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History Hub presents a complete biography of Eddie Van Halen from start to end, whose remarkable story inspires us even today.
Eddie Van Halen was the leader of Van Halen, hailed as one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Considered one of the best guitar players globally, he is known to tinker with his guitars like a mad scientist to create new techniques and different sounds. This would give birth to his signature brown sound, a thick and...
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Transcribing is not some unattainable gift reserved for a select few. This book will take you by the hand and guide you from the very beginning-learning basic music theory-all the way to creating sheet music for any musical ensemble you can ever imagine or encounter.It doesn't matter what instrument you play, the concepts in this book will teach you to create sheet music using standard music notation. This will allow you to communicate your musical...
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The Guidebook to Self-Releasing Your Music is a must-have resource for anyone looking to release their music-equally valuable for first timers as well as for seasoned experts who want the latest information on technology and industry developments. Matthew Whiteside focuses on the areas that musicians can manage themselves, and highlights-with humour and encouragement-the potential benefits and pitfalls along the way.
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This memoir is designed to inspire and it was written for people who have a nudge to change and be effective but they have little resources to chase their dreams. Our Greatest Downfall will really get you out of your comfort zone and make you want to do something with your life. Let me leave you with this question if I could do it through the odds what is your excuse.
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'He wasn't dead and gone to heaven. He was alive and still in Graceland. Cursed to live another year on god's earth as Elvis Presley. The man from yesterday trapped in a today of tomorrows…'
As 1968 dawns, the once King of Rock 'n' Roll faces cultural oblivion. While elsewhere the Sixties are swinging, for Elvis they're sinking – in terrible films, drug addiction, paranoia, religious mania and the mercenary wiles of his psychopathic manager....
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A comprehensive biography of the twentieth-century Russian composer, exploring his life, music, and legacy-by a noted musicologist who knew him personally.
Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich is universally renowned as one of the most important figures of twentieth-century classical music. In Shostakovich: The Man and His Work, Ivan Martynov presents a rich and compelling biography of this pioneering legend. Martynov draws on extensive...
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From the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious, Jim Higgins delves into each one, with descriptions, details, analysis and appraisals that will amplify and expand fans' understanding and appreciation of them. This listener's guide is personal as well as definitive, a thoughtful consideration of Reed's entire career from the perspective...
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American composer Lou Harrison (1917—2003) is perhaps best known for challenging the traditional musical establishment along with his contemporaries and close colleagues: composers John Cage, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leonard Bernstein, Living Theater founder, Judith Malina, and choreographer, Merce Cunningham. Today, musicians from Bang on a Can to Björk are indebted to the cultural hybrids Harrison pioneered half a century ago. His explorations...
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Sinead O'Connor went from "pop star" to the "face of true hatred" in less than 24 hours; 30 years later, she is regret-less!From being Grammy nominated for her first two songs, to being booed at concerts, banned for life from NBC, angry mob running steamrollers over hundreds of her records, celebrities like Frank Sinatra, and Madonna ridiculing her openly, Sinead O'Connor, the protest singer has seen it all in just two years' time.Today, 30 years...
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PROCESOS CREATIVOS Y SINESTESIANuevos procesos creativos a partir del fenómeno de la sinestesia. Este libro ha sido posible gracias a la beca a la innovación, la investigación y la creación en el ámbito de la música y el pensamiento, en el año 2021, otorgada por el gobierno catalán, la Generalitat de Cataluña.Escrito a partir de la investigación acerca de la sinestesia cognitiva en compositores y pintores de todo el Mundo. Nos habla de...
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From life in an East End pub to fame on a global stage, Matt Johnson – founder, songwriter and visionary lynchpin of iconic band The The – created some of the most engaging, challenging and enduring music of his era.
Then he walked away from it all.
In this authorised biography Neil Fraser has drawn back the curtain on a brilliant enigma. Neil Fraser has gained unprecedented access to Matt Johnson and his The The archives. He has conducted...
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