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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
by Robert Dimery
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The ultimate compendium of a half century of the best music, now revised and updated. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through today... (read more)

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Managing Artists in Pop Music: What Every Artist and Manager Must Know to Succeed
Managing Artists in Pop Music: What Every Artist and Manager Must Know to Succeed
by Mitch Weiss
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Music managers and artists will learn the secrets of successful management with scenarios from a manager's work life along with the legal and business skills to master them. Through stories of real-life famous artist-manager teams, the authors analyze... (read more)

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1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
by Tom Moon
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Like the kid in high school who always made mix tapes, Tom Moon has compiled an authoritative cross-section of music, from classical composers to modern electronica artists, in 1,000 Recording to Hear before You Die. Each of his selections features not... (read more)

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The Actor as Storyteller: An Introduction to Acting
The Actor as Storyteller: An Introduction to Acting
by Bruce Miller
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The Actor as Storyteller is intended for serious beginning actors. It opens with an overview, explaining the differences between theater and its hybrid mediums, the part an actor plays in each of those mediums. It moves on to the acting craft itself... (read more)

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Classic Album Covers of the 60s
Classic Album Covers of the 60s
by Storm Thorgerson
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This newly reformatted edition of Classic Album Covers of the 60s features more than 200 of the very best--and, in some cases, entertainingly worst--covers that graced LPs throughout that groundbreaking decade. It takes readers on a lively journey from... (read more)

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The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant-Garde
The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant-Garde
by Seth Rogovoy
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Klezemr has become one of the primary languages of the musical avant-garde.O (The New Yorker) The music of my childhood memories came flooding back through the decades as I read. Maybe, as Seth Rogovoy suggests, its time for our music to awaken once more... (read more)

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A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley
A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley
by Jeff Apter
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Bono called Jeff Buckley a pure drop in an ocean of noise. In this startling new biography, Buckley's friends, peers, enemies, collaborators, lovers, and others speak of the Jeff they knew - or, in some cases, thought they knew. His struggles with writer'... (read more)

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100 Killer Licks and Chops for Blues Guitar (Internal Wire-O Bound)
100 Killer Licks and Chops for Blues Guitar (Internal Wire-O Bound)
by Phil Capone
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Here are 100 classic blues licks and chiops, perfectly transcribed, in every key and every mode, over all the most important progressions. Comes complete with a CD, so you can first hear the lick, then play it back yourself over a professional backing... (read more)

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Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and the Smiths
Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and the Smiths
by Simon Goddard
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View our feature on Simon Goddardandrsquo;s Mozipedia. The definitive guide to one of the most beloved cult figures in pop music history. Steven Patrick Morrissey is undoubtedly one of the most original musicians of all time. With The Smiths, he led the... (read more)

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Nurtured By Love (2ND 83 Edition)
Nurtured By Love (2ND 83 Edition)
by Shinichi Suzuki
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This book is the cornerstone upon which to build any Suzuki-oriented library. In it the author presents the philosophy and principles of Suzuki's teaching methods. Through the examples from his own life and teaching, Suzuki establishes his case for early... (read more)

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Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians
Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians
by Kizette De Lempicka-foxhall
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The story of America's most passionate and enduring music, told through fascinating narrative and vintage photographs. No musical tradition is richer than the blues. Rooted in the cultures of ancient Africa, it was brought to blossom in America at the... (read more)

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Hit Me with Your Pet Shark: Misheard Lyrics of the 1980s
Hit Me with Your Pet Shark: Misheard Lyrics of the 1980s
by Charles Grosvenor
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In this gifty and hilarious book, the author of Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza and founder of the AmIRight.com and inthe80s.com web sites lists hundreds of the most offbeat misheard lyrics to songs form the 1980s. Included are songs from more than 200... (read more)

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The NPR Guide To Building a Classical CD Collection
The NPR Guide To Building a Classical CD Collection
by Theodore Libbey
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Berlioz. Vaughan Williams. Schubert and Schumann. Mozart after the Jupiter Symphony, Bach beyond the Brandenburg Concertos, opera after The Magic Flute. In his informed and indispensible guide with over 157,000 copies in print, National Public Radio's... (read more)

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El Ultimo Curso de Guitarra: Un Sustema Completo Para Aprender A Tocar la Guitarra with CD (Audio) and DVD (Aprende YA!)
El Ultimo Curso de Guitarra: Un Sustema Completo Para Aprender A Tocar la Guitarra with CD (Audio) and DVD (Aprende YA!)
by Ed Lozano
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This Spanish edition features three books, three CDs, and a DVD. Learn how to play the guitar with this easy, illustrated guide. Covers everything from reading music and playing chords and scales, to performing our first song. The DVD has been... (read more)

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Essential Dictionary of Music : Definitions, Composers, Theory, Instrument and Vocal Ranges : the Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary (97 Edition)
Essential Dictionary of Music : Definitions, Composers, Theory, Instrument and Vocal Ranges : the Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary (97 Edition)
by Lindsey C. Harnsberger
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A useful collection of definitions, composers and theory. This pocket-sized reference book includes a broad range of important information, from basic principles of theory and concise biographies of composers to pronunciations of foreign terms and ranges... (read more)

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On the Art of Singing
On the Art of Singing
by Richard Miller
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This engaging and long influential collection of essays looks at the art of singing in its totality. Written in a lively, non-technical style, On the Art of Singing is a comprehensive manual that deals with all aspects of singing, from the physiology and... (read more)

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Music: Appreciation, Brief-text Only (7TH 11 Edition)
Music: Appreciation, Brief-text Only (7TH 11 Edition)
by Roger Kamien
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What does it take to make a great performance? It takes great music, a great performer and a great instrument. Music: An Appreciation includes some of the greatest music ever created. Roger Kamiens excellence as an interpreter of that music has made his... (read more)

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Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method - Second Edition: Books 1, 2 and 3 Bound Together in One Easy-To-Use Volume! with CD (Audio)
Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method - Second Edition: Books 1, 2 and 3 Bound Together in One Easy-To-Use Volume! with CD (Audio)
by Ed Friedland
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"Contains books 1, 2, and 3 bound together in one easy-to-use volume."... (read more)

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Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter
Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter
by Mary Lou Sullivan
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Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive, no-holds-barred interviews, covering the guitar slinger's entire career. From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock, his affair with Janis Joplin, his stadium... (read more)

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Music Theory Made Easy (Reference)
Music Theory Made Easy (Reference)
by David Harp
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The easiest theory book ever covers scales and chord structures for folk, blues, rock, country, and jazz, with emphasis on composing your own songs.... (read more)

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