A Career in Music
"A Career in Music: 10 Steps to Success" by Bob D'Eith is a comprehensive guide to assist aspiring recording artists to navigate the complexities of the music industry. This third edition of the book offers current, practical advice on building a successful music career in the digital world. The book is structured into ten steps, each focusing on a critical aspect of career development, taking the artist from writing a song to launching a successful career in the music business. The book also explores the business and legal relationships between artists and their agents, managers, labels, and publishers. Drawing from his extensive experience in music as an artist, lawyer and music company executive, D'Eith provides real-world examples and actionable insights, making this book a valuable resource for musicians at any stage of their career."If you're hoping to make a career out of music, this book could be the difference between getting it right and flaming out." Alan Cross (Broadcaster and Host of The Ongoing History of Music)"D'Eith has tried to throw out a lifeline to any aspiring act so they won't feel alone." Tom Harrison (The Province Newspaper)
Xenakis - Back to the Roots
The electroacoustic works of the Greek-French composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) captivate with their radical ideas, sounds and compositional models. They were often conceived as multimedia works for specific locations and architectures. The richness of the approaches and processes gave rise to an extensive body of sources. Therefore, this volume is particularly dedicated to a philological approach, combining contributions by companions of Xenakis and renowned experts in Xenakis research with studies in philology of electroacoustic music. It concludes with a roundtable discussion of the performance of these electroacoustic works, thus linking the philological questions back to musical practice.
Early Music Pedagogy Then and Now
This volume explores various aspects of early music teaching (Historically Informed Music Pedagogy), performance, and theory. Contributions from thirteen scholars address topics ranging from the ancient Greek instrument helikon used for musicians' training to the evolution of the viola bastarda technique linking historical practices with modern applications. Significant attention is given to methodological reflections on early music pedagogy, the reconstruction of incomplete pieces as a method for teaching counterpoint, and the role of improvisation and the creative process in vocal and instrumental music. Additional sections tackle the teaching of ornamentation, contrappunto alla mente and solmisation, with discussions on the status of Musica Practica and its philosophical and educational implications today. New perspectives are offered on Guido of Arezzo with an innovative contribution on the "Dialogus de musica".
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Frank Zappa’s America
From his early albums with the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa established a reputation as a musical genius who pushed the limits of culture throughout the 1960s and 1970s, experimenting with a blend of genres in innovative and unheard-of ways. Not only did his exploratory styles challenge the expectations of what popular music could sound like, but his prolific creative endeavors also shaped how audiences thought about the freedom of artistic expression. In Frank Zappa's America, Bradley Morgan casts the artist as an often-misunderstood figure who critiqued the actions of religious and political groups promoting a predominantly white, Christian vision of the United States. A controversial and provocative satirist, often criticized for the shocking subject matter of his songs, Zappa provided social commentary throughout his career that spoke truth to power about the nefarious institutions operating in the lives of everyday Americans. Beginning in the late 1970s, his music frequently addressed the rise of extremist religious influence in American politics, specifically white Christian nationalism. Despite commercial and critical pressure, Zappa refused to waver in his support for free speech during the era of Reagan and MTV, including his pointed testimony before the U.S. Senate at the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) hearings. Throughout the 1980s, and until his death in 1993, Zappa crafted his art form to advocate for political engagement, the security of individual liberties, and the advancement of education. Music became his platform to convey progressive views promoting the rights of marginalized communities most at risk in a society governed by the principles of what he perceived as Christian radicalism. Frank Zappa's America examines the musician's messaging through song, tracing the means by which Zappa created passionate, at times troubling, art that combats conservativism in its many manifestations. For readers in the twenty-first century, his music and public advocacy demonstrate the need to preserve democracy and the voices that uphold it.
Mozart in the Woods
Fifty years ago, something special happened in the remote woods of Pennsylvania, and its song still carries on the wind today.In 1976, Carl Ellenberger, a musician before becoming a physician, gathered friends in a nineteenth-century Chautauqua Auditorium in Pennsylvania's Amish country. They thought it was a beautiful location to play the music they loved, and that it would also be fun. That gentle beginning turned into the organization called Gretna Music and nearly five decades of summer music-making, drawing audiences from across the Mid-Atlantic region to hear over 750 exceptional performances by more than 2,000 musicians from five continents. Gretna Music has welcomed the Audubon String Quartet, Dave Brubeck, Ravi Coltrane, Canadian Brass, Susanna Phillips, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, and Hilary Hahn, to name just a few. Within "Mozart in the Woods: Gretna Music's 50 Years" are their stories and the stories of Mt. Gretna and its residents: from financial collapse to the literal physical collapse of the hall, from cultural evolution to existential arguments over artistic integrity. Gretna Music has weathered storms, celebrated joyfully, and thrived. Ellenberger's historical account captures this long moment in time, which has simultaneously passed in the blink of an eye, while also offering a blueprint for similar endeavors. "Mozart in the Woods" is perfect for audiences and performers alike, as well as for students of performance and performance management.
Egotism, Elitism, and the Ethics of Musical Humility
Egotism, Elitism, and the Ethics of Musical Humility examines how cultures of superiority pervade our musical lives and explores ways in which we can challenge them. Combining philosophical inquiry, empirical research, and pop culture examples, William J. Coppola takes a look at how striving for individual achievement can lead us to grow disconnected from one another--and how humility can help us restore our common humanity. To begin, Coppola critiques the damaging effects of egotism on individual musical development and highlights the importance of knowing one's strengths and limitations and engaging with other artists as equal partners. He then goes further, examining how institutional structures like racial oppression, gender inequity, and the neoliberal drive for continual growth and achievement perpetuate ideologies of elitism and exclusion. Ethical responsibility, he argues, extends beyond individual failings into confronting these systemic societal ailments. Finally, Coppola outlines the transformative potentials of musical humility as an empowering virtue for musicians and music educators to achieve the fullest artistic realization of themselves and others. Musical humility is more than just knocking ourselves down a peg from time to time; it is about uplifting ourselves--and others--to celebrate our shared humanity and artistic dignity. By embracing musical humility, musicians and music educators can contribute to social change by fostering self-reflection, facilitating dialogue, and embracing the ethical tensions inherent to our musical lives.
Skryabin, Philosophy and the Music of Desire
Commentary on Skryabin has struggled to situate an understanding of the composer's music within his idiosyncratic philosophical world views. Early commentators' efforts to do so failed to establish a thorough or systematic approach. And later twentieth-century studies turned away from the composer's ideology, focusing instead on 'the music itself' with an analytic approach that scrutinized Skryabin's harmonic language in isolation from his philosophy. This groundbreaking study revisits the questions surrounding the composer's music within his own philosophy, but draws on new methodological tools, casting Skryabin's music in the light not only of his own philosophy of desire, but of more refined semiotic-psychoanalytical theory and modern techniques of music analysis. An interdisciplinary methodology corrects the narrow focus of Skryabin scholarship of the last century, offering insights from New Musicology and recent music theory that lead to hermeneutical, critically informed readings of selected works.
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The Pocket Charli XCX
A deep dive into the career, creativity, and influence of Charli XCX, exploring her groundbreaking music and cultural impact.Pop visionary, trendsetter and boundary-pushing artist, Charli XCX has redefined modern pop with her genre-blurring sound and fearless creativity. From her groundbreaking solo work to chart-topping collaborations with stars like Icona Pop, Troye Sivan and Lizzo, she has become the voice of a new generation. She defined the summer of 2024 with her "BRAT" album, and her influence and popularity are only growing.Not only is she a critically acclaimed musician, she's also a fierce advocate for female empowerment and LGBTQIA+ rights, using her platform to inspire change and individuality. This pocketbook delves into Charli's life, from her early rise in the UK underground scene to her admirable embrace of experimental pop, along with personal anecdotes, and key milestones that showcase just how influential she's become in shaping the music and cultural landscape.Gemini PocketsFrom little guides to soothe your soul to all-access passes to the lives of pop icons, and from quizzes and puzzles for literature lovers to books on food, nature, fashion and more, Gemini Pockets are the perfect fit for your life and interests.
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