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music biographies

Eric Clapton – Day by Day The Early Years: 1963-1982

Volume 1 covers Clapton’s early years, offering an insight into how this artist slowly found his own musical identity. 00333526 Hardcover�� $39.99

Author Susan Masino traces the band’s roots. Compiled from over 30 years of interviews with the band, as well as dozens of new interviews with other musicians and friends of the band, the real story of AC/DC is revealed. 00335994��$19.95

Eric Clapton, Day by Day The Later Years, 1983-2013

Bad Reputation

Eric Clapton, Day by Day Deluxe Set

Learning to Listen

Volume 2 details major events of the last few decades, such as the Cream reformation shows of 2005, and the Crossroads guitar festivals. 00333527 Hardcover�� $39.99

This special slip case edition features both volumes, covering Clapton’s early years all the way through to his recent tours and collaborations. 00120183 Hardcover Boxed Set�� $90.00

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The Story of AC/DC – Let There Be Rock

The unauthorized Biography of Joan Jett Bad Reputation is the unexpurgated story of Joan Jett, the single most exciting rocker of the American 1980s, one of the biggestselling acts of the age, and one of punk rock’s most valued elder statespeeps. 00332913 ��$19.99

The Jazz Journey of Gary Burton Gary Burton, a true jazz innovator, shares his 50 years of experiences at the top of the jazz scene. His autobiography is one of the most insightful jazz books ever written. 00117798��$27.99

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Aerosmith This first complete illustrated history of the successful and popular band features a history by music journalist Richard Bienstock and sidebar album reviews from a host of well-known music journalists. 00333371 Hardcover��$35.00

Jeff Beck – Crazy Fingers

Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards Al Kooper’s quirky life, from would-be teenage rocker, to crashing Bob Dylan’s recording session and playing the organ on Highway 61, to forming Blood, Sweat, and Tears and masterminding the Super Sessions, it’s all here. 00331934 ��$22.99

December 8, 1980

The definitive, unauthorized biography of Jeff Beck! This wellresearched, enlightening book positions Jeff Beck’s astonishing achievements – like the pioneering of feedback – within the musical climate of the times. 00330738 ��$18.99

The Day John Lennon Died Follows the events leading to the horrible moment when Mark David Chapman – the paunchy, mentally ill Beatles fan – calmly fired his Charter Arms .38 Special into the rock icon, realizing his perverse fantasy of attaining perennial notoriety. 00333731 ��$18.99

Billy F Gibbons

Guitar Player Presents: Carlos Santana

Rock + Roll Gearhead Billy F Gibbons throws open wide his garage and studio doors for an exclusive look at his exquisite vintage and way-out custom guitars, and his influential hot rods and custom cars. 00333372 ��$24.99

Here, collected in one volume, are all of Santana’s interviews, from his first post-Woodstock discussion to detailing the popular juggernaut that was 1999’s Supernatural to the masterful seminar he gave on creativity in 2008. 00332944 ��$14.99

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Guitar Player Presents Clapton, Beck, Page

Guitar World Presents Metallica

Clapton, Beck, Page traces the mammoth and influential careers of the three most important guitarists in rock and roll with insightful interviews from the ‘60s and ‘70s to the present. 00332943 ��$14.99

Guitar World Presents Metallica features every one of the facts and figures, interviews and stories about the band ever to have appeared in the magazine in one self-contained package. 00332909 ��$14.99

This deluxe volume features probing interviews held over the years with Stevie Ray, instructional material, a complete discography of his recorded works, and loving reminiscences by his fellow musicians. 00332910 ��$14.99

Jimi Hendrix

Ultimate Hendrix

Kristofferson: The Wild American

Musician Brings to Hendrix’s musical legacy a depth of analysis missing from other accounts of his career, placing Hendrix’s work in the broadest possible musical context, encompassing rock, pop, soul, funk, jazz, blues, fusion, and a range of classical disciplines. 00332984 ��$19.99

Metallica

The Thrash Stash This beautifully designed and illustrated book also contains rare items of removable facsimile memorabilia from throughout the band’s history such as concert tickets, receipts, concert fliers and much more! 00119486 Hardcover�� $45.00

Hendrix expert John McDermott chronicles each of Jimi’s revolutionary recording sessions, enlisting the help of Hendrix’s friends Billy Cox and Eddie Kramer. Also includes vivid new descriptions of every single live Hendrix concert from 1963 to 1970. 00331990 �� $34.95

Jimmy Page

Magus, Musician, Man The first-ever biography of Led Zeppelin’s legendary guitarist and producer. Never before has the story been told in such sharp detail, leaving no stone unturned. 00332773 �� $16.99

Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stephen Miller’s biography perfectly captures the spirit of a single-minded but multi-talented man who has been inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 00335953 ��$19.95

Queen

Ultimate Illustrated History Packed with stunning performance and offstage photographs as well as handbills, posters, backstage passes, tickets, T-shirts, LPs, and singles gathered from around the globe, this is the ultimate visual history for Queen fans everywhere. 00333375 �� $24.99

Guitar World Presents Van Halen This collection of classic and new interviews with the great Edward tells the real story behind his earth-shaking technique, brilliant songwriting, and relationship with both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. 00332911 ��$14.99

Led Zeppelin This meticulous book turns away from Zeppelin’s well-chronicled antics on the road to explore what made them the biggest rock band of their day and an enduring influence on generations of musicians. 00331336 �� $29.95

Raisin’ Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive, no-holds-barred interviews, covering the guitar slinger’s entire career. Still on the road, playing hundreds of gigs a year to his devoted, adoring fans, Johnny, like this book, is the real deal. 00332828 �� $24.99

Hearts of Darkness Hearts of Darkness is the story of a generation’s coming of age through the experiences of its three most atypical pop stars: James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Cat Stevens. 00333163 Hardcover��$27.99

Led Zeppelin – The Neal Preston Collection No one has captured the mystique of Led Zeppelin more successfully than photographer Neal Preston. The result is this powerful collection of images that stands as the ultimate visual record of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of the seventies. 00335139 �� $29.95

Reinventing Metal

The true story of Pantera and the tragically short life of Dimebag DarrelL With a wide array of research and many first-hand interviews, Reinventing Metal is an unauthorized, first-ever biography that focuses on the entire career of Pantera. 00333473 �� $22.99


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Music Biographies

Rhapsody in Black

The Life and Music of Roy Orbison Roy Orbison wasn’t merely a singer but a sonic alchemist who transformed unfathomable human misery into melody and platinum records. Rhapsody in Black contains new interviews with over 20 people who worked closely with Orbison throughout his life. 00333164 Hardcover��$27.99

2 Minutes to Midnight

An Iron Maiden Day-by-Day Examines myriad events in Iron Maiden’s history in a detailed timeline form. The features illustrative quotations, historical notations that put the band in the wider context of the rock world, and an explosion of color via live photography and memorabilia shots. 00110212 Hardcover�� $39.99

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Rush

Across the Great Divide

Shell Shocked

The Illustrated History Now, for the first time, Rush is treated to the epic visual celebration they so richly deserve in a beautifully designed and profusely illustrated history following the band’s entire career. 00121130 Hardcover�� $35.00

The band and america Spanning the history of American rock, the book brilliantly captures the raw magic and complex personalities of the Band. 00331449 �� $22.99

My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc. Howard Kaylan’s life has been a dangerous ride that he is only too happy to report on, naming names and tales of sex, drugs, and creative excess. Shell Shocked will stand alone as one of the best-told music-biz memoirs. 00333204 �� $24.99

The Unreleased Beatles

Stevie Ray Vaughan – Day by Day, Night After Night

Stevie Ray Vaughan – Day by Day, Night After Night

The Unreleased Beatles details the incredible breadth of music the Beatles recorded but did not release, as well as film footage of the group that hasn’t been made commercially available. 00331452�� $34.95

Way Down

Buck ‘Em

In this candid and perceptive memoir of his 45-year career, bassist Jerry Scheff takes us onto Elvis’s private jet, on tour with Bob Dylan, and into the studio with the Doors, and much more. 00333276 ��$19.99

The life story of country music legend Buck Owens. The often rebellious Owens chose to create his own brand of country music some 2,000 miles away from Music City, and helped give birth to a new country sound. 00333129 Hardcover�� $29.99

Skydog: The Duane Allman Story This is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation. Skydog reveals the complete story of the legendary guitarist: his childhood and musical awakening; and his musical legacy. 00331994 ��$18.99

Roger Waters

His Early Years In a day-by-day format, Craig Hopkins presents an unprecedented celebration of this wonderful artist. This book is the first installment of a two-volume account of Vaughan’s life. 00332917 Hardcover�� $32.00

His Final Years Craig Hopkins presents an unprecedented celebration of this artist. This book is the second installment of a two-volume account of Vaughan’s life. With this work, Hopkins delivers one of the most detailed biographies of any musician. 00333139 Hardcover�� $32.00

The Man Behind the Wall The first full biography of Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. Packed with exclusive interviews with friends and associates, Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall dismantles the wall brick by brick, revealing the man who built it in all his glory. 00333745 ��$27.99

Will You Take Me As I Am

Prince

I Want to Take You Higher

Covering every album, every movie, and every tour, it includes profiles of key collaborators, assesses the artist’s various business dealings, and details his side projects – on stage, on record, on screen, and beyond. 00332985�� $19.99

The story follows the evolution of Sly and the Family Stone from local favorites to global rock stars whose success was undermined by drugs and self-delusion. This is an updated version of the popular biography. 00332842�� $16.99

Jody Mitchell’s Blue Period Incorporating biography, memoir, reportage, criticism, and interviews into an illuminating narrative, the author moves beyond the “making of an album” genre. 00333266��$19.99


Music History and Commentary

Guitar Player Presents the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums

An emotional journey through the riffs, solos, tones, techniques, compositions, recordings, postures, fashions, and scandals that make guitarists such thrilling and compelling musical icons. 00333321 �� $29.99

Dear Guitar Hero Features interviews with a broad range of celebrity guitarists, from legends Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Ace Frehley, and Billy Gibbons to such superstar shredders as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Paul Gilbert to such heroes of the modern rock world as Jerry Cantrell, and Warren Haynes. 00333323 �� $16.99

Classic Tracks

The Real Stories Behind 68 Seminal Recordings From rock to rap, pop to hip-hop, soul to metal, punk to disco, and jazz to electronica, each chapter draws on original interviews and the recollections of artists, producers, and engineers to tell the inside story of an era. 00101896 �� $49.95

50 Unsung Heroes of the Guitar Scores of lesser-known pioneers such as Tommy Bolin, Tampa Red, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe contributed vast numbers of licks, riffs, solos, tones, compositions, techniques, and musical concepts that inspired generations of guitarists and advanced the art of playing guitar. 00333236 �� $16.99

Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution

Out of Our Heads

A comprehensive guide to the relationship between American music and politics. Dick Weissman opens with the book’s key focus: 20thcentury music – songs by and about Native Americans, AfricanAmericans, women, Spanishspeaking groups, and more. 00332378 �� $24.99

Take a trip through rock ‘n’ roll’s haziest, craziest period. This is the rare book that is unafraid to bask in the groovy good times of rock without the politically correct preaching. To all those who have ever listened to Dark Side of the Moon on a pair of headphones and said “Wow”: this book is for you. 00332754 ��$19.99

Behind the Boards

Rock ‘n’ Roll Myths

This Day in Music

This is the first definitive recordproducers’ anthology featuring intimate, first-hand accounts of how the making of many of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest hits were created, via exclusive interviews with the producers who recorded them. 00333472 �� $24.99

Discover the real stories behind rock’s biggest crocks, how they came to be but why they have persisted. In all, more than 50 enduring lies are examined, explained, and debunked. 00333862 �� $21.99

Brings together all the significant events in the history of rock music in one giant diary, documenting the facts, the dates, the times, the places and, most of all, the stars that made rock the most vibrant art form of the 20th and 21st centuries. 00336323 Hardcover�� $29.95

Surf Beat

Guitar Heroes of the ’70s

Surf music authority and author Kent Crowley uncovers the story of the initial emergence of surf music as first a local, then a national and international phenomenon, and its subsequent waves of popularity through the ensuing decades. 00333078 ��$19.99

Guitar Player details the equipment and tone explorations of transcendent guitarists. Anyone wishing to study the building blocks of what drove audiences to first utter the phrase “Guitar Hero” can now get the story straight from the players who earned the title. 00333048 ��$14.99

Mountains Come Out of the Sky

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

And Party Every Day

First-ever look at the intertwining, outrageous lives of three rock legends: Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie. Presented here are their stories interwoven in a triple helix of sexuality, glam rock, and drugs. 00332756 ��$19.99

The Inside Story of Casablanca Records The true, behind-the-scenes story of Casablanca Records, from an eyewitness to the excess and insanity. This book charts Casablanca’s meteoric success and eventual collapse under the weight of uncontrolled ego and hype. 00331955 Hardcover�� $24.99

The Illustrated History of Prog Rock This is a wickedly incisive tour of rock music at its most spectacular. This is indeed the book prog rock fans have been waiting for, the only one of its kind, as fantastic as the subjects it covers. 00331901 �� $24.99

Woodstock Vision – The Spirit of a Generation Elliott Landy, Woodstock’s official photographer, created this book to capture and preserve the true vision and pure essence of the festival. 00332855 �� $35.00


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THE FAQ SERIES

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Get the inside scoop on your favorite artists!

The Beach Boys FAQ

Black Sabbath FAQ

Bruce Springsteen FAQ

The Doors FAQ

Elvis Music FAQ

The Beach Boys continue to define California pop culture and the sunshine-infused sound that will forever be its living soundtrack. The book explains how the band impacted music and pop culture. It’s accompanied by dozens of rare images, making this volume a must-have for fans. 00332994 �� $22.99

Black Sabbath FAQ digs deep into quirks, obscure anecdotes, and burning questions surrounding the Sabs. In a fast-moving, topical format, this book covers a tremendous amount of information, delectable to any Sabbath fan, but hard to find in a traditional biography. 00332979 ��$19.99

Investigates Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. album and tour, the dissolution and reunion of the E Street Band, the legal wrangling that held up 1978’s Darkness on the Edge of Town, the untimely passing of core band members Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons, and more. 00333176 �� $22.99

The Doors FAQ is a dynamic, unorthodox exploration of this remarkable band and its enigmatic lead singer. Countless rare images from album art to ticket stubs to posters accompany the text, in this dazzling edition of solid rock scholarship. 00333094 ��$19.99

Elvis Music FAQ is for anyone who has been inspired by an Elvis Presley record. Following in the tradition of the FAQ series, in Elvis Music FAQ, a lot of rare information is woven together in one concise, entertaining package. 00333500 �� $22.99

Eric Clapton FAQ

Fab Four FAQ

Fab Four FAQ 2.0

Grateful Dead FAQ

Jimi Hendrix FAQ

Sometimes the stories and facts about his life change and evolve, which is all a part of his mystique. Eric Clapton FAQ uncovers the mystery and celebrates his talent in an entertaining style. Packed with dozens of rare images, this book is a must for Slowhand fans. 00333097 �� $22.99

Pop culture authors Stuart Shea and Rob Rodriguez provide trivia and offer obscure Beatles facts and stories in a provocative format. With more than sixty chapters of stories, history, observation, and opinion, Fab Four FAQ lays bare the whys and wherefores that made the Beatles so great. 00331472 ��$19.99

Fab Four FAQ 2.0 picks up the story where the acclaimed Fab Four FAQ left off. Loaded with images of rare period ephemera, including periodicals, single sleeves, and movie stills, this is the first comprehensive biography of all four ex-Beatles. 00332390 ��$19.99

Tony Sclafani examines the band’s impact and influence on rock music and pop culture. This book ventures into unexplored areas and features a host of rare images, making it a must-have for both Deadheads and casual fans. 00333698 �� $22.99

Jimi Hendrix left the world too soon at the age of 27. It’s hard to find the man under all the falsehoods told by friends, business associates, and even Jimi himself. Jimi Hendrix FAQ attempts to present the facts in a fan-friendly read. 00333175 �� $22.99

Jimmy Buffett FAQ

KISS FAQ

Led Zeppelin FAQ

Neil Young FAQ

Pink Floyd FAQ

Covers memorable performances, recordings, his charities, films and TV work, books, and other projects, and provides a peek into Buffett’s personal side. Packed with rare information and images, Jimmy Buffett FAQ is the perfect read for die-hard Buffett fans. 00333171 �� $22.99

KISS FAQ showcases the good, bad, and the weird that has made KISS the legendary ultimate rockand-roll party band, still going strong after 40 years. Accompanying this are dozens of rare images – from posters to live shots and beyond. 00333153 �� $22.99

Here are the answers to the puzzles that have haunted fans for over four decades – such as the meaning of Led Zep’s album covers; the truth about Jimmy Page’s involvement with the occult; data on their live performances, and studio productions; and more. 00332914 ��$19.99

Covers every song and album in detail-including bootlegs and such lost recordings as Homegrown, Chrome Dreams, and Meadow Dusk. Obscure facts from the studio to the road, along with dozens of rare images, make this book a must-have for Young fans. 00333098 ��$19.99

Tells the band’s story, dissects their most popular work, and provides little-known facts. With 400 pages of stories, history, opinion, photos, and reminiscences, Pink Floyd FAQ will discuss frankly what made the band great. 00332389 ��$19.99


ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES FROM JAWBONE Press

A Wizard, A True Star Researched and written with the cooperation of Rundgren himself, A Wizard, A True Star is a fascinating, authoritative account of four decades of making magic in the recording studio. 00333134 ��$19.95

Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography In his autobiography, Hughes takes us through this whirlwind of a life with unflinching honesty and good humor, taking us right up to date with his triumphant reemergence in current supergroup Black Country Communion. 00333279 ��$19.95

Return of the King By the end of 1968, Elvis was artistically revitalized, reemerging in a TV comeback special and slimmed down for the nowiconic black leather suit. It was the pivotal moment of the second great period of Presley’s career, which lasted through to the end of 1970s. 00333030 ��$19.95

Big Star: The Story of Rock’s Forgotten Band

Crazy Train

Entertain Us

Forever Changes

Artists as diverse as Primal Scream, R.E.M., the Posies, Teenage Fanclub, Jeff Buckley, and Wilco have spoken about the Big Star legacy. Now fully updated, this is the definitive history of rock’s forgotten band. 00113162 ��$19.95

Randall Rhoads, born in California in 1956 and cut down in his prime at the age of only 26, has been an immense influence on a whole generation of musicians in rock and metal. In 1982 he died in an air crash, the victim of the pilot’s cocaine-influenced misjudgment. 00333292 ��$19.95

Drawing on archive material and interviews with many key people in the story, the author traces Nirvana’s formation, its early recordings and many personnel changes, and the arrival of Dave Grohl to complete the familiar three-piece line up. 00333464 ��$19.95

Tells the life story of an incredible contemporary musical talent who died tragically of leukemia. The book also includes Lee’s own voice throughout, drawn from his personal writings, letting both dedicated fans and newcomers discover this singular artist like never before. 00333031 ��$19.95

Hot Burritos

The Impossible Dream

Jack Bruce – Composing Himself

The Resurrection of Johnny Cash

His has been an often troubled life – heroin addiction, management rip-offs, family tragedy, and a failed liver transplant – all of which he speaks about frankly in this book, telling a story that is sometimes inspirational, sometimes bleak, and always honest. 00332875 ��$19.95

Tells the story of Cash’s humiliating fall from grace and his unprecedented revival; his ongoing battles with addiction; his search to find direction; his eventual rebirth as an artist and a man; and his hugely influential legacy. 00333273 ��$19.95

To Live Is to Die

Won’t Get Fooled Again

The San Francisco-raised Cliff Burton pushed Metallica to new musical levels with his musical training, songwriting ability, and phenomenal bass guitar skills. Cliff’s life was short but influential; his death was sudden and shocking. 00332838 ��$19.95

Richie Unterberger draws on many new interviews; obscure rare archive sources and recordings; and a vast knowledge of the music of the times. The result is a comprehensive, articulate history that sheds new light on the band’s innovations and Pete Townshend’s massive ambitions. 00333160 ��$19.95

Hot Burritos is the first ever biography of the band, as told to writer John Einarson by founding Burrito Chris Hillman and other group members and associates. 00332396 ��$19.95

THe story of the walker brothers Drawing on decades of archive interviews with the band (some previously unpublished), and many new interviews with backing musicians, record label staff and producers, The Impossible Dream is the definitive telling of The Walker Brothers’ story. 00332874 ��$19.95

Shelter from the Storm

So You Want to Be a Rock’N’Roll Star

Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Years Interviewing many of the tour’s participants, including musicians Arlo Guthrie, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Sid Griffin mixes meticulous musical analysis into a gripping narrative in this definitive account of the Rolling Thunder years. 00333032 ��$19.95

The Byrds story is unravelled here, as it happened, day-by-day. Drawing on hundreds of lost and previously undiscovered sources, not to mention a wealth of previously unseen photos, it is a gripping chronicle of the life and times of this seminal band. 00332395 �� $29.95


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MUSIC BUSINESS

Create Your Own Posters, T-shirts, Album Covers & Stickers Whether your band is still woodshedding or touring the nation, here’s how you can craft its identity with your own unique gig posters, T-shirts, record and CD sleeves, stickers, and more. 00119394 �� $24.99

Welcome to the Jungle Includes chapters on setting goals, networking, building a portfolio, time management, and dealing with the ups and downs of the freelance career. Also includes interviews with music and audio freelancers, such as producer Howard Benson, Kevin Killen, bassist Julie Slick, and others. 00333848 �� $24.99

Making a Living in Your Local Music Market This book shows you how to expand and develop your skills as a musician and composer right in your own backyard. It explores topics relevant to musicians on every level: Why should a band have an agreement? Are contests worth entering? Why copyright your songs? 00332907 ��$18.99

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Cool Jobs in the Music Business

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All You Need to Know About the Music Business

Project Management for Musicians

The Best Jobs in the Music Industry

The definitive and essential guide to the music industry, now in its eighth edition – revised and updated with crucial information on the industry’s major changes in response to rapid technological advances and economic uncertainty. 00119121 Hardcover�� $32.00

This book will help you harness your creativity into clear visions and effective work plans. This book will help you clarify your vision and understand the work required to complete it on time, within budget, and to your highest possible quality standard. 50449659 ��$27.99

An essential career guide for those who love music and are exploring different areas of the music industry beyond the obvious performer route. Michael Redman boils down the job requirements, skill sets, potential revenue, longevity, benefits, and challenges of a variety of music careers. 00103081 �� $24.99

The Future of the Music Business

The Touring Musician’s Handbook

Managing Your Band

Provides a legal and business road map for success in today’s music business by setting forth a comprehensive summary of the rules pertaining to the traditional music business, including music licensing, as well as the laws governing online distribution of music and video. 00333127 Book/DVD�� $29.99

Containing everything you ever wanted to know about being a musician on a tour with a recording group or performer, the Touring Musician’s Handbook answers the questions every musician has about moving up to the big-time world of concerts, clubs, and live shows. 00333041 Book/DVD-ROM� $34.99

100 Answers to 50 Questions on the Music Business

Music Marketing

Music Smarts

Succeeding in Music

You will learn to time your marketing campaign effectively, publicize your music to traditional print outlets and emerging online opportunities, understand the current opportunities for online, satellite, radio play as well as navigate various retail and distribution options. 50449588 �� $24.99

This amazing compilation features 600 quotations from esteemed musicians and artists who have taken a moment to reflect on their influences, heroes, integrity, performances, and so much more. 50449591 ��$14.99

Author John Stiernberg provides an in-depth look at what it takes to become a success in music in the 21st century, with insights culled from his years of experience working in the entertainment industry. 00331963 Book/CD�� $24.95

Industry veteran Clive Davis explains career options within today’s music business through the experiences of some of the industry’s top DJs, educators, engineers, managers, producers, promoters, publicists, and technicians. 00333496 Book/DVD��$19.99

The 50 questions he addresses in this book represent the most pressing issues in the modern music business, and his answers make up an essential “cheat sheet” for anyone looking to break into this challenging industry. 00332902 ��$19.99

One of the most comprehensive books available covering entrepreneurship, branding, social networking, publicity, touring, contracts, marketing, trademarks, merchandising and record companies. 00333079 �� $34.95

The Self-Promoting Musician Take charge of your music career with crucial do-it-yourself strategies. If you are an independent musician, producer, studio owner, or label, you should own this book! 00119607 �� $24.99


Arranging and SONGWRITING

2013 Songwriter’s Market

A Cappella Arranging

The Songwriting Sourcebook

It’s an exciting time to be a songwriter, especially if you have an entrepreneurial spirit. This comprehensive guide provides you with all the tools you need to launch, manage, and advance your songwriting career. 00116748 �� $29.99

Instructive and informative, it is intended to stand alongside any academic publication while remaining interesting and fun. A Cappella Arranging is a good textbook for every vocal arranger, every vocal music classroom, and any professional recording studio. 00333442 �� $29.99

The Songwriter’s Survival Guide to Success

How to Write Songs in Altered Guitar Tunings

How to Write Songs on Guitar

Covers every aspect of songplugging with proven step-by-step procedures. It deals with the how, when, why, and to whom to pitch, details how to find and keep contacts, how to get to artists, and how to connect with a good music publisher. 00332938 ��$19.99

Drawing on examples from a wide range of guitarists who have used alternative tunings, from Keith Richards to Nick Drake, it opens up a rich new seam of inspiration for all those wanting to develop their guitar skills and take their songwriting to a higher level. 00332859 Book/CD�� $22.99

Now with updated songs and tips on writing trends, packed with wisdom and practical advice culled from over 1,500 songs, How to Write Songs on Guitar 2nd edition will soon have you producing better, more memorable songs. 00332381 �� $22.99

Arranging Songs

Music for New Media

An essential manual of techniques for recording a song. It explores essentials such as grouping instruments effectively, using multi-track recording, layering parts, achieving a good mix, and creating unusual arrangements using common techniques. 00331454 Book/CD�� $22.95

Videogames, web sites, and other new media are creating more opportunities for music writers than have ever existed before. You will learn to write effectively for these new forms. 50448060 Book/CD�� $24.99

How to Have Your Hit Song Published

Now revised and updated, The Songwriting Sourcebook is the third entry in Rikky Rooksby’s bestselling How to Write Songs series. This easy-to-use book will help you write better songs by explaining the art of writing effective chord sequences. 00332983 �� $24.99

An indispensable guide for songwriters to navigate through the competitive business of music publishing. This revision of the original bestseller contains even more advice on striking the right chord with publishers, producers, industry attorneys and record executives. 00331419 ��$18.95

Songwriting

Rhyming Dictionary

Covers the creative aspects of writing song lyrics and melodies and provides information about song forms. The book is an effective instructional tool for beginning and intermediate songwriters and provides food for thought for more experienced writers. 00332908 Book/CD�� $24.99

Features more than 30,000 words encompassing standard vocabulary, proper nouns, popular expressions and more, all organized cross-phonetically to maximize word choice. Ideal for singer-songwriters. 00240361 ��$7.99

How to Write a Hit Song

1000 Songwriting Ideas

Covering all the essentials of craft and marketing for launching and sustaining a successful writing career, this book contains an exclusive interview with Oscarwinning songwriter Melissa Etheridge and shows you, step by step, how to write a hit song. 00332368 ��$12.95

A handy book of creativity exercises that stop writer’s block and spark the fire of your imagination. It offers concepts to ponder as starting places for lyric writing, along with some of the most provocative and inspirational examples you may encounter anywhere. 00331938 ��$19.99

Melody – How to Write Great Tunes

The Complete SingerSongwriter

This book teaches the art of melody and how to write effective tunes. Starting from basics, it covers the essentials – rhythm, intervals, scales, and harmony – and builds to offer a wealth of advanced techniques and tricks. 00331250 Book/CD�� $22.95

This handbook is the ultimate guide for the modern singer-songwriter, full of real-world advice and encouragement for both aspiring and accomplished troubadours, managers, agents, lawyers and record execs. 00331092 ��$17.95


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Beyond Mastering

Audio Mastering – Essential Practices

The Business of Audio Engineering

More than simply the book of the award-winning DVD set, Art & Science of Sound Recording, the Book takes legendary engineer, producer, and artist Alan Parsons’ approaches to sound recording to the next level. 00333735 Hardcover�� $49.99

Introduces the techniques and tools of audio mastering, suitable for commercial and home/project studio environments. Technical discussions address gear, studio setup, goals, and other considerations for making tracks sound their best. 50449581 Book/CD�� $29.99

This book teaches you what you need to know about the life of a professional audio engineer with effective business strategies presented by an award-winning and highly-esteemed engineer/business pro. 00102060 �� $24.99

Recording Secrets Behind 50 Great Albums

Practical Recording Techniques

Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies®

The Desktop Studio

Guerrilla Home Recording

Culled from 10 years of the Electronic Musician, Remix, and EQ magazines’ archives, the articles will enlighten readers about the recording and songwriting techniques that helped create 50 great albums. 00333324 �� $16.99

Filled with tips and short cuts, this book offers advice on equipping a home studio (both low-budget and advanced) with suggestions for set-up, acoustics, choosing monitor speakers, and preventing hum. 00333192 �� $46.95

This book will get you recording music at home in no time! It shows you how to set up a home studio, record and edit your music, master it, and even distribute your songs. A must for today’s musicians! 00333180 �� $24.99

Will help you get the most out of your computer and turn it – and you – into a creative powerhouse. It is a fully illustrated, comprehensive look at software and hardware, and provides expert tips for getting the most out of your music computer. 00332786��$27.99

The revised edition is updated with a greater focus on digital recording techniques. There are chapters devoted to instrument recording, humanizing drum patterns, mixing with plug-ins and virtual consoles, and a new section on using digital audio skills. 00331940 �� $24.99

Writer. Producer. Engineer.

Home Recording Studio Basics

The Daily Adventures of Mixerman

Zen and the Art of Mixing

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This book will help you master the three roles of the new job: writer, producer, and engineer. You will learn to set up a profitable business model for creating commercial music, providing your clients with music that fits their needs and budget, at today’s quality standards. 50449461 �� $24.95

Now you can have access to those indispensable studio basics that can help you to create recordings just like the pros! Studio Basics contains 44 in-depth articles geared towards the home recordist and culled from the pages of Home Recording magazine. 02500506 ��$19.95

Mixerman is a recording engineer working on the debut album of an unknown band. Many find Mixerman’s diary entries side-splittingly funny. And a select few feel they are the most despicable accountings of record-making ever documented. 00332789 Hardcover�� $24.99

Steve Turnidge pulls back the veil to give a tour of the physics and philosophy driving the mastering engineer, and the internal state required for happiness and success.. 00333850 �� $24.99

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Alan Parsons’ Art & Science of Sound Recording

Now Mixerman turns his razorsharp gaze to the art of mixing and gives followers reason to hope. Mixerman outlines his own approach to recording success, based on his years mixing records in all genres of music for all kinds of artists. 00332978 �� $24.99

Behind the Boards The book appeals to both fans and academic audiences interested in the art of sound recording/record producing, providing a rich demographic spread of potential niche and mainstream markets. 00333472 �� $24.99

Mixerman discusses the art of producing records. Whether you’re currently positioned as musician, engineer, songwriter, DJ, studio owner, or a music fan, Mixerman delivers you a personal lesson on effective producing. 00333246 �� $24.99


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This landmark book details exactly which guitars, drums, amplifiers and keyboards. It provides a fascinating fresh insight into Beatles history, and along the way many myths are exploded and dozens of stories told for the first time. 00332956 Hardcover�� $40.00

Song by song, album by album, concert by concert, this book analyzes how Hendrix achieved that sound – and shows you how to achieve it, too. 00333086 Hardcover�� $35.00

The Martin Ukulele is a detailed look at the ukuleles built by the C. F. Martin Co. of Nazareth, PA, and at how the instruments’ success forever changed the company that made them. 00109376 �� $30.00

The Burst Believers in this book – Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Kirk Hammett, Rick Nielsen, Slash, Steve Lukather, and many more – have been kind enough to share their experiences and stories that you will enjoy reading. 00117070 Hardcover�� $59.99

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In nearly 600 pages, The Dream Factory features hundreds of fullcolor photos of incredibly rare, collectible, and limited-edition handcrafted guitars. Learn how the Fender Custom Shop, originally intended to employ just two master craftsmen, grew into the most prolific custom instrument shop in the music industry. 00331976 Hardcover�� $75.00

The PRS Guitar Book The PRS Guitar Book details every facet of the wonderful electric guitars made by PRS, the Marylandbased company founded in 1985 by musician and guitar builder Paul Reed Smith. 00331766 �� $35.00

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Designed for those learning to play the blues, the new Hohner Blues Bender features: airtight construction for easier note bending; Patented Acoustic Cover plates that allow for greater volume and projection; and long-lasting reeds with thicker reed plates for consistent tone. 00750097 ��$25.00

Constructed of aged Siam Oak, featuring 6” x 7” shells, black powder-coated Classic Pro hoops and large 1/4” diameter tuning lugs. Perfect for beginner bongo players, they also include a natural matte finish, high quality water buffalo skin heads, and a tuning wrench. 00750308 �� $79.00

Boasting fast pitch detection and processing, accuracy with ±1 percent, and a detection range that covers from A0 to C8, the Pitchclip outperforms many of the clip-on tuners on the market today. 00750402��$29.99

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The TMS-60 Rawhide Maracas are the small version of Tycoon’s rawhide maracas. Perfect for quite playing or studio recording use, these maracas are a must have for every percussionist. 00750684 �� $33.00

Korg’s latest ultra-compact, LCD needlestyle chromatic tuner! The new CA-1 (replacing the CA-30) joins the bestselling CA series of tuners. With even more features the CA-1 packs functionality and convenience into an ultra-compact body. 00750197 �� $32.00

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Spring-loaded for ultra-fast changes on stage. Unlike our other capos, you can’t adjust the tension – but you can operate the capo easily with one hand. The Nashville capos are the largest of the G7th capos, available for 6-string and classical guitar. 00750491 ��$29.99

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