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Write songs that sell! Hit-songwriter/educator Andrea Stolpe shares time-tested tools of commercial songwriting. Her ten-step process will help you to craft lyrics that communicate heart to heart with...

Expert producer/engineer Dan Moretti leads you step by step through the producing and mixing processes. Learn how different techniques - from mic placement to EQ - help you create authentic-sounding a...

Learn the secrets to a successful singing career! A perfect complement to technique books, this essential handbook teaches how to: develop stage presence and musical identity; choose songs that showca...

Become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of...

Berklee expert speaks on how to market and distribute your songs and group. Sell more music! Learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians, leveraging the important changes and...

This amazing compilation features 600 quotations from esteemed musicians and artists who have taken a moment to reflect on their influences, heroes, integrity, performances, and so much more. These ge...

Heal your body, mind and spirit using the profound power found in music. This research-based approach to wellness will help you to feel better. Learn to use music to manage your stress and reduce your...

Write songs starting from any direction: melody, lyric, harmony, rhythm, or idea. This book will help you expand your range and flexibility as a songwriter. Discussions, hands-on exercises, and notate...

Get organized, and take charge of your music projects! This book will help you harness your creativity into clear visions and effective work plans. Whether you are producing a recording, going on tour...

Organize and manage your music projects! Whether you are a performer, writer, engineer, educator, manager, or music maker, these time-tested charts, plots, diagrams, checklists, and agreements will he...

Learn the techniques to perform metal bass lines. In this book, you will learn to construct and perform bass lines emblematic of metal. You will analyze bass lines that are characteristic of different...

If you dream about a career in the music industry, this book is for you. These practical strategies will help you to prepare for and land your dream job in the music business. Thousands of readers hav...

Find better rhymes, and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyric writing, and this guide will provide you with all the technical information necessary to develop your...

Learn the techniques, common practices, and essential repertoire of the classical mandolin. You will learn long-established mandolin techniques and their contemporary applications. You will discover g...

Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions, giving you a...

Enrich your playing with advanced jazz harmonies. This workbook will help you play with a contemporary jazz sound, interpret leadsheets, and use upper-structure triads to expand your comping palette....

Learn piano basics, as required of every piano major at Berklee College of Music. The exercises featured in this book will help you improve your sight-reading skills, and memorize new material in less...

Methode für das Zusammenspiel in einer Band: 8 Stücke in den Stilen Rock, Blues, Funk, Swing, Latin, u. a. , werden anhand versch. Übungen erarbeitet. Ideal für den Keyboard/Klavier- oder Ensembleunte...

Learn to improvise using the techniques pioneered by piano greats Lenny Tristano and Dave McKenna. This methodical approach to learning the art of solo jazz piano improvisation will free your creative...

Entwickeln Sie Beherrschung und Kontrolle über das Griffbrett der Bratsche in allen Tonarten. Ob Sie nun Klassik, Jazz, Fiddle Tunes oder andere Stile spielen, diese Strategien des einundzwanzigsten J...

Available for more than a dozen instruments, these coordinated method books teach how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively - how to listen, interact and...

Improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises, and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational techniques and sounds. Develop your...

This is the first-ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively - how to listen, interact and respond, improvise, and become part...

Lernen Sie die Kunst des Jazzbasses! Egal ob Sie Jazzanfänger sind, Ihre Fähigkeiten am Bass verbessern möchten, akustischen oder elektrischen Bass spielen - dieses Buch wird Ihnen helfen, Ihre grundl...

Learn deep funk/R&B guitar! These hands-on exercises, licks, and technical discussions will help you play in the style of Kool and the Gang, Prince, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix...