Print Music, Books, DVDs & Video

If You Like Bob Marley... is the unique and utterly compulsivestory of the King of Reggae, told not through the life and times ofMarley himself, but through the music and magic of the musicians whogrew up around and under the influence of Bob Marley and his band, theWailers.Outlining some 200 artists, albums, songs, movies, and books, If You Like Bob Marley...tells how reggae music was torn from the confines of a small-worldmusic cult to become o...

From bedroom studios to the stages at Coachella, Auto-Tune pitchcorrection has become an integral part of music production andperformance. Mastering Auto-Tune provides users of all levels ahandy, comprehensive guide to getting the most out of this key musicproduction technology, from the ubiquitous Auto-Tune effect heard oncountless hit singles to the discrete pitch correction applied tocountless albums and live performances.Former product andsup...

Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era.IfWire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historicalaccident. Despite the fact that they had complicated and transformedthat category almost before they'd begun, they seem never to have quiteescaped the label. Be it punk, post-punk, or art-punk, critics haveclung onto the p-word in an attempt ...

With The Drum Master Key,Florian Alexandru-Zorn has compiled a comprehensive teaching systemusing a modular structure to pave the way towards fluency in all musicalgenres. The individual chapters provide access to a broad spectrum ofmusical styles beginning with fundamental rhythms, and progressingthrough dynamics, polyrhythms, and displacements to create a technicallyand musically satisfying daily workout. ,br>To avoid inflictingan interminab...

Lyrical Conducting: A New Dimension in Expressive Musicianship isthe latest soon-to-be hit from master musician and music educator EdLisk. The concepts and instructional techniques discussed here prompt new and different considerations for what teachers and conductors of instrumental music must strive for. Lyrical Conducting expandsone's awareness through the beauty of musical expression and itsdirection for greater musical meaning. Many attempts...

Jimi Hendrix left the world too soon at the age of twenty-seven, but,despite the brevity of his career, his body of work is as vital to20th-century music as that of Louis Armstrong, the Beatles, and MilesDavis. Hundreds of hours of unreleased studio sessions and concertperformances were his salvation.A modest man but highlycompetitive musician, Hendrix set the stage for many of the mostsignificant musical movements to emerge between 1970 and 1999...

The definitive and essential guide to the music industry, now in itseighth edition – revised and updated with crucial information on theindustry's major changes in response to rapid technological advances andeconomic uncertainty.The past two decades have seenfile-sharing technology and digital streaming services transform themusic business from top to bottom, and the changes keep coming atbreakneck speed. How are the record labels adapting ...

Picking up where the Auto-Tune 7 beginner DVD program left off, thisadvanced program begins with a detailed examination of the AVOX Evobundle, Antares' hottest new plug-in and the newest generation of theAntares Vocal Toolkit.The AVOX Evo bundle combinesstate-of-the-art vocal processing modules including the Harmony EngineEvo Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator, the Mutator Evo Extreme VoiceDesigner, the Articulator Evo Digital Talk Box, the Warm Tu...

Introducing Auto-Tune 7 from Antares! This latest version of Antares'enormously successful vocal intonation and timing correction plug-inrepresents the most substantial advancement in functionality sinceAuto-Tune's original introduction. By far the most powerful addition toAuto-Tune is the new time correction and manipulation component, whichlets you edit a vocal track's timing, right along with their pitch.Other exciting features include the enh...

Studio One for Engineers and Producers is specifically designedto help engineers and producers who are already comfortable usinganother DAW software platform make the transition to Studio One. Text,illustrations, and video examples (on the accompanying DVD-ROM)demonstrate the creative, practical, and technical benefits provided byPreSonus in this modern, well-developed, flexible, and user-friendlyapplication. All instruction is presented in strai...

Whether you're an independent studio engineer, a live sound operator, abroadcast technician, a postproduction specialist, or a student divingheadfirst into the real world, the second edition of The Business of Audio Engineeringis written just for you – the author shares modern-day approaches thatwill dramatically increase your chances for success in the audiobusiness. This book teaches you what you need to know about the life of aprofession...

In Cool Jobs in the Music Business, industry veteran and chair ofNYU's Clive Davis Recorded Music program Jeffrey Rabhan explains careeroptions within – and connected to – today's music business through theexperiences of some of the industry's top DJs, educators, engineers,executives, journalists, managers, music supervisors, producers,promoters, publicists, publishers, and technicians. Starting from hisown experience helping to guide...