures and Marvel comic book characters, spearheaded a worldwide countercultural movement, and played a significant role in the last two presidential elections. This is the buddy-movie-like story of how they got there. It is a tale that parallels the incredible changes the music industry has gone through over the past twenty-five years--charting a course from the highs around the turn of the century to the collapse of the CD format and the eventual rise of streaming media--while also mapping the evolution of both pop culture and its sociopolitical climate. From the surging popularity of afrofuturism and the fall of the Twin Towers to the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the kneeling of Colin Kaepernick, such events all tie into how their budding bromance transformed Killer Mike and El-P from solo artists in underground hip-hop to pop cultural icons recognized all over the globe.
Famous Prima Donnas
You've heard the term "prima donna" thrown around but to be perfectly honest you don't have a deep understandding of what it means and where it comes from. Perhaps you may enjoy a glimpse behind the curtain, a backstage pass to the lives of those legendary prima donnas who captivated audiences and defined the musical stage. Then, *Famous Prima Donnas* is your ticket to the golden age of American light opera. This book takes you on a fascinating journey through the careers of America's most renowned light opera stars, from the captivating Alice Nielsen to the irrepressible Marie Dressler. You'll discover the stories of their early struggles, their triumphs and setbacks, and the captivating personalities that made them unforgettable. Author Lewis C. Strang delves into their personal lives, revealing anecdotes about their loves, marriages, and divorces, shedding light on the often-controversial world of the musical stage. You'll be treated to detailed accounts of their most famous roles, their quirks and eccentricities, and their unique appeal. From the soaring contralto of Jessie Bartlett Davis to the captivating dance moves of Minnie Ashley, you'll learn about the talent, charm, and resilience that made these women legendary. This is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the world of light opera, theater history, or simply the captivating lives of the women who brought joy and laughter to generations of audiences. Prepare to be entertained, captivated, and transported back in time!
The Fire Still Burns
'The Fire Still Burns' is a story of post-punk adventure, packed full of anecdotes, inspiration and tales from the road with an insightful narrative on what keeps over eighty bands plugging away, gigging, touring, recording and playing in a rough and ready scene.With a brief history of the independent, alternative label, Engineer Records, and input from many of it's bands. You'll read about Canaan and Crosstide, Fat Heaven and Flyswatter, Kid You Not, Kover and Kyoto Drive, as well as many more. A follow-up to 2023's 'A Hardcore Heart' and a must-read for all tuned-in punk-rockers and hardcore kids, especially if they're forming a new band."The story of people finding their own voice and doing something because they believe in it." - Fear and Loathing "These stories will occupy your attention and hopefully inspire you to start your own band." - Thoughts Words Action "Intelligently written, Imbued with an excitable fervour; this will speak to anyone who has spent time immersed in the DIY punk scene." - Personal Punk "A love letter to the intoxicating joy of music, the enduring power of friendship, loyalty and the overwhelming desire to create something from nothing." - Mass Movement
Rāgs Around the Clock
Rāgs Around the Clock is a rich and vibrant compendium for the discovery and study of North Indian classical music. The theory and practice of rāg are explored through two interlinked resources: a handbook of essays and analyses offering technical, historical, cultural and aesthetic perspectives; and two online albums - Rāg samay cakra and Twilight Rāgs from North India - featuring khayāl singer Vijay Rajput and accompanists.Extracts from the albums are also embedded into the text to enhance learning and understanding. Each rāg is accompanied by a description of its chief characteristics and technical features, a notation of the song (bandiś) on which the performance is based, and a transliteration and translation of the song text. Distinctively, Rāg samay cakra also includes spoken renditions of each of the texts, helping non-Hindavi speakers to achieve the correct pronunciation.Sharing insights from both theory and practice, this collection draws on recent scholarship while also showcasing the vocal idiom - the gāyakī - of Vijay Rajput, a disciple of the late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. It offers invaluable reading for students and researchers of Indian classical music, world music and ethnomusicology, and a rich repository for teacher and student practitioners of the khayāl vocal style. The combination of an aural and written exploration of rāg will appeal to anyone drawn to this form of music - whether newcomer, student (śiṣyā) or aficionado (rasika).
Disco
This dazzling volume shines new light on the songs, styles, and enduring pop culture impact of the 1970s musical genre that emerged from Black and Latin queer culture to take the world by storm. Half a century after the drug-fueled, DJ-driven, glamour-drenched musical phenomenon of disco was born at a New York City loft party, disco's musical and fashion influences live on in popular culture. This is a frolicking, entertaining, yet serious tribute to the overlooked art form of disco, which has never been given its proper due, nor taken its true place in the historic struggle for LGBTQ+, gender, and racial equality. Painting a vivid portrait of this provocative era, DeCaro explores the cultural importance of disco and how the music and dance that originated in queer Black and Latin clubs of the day became a mainstream phenomenon, changing our culture along the way. With glamorous photos from disco's heyday up through today, DeCaro examines disco's pervasive influence on pop culture over the last fifty years--exploring disco in film and television as well as in fashion and interior design. Through entertaining texts--as well as interviews with artists and celebrities of the era, such as Donna Summer and Grace Jones, among others--this book champions the diverse origins of disco while celebrating its influence on today's groundbreaking artists such as Lady Gaga, Duo Lipa, and Miley Cyrus. A must for all lovers of music, style, and pop culture.
The Mariachi Voice
The Mariachi Voice is a practical resource for all educational program directors, voice professors, historians, singers, and students of Mariachi who want to learn and encourage the tradition of Mariachi music in the United States. It explores and dissects the similarities and differences between classical and Mariachi fields regarding voice, while also providing useful classroom-tested lesson plans, voice history, and pedagogy for teaching the Mariachi singer. With this book, program instructors can more easily assist students in connecting safely and more deeply to their voices, share new songs, and introduce Mexican Spanish Lyric Diction --including the application of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)-- to Mariachi with exercises to facilitate diction, song learning, and overall technique while learning the style. An expert in Mariachi scholarship and performance, author Juanita Ulloa further includes interviews with vocal artists of Mariachi music, notably singer Linda Ronstadt and the grandchildren of well-known Mexican singer Jorge Negrete. Her career touring as a professional singer/pianist, voice professor, ethnomusicologist, and educator led her to the creation of the "Operachi" style, a crossover style between classical and Mariachi training.
2pac 4evr
2Pac 4Evr is the outstanding new book by renowned author Francis Nicholas Driscoll, which depicts in great detail the trials and tribulations of the artist, while diving deep into the specifics of his albums and movies. The author simultaneously pinpoints the parallels between his and 2Pac's own life, being that Francis had a traumatic near death experience in '91 that left him with a C7 Quadriplegic Spinal Cord Injury, and wheelchair bound for life.Francis got hurt in '91, the victim of a train accident in NYC, and barely lived through it. That happened right after he discovered 2Pac's first works under the Digital Underground collaborative Rap Group.The author, despite sustaining a permanent Traumatic Brain Injury, somehow remembered all of 2Pac's albums and movies and, following an unjust eviction from a handicapped living community, Francis proceeded to write this book as a moving tribute to the prolific rap star.
Fear City
Written by Gary Lachman, who, as Gary Valentine, was an original member of Blondie, this fold-out map and guide draws on his firsthand experiences. It offers an insider's view of the clubs, streets, and landmarks that defined New York's underground music scene between 1974 and 1981. Lachman captures the energy of the time, taking readers back to legendary venues like CBGB, where Blondie, the Ramones, and Talking Heads performed. His recollections breathe life into once-gritty, now-unrecognisable neighbourhoods, including the Bowery, East Village and Soho, which served as the backdrop to a cultural revolution. The map traces pivotal spots like the Blondie loft on Bowery Street, where Lachman lived with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, or Max's Kansas City, a crucial hub where artists, musicians, and Warhol's Factory crowd gathered. This guide is more than a catalogue of places; it's a memoir that intertwines personal stories with the history of punk. From Lachman's performances with Blondie to after-hours hangs at iconic locations like the Mudd Club, he immerses the reader in the gritty, chaotic world where art, music, and rebellion collided. Valentine highlights the birth of punk fashion at shops like Trash and Vaudeville and recounts the artistic energy flowing through places like the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, where Patti Smith's performances paved the way for punk's poetic edge. "Fear City" also introduces readers to other significant cultural figures who were part of that vibrant scene, including William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. With stops ranging from the infamous Hell's Angels' clubhouse to after-hours joints like the Nursery, Lachman paints a vivid picture of a wild, creative world that shaped not just punk music but the culture of New York. Through a personal narrative, "Fear City" invites readers to explore this transformative period in New York's history. It offers a unique, nostalgic map of the underground from the perspective of someone who lived and breathed it.
Seeing Voices
We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challenges to this sound-based definition. Performances of sign language music are defined culturally as music, but they do not necessarily make sound their only--or even primary--mode of transmission. How can we analyze and understand sign language music? And what can sign language music tell us about how humans engage with music more broadly? In Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music, author Anabel Maler argues that music is best understood as culturally defined and intentionally organized movement, rather than organized sound. This re-definition of music means that sign language music, rather than being peripheral or marginal to histories and theories about music, is in fact central and crucial to our understanding of all musical expression and perception. Sign language music teaches us a great deal about how, when, and why movement becomes musical in a cultural context, and urges us to think about music as a multisensory experience that goes beyond the sense of hearing. Using a blend of tools from music theory, cognitive science, musicology, and ethnography, Maler presents the history of music in Deaf culture from the early nineteenth century and contextualizes contemporary Deaf music through ethnographic interviews with Deaf musicians. She also provides detailed analyses of a wide variety of genres of sign language music--showing how Deaf musicians create musical parameters like rhythm and melody through the movement of their bodies. The book centers the musical experience and knowledge of Deaf persons, bringing the long and rich history of sign language music to the attention of music scholars and lovers, and challenges the notion that music is transmitted from the hearing to the Deaf. Finally, Maler proposes that members of the Deaf, DeafBlind, hard-of-hearing, and signing communities have a great deal to teach us about music. As she demonstrates, sign language music shows us that the fundamental elements of music such as vocal technique, entrainment, pulse, rhythm, meter, melody, meaning, and form can thrive in visual and tactile forms of music-making.
Syrene Soundes
False relations remain one of the great enigmas of English Renaissance musical culture. Contemporary theoretical treatises explicitly discouraged their use, and yet these deliberate dissonances are hallmarks of English Renaissance music. Over the centuries they have accumulated a surfeit of subsequent connotations that have obscured how they once functioned, yet they have never been fully critically explored or elucidated in an English context. In Syrene Soundes, author Eleanor Chan excavates beneath strata of accumulated meanings to uncover the way that false relations delighted and confounded their original listeners and performers. The book offers a holistic investigation of the false relations phenomenon, examining the cultural, literary, visual, and material understanding of such dissonances in relation to the broader culture of incongruity, surprise and error, and metaphors of harmony that captured the imagination of the English in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Chan argues that interdisciplinary angles can galvanise understanding of technical musical theoretical tropes like the false relation. She demonstrates that the false relation and its graphic ephemerality can productively be explored through the lens of English Renaissance visual culture and its idiosyncratic representational strategies. By anchoring it within the milieu of the English Reformation, burgeoning aspirations towards empire, and the increasing need for a self-fashioned collective English identity, Chan reveals that the false relation was key to the mythology of an inherited English tradition of music-making. Syrene Soundes concerns itself not just with the notes on the page, but with the way that they influenced the broader culture of the time, both as the performable music they represented, as the idea of music, and as the visual, inky marks they are made of. It provides an accessible introduction to false relations which will be of use to musicologists and non-music specialists alike. Ultimately, Chan argues for the value of integrated interdisciplinary analysis in exploring the musical culture of the English Renaissance and embraces the blurring of musical, visual, material, and literary forms of expression that fed contemporary understanding of music, harmony, and falseness.
Modern Blues Slide Guitar
Unlock the Secrets of Modern Blues Slide Guitar... in Standard TuningWant to seamlessly switch between slide and regular playing without retuning? Ready to master modern blues with a unique, versatile approach?Guided by the acclaimed modern blues-fusion guitarist Allen Hinds, Modern Blues Slide Guitar presents a revolutionary way to play expressive, cutting-edge slide guitar in standard tuning, helping you break free from the clich矇s of the genre.In Modern Blues Slide Guitar, Allen shares his most expressive slide techniques, offering tips, licks, and drills to help you unlock your full potential. You'll master right-hand muting techniques, blend fretted notes with slides, and learn how to achieve incredible intonation and control.Discover Modern Blues Slide Techniques-Without Switching TuningsYou'll quickly transform the way you approach slide guitar, whether you're playing classic blues, rock, funk, or fusion. You'll master: Dozens of Beautiful Musical Examples - That you can use in your playing immediatelySlide Muting Techniques - Gain pinpoint control over string noise with right-hand muting, keeping your playing clean and precise.Fretted Notes Behind the Slide - Learn to seamlessly blend fretted notes with the slide for a rich, multi-dimensional sound.Angled Slide Techniques - Explore a unique approach to angle the slide across adjacent strings to create unique blues licks.Hybrid Picking and Muting - Combine fingerstyle and picking for precision, clarity, and rhythmically complex grooves.Phrasing with Vocal Expression - Develop a vocal-like, expressive quality in your solos, channelling the iconic sound of Duane Allman while adding a modern twist.Advanced Rhythmic Licks - Learn to cut across grooves with blues-funk influenced slides that bring rhythm to life.Bring Your Playing to Life with Expressive, Versatile Slide GuitarStandard tuning gives you the flexibility to move between conventional playing and slide without switching guitars or tunings. Allen's method shows you how to master both worlds with ease: Intonation and Pitching Accuracy - Get your notes pitch-perfect every time with targeted exercises.Rhythmic Grooves and Special Effects - Go beyond the traditional, creating rhythmic slide patterns and experimental sounds that add depth and texture to your solos.Blues Curls and Emotional Phrasing - Infuse your playing with bluesy curls, bends, and motifs that captivate any audience.Backing Tracks and Studio-Quality Audio - Practice what you've learned with high-quality backing tracks and solo breakdowns.
Rory Gallagher - The Later Years
Rather than a traditional biography, Rory Gallagher - The Later Years takes the format of a series of essays. It consists of six core sections ('In the Studio', 'On the Stage 1985-1991', 'Introducing the New Rory Gallagher Band', 'On the Stage 1992-1995', 'Ireland', 'Rory in the 21st Century') in which eighteen chapters are grouped together; however, each chapter can be read independently. Although the book's focus is squarely on 1985 to 1995, occasionally it also encompasses important earlier achievements in the 1980s that have been overlooked in previous works on Gallagher. Section 1 looks at Gallagher's three final studio albums: Jinx (1982), Defender (1987) and Fresh Evidence (1990). It also covers his session work and collaborations between 1985 to 1995. Section 2 covers the period when Gerry McAvoy and Brendan O'Neill were members of the Rory Gallagher Band. It recounts Gallagher's tours of Hungary and Yugoslavia (1985), Spain (1986) and the United States, Australia and Japan (1991), as well as headlining performances at major European festivals. Section 3 provides the first full account of Gallagher's final band members (Richard Newman, David Levy, and Mark Feltham), as well as occasional guests. Section 4 tackles the last four years of Gallagher's touring history including The Bonn Blues Festival (1992), the Montreux Jazz Festival (1994) and the final tour of 1995. Section 5 is dedicated to his many musical achievements in his homeland, including his "comeback" show at the Cork Opera House in 1987, his 1988 Irish Tour and his involvement with major Irish events and festivals, such as Lisdoonvarna (1983), Self Aid (1986) and Rock on the Lough (1989). Also the Temple Bar Blues Festival (1992)-one of Gallagher's crowning achievements-and a number of important 1992-1993 shows in Cork, including Lark by the Lee, Everyman's Theatre and the Regional Technical College Arts Festival. The book concludes with an epilogue reflecting upon Gallagher's legacy in the 21st century, particularly amongst a new generation of fans.
Behind The Lines
In this second part of Genesis on Record, Martin Popoff, also author of multiple books on Yes and Pink Floyd, re-assembles his team of progressive rock experts to tacked the second half of the Genesis catalogue, namely: And Then There Were Three, Duke, Abacab, Genesis, Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance and finally... Calling All Stations. And defying possibility, the angles and opinions and concepts on offer are even more fresh and intriguing than those suggested in the first book. Perhaps that's because the second half of the Genesis catalogue has never been discussed this fervently and sincerely, given the band's embracing of pop conventions and the smash, multi-platinum success Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford enjoyed because of it. But the bottom line is this: if you were looking to have the art across these records highlighted and validated for you, then Popoff's panel of progressive pronouncers are at your service. Indeed, Martin is confident that after you read what these guys have to say, you'll be scurrying back to the albums looking for any number of the hundreds of details celebrated in these Q&A chapters of yummy music talk.
Entangled
Did Genesis represent the best and most classic definition of a progressive rock band? Were they the most British? What kind of personalities and sensibilities did we get out of Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford and where did all these 12-string guitars come from? What's a "Giant Hogweed" and who is "Harold the Barrel?" Finally, what the heck is The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway about, anyway?! These are some of the questions grappled with, as Martin Popoff assembles a crack team of art rock analysts to examine the early-days records of this legendary band, namely: From Genesis to Revelation Trespass Nursery Cryme Foxtrot Selling England by the Pound The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway A Trick of the Tail and finally... Wind & Wuthering Indeed, each of the above is dissected track by track with side-trips into the album covers, the productions, lyrical narratives and individual performances of note. It is the hope of the author that by the end of this fantastical excursion, the reader will have discovered multiple new layers to this intensely cerebral band, prompting a reacquaintance and subsequent richness of experience when confronted with this-let's face it-often daunting catalogue.
For One Week Only!: The Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society, 1925-2025
Explores the 100 year history of the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society and celebrates the company's relationship with the Theatre Royal Norwich, one of the most successful major provincial theatres in the country. For One Week Only, published in time for the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society's centenary in January 2025, celebrates the company's relationship with the Theatre Royal Norwich, one of the most successful major provincial theatres in the country. The book charts the development of the Society over a hundred years of musical theatre, British and American. Each of the almost 100 productions has its own lively, informative and socially aware essay, accompanied by photographs revealing the development of the company from its origins in 1925, as well as showing the changing faces and styles of musical theatre throughout the century. The early years of the Society favoured such continental operettas as The Marriage Market and the bewitching Sybil before a long dalliance with Gilbert and Sullivan from which it broke free after World War II, although Iolanthe returned for her third outing in 1955. The Society's fascination with operetta continued through the 1960s with such sturdy favourites as The Student Prince, The Merry Widow and Rose Marie, with an occasional recognition of the British musical, notably in the 1975 production of Ivor Novello's King's Rhapsody and in the hugely successful Betty Blue Eyes of 2024. For One Week Only explores the history of the N&N and its ongoing contribution to the arts in Norfolk. Warmly and wittily, it lifts the curtain on a story of theatrical endurance and adventure.
The Silver Snarling Trumpet
Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s--a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of "the scene" in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry Garcia, and then to the Grateful Dead itself--with a Foreword by John Mayer, an Introduction by Dennis McNally, and an Afterword by Brigid Meier. "Strange to think back on those days when it was perfectly natural that we all slept on the floor in one small room.... These were the days before practical considerations, matters of 'importance, ' began to eat our minds. We were all poets and philosophers then, until we began to wonder why we had so few concrete worries and went out to look for some." So wrote Robert Hunter in The Silver Snarling Trumpet, both a novelistic singular work of art and the missing piece of the Grateful Dead origin story. In these pages, readers are privy to the early days of Hunter, Garcia, and their cohorts, who sit at coffee shops passing around a single cup of bottomless coffee because they lacked the funds for more than one. Follow these truth-seeking souls into the stacks at Kepler's Books, renting instruments at Swain's House of Music, and through the countryside on mind-expanding road trips. Witness impromptu jams, inspired intellectual pranks, and a dialogue that is, by turns, amusing and brilliant and outrageous. Hunter shares his impressions of his first gig with Garcia for a college audience, along with descriptions of his most intense dreams and psychedelic explorations. All of it, enlivened by Hunter's visionary spirit and profound ideas about creativity and collaboration. The lost manuscript is augmented with a Foreword by John Mayer, an Introduction by Dennis McNally, and an Afterword by Brigid Meier, who was part of their scene in the San Francisco Bay Area that served as a bridge from the beatniks to the hippies. Also included is Hunter's own 1982 assessment of his work--about how he shared it with close confidants but then decided to leave it unpublished. Five years after Hunter's death, the text has been found, so readers and fans of Hunter's indelible poetry and song can explore the origin of his genius and his craft.
Jazz Revolutionary
Jazz Revolutionary is the first full biography of Eric Dolphy, passionately tracing his creative life from Los Angeles clubs of the late 1940s and 50s, to New York in the early 1960s, and on to Paris, where sixty years ago he died from the complications of undiagnosed diabetes. It presents an engaging examination of this innovative musician and composer, from his family background to posthumous memorials, and provides insight into his recordings both as sideman and leader.Dolphy emerged at the frontiers of post-bop and free jazz, collaborating with John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, and Gunther Schuller, among others, during the early 1960s. This book accounts for his successes, trials, and tribulations. His critical reception is presented as an element of his career's ups and downs, ultimately leading to an attempt at a new life in Paris. The albums on which he appears are interpreted title by title, track by track, without unnecessary musical terminology or musical examples; instead of cold discographic charts, readers are brought into each recording with a descriptive prose framework reflecting Dolphy's performances on alto saxophone, flute, and bass clarinet.Eric Dolphy was perhaps jazz's first true multi-instrumentalist and a pioneer of avant-garde technique. He is also widely remembered by those who knew him as a kind, gracious human being. In Jazz Revolutionary, his artistic accomplishments, his friendships and family life, and his timeless music are brought together in one place for the first time.
Into The Light
In 1980, with their highest charting album to date, Kaleidoscope and two successful singles, 'Happy House' and 'Christine', and a packed tour schedule, Siouxsie and The Banshees are at the top of their game. Swimming in their own stream, the Banshees defy musical categorisation and are head and shoulders above their peers, with one objective: to be the best band in the world. The band's 1981 90-gig tour included 25 dates in the US, showcasing the exhilarating 'Spellbound', grotesque 'Night Shift' and the clandestine frisson of 'Into The Light', forming the sonic backbone of what is considered to be the Banshees' magnum opus, Juju, their fourth studio album, released in June 1981. Ushering in a new chapter in Siouxsie and The Banshees' evolution the opulent fifth studio album A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, marks another change in direction, and sees producer Mike Hedges superseding Kaleidoscope and Juju producer Nigel Gray. Released 5th November 1982, several days after guitarist John McGeoch is ousted from the band after two near calamitous performances at the Rock-Ola Club in Madrid, it was the album that marked a potential dip in the band's fortunes. However the Banshees regroup, calling again on the services of The Cure's Robert Smith, whose fractured relationship with his own band made the offer of becoming a touring Banshee too attractive to refuse. As for what happens next, this in-depth and authoritative account of one of the most original, creative, imaginative and mercurial bands in the history of rock music surveys the twists, turns and episodes of brilliance that define Siouxsie and The Banshees' evolution from 1980 to 1987, including ancillary ventures 'The Creatures' and 'The Glove', and the making of the albums Juju and A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, as well as Nocturne, Hyaena, Tinderbox and Through The Looking Glass.
The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends
Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and blues fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume includes over 150 of the genre's greatest players and performers from the prewar era to present. From blues pioneers like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Memphis Minnie to today's hottest guitar slingers such as Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., and Samantha Fish, The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends is your guide to the instruments and musicians that made blues a cornerstone of American culture and the very foundation of rock and roll. Author and guitar journalist Pete Prown presents his subjects by blues-defining eras and subgenres, including: early acoustic and country blues, Chicago blues, the British Invasion, blues rock, and more. Prown's knowledgeable discussions examine specific noteworthy guitars each player made famous, as well as effects pedals, amplifiers, and career overviews that include the players' first-person revelations and insights. Illustrated with photos of the guitarists in action, the book also features sidebars on influencers who were pioneers of various styles and subgenres, techniques like slide guitar, blues jargon, and influential women who helped shape the blues. Guitarists profiled include: Robert JohnsonSon HouseT-Bone WalkerClarence "Gatemouth" BrownLightnin' HopkinsB. B. KingFreddie KingAlbert KingAlbert CollinsOtis RushBuddy GuyJohn Lee HookerMississippi John HurtMuddy WatersHowlin' WolfBrian JonesKeith RichardsMichael BloomfieldEric ClaptonJimi HendrixPeter GreenJeff BeckJimmy PageMick TaylorAlvin LeeDuane AllmanDickey BettsJohnny WinterRoy BuchananCarlos SantanaBilly F GibbonsRory GallagherLowell GeorgeRobin TrowerStevie Ray VaughanJimmie VaughanRobert CrayBonnie RaittGary MooreKenny Wayne ShepherdJonny LangSonny LandrethWarren HaynesDerek TrucksJoe BonamassaGary Clark Jr.Christone Ingram
Guns N’ Roses
Guns N' Roses emerged from Los Angeles in the 1980s with a reputation for hard-hitting music and a riotous rock & roll lifestyle that earned them the title of "The Most Dangerous Band in the World".Their first album, 1987's Appetite For Destruction, took the music industry by storm, becoming the biggest selling debut in the history of American music. Since then, rock writer Paul Elliott has interviewed the band many times, and he brings real insight to this updated exploration of the group, its music, its success, its struggles.With more than 200 stunning color photographs from the band's 40-year career, this comprehensive biography is the complete, incredible story of one of the hardest-rocking bands in music history.
You’re with Stupid
2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Association for Recorded Sound Collections An insider's look at how Chicago's underground music industry transformed indie rock in the 1990s. In the 1990s, Chicago was at the center of indie rock, propelling bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair to the national stage. The musical ecosystem from which these bands emerged, though, was expansive and diverse. Grunge players comingled with the electronic, jazz, psychedelic, and ambient music communities, and an inventive, collaborative group of local labels--kranky, Drag City, and Thrill Jockey, among others--embraced the new, evolving sound of indie "rock." Bruce Adams, co-founder of kranky records, was there to bear witness. In You're with Stupid, Adams offers an insider's look at the role Chicago's underground music industry played in the transformation of indie rock. Chicago labels, as Adams explains, used the attention brought by national acts to launch bands that drew on influences outside the Nirvana-inspired sound then dominating pop. The bands themselves--Labradford, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Low--were not necessarily based in Chicago, but it was Chicago labels like kranky that had the ears and the infrastructure to do something with this new music. In this way, Chicago-shaped sounds reached the wider world, presaging the genre-blending music of the twenty-first century. From an author who helped create the scene and launched some of its best music, You're with Stupid is a fascinating and entertaining read.
The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender
The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender identifies, defines, and interrogates the construct of gender in all forms of jazz, jazz culture, and education, shaping and transforming the conversation in response to changing cultural and societal norms across the globe. Such interrogation requires consideration of gender from multiple viewpoints, from scholars and artists at various points in their careers. This edited collection of 38 essays gathers the diverse perspectives of contributors from four continents, exploring the nuanced (and at times controversial) construct of gender as it relates to jazz music, in the past and present, in four parts: Historical Perspectives Identity and Culture Society and Education Policy and Advocacy Acknowledging the art form's troubled relationship with gender, contributors seek to define the construct to include all possible definitions--not only female and male--without binary limitations, contextualizing gender and jazz in both place and time. As gender identity becomes an increasingly important consideration in both education and scholarship, The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender provides a broad and inclusive resource of research for the academic community, addressing an urgent need to reconcile the construct of gender in jazz in all its forms.
Made in Puerto Rico
Made in Puerto Rico: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, culture, and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music in Puerto Rico.
Mind Games
Described by Yoko Ono as "ahead of its time," Mind Games is a breakthrough album from John Lennon in which he employs a Plastic Ono Band comprising the cream of the crop of New York session musicians--a fan favorite that remains a cult classic ever since its first release on October 29, 1973. This insightful and beautiful book presents handwritten lyrics, letters, artworks by Lennon and Ono, and previously unseen photography alongside their firsthand commentary about the lyrics, songs, and album artwork, as well as contributions from the musicians, friends, engineers, and key figures involved in the making of this landmark album. Mind Games was the product of an exceptionally turbulent time for the Lennons. While Nixon and Hoover were attempting to have Lennon deported, John and Yoko endured endless litigations and as the popular press turned on them once again, they bravely rose above it all, continuing their campaigns for non-violent peaceful protest to end the war in Vietnam and for equal rights for women. It was also an exciting time when they both re-embraced mysticism and magical thinking. In this sumptuous volume, text and images from the key players are woven together to reveal not only the details behind the creation, recording, and release of this groundbreaking commercial and skillfully crafted recording, but also to shed new light on a period of transformation and experimentation for Lennon and Ono.Publication will coincide with extensive publicity surrounding the release of a completely remixed and reissued 6 x CD / 2 x BluRay digital edition of Mind Games, together with two deluxe Mind Games boxsets, bringing the album to a new generation of listeners.
Island Time
A close look at how wylers, a popular musical style from the island of St. Kitts and Nevis, expresses a unique mode of relation in the postcolonial Caribbean. In Island Time, ethnomusicologist Jessica Swanston Baker examines wylers, a musical form from St. Kitts and Nevis that is characterized by speed. Baker argues that this speed becomes a useful and highly subjective metric for measuring the relationship between Caribbean aspirations and the promises of economic modernity; women's bodily autonomy and the nationalist fantasies that would seek to curb that autonomy; and the material realities of Kittitian-Nevisian youth living in the disillusionment following postcolonial independence. She traces the wider Caribbean musical, cultural, and media-based resonances of wylers, posing an alternative model to scholarship on Caribbean music that has tended to privilege the big islands--Trinidad, Jamaica, and Haiti--thus neglecting not only the unique cultural worlds of smaller nations but also the unbounded nature of musical exchange in the region. The archipelago emerges as a useful model for apprehending the relationality across scales that governs the temporal and spatial logics that undergird Caribbean performance. The archipelago and its speeds ultimately emerge as a meaningful medium for postcolonial, postmodern world-making.
Island Time
A close look at how wylers, a popular musical style from the island of St. Kitts and Nevis, expresses a unique mode of relation in the postcolonial Caribbean. In Island Time, ethnomusicologist Jessica Swanston Baker examines wylers, a musical form from St. Kitts and Nevis that is characterized by speed. Baker argues that this speed becomes a useful and highly subjective metric for measuring the relationship between Caribbean aspirations and the promises of economic modernity; women's bodily autonomy and the nationalist fantasies that would seek to curb that autonomy; and the material realities of Kittitian-Nevisian youth living in the disillusionment following postcolonial independence. She traces the wider Caribbean musical, cultural, and media-based resonances of wylers, posing an alternative model to scholarship on Caribbean music that has tended to privilege the big islands--Trinidad, Jamaica, and Haiti--thus neglecting not only the unique cultural worlds of smaller nations but also the unbounded nature of musical exchange in the region. The archipelago emerges as a useful model for apprehending the relationality across scales that governs the temporal and spatial logics that undergird Caribbean performance. The archipelago and its speeds ultimately emerge as a meaningful medium for postcolonial, postmodern world-making.
The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things
This book investigates two areas in which the appreciation of sonic creativity can be easily acquired across diverse cultures, ages and interests: the music of sounds - making music with any sounds, part of today's sampling culture and the music of things - and the creation of instruments using existent materials (another type of sampling?) involving the notion of 'instrument as composition' as part of today's DIY (or DIT, do it together) culture.The book offers broad discussions regarding the music of things (written by John Richards) followed by the music of sounds (written by Leigh Landy). These chapters are followed by a focus on the workshop demonstrating the collaborative and inclusive potential in both areas, and a spotlight on eight artists with a broad diversity of backgrounds and approaches to sound and music who discuss their perceptions. The book's conclusion focuses on similarities and differences between the music of sounds and the music of things, suggesting, finally, that both might form part of the 21st- century's folk music landscape.The book is primarily aimed towards students interested in current forms of sonic creativity but will be of interest to those interested in broader issues of sampling culture, hacking and sound studies.
Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection
Starting in the late 1930s, writer Anne and her husband and musician Frank Warner traveled along the Eastern Seaboard, from the Adirondacks to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, collecting folk songs they would perform, document, research, and lecture on. This decade-spanning work led to the Warners' development of a nearly one-thousand-song archive, one of the defining collections of American folk music. From that treasured archive, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection brings together nearly 200 of the Warners' most beloved songs with a detailed history behind the music and lyrics. The book is uniquely organized by region and singer, allowing each of the voices to speak to the places they called home and the songs that could be heard there. Now updated with new photos, Traditional American Folk Songs is the definitive collection from the preeminent collectors of East Coast American folk music.
Reform, Notation and Ottoman music in Early 19th Century Istanbul
Reform, Notation and Ottoman music in Early 19th Century Istanbul presents the first complete set of transcription and edition of Euterpe (1830) from Byzantine neumatic notation into the modified staff notation used by classical Turkish music.
Hit Me with Music
In his new book, Jaffe reveals the world of the Wailers during their early years as an international act from 1973 to 1975, a socially and politically transformative period in Jamaican history. He also explores the start of Peter Tosh's solo career in 1976 with the revolutionary album, Legalize It. Lee Jaffe is a cross-disciplinary visual artist, musician and poet whose photographs highlight the Wailers featuring Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer during the last three years that they performed together. Jaffe and Marley first met in the New York hotel room of Traffic drummer and songwriter Jim Capaldi, starting a close creative partnership and friendship with the reggae legend. He lived with Marley at 56 Hope Road in Jamaica for three years, and was a participant in the international emergence of reggae music. He became a member of the band, performing on stage and in the studio with Marley, as well as working with Peter Tosh, producing his iconic debut album, Legalize It. He later produced records for seminal Jamaican acts including Joe Higgs, Wailing Souls, Barrington Levy, and Morgan Heritage. Throughout their time together, Jaffe's portraits of these legendary performers are set against the backdrop of a politically and socioeconomically turbulent Jamaica. His detailed first-person accounts and stories are accompanied by his photographs, providing music fans with key moments that inspired some of Marley's most beloved lyrics and songs. This book embodies the energy of reggae culture.
My Philosophy of Music
This first English-language book about the original, contemporary music of Hanna Kulenty brings together her three essays about her compositional aesthetics, from 1998, 2015 and 2017, and an interview with Maja Trochimczyk about her original concept of multi-dimensional time in music (2003). The composer discusses her aesthetics and techniques, including such diverse notions as the multiplicity of temporal dimensions, the psychological impact of abstract musical narration, kitsch, and surrealism. Translated and edited by Maja Trochimczyk, this volume features Trochimczyk's essay about Kulenty's music, accompanied by the composer's biography, list of works, discography, and bibliography. Hanna Kulenty is a Polish-Dutch contemporary composer (b. 1961) and an author of more than 130 compositions for soloists, chamber ensembles, and symphony orchestra. Her oeuvre includes three symphonies, more than a dozen of concerti for solo instruments with orchestra, two operas, multiple chamber music works, as well as film and theater music. Kulenty's original philosophy of musical time and compositional techniques range from the "polyphony of arcs" through "trance music,", the "polyphony of time dimensions," to "musique surr矇alistique." Known as one of the most original and creative Polish composers, Kulenty also penned a book "Odwrocony dom" and recently started painting surrealist and abstract images.
Frankly Speaking
Frankly Speaking is a collection of ten transcribed interviews with alumni who played/recorded with the legendary Frank Zappa in his many group incarnations he had over the decades. Some played with Frank for a short time, some were with him through several seasons. Frank's music is regarded as some of the most challenging to play in "rock" and it took highly skilled musicians to pull off his musical visions. Zappa was a guy who knew what he wanted out of a musician and could often tell, sometimes within 30 seconds, if they were the right person musician-wise and personality wise up for the task. It is truly an honor for a musician to be part of Zappa's grand work which he called his "Project/Object". This book shines the spotlight on his alumni, some more well known than others in Zappa's universe.
House Rules
In the 1980s, the city of Chicago gave birth to the world's most popular music genre today known as House Music. For many who are familiar with electronic music and rave culture, House is a name synonymous with deep passion. In 1977, it became an independent extension of the dancehall music scene from the late 1960s. As a result of its unique urban underground presence, it spread like wildfire through the nightclubs and dancefloors starting at the Warehouse in Chicago, then onward to New York, Philly, Washington DC and surrounding cities. What it did was brought together hipsters from communities of LGBTQ, African Americans, Latinos, Caucasians and other nationalities together to form a new culture of love and peace.Nowadays, every sports event, get-together, workout center, and lobby across the globe plays house music in the background. Still most don't know how it started!House Music has accomplished the following: Gave local DJs in inner-cities more exposureLent a hand in desensitizing the taboo of LGBT communitiesCombined African, Latino and Caribbean dance music and stylesOpened the doors for underground singers, performers, and others behind the scene in the music field to spread their talentsCreated a new subculture that preached love and peace after WoodstockGave the fashion world music to express bodily expressionsHouse Music grew so rapidly that it brought in a variety of music artists from Pop, R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock N Roll, Hip Hop, and other genres to create a new sound fusion.Top musical artists like Kym Mazelle, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Cece Peniston, The Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Chrystal Waters and many others have contributed to House Music History.This is a must-read music history essay that pays homage to the originator and godfather of House Music; the late Frankie Knuckles as well as its legends, Larry Levan, LLRoy, Phuture, Larry Heard, and many others.
Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs
The first complete look at the stories and songcraft behind the entire discography of the voice of a generation, Taylor Swift. New York Times Bestseller!USA Today Bestselling Title! From her humble beginnings as a teenage country singer to her record-breaking Eras Tour, Taylor Swift's career is incomparable both in her mastery over multiple genres and the pure scale of her fan base and success. By weaving effortlessly through country, rock, pop, indie, and folk music, Swift has created a style of her own. Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs is a comprehensive review of her entire songbook to date, covering all eleven studio albums and more than 200 songs that tell a dramatic story of life, love, and triumph. This product is unofficial.
Dance With The Devil
Ritchie Blackmore once said, "You can't get any better than Cozy, you know. He's always up there on stage going crazy, he always pushes me on when I look round. He always gives me that incentive to play because Cozy won't let anybody take it easy." He wasn't wrong.Cozy Powell was a talented, reliable and versatile drummer. A drummer of such calibre that he played with Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Michael Schenker, Whitesnake, Emerson and Lake, Black Sabbath and Brian May - as well as being a hugely in-demand session player.Before all of that, Powell initially came to prominence with three Mickie Most-produced top twenty singles under his own name. An extraordinary feat for an instrumentalist, and a drummer at that.With new photos (many of which have never been published before), tour dates, an expansive discography, a deep dive into Cozy's cars and racing career, as well as many other new and exciting additions, this second edition of The Cozy Powell Story builds upon the original that was published four-and-a-half years ago.
