Listening is a social process. Even apparently trivial acts of listening are expert performances of acquired cognitive and bodily habits. Contemporary scholars acknowledge this fact with the notion...
This book gives a critical account of various methods used in music analysis. In the first chapter, a number of current approaches such as semiotics, musical implications, Schenkerian analysis, and...
Format: EPUBDonald Passman, "All You Need To Know About Music Busines, 10th Edition". All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Don Passman—dubbed “the industry bible” by the Los...
What makes a song work? What element causes us to stop, to listen, to listen again? Is it a melody? Is it a beat? Is it the words that are sung, or spoken? Is it what they speak to in us? Is it a...
Pedro de Alcantara's The Integrated String Player: Embodied Vibration is a practical guide for all string players: violinists and violists, cellists and bassists, but also gamba players and anyone...
The Rolling Stones I Was There provides a fan’s-eye account of the greatest rock & roll band in the world. With more than 400 fans’ friends and work colleagues accounts of their memories of seeing...
An ode to Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece, his Third Symphony! In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven's...
Offering innovative approaches to thinking about orchestras, Global Perspectives on Orchestras: Collective Creativity and Social Agency adopts ethnographic, historical and comparative perspectives on...
The research area of music information retrieval has gradually evolved to address the challenges of effectively accessing and interacting large collections of music and associated data, such as...
In this book, readers will learn practical tips and strategies to teach music appreciation online. As online education is a growing field, an increasing number of teachers trained in traditional/live...
Proven techniques for songwriting success This friendly, hands-on guide tackles the new face of the recording industry, guiding you through the shift from traditional sales to downloads and mobile...
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Grace, Grit, and Glory details the history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as seen through the prism of the city it has called home for nearly 130 years. Now one of...
Fugal invention has proved a successful line of analytical inquiry in recent studies of repertoires from Josquin to J. S. Bach. Alan Howard brings similar insights to the music of Henry Purcell, and...
OVER 400+ PAGES OF IN-DEPTH QUALITY CONTENT! The Soundcloud bible is the predictable step by step method to help you master digital music marketing and distribution help you to build the foundation...
The Band Director's Guide to Success is the ideal guide for preparing future band directors for the practical challenges and obstacles that they will face in the introductory years of their teaching...