$30 Music School

This is a quick-start course on how to jump into making music, get it heard worldwide, make a living, and not compromise to the whims of the entertainment industry. The author, truly able to relate to his audience, has actually proven the theories in this book himself. He is a starving artist and musician with a punk rock ethic who has a band, tours with it, and is making a living off of it. This is a book for realistic people part of the indie revolution: musicians who are artists, who make good music, and want to get their music out to the world, but don't necessarily have to sell ten million copies to validate themselves. Packed with interviews from insightful, influential, and inspiring independent musicians, such as Henry Rollins, this book is an inspiration and motivational piece of work. A multimedia CD-ROM comes with the book and contains examples of the author's music, music videos, electronic press kits, etc.

ID: 331865

100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - But Probably Don't

From Lillian Gish in Way Down East (1920) to Renée Zellweger in Nurse Betty (2000), DiLeo takes movie fans on an unpredictable ride through 80 years of film history, showcasing a variety of genres and performing styles, and providing fresh spins on the careers of Hollywood's top stars. In this collection of short, informal essays, the author bypasses mainstream cinema and pays tribute to overlooked performances while bringing a necessary dose of renewed attention to those once-heralded and now forgotten.

ID: 332401

100 Lessons in Classical Ballet
The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School

The complete 8-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School, which trained Nureyev, Baryshnikov, and Makarova, including over 100 photographs. A volume which no teacher, scholar, or student of the dance can afford to miss. A serious, indeed indispensable, textbook. -Clive Barnes

ID: 332402

100 Monologues For Actors Who Rock!

ID: 333052

1000 Great Guitarists
French Edition

This book is the most wide-ranging critical guide to the world's finest guitar players. It offers clear insights into the styles and careers not only of top international stars, but also of lesser known recording session players and stage sidemen. It spans all styles of guitar playing, including rock, jazz, country, classical, blues, folk, and more. A biography and evaluation of every guitarist is combined with listings of players' key instruments and suggestions of their best recordings. Includes 30 color pages. The CD includes tracks from each of the twelve guitarists featured on the color spreads, providing an unforgettable example of each player's unique style and technique. 7-3/4 inch. x 9-1/2 inch.. FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITION.

ID: 330231

1000 Songwriting Ideas
Music Pro Guides

A great tool for all songwriters looking for creative resources. 1000 Songwriting Ideas is a handy book of creativity exercises that stop writer's block and spark the fire of your imagination. It offers concepts to ponder as starting places for lyric writing, along with some of the most provocative and inspirational examples you may encounter anywhere. Authored by a pro, these proven exercises are for moving the creative lyrical self, the soul, the real tool of songwriting and the real object of a song's intention.

ID: 331938

101 Recording Tips
Stuff All the Pros Know and Use

This book contains tips, suggestions, advice, and other useful information garnered through a lifetime of home and pro studio recording adventures. Included in the book are dozens of entries learned firsthand from legendary producers, engineers, and artists such as Tom Dowd, Phil Ramone, Pete Anderson, Dick Shurman, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Desmond Child, and many more. It's an essential collection of tricks of the trade that will improve anyone's home or pro studio recordings. The accompanying CD includes nearly one hour of audio demonstrations.

ID: 311035

101 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them
How to Craft and Sell Your Songs

Give your songwriting a competitive edge with this book that takes readers from the first inspiration for a song to the collection of worldwide royalties. Experienced songwriters Pat and Pete Luboff point out the stumbling blocks you'll encounter along the way and how to turn them into stepping stones to songwriting success. In 101 fun and easy-to-read chapters, you'll find tips on: building solid, marketable song structures; creating the perfect lyrics accompanied by moving melodies; forming productive and profitable collaboration ventures; producing effective demos; tracking royalty collection; and more. It also includes insider tips on traveling to and living in the songwriting centers of the country - Los Angeles, New York City, and Nashville. Everything songwriters need to live and succeed can be found in this one great resource.

ID: 331960

13 by Shanley
Thirteen Plays

Thirteen plays by the Oscar-winning author of Moonstruck. Includes: The Big Funk, Savage in Limbo, Danny & The Deep Blue Sea, Welcome to the Moon, The Red Coat, Down & Out, Let Us Go Out Into the Starry Night, Out West, A Lonely Impulse of Delight, Women of Manhattan, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, Italian-American Reconciliation, and Beggars in the House of Plenty. Also includes an introduction by the author.

ID: 314130

1995 Music Yearbook
Softcover

Want to know what happened in the world of music in 1995? Here's everything that hit Billboard's music charts during the calendar year.

ID: 330233