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Learn to Produce Music Like a Pro and Take Your Music To a Whole New LevelDo you love producing music? Do you know what it takes to go from being a bedroom producer to a successful hit maker? **If you believe you have what it takes then keep reading and let's create a masterpiece!**With all the music production advice out there, it can be very easy to get overwhelmed. You may get a vague idea of the general topic, but you're more likely to be confused...
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Children have a unique ability to assimilate new information at an impressive rate. In other words, they can learn new things quickly, creating a need for constant knowledge. It is the goal of this book to provide such knowledge as it relates to piano Scales. It is a comprehensive guide for kids and gives an in-depth look into the world of music and, more specifically, into the world of piano scales. Learning piano scales is an important step for...
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When you're learning to play the piano or electric keyboard, knowing what the lines and spaces on a staff represent and how the notes on your instrument correspond to those on sheet music isn't enough to become a proficient musician. Although you're a beginner, you can improve your abilities in many ways. You don't only need to know the correct keys to press and when to play them. A vast world of music theory and compositional variety greatly changes...
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Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, David Gunn is proud to have grown up in a city facing constant adversity, and to represent a community whose government knowingly poisoned its citizens for years. Now, he pulls back the curtain on Flint-like only those born and raised there can do. His advice is poignant and timely, and urges readers to never stop working through the struggle. To not create a back-up plan, and to cross the bridge and burn it behind...
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What Makes A Song Great?
It's a big question, and one that has been written about endlessly in an attempt to reveal the "formula" for creating a worldwide, smash hit record.
First of all a good song speaks to you. You remember it, even if it's just one really good line... It fills you with emotions, whether those be sad or happy ones.
Then there is something else...it's the way the music was produced and its techniques which hook you in and enhance...
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Every family has a story. Like my father Robert Lawrence Lamp Sr. use to say, "we are no better, but different." My sisters and I, our children and grandchildren have all been impacted by the legacy of love our parents gave us. How does a family insure that future generations understand and adopt core values that will make their lives better and different. Robert Lawrence Lamp Jr., a musician and songwriter, chronicles a midwest family living and...
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A collection of folk stories about art, money, drugs and love told first hand by the songwriter and storyteller Beans on Toast. "Beans is a legend and I love him" Kae Tempest "One of England's most loved troubadours" Blaine Harrison "A voice I'll always pay attention to, and you should too" Frank Turner
8) Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton is best known for her musical prowess, but there is so much more to her character than people realize. Nowadays, she is the epitome of old Hollywood glamor. She is pretty well known for getting a lot of cosmetic surgery over the years in order to keep up the gaudy, glamorous image we've come to know and love. Even through all this she's still modest. Having received several offers to pose nude for Playboy Magazine, she always turned them...
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This book shows artists and musicians how to get more streams on Spotify plus featured in Spotify Editorial playlists.
Billboard charting rock and hip hop artists Manafest shows you the new way artists everywhere are getting more fans without a record label.
Spotify Profits will help you get more streams and followers:
- How I hit 400,000 monthly listeners without a record label and no touring
- How to make a ruckus with every song you put out
- Secrets...
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It takes many years to excel at recording, and if your goal is to become an engineer then that's what's required. But if you're a musician who wants to garner a reaction to your song, then you don't have time for that. You need to make a Killer Record right now. But how? First, stop thinking like a recordist.
The stated goal of this book is to convert recording decisions into musical ones, and technical decisions into practical ones. Not only do I...
11) This Book Shreds
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Are you ready to learn what it takes to shred? Do you want to make music more than just a dream or a hobby? In This Book Shreds Rob will teach you how to:
-Use the power of music to create lifelong connections with people who are awesome.
-Write mind-bending songs based on universal emotions and simple research.
-Create a mindset foundation that will keep you from quitting just when your brain is on the verge of connecting all the dots.
-Embrace making...
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Concert, dissonance, harmony, and, by analogy, chorus, orchestra, symphony-philosophers often employ musical metaphors to describe political processes. National anthems, military marches, and protest songs-music also marks many political events. However, music is seldom included in the repertoire of political communication. Puzzled by this omission, I began to explore various relationships between music and politics. What associations between them...
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Spotify has changed the way we listen to and share music in a dynamic, profound and irreversible way. Fans across the world can access songs, albums and entire back catalogs at the click of a button, and the artists behind the music get paid for every one of those streams.
Isn't that incredible? Music labels are no longer a necessity. The power is in the creators' hands more than ever before.
But it isn't just a case of releasing a song onto Spotify...
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When I think back to my best mixes--regardless of their commercial success--in each and every case, I can only describe the experience as one in which I was working from deep within, outside of any external forces. I wasn't thinking; I was doing. I wasn't scared of what anyone would think. I wasn't scared of failure. All my decisions were made with confidence, and once a judgment was made, I didn't second-guess myself. I allowed the music to guide...
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Songs move people. They create visuals in our minds and stoke fires in our hearts. They lift us up, take us down, and allow our minds to soar.
Chris Greenwood is the man behind Manafest: the globally successful rock and rap musician who's sold millions of singles and albums world-wide.
With over 20 years experience in the industry, both as a signed artist and an independent musician, Chris shares his incredible experience as a song writer and hit-maker...
16) The Bent Bible
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First official book release by Kyle Bent. Contains a plethora of tips and techniques to help guide musicians and creatives in creating, and maintaining a succesful music career.
17) Keyboard Lessons
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Have you ever wondered why learning the basics of playing a keyboard is not enough? Why do we need to take advanced lessons and hone our skills even further? How can advanced keyboard lessons push your hobby into something more serious, possibly as far as a career in music? This book will explore why advancing your keyboard learning journey is so important and how it can help you reach greater heights in the music industry.
First off, what exactly...
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Picking up a guitar and making beautiful music is a great feeling!
Whether you're young or old, there's no better feeling than learning to play an instrument. Sadly, most people believe that they will never learn how to play the guitar.
Local guitar teachers seem like a great option, at first, but you could risk getting stuck with a wannabe rock star who can't really teach you. Or you could try YouTube, but most of those videos go way too fast,...
19) Françoise Hardy
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Today, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, Francoise can be resurrected, at any moment of her singing career, simply with a flick of a switch on the television's remote control. And there she is, the epitome of French elegance and style! With Francoise, unlike with many of the popular musicians of the time, there was no blaring music or wild gesticulations. She had no need of devices such as these. Her songs are captivating in their own right,...
20) (un)Broken
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In this multimedia memoir, the author uses a unique blend of storytelling, poetry, diary entries, music and photography to write about turning the anxiety of an artist's block into a safe space. This is how she was able to dig deep into the anxiety, and, with the guidance of her therapist, allow each song she records (for an album she wasn't planning to make), to bring her healing but also an unexpected resolution.
"Tatiana (Tajci) Cameron is a portrait...
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