Music Books

Featuring a new introduction by the author, Faber presents a beautiful paperback edition of How To Be Invisible, the lyrics of Kate Bush.

Raised in poverty in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, the late Levon Helm clawed his way to fame and fortune in the music industry, lost it all and got it back. When he died in April 2012, the legacy he left revolved largely around a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career that had brought him to Madison Square Garden and Wembley Stadium. He had played a pivotal role in launching the modern-day genre of Americana music, which today features bands like the Lumineers, Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons. Al

Tim Lee's new book I Saw a Dozen Faces ... and I Rocked Them All: The Diary of a Never Was chronicles the journey of a rock 'n roll lifer who was part of the national independent music scene of the 1980s.

A classic in the field, hailed by the NATS Bulletin as "the most successful, practical, and complete approach to German phonetics to date," German for Singers remains an effective and authoritative guide to German diction for singers of every genre. This re-issue of the second, revised edition now offers more audio recordings with demonstrations of all the sounds of German and several musical examples performed by Professor Schollum.

Conducting is an act of internal acceptance. We change what we can with each of our groups, and we accept when we can't. How do we plan a choir rehearsal? How do we keep our singers coming back? Can we create that sense of belonging that each of us felt when we joined a volunteer choir? A unique look at directing amateurs, especially church choirs, Joel Plaag's book explores refining gestures and ideas to create and grow a good volunteer choir. Written for the non-professional choir direct

Singers and music lovers, read this book! It encompasses every aspect of the magnificent career of the great tenor from Ireland, John McCormack. Here you will read his heretofore unpublished memoirs, a chapter on his early career, and learn how to access his newly uploaded Chronology, Repertoire, and Discography to read or download. The book includes introductions to these, an extensive bibliography, and appendices. If you know of the great John McCormack, you will be anxious to dig in. If you

Singers and music lovers, read this book! It encompasses every aspect of the magnificent career of the great tenor from Ireland, John McCormack. Here you will read his heretofore unpublished memoirs, a chapter on his early career, and learn how to access his newly uploaded Chronology, Repertoire, and Discography to read or download. The book includes introductions to these, an extensive bibliography, and appendices. If you know of the great John McCormack, you will be anxious to dig in. If you

Digital Audio technology has been around for almost 50 years and has become the industry standard today. This book will cover A/D conversion, bit depth, Pro-tools 12 functions and features, importing, exporting, internal routing, sends, and inserts, along with plug-in usage and synchronizing digital video with audio tracks within your DAW.

The legendary singing method of Manuel Garcia as illuminated by his student Hermann Klein. Written in New York City with accompanying gramophone recordings, Klein's "lost" manual reappears after more than a century with a new introduction that highlights its importance for modern teachers and students of singing.

This is the paperback edited version of the book and story of Bruce Hawes being a consistent hit music songwriter from a teenager in the recording industry, starting at Philadelphia International Records company, up to the present day in 2015. As in many stories there were triumphs and tragedies. In my story however, there were many lessons as well. And there were greater lessons that I learned after being deceived, and cheated many times. But I became successful in spite of those obstructions

A definitive book of guitar instruction for beginner to pro that, for the first time, seamlessly integrates the improvisation of Blues, Jazz, Rock and Country into the Western musical system for the guitarist to have every tool available to easily focus on being creative.