Profile of a Hit Songwriter

What characteristics, qualities and traits make a hit songwriter? What roles do hard work, talent, early musical development and environment play in becoming successful in an industry that changes daily? Nashville's award-winning fiddler, singer-songwriter, author and performer, Lacie Carpenter, and Grammy and Dove-nominated, platinum award-winning songwriter/author, Thornton Cline - have interviewed over 25 hit songwriters, producers, artists, psychologists, pediatricians, and songwriting coaches to determine what makes a hit songwriter. This must-have book offers valuable insight into the necessary factors needed to become a hit songwriter. This book is recommended forthe beginner as well as the intermediate and advanced songwriter in achieving ultimate success.

Tom Harrison: How To Become A Film Composer (Book/Online Audio)

Tom Harrison's book  How to Become a Film Composer  gives up-and-coming composers the inspiration, information and the tools necessary to succeed in today's music for media industry. Harrison has spent years working on the front line in Hollywood, where he has held key positions on music teams for some of the world's most successful television shows. His own music can be heard all over television on projects ranging from  Dateline NBC  and  The Voice  to NBC Golf tournaments,  WWW Monday Night Raw  and beyond. How to Become a Film Composer  begins with breaking down how to approach music in a dramatic context and how to cultivate your own unique sound. Next, Harrison covers the technical computer skills needed to work in this digital era of music production and finally provides a thorough guide to building a successful career. Whether you are a young student or a seasoned musician, if you want to learn more about what it takes to become a film composer, this is the book for you. “ Tom's book is an excellent introduction to the complex art and challenging career of film composing .” – Sheldon Mirowitz, three-time Emmy-nominated composer and Professor of Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music

School of Hard Rocks: A Working Drummer?s Guide to Real-World Drumming

Drummer, session man, teacher and Classic Drummer columnist Bart Robley has compiled the most essential rudiments that form the basis for all of his work. These exercises are not only great for beginners who need a solid foundation, but also perfect refreshers for intermediate to advanced players. By the time drummers are done with this book, their playing will come together into rhythms that can be used in a wide variety of playing situations.

Irish You A Merry Christmas: The Many Moods Of Celtic Christmas

This book includes Christmas melodies as well as lesser-known tunes from Ireland and Scotland paired with seasonal titles. All the songs can be played solo or with other instruments. A CD is included with recordings of the author playing using both steel and nylon string Guitars.

Parlors, Porches & Islands : A Personal Collection of Fingerstyle Guitar Music

This collection of fingerstyle guitar pieces is a voyage from 18th century country dance tunes to 19th century parlor or domestic guitar music, to music that found its way to traditional rural players in the U.S., to slack keyplayers in Hawaii, and from there to Doc Rossi's own music. Along the way, you'll explore some of the most important contemporary guitar tunings.

Hot Spicy Trumpet Solos with a Spanish Flair

This book of exciting original trumpet solos has a Spanish flair that will entice young students to want to perform. The melodies will make practicing more fun while at the same time introducing various time signatures, musical styles and fingering techniques. All solos were named for and influenced by trumpet great Rafael Mendez, who was the composer's inspiration. Included with the solos are piano and guitar accompaniments making them perfect for state solo contests as well as general performances. They are designed for intermediate level players.

C.F. Martin Guitars: A Repair Guide

Bart Robley: ASAP Rudimental Drumming

Bart Robley teaches basic rudiments essential for every drummer.He begins by breaking down a solo based on paradiddles into its rudiments, and goes on to demonstrate a paradiddle groove, culminating in the Bart Robley Drum Club performing a march called The Red Panthers.Informative, fast-paced and fun, this DVD will set a solid foundation for drummers!

The Rhythmic Journey : with a foreword by Dom Famularo

Ritchie Valens : His Guitars and Music

Ritchie Valens was the first nationally recognized Latino rock 'n' roll star. He had a meteoric rise to fame in a career that lasted barely eight months, before his tragic death along with Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson, in a plane crash north of Clear Lake, Iowa. Ritchie's unique guitar style and high-energy performances made him a well-known figure in the Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll. In Ritchie Valens: His Guitars and Music, guitarist and author Ryan Sheeler takes an in-depth look at Ritchie's music in a different light than other accounts. Included in the book are photos and information on his famous guitars, as well as an observation into how hemight have approached his playing. This book also presents a brand-new transcription of La Bamba with accompanying guitar tablature of the famous intro riff and Ritchie's celebrated guitar solo. Join Ryan for a look back at one of the pioneer guitarists of early rock 'n' roll in Ritchie Valens: His Guitars and Music. Ritchie Valens was the first nationally recognized Latino rock 'n' roll star. He had a meteoric rise to fame in a career that lasted barely eight months, before his tragic death along with Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson, in a plane crash north of Clear Lake, Iowa. Ritchie's unique guitar style and high-energy performances made him a well-known figure in the “Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll.”In Ritchie Valens: His Guitars and Music, guitarist and author Ryan Sheeler takes an in-depth look at Ritchie's music in a different light than other accounts. Included in the book are photos and information on his famous guitars, as well as an observation into howhe might have approached his playing. This book also presents a brand-new transcription of “La Bamba” with accompanying guitar tablature of the famous intro riff and Ritchie's celebrated guitar solo.Join Ryan for a look back at one of the pioneer guitarists of early rock 'n' roll in Ritchie Valens: His Guitars and Music.

Fingerpicking Fiddle Tunes

Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar. With this book/CD pack, Ken Perlman presents a systematic approach to playing classic fiddle tunes fingerstyle on the guitar. Learn hoedowns, reels, set tunes, marches, hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys and airs from a pioneer of the style!

The Contemporary Percussionist

A full guide to the equipment and techniques required of the modern percussionist wishing to be successful in today's competitive musical world. Glen Caruba gives an in-depth tour of a host of popular percussion instruments including:CongasBongosTimbalesDjembeThe use of 'Toys' in modern musical settings Techniques and know-how are discussed using each instrument, including aspects of tuning, hand techniques, exercises and basic swing rhythms. A further section enters the recording studio as you are given a guide to the exciting process of creative over-dubbing. Finally, witness some hot Latin-Jazz playing and percussion magic from the group Orkesta Eme' Pe'.

Guitar Chords - Revised Edition

Finally, a chord chart that's easy to read! Ninety-eight beginner and advanced versions of the most popular and widely played chords with fingering and note construction of each chord, plus a key chart showing the principal and relative chords in each key.

ASAP Classical Guitar Duets

Concentrating on the melody or harmony of a piece is a great exercise for when you have to do both. For this book, author James Douglas Esmond has chosen a dozen pieces out of the classical domain which are not found in the standard guitar repertoire. The pieces in this book start off fairly easy and progress to more challenging ones for intermediate guitarists. One guitar is great, but two is twice as nice ? and working with other musicians is great fun. So get together with another guitarist and have a wonderful time discovering these guitar duet pieces! The accompanying CD features 24 tracks.

Mandolin Chords Plus

Mandolin Chords Plus is a helpful booklet, compiled by Ron Middlebrook, with chords, scales, and tuning information essential to all mandolin players. This comprehensive reference also includes a selection of 'hot licks' useful for endings, intros and tunrarounds, as well as two fantastic tunes to play.

Dropped-D Tuning For Fingerstyle Guitar

This book has 17 pieces in dropped-D tuning, covering a wide array of musical genres. All are played fingerstyle. CD included. Book includes: Traditional Folk Songs Joseph Spence Style Blues in D An Irish Tune Latin Pieces Blues And Folk Songs In A Classical Pieces

Joel Rothman's Basic Drumming (Revised and Expanded Edition)

Revised and Expanded edition of Joel Rothman's Basic Drumming - a complete guide for beginner to intermediate drummers.

Steve Wilkerson: Jazz Saxophone

This DVD by sax master Steve Wilkerson features great concert segments, plus hands-on instruction on: control; developing a powerful sound; jazz vibrato; mouth piece selection; playing fast; Stan Getz's style; phrasing; breathing techniques and more. Comes with a booklet featuring transcriptions to four of Steve's fantastic originals!

Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for Harmonica (Harmonica)

A complete guide to playing fiddle tunes! Covers: tips on hand positions; playing instructions and techniques; rhythmic patterns for the reel, jig, hornpipe and waltz; and more. Features over 100 songs, along with a CD that demonstrates several of the tunes. Ability to read music is not necessary.

2000 Blues Licks That Rock!

The 2,000 licks in this book are organized into 36 chapters. These chapters explore the different pitches, rhythms, techniques, and methods of phrasing found in blues and blues-influenced guitar solos and fills. Use these licks to deliver heavy, yet ear-catching riffs. These can be played along with the 43 backing tracks included on the 3 CDs that come with this book. They are all written in the key of a C blues, while the backing tracks are played in the keys of E, A, D, G, C, F, and Bb. A handy table is included that shows how to transpose up or down from C to other blues keys. The backing tracks (performed by a live band in a studio) are all in the 12-bar blues form, but the licks do not necessarily have to be played over specific chords in the progression.

Dave Celentano: Essential Blues Guitar

Dave Celentano brings you a handy guide to playing blues guitars and takes care to emphasise the essentials of this emotive style. He includes sections on chord changes, scales, rhythms, turn arounds, phrasing, soloing and more. With a large reserve of examples and diagrams, plus 10 rhythm tracks for soloing and improvising.

Jose Rosa and Hector 'Pocho' Neciosup: The Contemporary Hand Drummer

The Contemporary Hand Drummer is a welcome addition to the canon of Afro-Caribbean hand drum method books. Hector and Jose have created a book that clearly explains the foundations of Afro-Caribbean music, including an excellent presentation of the clave concept, and a comprehensive chapter containing the patterns of many of the most popular rhythms. Several of the most important figures in the traditions and development of Afro-Caribbean hand drumming are included in this text... The sections on applying the rudiments and on independence training have applications beyond hand drumming and will make any one mastering this material a stronger musician and percussionist.As the expectations of what a percussionist should know and the number of instruments he or she is expected to perform on continues to grow, books like this one are heaven sent and all too rare. Clear instructions and logically sequenced, this is a book that will help all who use it experience the indescribable feeling one gets while playing Afro-Caribbean music... I thank Jose and Hector for writing this book and for sharing with you and me their incredible knowledge of this wonderful music.

Ragtime Mandolin : A Collection of Cakewalks, Rags, Slow Drags, and Foxtrots from the Gilded Age

B.B. King's Lucille and the Loves Before Her : A Musical Journey Through B.B. King's Guitars

Deconstruction Production Music for TV : Secrets Behind Writing Successful Music Cues

Here is a peek behind the curtains, revealing the secrets to writing successful orchestral instrumental music cues for the production music market. The reader is presented with several music cues to study and learn from. Throughdetailed analysis you will view complete transcriptions and hear the audio (online) of orchestral cues in multiple genres and styles. You will then have a better understanding of the structure of the music, why it works and howyou can apply these tips to your own compositions. A valuable resource for anyone interested in creating production music for film and TV.