Arts / Music

Bare Bones

by Bobby Bones

#1 New York Times Bestseller

A touching, funny, heart-wrenching, and triumphant memoir from one of the biggest names in radio, the host of The Bobby Bones Show, one of the most listened-to drive time morning...

Magnets and miracles. Loneliness and nostalgia in Pink Floyd's lyrics

by Jacopo Caneva

Following "Dieci brani da ascoltare almeno una volta nella vita" (“10 songs you should listen to before you die”) and the books on Tim Burton and Hayao Miyazaki, Jacopo Caneva’s latest work carries out...

Writing Better Lyrics

by Pat Pattison

The Must-Have Guide for Songwriters Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating...

Play Great Guitar: Brilliant Ideas for Getting More Out of Your Six String

by Rikki Rooksby

Knowing how to play the guitar is just one of those things we'd all love to be able to do. Think back to your formative years - at parties it was always the kid with the guitar who got all the attention, and...

Zen and the Art of Mixing

by Mixerman

Manuals

The Wit and Wisdom of Ozzy Osbourne

by Dave Thompson

All Aboard the Crazy Train

This is Ozzy Osbourne in all his raw and unfiltered glory; four decades worth of his best quotes, oddest observations, risqué retorts, and yes, even articulate ponderings. Ozzy might...

Jazz Guitar Lessons for Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Audio Available)

by LearnToPlayMusic.com, Gary Turner & Steve Sutton

Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy jazz guitar lessons for beginners. Covers the important techniques required to learn to play the jazz guitar including jazz guitar chords for beginners, jazz blues...

The Ultimate Guitar Theory Chart

by Hal Leonard Corp.

(Guitar Educational). This chart features: easy-reference diagrams and charts; interval, chord and scale construction; and the circle of fifths.

Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson

by Randall Sullivan

"A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all over again."—People

“The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop’s convoluted...

Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume II

by Joseph Haydn

Volume II of two-volume set of excellent Breitkopf & Hartel edition includes Hoboken Nos. 30-52 arranged in chronological sequence: Sonata No. 30 in A Major (ca. 1774-76) culminating with Sonata No. 52 in E-flat...

Banjo Lessons for Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Banjo (Free Audio Available)

by LearnToPlayMusic.com & Peter Gelling

Teach yourself how to play banjo with our easy banjo lessons for beginners. Covers the fundamental techniques and practical banjo theory required to learn to play the banjo including banjo chords, banjo notes,...

Saxophone Lessons for Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Saxophone (Free Video Available)

by LearnToPlayMusic.com & Peter Gelling

Teach yourself how to play saxophone with our easy saxophone lessons for beginners. Covers the fundamental techniques and practical saxophone theory required to learn to play the saxophone. Suitable for all...

Acoustic Guitar Lessons for Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Audio Available)

by LearnToPlayMusic.com & Peter Gelling

Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy acoustic guitar lessons for beginners. Covers the fundamental techniques and practical guitar theory required to learn to play acoustic guitar. Includes acoustic...

Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons for Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Video Available)

by LearnToPlayMusic.com & Gary Turner

Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy fingerstyle guitar lessons for beginners. Covers the fundamental techniques and practical guitar theory required to learn to play fingerstyle guitar including...

Walk Tall: The Music and Life of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

by Cary Ginell

(Book). Cannonball Adderley introduces his 1967 recording of "Walk Tall," by saying, "There are times when things don't lay the way they're supposed to lay. But regardless, you're supposed to hold your head...

Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music

by Robert Walser

A comprehensive musical, social, and cultural analysis of heavy metal music.

Punk Rock: An Oral History

by John Robb & Lars Fredriksen

Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to those who cultivated the movement, weaving together their accounts to create a raw and unprecedented...

Zen and the Art of Producing

by Mixerman

(Book). Mixerman not only describes in detail the many important roles of an effective producer whether as product, manager, time, or personnel manager; organizer in chief; tour guide; psychologist; visionary;...

The "Real Easy" Ear Training Book

by SHER Music & Roberta Radley

All great musicians have one thing in common---to a great extent they know what the harmony of a song is as they hear it. Do you? If not, here is a practical guide to get you up to speed. Written by Berklee...

The Daily Adventures of Mixerman

by Mixerman

(Book). Mixerman is a recording engineer working with a famous producer on the debut album of an unknown band with a giant recording budget. Mixerman is supposed to be writing about recording techniques, but...