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Musician's Business & Legal Guide (4th Edition)

2 reviews
Mark Halloran

Prentice Hall, 2007

The most important book I have ever owned
This book is an absolute must have for musicians. It is a "how-to" manual for musicians. I STRONLY advice never signing any contract or enter into any deal, as a musician, until you have read this book!!!!! It has saved my @$&@ more than once. Whether you are just playing gigs at bars and clubs, recording at home, or trying to go big, this book can be used as a stand alone road map. I have been ...

The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills
Joel Phillips

W. W. Norton & Company, 2005

The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills teaches the skills of complete musicianship, integrating aural training and performance in one comprehensive pedagogical program. The Musician's Guide Series features: The newest developments in tonal and contemporary theory and analysis A familiar core repertoire, revisited throughout the theory text in different contexts, that exposes students to a wide range of musical genres?choral and ...

The Drumset Musician

3 reviews
Rick Mattingly, Rod Morgenstein

Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997

Great for the beginning to intermediate level drummmer...
has a TON of beats and patterns to play, and also has some cool play along grooves without the drums. Lots of cool quarter note, eithght note and sixteenth note patterns to learn and at the end of the chapter you incoporate what you learned into one of the play along grooves. All styles are nicely represented in a very easy and fun way to read. Great book for the drummer looking to take his ...

Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)

13 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Harcourt Children's Books, 1993

GREAT for kids - first exposure to composers tough for little ones
My daughter's piano teacher gave her the assignment to read about Mozart as she started her first Mozart Minuet. My daughter was 7 at the time, and although she was reading at above 3rd grade level, I was shocked to find that there was NOTHING available on the internet or in her school library that give her information on composers at HER level. I finally found "Lives of the Musicians" and have ...

The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis

4 reviews
Jane Piper Clendinning, Elizabeth West Marvin

W. W. Norton, 2004

A Five Star Winner for Self-Study
I bought this book after thoroughly researching music theory book possibilities here. I have been studying music theory in a class with the Benward book, but I did not do well as I wanted on a placement test for university transfer, and I do not easily understand Benward. When this book arrived, it did not take me long to know this is just what I am looking for to review music theory on my ...

Piano for the Developing Musician

4 reviews
Martha Hilley, Lynn Freeman Olson

Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2009

Great for all Keyboardists!
I studied under Martha at the University of Texas and went through her program using this book. I resented having to learn piano - it wasn't my primary instrument. In fact, I couldn't have been less interested in piano. But time goes by and a decade later I am actually a keyboardist in a rock band. I credit my ability to cover many styles to Martha and the PDM book. My wife, a "real" ...

The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis: Workbook

1 review
Jane Piper Clendinning, Elizabeth West Marvin

W. W. Norton, 2004

Gets the job done
This book helps you learn everything you need to know about counterpoint and music theory.

The Complete Musician Student Workbook: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening ...

2 reviews
Steven G. Laitz

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Excellent textbook...
...comprehensive, detailed but nevertheless succinct and to the point...the writing is a bit dry but after all it is a textbook.

Theory for Today's Musician w/ Musical Example CD-ROM

1 review
Ralph Turek

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006

Don't Bother
Unless this is a required textbook for a music degree (as was the case for me), don't bother giving this textbook a second look. Although it covers the basics of music theory right up through in-depth theoretical analysis, the difficult-to-understand directions and extremely frequent misprints and incorrect artist credit given make this book a poor buy. Yes, this is the first edition, so many ...

Musician and Teacher: An Orientation to Music Education
Patricia Shehan Campbell

W. W. Norton, 2007

Explaining the why, what, and how of music teaching?for musicians who want to explore teaching as a career. Musician and Teacher blends traditional music education with innovative curricular and educational changes currently taking place in the field. Designed for the first course in music education, Musician and Teacher surveys the theoretical, philosophical, historical, social, and psychological foundations of teaching music and pays ...

The Musician's Soul: A Journey Examining Spirituality for Performers, Teachers, Composers, Conductors, and ...

14 reviews
James Jordan

GIA Publications, 1999

A book every conductor should own!
Being a student, I feel very lucky to have read this book at the young age of 16. I am now 21. It has changed the was I conduct forever, and I cannot not say enough, how much this book has influenced my life. There are many quotes in the book from other people. I LOVE them. Some people think Dr. Jordan was just doing it to "fill out his book". I disagree. He put the quotes in because he ...

The Deaf Musicians
Pete Seeger, Paul Dubois Jacobs

Putnam Juvenile, 2006

Poor Lee! He used to be a jazzman who could make the piano go yimbatimba- TANG?zang-zang. But now he?s lost his hearing, and the bandleader had to let him go. So Lee goes to a school for the deaf to learn sign language. There, he meets Max, who used to play the sax. Riding the subway to class, they start signing about all the songs they love. A bass player named Rose joins in and soon they?ve got a little sign language band. And in no ...

The Complete Musician Student Workbook: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening ...
Steven G. Laitz

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

This Student Workbook accompanies The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, Second Edition. The first of two volumes, it provides 144 separate assignments that accompany chapters 1-23 of the textbook. The second edition features a new layout: exercises are now structured in a consistent format of discrete assignments (four to eight assignments per chapter) that usually fit on one or two sheets of ...

2008 Musician's Atlas

4 reviews
FOLKMAN M

MUSIC RESOURCE GROUP, 2008

A MUSIC BUSINESS MUST HAVE!
This book is a must have for anyone working in the music business, whether you're "in the band" or working with or for the band, etc. I have successfully found the people who are now working to make my dreams a reality. I've found my manager, label, etc. Awesome information and worth every penny.

Musician's Business and Legal Guide, The (3rd Edition) (Musician's Business & Legal Guide)

13 reviews
Mark Halloran

Prentice Hall, 2001

Excellent
People think music business is all about creation and keeping the fans happy. Well it mostly is but a young artist can become stuck in all that legal stuff. For somebody who is new that can be very difficult and people could take advantage of this and try to cheat you so this book is about all the legal involved aspects of the music business. This book will offer you a detailed explanation of ...

The Musician's Handbook, revised edition: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Music Business (Musician's ...

13 reviews
Bobby Borg

Billboard Books, 2008

The Musician's Handbook - An Excellent Guide to the Music Industry!
Bobby Borg has penned an excellent guide to the music industry. The 288 page soft cover book, "The Musician's Handbook" is jam packed with clear information on what you need to do to accomplish your goals. Building from Chapter 1: Important Tips to Consider On Your Path to Success to the Afterword: The Future of the Music Business, Bobby lays out the tips, techniques and tools to help you ...

Keyboard Musician for the Adult Beginner (Frances Clark Library for Piano Students)

2 reviews
Frances Clark, Louise Goss

Alfred Publishing Company, 1980

Adults learning piano
Both my wife and I have been recommending this book for many years to adults wanting to learn the piano. As part-time piano teachers, we found that the lessons progress at an very good pace for most adults. The choice of songs used in the lessons are tasteful mixing both folk and classical traditions. This book also works well for someone with some music reading background but no previous ...

What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body: The Practical Application of Body Mapping & the Alexander ...

7 reviews
Barbara Conable, Benjamin Conable

Andover Pr, 2000

Excellent book for learning about the body
This book is an excellent resource for music teachers who recognize the need for sharing accurate information about the body with their students. It is intended as a workbook. The pages follow a certain presentational order but each can be taken alone as a "project" to be worked on during a lesson or a practice session, depending on the student's (and teacher's!) needs. I have succesfully used ...

Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music (Vintage)

20 reviews
Glenn Kurtz

Vintage, 2008

An excellent and inspiring read!
Like the author, I too have hit two playing-ending walls and have regained my ability to practice. I really appreciate the author's insights into the various voices that can inform and jade our ability to play. I'm so appreciative to have found this book.

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