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By Time Out Guides. 2008
Like 1,000 Films and 1,000 Books, 1,000 Songs to Change Your Life, the third book in the series, is a…
celebration of music's transformative power: how it shocks and soothes, frightens and comforts, amuses and appalls, but above all how it moves us, perhaps when we least expect it. Over the course of more than 30 essays and features, a hand-picked array of writers, critics and musicians will be exploring the songs that made a difference: to their lives, the lives of others and to music itself. Everyone's life has a soundtrack. What's yours?By Colin Durrant. 2003
Choral Conducting is a resource for singers, teachers, and choral conductors, and a college-level text for students of choral conducting.…
It also includes an overview of what is involved in leading a choral group and examines theories of learning and human behaviour and the history of choral music together with conductor's role. The book also discusses issues of the conductor-vocalist relationship, the mechanics of singing, rehearsal strategies, and more.By Tracey Thorn. 2015
In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop…
music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage-fright. Part memoir, part wide-ranging exploration of the art, mechanics and spellbinding power of singing, Naked at the Albert Hall takes in Dusty Springfield, Dennis Potter and George Eliot; Auto-tune, the microphone and stage presence; The Streets and The X Factor. Including interviews with fellow artists such as Alison Moyet, Romy Madley-Croft and Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, and portraits of singers in fiction as well as Tracey's real-life experiences, it offers a unique, witty and sharply observed insider's perspective on the exhilarating joy and occasional heartache of singing.By Vicki R. Lind, Constance McKoy. 2016
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education presents teaching methods that are responsive to how different culturally specific knowledge bases impact…
learning. It is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning. Designed to be a supplementary resource for teachers of undergraduate and graduate music education courses, the book provides examples in the context of music education, with theories presented in Section I and a review of teaching applications in Section II. Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education is an effort to answer the question: How can I teach music to my students in a way that is culturally responsive? This book serves several purposes, by: • Offering theoretical/philosophical frameworks of social justice • Providing practical examples of transferring theory into practice in music education • Illustrating culturally responsive pedagogy within the classroom • Demonstrating the connection of culturally responsive teaching to the school and larger communityBy Vine Deloria. 1977
By Thomas A. Regelski. 2016
Music and Music Education as Social Praxis is a brief introduction to a praxial theory of music education, defined by…
author. It is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, for undergraduate and graduate students in music education. Drawing upon scholarship from a range of disciplines, including philosophy and sociology, the book emphasizes and highlights thinking of music as an active social practice and offers an alternative to existing approaches to music education. This text advocates for an alternative approach to teaching music, rooted in the social practice of music, and will supplement Foundations or Methods courses in the Music Education curriculum.By Robert Greenfield. 2002
By Brian Raftery. 2008
Armed with a keen eye and a terrible singing voice, writer Brian Raftery sets out across the globe, tracing karaoke's…
evolution from cult fad to multi-million dollar phenomenon. In Japan, he meets Daisuke Inoue, the godfather of karaoke; in Thailand, he follows a group of Americans hoping to win the Karaoke World Championships; and in New York City, he hangs out backstage with the world's longest-running heavy-metal karaoke band. Along the way, Raftery chronicles his own time as an obsessive karaoke fan, recalling a life's worth of noisy relationships and poor song choices, and analyzing the karaoke-bar merits of such artists as Prince, Bob Dylan and Fugazi. Part cultural history, part memoir, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life is a hilarious and densely reported look at the liberating effects of a good sing-along.By Tricia Rose. 2008
Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures…
of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining with a critical eye because, as scholar and cultural critic Tricia Rose argues, hip-hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States.In The Hip-Hop Wars, Rose explores the most crucial issues underlying the polarized claims on each side of the debate: Does hip-hop cause violence, or merely reflect a violent ghetto culture? Is hip-hop sexist, or are its detractors simply anti-sex? Does the portrayal of black culture in hip-hop undermine black advancement?A potent exploration of a divisive and important subject, The Hip-Hop Wars concludes with a call for the regalvanization of the progressive and creative heart of hip-hop. What Rose calls for is not a sanitized vision of the form, but one that more accurately reflects a much richer space of culture, politics, anger, and yes, sex, than the current ubiquitous images in sound and video currently provide.By Mark Ribowsky. 2009
By Lou Reed. 2008
Containing a body of work that spans more than three decades, Pass Thru Fire is a stunning collection of the…
lyrics of an American original. Through his many incarnations-from proto punk to glam rocker to elder statesman of the avant garde-Lou Reed's work has maintained an undeniable vividness and raw beauty, fueled by precise character studies and rendered with an admirable shot of moral ambiguity. Beginning with his formative days in the Velvet Underground and continuing through his remarkable solo career-albums like Transformer, Berlin, New York, Magic and Loss, and Ecstasy-Pass Thru Fire is crucial to an appreciation of Lou Reed, not only as a consummate underground musician, but as one of the truly significant poets of our time.By Ashok Meghani, Jhaverchand Kalidas Meghani. 2002
Two merchant families pledge to marry their children Sukhlal and Sushila to each other when the two come of age.…
Without taking sides, Vevishaal tells the story of the ensuing struggle between a wealthy, ruthless man and his presumed meek adversaries.By Samuel Lipman. 1979
By Seymour Stein, Gareth Murphy. 2018
The autobiography of America s greatest living record man the founder of Sire Records and spotter of…
rock talent from the Ramones to Madonna Seymour Stein is America s greatest living record man Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive now sixty years in the game he s still the hippest label head travelling the globe in search of the next big thing Since the late fifties he s been wherever it s happening Billboard Tin Pan Alley The British Invasion CBGB Studio 54 Danceteria the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame the CD crash Along that winding path he discovered and broke out a skyline full of stars Madonna The Ramones Talking Heads Depeche Mode Madonna The Smiths The Cure Ice-T Lou Reed Seal and many others Brimming with hilarious scenes and character portraits Siren Song s wider narrative is about modernity in motion and the slow acceptance of diversity in America thanks largely to daring pop music Including both the high and low points in his life Siren Song touches on everything from his discovery of Madonna to his wife Linda Stein s violent death Ask anyone in the music business Seymour Stein is a legend Sung from the heart Siren Song will etch his story in stoneThe Hip Hop Generation is an eloquent testament for black youth culture at the turn of the century. The only…
in-depth study of the first generation to grow up in post-segregation America, it combines culture and politics into a pivotal work in American studies. Bakari Kitwana, one of black America's sharpest young critics, offers a sobering look at this generation's disproportionate social and political troubles, and celebrates the activism and politics that may herald the beginning of a new phase of African-American empowerment.By Mick Berry, Jason Gianni. 2012
Updated to include 50 additional grooves, this encyclopedic book and two-CD set contains more than 450 musical examples in standard…
notation, showing grooves and practical variations. Overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles are covered alongside innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both with and without a click track. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, and funk; virtually every style a performing drummer will ever need to play is in there. This revised second edition also includes an updated bibliography and discography, as well as more historical information about the individual styles.By Raju Bharatan. 2010
The Hindi film song has held millions spellbound for nearly eight decades In this unputdownable labour…
of love India s leading film song historian Raju Bharatan delves deep into his treasure trove to tell us how singing is all about romancing how composing is all about feelings how the twain stardom and songdom do meet to make the vintage film number a part of the nation s psyche He reconstructs song happenings over the last sixty years or so to condense the emotion and passion going into legendary star hook-ups showing us how with the pairing comes the vibe with the vibe comes the tune and with the tune unfolds cinema that is a Madhuballad all the way This volume also describes the creative inputs of music directors lyricists and singers that go into the making of a Hindi film song It is a compendium that no one can afford to miss Raju Bharatan is popularly recognized as the last word on film music in India as the only one physically there on the scene through the decades His knowledge of Hindustani cinesangeet is matched only by his grip on Indian cricket He now packs fifty years of musical lore into a work sure to command a niche on your bookshelfBy Larry Fine. 2016
The Piano Buyer Essentials SeriesThe Piano Buyer Essentials Series brings together in one place the very best and most important…
articles from our 30 years of publishing on the subject of buying and owning a piano. Each e-book is a compilation of articles from current and past issues of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer, a semiannual consumer publication devoted to the purchase of new, used, and restored acoustic pianos and digital pianos. The e-books may also contain excerpts from The Piano Book, by Larry Fine, and from pieces published only on PianoBuyer.com. For reader convenience, articles and excerpts have been grouped by subject. However, because some pieces apply to more than one subject, there is some duplication of articles among the e-books in the series.By Larry Fine. 2016
The Piano Buyer Essentials SeriesThe Piano Buyer Essentials Series brings together in one place the very best and most important…
articles from our 30 years of publishing on the subject of buying and owning a piano. Each e-book is a compilation of articles from current and past issues of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer, a semiannual consumer publication devoted to the purchase of new, used, and restored acoustic pianos and digital pianos. The e-books may also contain excerpts from The Piano Book, by Larry Fine, and from pieces published only on PianoBuyer.com. For reader convenience, articles and excerpts have been grouped by subject. However, because some pieces apply to more than one subject, there is some duplication of articles among the e-books in the series.By Larry Fine. 2016
The Piano Buyer Essentials SeriesThe Piano Buyer Essentials Series brings together in one place the very best and most important…
articles from our 30 years of publishing on the subject of buying and owning a piano. Each e-book is a compilation of articles from current and past issues of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer, a semiannual consumer publication devoted to the purchase of new, used, and restored acoustic pianos and digital pianos. The e-books may also contain excerpts from The Piano Book, by Larry Fine, and from pieces published only on PianoBuyer.com. For reader convenience, articles and excerpts have been grouped by subject. However, because some pieces apply to more than one subject, there is some duplication of articles among the e-books in the series.