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The Rupert Holmes Songbook - Piano/Vocal/Guitar (Paperback): Rupert Holmes The Rupert Holmes Songbook - Piano/Vocal/Guitar (Paperback)
Rupert Holmes
R568 R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Save R135 (24%) Out of stock
Radiohead -- Kid a - Piano/Vocal/Guitar (Paperback): Radiohead Radiohead -- Kid a - Piano/Vocal/Guitar (Paperback)
Radiohead
R493 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R124 (25%) Out of stock

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Matching folio, including: Everything in Its Right Place * Kid A * The National Anthem * How to Disappear Completely * Treefingers * Optimistic * In Limbo * Idioteque * Morning Bell * Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Substance: Inside New Order (Paperback): Peter Hook Substance: Inside New Order (Paperback)
Peter Hook 1
R364 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R111 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'This book will delight both New Order-ites and general rock readers' Mojo A ROLLICKING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED ACCOUNT OF NEW ORDER'S ENTIRE HISTORY. Two acclaimed albums and an upcoming US tour - Joy Division had the world at their feet. Then, on the eve of that tour, the band's troubled lead singer, Ian Curtis, killed himself. The next time they got together, they were a new band. That band was New Order - their label was Factory Records, their club The Hacienda. Their distinctive sound paved the way for the dance music explosion that followed, earning them the reputation as one of the most influential bands of their generation, and changing the course of popular music. Following on from his bestselling titles The Hacienda and Unknown Pleasures, Peter Hook has written a rollicking, no-holds-barred account of the band's entire history. Substance is packed with never-before-seen detail, discographies and technical information. This is possibly the most entertaining memoir ever written by a British musician. 'There are stories here that make Ozzy Osbourne looks like Mother Teresa' Sunday Express 'A rollicking read' Record Collector 'Rock writing rarely tells us properly what a band treading water or in slow decline feels like from the inside. Hook does so memorably' Guardian 'As mammoth and downright idiotic as the band deserves ... something hilariously daft happens on nearly all of Substance's 750 pages' Classic Pop

What's Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean - The Moby Grape Story (Paperback): Cam Cobb What's Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean - The Moby Grape Story (Paperback)
Cam Cobb 1
R484 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R117 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Moby Grape are a genuine cult phenomenon. Their story, a mixture of myth and truth, is a cautionary tale, a triumph, and a tragedy all at once. Though they are seen as a symbol of 1960s San Francisco, Moby Grape were never actually a part of the city s counterculture movement. Yet they were immersed in it, sharing stages with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, and many more. Moby Grape s five members came together from very different backgrounds, bursting onto the San Francisco scene in the fall of 1966. With their diverse pedigree, they were nothing less than musical alchemists, yet they were also rebels. Their blending of genres within a tight songwriting framework contrasted sharply with that of many of their SF peers. Following the release of the band s debut album in 1967, you could see everyone from Ringo Starr to Jimi Hendrix sporting a `Moby Grape Now! button. But in the months that followed, they were dogged by mismanagement, bad marketing, a scandalous drug bust, and general rock n roll mayhem. It seemed like it was all over in 1969, but in 1971 Moby Grape staged rock s first full-on reunion. Since then, they have fought to retain ownership of their own name, while two members of the band struggled with homelessness and mental illness. Despite all of this, they produced one of the best albums of the era, and today they are heralded by countless luminaries of rock music and rock criticism, from Robert Plant to Robert Christgau, Tom Waits to Greil Marcus. Drawing on extensive interviews with the surviving members of the band, What s Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean? finally tells the full story of one of the great cult bands of the 60s.

The Live Music Business - Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Andy Reynolds The Live Music Business - Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Andy Reynolds
R4,159 Discovery Miles 41 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In an era when performing live is more essential than ever, this is the go-to guidebook for getting your show on the road and making a living from music. Previously published as The Tour Book, this new edition has been extensively revised, reorganized, and updated to reflect today's music industry. Written by a touring professional with over 25 years of experience.

The Music and Noise of the Stooges, 1967-71 - Lost in the Future (Hardcover): Michael S. Begnal The Music and Noise of the Stooges, 1967-71 - Lost in the Future (Hardcover)
Michael S. Begnal
R4,128 Discovery Miles 41 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reflect upon the conflict between commercial and artistic imperatives in cultural production generally. Bridges the gap between academic scholarship and popular consumption. Utilizes cultural criticism and sound studies as well as contemporary and archival texts. This book offers a fresh perspective on the Stooges that will appeal both to rock fans and scholars (especially in the fields of cultural studies, the long Sixties, musicology, punk studies, and performance studies).

David Bowie Outlaw - Essays on Difference, Authenticity, Ethics, Art & Love (Hardcover): Alex Sharpe David Bowie Outlaw - Essays on Difference, Authenticity, Ethics, Art & Love (Hardcover)
Alex Sharpe
R4,129 Discovery Miles 41 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the relevance of David Bowie's life and music for contemporary legal and cultural theory. Focusing on the artist and artworks of David Bowie, this book brings to life, in essay form, particular theoretical ideas, creative methodologies and ethical debates that have contemporary relevance within the fields of law, social theory, ethics and art. What unites the essays presented here is that they all point to a beyond law: to the fact that law is not enough, or to be more precise, too much, too much to bear. For those who, like Bowie, see art, creativity and love as what ought to be the central organising principles of life, law will not do. In the face of its certainties, its rigidities, and its conceits, these essays, through Bowie, call forth the monster who laughs at the law, celebrate inauthenticity as a deeper truth, explore the ethical limits of art, cut up the laws of writing and embrace that which is most antithetical to law, love. This original engagement with the limits of law will appeal to those working in legal theory, ethics and law and popular culture, as well as in art and cultural studies.

The Cambridge Companion to K-Pop (Paperback): Suk Young Kim The Cambridge Companion to K-Pop (Paperback)
Suk Young Kim
R811 R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Save R45 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How did Korea with a relatively small-scale music industry come to create a vibrant pop culture scene that would enthrall not only young Asian fans but also global audiences from diverse racial and generational backgrounds? From idol training to fan engagement, from studio recording to mastering choreographic sequences, what are the steps that go into the actual production and promotion of K-pop? And how can we account for K-pop's global presence within the rapidly changing media environment and consumerist culture in the new millennium? As an informed guide for finding answers to these questions, The Cambridge Companion to K-Pop probes the complexities of K-pop as both a music industry and a transnational cultural scene. It investigates the meteoric ascent of K-pop against the backdrop of increasing global connectivity wherein a distinctive model of production and consumption is closely associated with creativity and futurity.

Researching Live Music - Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals (Hardcover): Chris Anderton, Sergio Pisfil Researching Live Music - Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals (Hardcover)
Chris Anderton, Sergio Pisfil
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- Filled with contributions from world-leading academics and practitioners, from a variety of backgrounds and countries. - Highly interdisciplinary overview of live music, which will be relevant to professionals and students interested in music business, music technology, music production and performance. - Includes papers on cutting-edge issues, such as augmented reality and virtual reality.

Peak Music Experiences - A New Perspective on Popular music, Identity and Scenes (Hardcover): Ben Green Peak Music Experiences - A New Perspective on Popular music, Identity and Scenes (Hardcover)
Ben Green
R4,138 Discovery Miles 41 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Peak music experiences are a recurring feature of popular music journalism, biography and fan culture, where they are often credited as pivotal in people's relationships with music and in their lives more generally. Ben Green investigates the phenomenon from a social and cultural perspective, including discussions of peak music experiences as sources of inspiration and influence; as a core motivation for ongoing musical and social activity; the significance of live music experiences; and the key role of peak music experiences in defining and perpetuating music scenes. The book draws from both global media analysis and situated ethnographic research in the dance, hip hop, indie and rock 'n' roll music scenes of Brisbane, Australia, including participant observation and in-depth interviews. These case studies demonstrate the methodological value of peak music experiences as a lens through which to understand individual and collective musical life. The theoretical analysis is interwoven with selected interview data, illuminating the profound and everyday ways that music informs people's lives. The book will therefore be of interest to the interdisciplinary field of popular music studies as well as sociology and cultural studies beyond the study of music.

Rockin' in the Ivory Tower - Rock Music on Campus in the Sixties (Paperback): James M. Carter Rockin' in the Ivory Tower - Rock Music on Campus in the Sixties (Paperback)
James M. Carter
R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Harlem 69 - The Future of Soul (Paperback): Stuart Cosgrove Harlem 69 - The Future of Soul (Paperback)
Stuart Cosgrove 1
R320 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1969, among Harlem's Rabelaisian cast of characters are bandleader King Curtis, soul singers Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway, and drug peddler Jimmy 'Goldfinger' Terrell. In February a raid on tenements across New York leads to the arrest of 21 Black Panther party members and one of the most controversial trials of the era. In the summer Harlem plays host to Black Woodstock and concerts starring Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone. The world's most famous guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, a major supporter of the Black Panthers, returns to Harlem in support of their cause. By the end of the year Harlem is gripped by a heroin pandemic and the death of a 12-year-old child sends shockwaves through the USA, leaving Harlem stigmatised as an area ravaged by crime, gangsters and a darkly vengeful drug problem.

The Beatles Drum Collection (Book): Beatles The Beatles Drum Collection (Book)
Beatles
R515 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R121 (23%) Out of stock

(Drum Recorded Versions). This transcription book lets drummers examine Ringo's note-for-note tracks to 25 classics by The Beatles: Back in the U.S.S.R. * Birthday * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * Eight Days a Week * Get Back * Help * Helter Skelter * I Saw Her Standing There * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Paperback Writer * Revolution * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * Something * Twist and Shout * more

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part Two: Scenes from a Memory (Paperback): John Petrucci Dream Theater - Metropolis Part Two: Scenes from a Memory (Paperback)
John Petrucci
R647 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R153 (24%) Out of stock

Act 1

  • Scene 1: Regression
  • Scene 2: (i) Overture 1928, (ii) Strange Deja Vu
  • Scene 3: (i) Through My Words, (ii) Fatal Tragedy
  • Scene 4: Beyond This Life
  • Scene 5: Through Her Eyes

Act 2

  • Scene 6: Home
  • Scene 7: (i) The Dance of Eternity, (ii) One Last Time
  • Scene 8: The Spirit Carries On
  • Scene 9: Finally Free

And on Guitar... - The Autobiography of Jim Cregan (Paperback, 2nd edition): Jim Cregan, Andy Merriman And on Guitar... - The Autobiography of Jim Cregan (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Jim Cregan, Andy Merriman; Foreword by Rod Stewart
R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jim Cregan's career as a rock guitarist, songwriter and producer has spanned over fifty years, touring and recording albums with stars such as Elton John, Cat Stevens, Family, Willie Nelson, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Joe Cocker, The Gypsy Kings, and Katie Melua. However, he is perhaps best known for his forty-year association with Rod Stewart, not only as his guitarist but also being best friends and godfathers to each other's children. In his autobiography Jim Cregan lifts the lid on his extraordinary life, recounting his experiences with music's biggest stars, from his first band at the age of 14 playing in youth clubs in Poole to performing in front of 350,000 people in Rio de Janeiro. In And on Guitar . . . Cregan holds nothing back: from his early life and anecdotes about his family to shenanigans on the road and extraordinary tales of hedonism, love and loss, his stories feature a Who's Who of music's biggest stars.

The New Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Book): The New Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Book)
R582 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R142 (24%) Out of stock

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Notes & tab for 15 faves from the quintessential Southern rock band, including: Don't Ask Me No Questions * Down South Jukin' * Free Bird * Gimme Three Steps * Saturday Night Special * Sweet Home Alabama * What's Your Name * and more.

The Best of Steely Dan (Book): Steely Dan The Best of Steely Dan (Book)
Steely Dan
R643 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R153 (24%) Out of stock

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Transcriptions of 20 top hits, including: Aja * Deacon Blues * Hey Nineteen * Josie * Kid Charlemagne * My Old School * Peg * Reelin' in the Years * Rikki Don't Lose That Number * and more. Includes an introduction, photos and tab.

Technic is Fun - International Edition, Book 1 (Book, International ed.): David Hirschberg Technic is Fun - International Edition, Book 1 (Book, International ed.)
David Hirschberg
R227 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R35 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Technic is Fun series offers piano students a series of graded studies for the development of technic, style, and musicianship. These studies reinforce the technical requirements found in method books and in standard piano repertory. The etudes found in this series not only build technic and musicality but have been carefully selected to provide refreshing recital repertoire as well as to develop a strong musical and technical foundation.

Ta-Dah - (Piano/ Vocal/ Guitar) (Paperback): Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah - (Piano/ Vocal/ Guitar) (Paperback)
Scissor Sisters
R260 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R37 (14%) Out of stock

Alfred is pleased to release the album-matching folio for the Scissor Sisters' 2006 release Ta-Dah. This NY-based band, formed in 2003, has gained attention both in the U.S. and in the U.K. for their unique blend of rock, pop, and dance music. Ta-Da is their second record, which reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums Chart (2006). This book provides lyrics along with arrangements for all the songs on the record. Titles are: I Don't Feel Like Dancin' * She's My Man * I Can't Decide * Lights * Land of a Thousand Words * Intermission * Kiss You off * Ooh * Paul McCartney * Other Side * Might Tell You Tonight * Everybody Wants the Same Thing.

Desire, Drink and Death in English Folk and Vernacular Song, 1600-1900 (Paperback): Vic Gammon Desire, Drink and Death in English Folk and Vernacular Song, 1600-1900 (Paperback)
Vic Gammon
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This much-needed book provides valuable insights into themes and genres in popular song in the period c. 1600-1900. In particular it is a study of popular ballads as they appeared on printed sheets and as they were recorded by folk song collectors. Vic Gammon displays his interest in the way song articulates aspects of popular mentality and he relates the discourse of the songs to social history. Gammon discusses the themes and narratives that run through genres of song material and how these are repeated and reworked through time. He argues that in spite of important social and economic changes, the period 1600-1850 had a significant cultural consistency and characteristic forms of popular musical and cultural expression. These only changed radically under the impact of industrialization and urbanization in the nineteenth century. The book will appeal to those interested in folk song, historical popular music (including church music), ballad literature, popular literature, popular culture, social history, anthropology and sociology.

Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend (Paperback): Flea Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend (Paperback)
Flea 1
R141 Discovery Miles 1 410 Ships in 10 - 20 working days

Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock star. Michael Peter Balzary was born in Melbourne, Australia, on October 16, 1962. His more famous stage name, Flea, and his wild ride as the renowned bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers was in a far and distant future. Little Michael from Oz moved with his very conservative, very normal family to Westchester, New York, where life as he knew it was soon turned upside down. His parents split up and he and his sister moved into the home of his mother's free-wheeling, jazz musician boyfriend - trading in rules, stability, and barbecues for bohemian values, wildness, and Sunday afternoon jazz parties where booze, weed, and music flowed in equal measure. There began Michael's life-long journey to channel all the frustration, loneliness, love, and joy he felt into incredible rhythm. When Michael's family moved to Los Angeles in 1972, his home situation was rockier than ever. He sought out a sense of belonging elsewhere, spending most of his days partying, playing basketball, and committing petty crimes. At Fairfax High School, he met another social outcast, Anthony Kiedis, who quickly became his soul brother, the yin to his yang, his partner in mischief. Michael joined some bands, fell in love with performing, and honed his skills. But it wasn't until the night when Anthony, excited after catching a Grandmaster Flash concert, suggested they start their own band that he is handed the magic key to the cosmic kingdom. Acid for the Children is as raw, entertaining and wildly unpredictable as its author. It's both a tenderly evocative coming of age story and a raucous love letter to the power of music and creativity

The Gei of Geisha: Music, Identity and Meaning (Paperback): Kelly M. Foreman The Gei of Geisha: Music, Identity and Meaning (Paperback)
Kelly M. Foreman
R1,679 Discovery Miles 16 790 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Japanese geisha is an international icon, known almost universally as a symbol of traditional Japan. Numerous books exist on the topic, yet this is the first to focus on the 'gei' of geisha - the art that constitutes their title (gei translates as fine art, sha refers to person). Kelly M. Foreman brings together ethnomusicological field research, including studying and performing the shamisen among geisha in Tokyo, with historical research. The book elaborates how musical art is an essential part of the identity of the Japanese geisha rather than a secondary feature, and locates current practice within a tradition of two and half centuries. The book opens by deconstructing the idea of 'geisha' as it functions in Western societies in order to understand why gei has been, and continues to be, neglected in geisha studies. Subsequent chapters detail the myriad musical genres and traditions with which geisha have been involved during their artistic history, as well as their position within the traditional arts society. Considering the current situation more closely, the final chapters explore actual dedication to art today by geisha, and analyse how they create impromptu performances at evening banquets. An important issue here is geisha-patron artistic collaboration, which leads to consideration of what Foreman argues to be the unique and essential nexus of identity, eroticism and aesthetics within the geisha world.

Nadia and Lili Boulanger (Paperback): Caroline Potter Nadia and Lili Boulanger (Paperback)
Caroline Potter
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Pioneers in their fields and two of the best-known women in music in the twentieth century, Nadia and Lili Boulanger have previously been considered in isolation from one another. Yet, as Caroline Potter's new book demonstrates, their careers were closely linked during Lili Boulanger's short life (1893-1918) and there are several intriguing connections between their musical works. This biography also provides the first full analysis of the Boulanger sisters' musical styles, placing them within the context of French musical history. Their lives are also a case study in the issues of gender which surround music making even to the present day. Despite an unusually privileged upbringing, Nadia and Lili Boulanger exemplify the struggle women experienced when attempting to enter the professional music world. Lili became the first woman to win the Prix de Rome in 1913, and Nadia gained second place in 1908. Yet in spite of this initial success, Nadia Boulanger was to give up composing in her thirties and devoted the remainder of her long life to teaching. Her pupils included several of the great composers of the century, including Aaron Copland and Elliott Carter. This book, focusing on their musical careers, is essential reading for anyone interested in French music of the twentieth century.

Kaija Saariaho: Visions, Narratives, Dialogues (Paperback): Jon Hargreaves Kaija Saariaho: Visions, Narratives, Dialogues (Paperback)
Jon Hargreaves
R1,679 Discovery Miles 16 790 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Kaija Saariaho is internationally recognized as a leading figure in contemporary music, enjoying a well-deserved reputation for works that are both creatively original and of considerable appeal. Her music communicates with a refreshingly broad audience, and this special achievement deserves careful consideration. In the first symposium book in English to be dedicated exclusively to this single figure, scholars from both the UK and Saariaho's native Finland bring a range of perspectives to her richly varied output. Uncovering the compositional, historical, cultural and sociological issues that have resulted in such critical acclaim lies at the heart of this collection of essays. Saariaho's approach to composition is an interdisciplinary one; it embraces a number of art forms - visual, literary and musical - in works that explore a creative dialogue between image, continuity and time. While such diversity is readily accommodated in a multi-authored collection, the consistency of an underlying compositional identity and integrity is also an important trait. The grouping of these essays into three strands - 'visions', 'narratives' and 'dialogues' - reflects the wide range of Saariaho's creative preoccupations while subscribing to a carefully structured succession of commentaries.

The Discourse of Protest, Resistance and Social Commentary in Reggae Music - A Bakhtinian Analysis of Pacific Reggae... The Discourse of Protest, Resistance and Social Commentary in Reggae Music - A Bakhtinian Analysis of Pacific Reggae (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Turner
R4,133 Discovery Miles 41 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive, engaging and timely Bakhtinian examination of the ways in which the music and lyrics of Pacific reggae, aspects of performance, a record album cover and the social and political context construct social commentary, resistance and protest. Framed predominantly by the theory and philosophy of Russian literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, this innovative investigation of the discourse of Pacific reggae in New Zealand produces a multi-faceted analysis of the dialogic relationships that create meaning in this genre of popular music. It focuses on the award-winning EP What's Be Happen? by the band Herbs, which has been recognised for its ground-breaking music and social commentary in the early 1980s. Herbs' songs address the racism and ideology of the apartheid regime in South Africa and the relationship between sport and politics, as well as universally relevant conflicts over race relations, the experiences of migrants, and the historic and ongoing loss of indigenous people's lands. The book demonstrates the striking compatibility between Bakhtin's theorisation of utterances as ethical acts and reggae music, along with the Rastafari philosophy that underpins it, which speaks of resistance to social injustice, of ethical values and the kind of society people seek to achieve. It will appeal to a cross-disciplinary audience of scholars in Bakhtin studies; discourse analysis; popular cultural studies; the literary analysis of popular music and lyrics, and those with an interest in the culture and politics of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region.

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