(Book). Make your small home studio sound huge Guerrilla Home Recording is a revolutionary approach to getting great sound in a home or project studio. Author Karl Coryat breaks down the process by showing how to think in terms of three simple "dime…
A lively and engaging chronicle of the triumphant rise of Sharon Jones a one of the most authentic purveyors of American soul music since James Brown a ELong Slow Train: The Soul Music of Sharon Jones and the Dap-KingsE traces her roots from gospel…
A Complete History of Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Updated paperback edition.
Neil Young has had one of the most remarkable careers in the history of music. He hasn't just outlived many of his contemporaries a some of whom were great inspirations for him ( From Hank to Hendrix as one of his own songs says); his artistry lives…
Phil Ochs is known primarily as a songwriter; however, his oeuvre extends far beyond that-to short stories, poetry, criticism, journalism, and satire, all of which are included in I'm Gonna Say It Now: The Writings of Phil Ochs, which represents the…
EBad ReputationE is the unexpurgated story of Joan Jett the single most exciting rocker of the American 1980s one of the biggest-selling acts of the age and one of punk rock's most valued elder statespeeps.THThrough its pages a welter of exclusive i…
Texas is the honorary home of roadhouse music and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan its uncrowned king. More than just a biography and musical exploration of Stevie Ray Vaughan ERoadhouse BluesE tells the stories of the great Texan musicians that came bef…
Gretsch electric guitars have a style all their own a a glitzy wacky retro charm that over the years has drawn players from all kinds of popular music from timeless stars to unknown teens. The Beatles Chet Atkins Duane Eddy and Brian Setzer all made…
PrintMusic primer is a tried and true first step guide to using the world's number one music notation program. Road tested for more than eight years, the information found here will help readers create any style of music as a desktop masterpiece. Th…
This invaluable guide and accompanying online media give bass players both the musical background and training needed to get on with their grooving. With lessons guided by a metronome and presented in various musical styles and rhythmic applications…
EHow to Play Blues GuitarE gives you vital instruction in blues basics from top guitar teachers and reveals the screts of blues greats often in their own words. Revised and expanded with 32 pages of new lessons and packed with musical examples chart…
There's a huge amount of hype and mythology surrounding tube amplifiers in the guitar world. For years experts have argued over the tiny details of exactly how they do what they do and how their various components interact. What's undeniable is that…
This comprehensive guidebook covers all that is Celtic in music today, through essays exploring solo artists, bands, singers, and players of specialized instruments, such as harps, pipes, fiddles, drums, squeezeboxes, whistles, mandolins and more. P…
(Book). Of all the paths available to today's musicians, the life of the singer-songwriter remains one of the most alluring and popular. This handbook is the ultimate guide for the modern singer-songwriter, full of real-world advice and encouragemen…
Everyone knows the legends a Hendrix Page Clapton Beck and all the other six-string giants a but the evolution of guitarcraft wasn't forged purely by dber-famous players with large cultural footprints. Scores of lesser-known pioneers such as Tommy B…
"The Fiddle Book" is a treasure trove of information spanning the whole range of fiddle playing, from the spike fiddles of Africa and Asia to the Chinese Erhu, the fabulous Indian Sarangi and the mysterious Norwegian Hardingfele. It looks in detail…
First published in 2001 and now updated and expanded EHistory of the American GuitarE begins in New York City in the 1830s with the arrival of Christian Martin from Germany to set up the Martin company. From that historic moment the book takes reade…
First-ever look at the intertwining outrageous lives of three rock legends.THWhen Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971 Bowie was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was still recovering from th…
Led Zepplin, the Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Rush, Pink Floyd, Peter Frampton, the Beatles, the Who, Elton John (but only the good stuff), the Rolling Stones these are the names that classic rock worships. But where are the values for which they fought, w…
Tone: it's the concept that gear-obsessed guitarists discuss more than any other and the ETone ManualE is the first book to take this hallowed concept seriously. In the course of breaking down the individual components of the electric guitar rig the…
Joni Mitchell is one of the most celebrated artists of the last half-century and her landmark 1971 album EBlueE is one of her most beloved and revered works. Generations of people have come of age listening to the album inspired by the way it clarif…
(Book). We are proud to present this special 2002 "Love Me Do" Collector's Edition Featuring many previously unseen photographs, this limited run of 1,500 hardcover books has been issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' fi…
Here's the definitive guide to mastering music notation with Finale NotePad! This easy-to-use reference unravels the intricacies of NotePad the introductory yet powerful program that enables musicians to edit reformat and reorganize notation for any…
Revered and massively influential the Smiths have been called the most important band of the fertile U.K. 1980s music scene. While the group was only active for five years (1982 to 1987) the cult of the Manchester-reared foursome has ballooned in th…
This is a wild insider's ride with one of music's most notorious journalists. Here are 15 gothic music profiles guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat from the author of "Tales of Times Square".Legendary musicians and songwriters captured i…
EThe Greatest Music Never SoldE is a never-before-attempted look at the legendary lost recordings of the pop music world. It reveals the secrets of 20 albums a works by superstars and supergroups such as Mick Jagger Seal Chicago David Bowie Prince S…
Experienced player Dave Hunter offers insight from the top builders and tips on how to get the most from each pedal. The author also dissects chains used by top guitarists in creating memorable recordings. The accompanying CD features standard as we…
