Beginning on the night in November 1963 when his mum took him to see the Beatles live at Manchester’s ABC Cinema, Mike Pickering takes the listener through sixty years of clubs, clothes, gigs, record labels, football matches and politics. Pickering has lived through decades of rapid change in popular music. As an influential DJ he introduced house music into the legendary Haçienda. He signed Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records before working with Kasabian, Gossip and Calvin Harris at Sony.

“Pretty marvellous. A fabulous autobiography” Irvine Welsh “Full of beautiful, mad stories” Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 6 The long awaited autobiography from the musical maverick, polymath and Beta Band front man. “Self-destructive pop saboteurs who did it all wrong in all the right ways...

“Dominic clearly remembers more about the 90s than I do.” – Zoe Ball I was in the right place at exactly the right time. I was handed a precious backstage pass to this magical period, as a chronicler of some of its most significant moments, of its wild protagonists, whether in music...

Often overshadowed by his former bandmates, Ringo Starr has his own remarkable story that is no less compelling. Ringo: A Fab Life highlights a life so jaw-droppingly eventful that one is left wondering how he also had time to become one of the best musicians on the planet. Tom Doyle takes...

“An excellent history of the queer world’s countless music scenes.” —Emma Alpern, Vulture “An essential book for this moment.” —Rob Sheffield The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life From the underground...

In From Last Pick to First Pick, veteran musician, educator, and YouTube instructor Jermaine Morgan shares the practical roadmap that transformed his own journey from struggling beginner to successful working musician. Drawing on more than two decades of experience performing, recording, and teaching thousands of bass players around the world, Morgan breaks down the essential skills and mindset required to stand out in today’s competitive music world.

Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore the way he does. With his waist-length dreadlocks and snarling vocals, Morris is known the world over for his take-no-prisoners approach on the stage and his integrity off of it. Over the course of...

La musica che abbiamo conosciuto e amato nel Novecento è ancora viva? Oppure ha già concluso il suo ciclo evolutivo, lasciando spazio a un nuovo, misterioso orizzonte? Gino Castaldo, uno dei più autorevoli critici musicali italiani, ci guida in un viaggio dentro la più potente mutazione del fenomeno musicale degli ultimi decenni, forse della sua intera storia, e prova a darle un nome. Una trasformazione che non riguarda solo i suoni, ma l'intero processo creativo, i modi di produzione, distribuzione e consumo.

A revelatory work—grounded in the author's own pathbreaking research—that explores the capacity for meaning-making and connection through "musical daydreams." We've all had the experience: a song comes on, and suddenly we're not where we were. We're back in the past, or living out a future...

Sonny Rollins is one of the towering masters of American music, a virtuoso of the saxophone, and an unequaled improviser whose live performances are legendary and who has reshaped modern jazz over the course of a career lasting more than sixty years. A turning point in that legendary career came in 1959, when Rollins stepped back from performing and recording to begin a new regime of musical exploration.

Minimalist Music looks critically into the music’s past, shows how the genre thrives across styles, and points the way toward minimalism’s ongoing future. Minimalism as a genre is best defined not by any style or flavor but by its means. Certain rhythms and chords in other music may identify...

Bloomsbury presents Raps of Resistance by Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins, read by Greg Lockett Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole blazed paths that salvaged socially conscious rap at a pivotal time in history. Conscious rap, a subgenre of hip-hop music that engages in dialogue about social and...

Dans ses mémoires, Travis Barker, batteur du groupe de rock multi disque de platine Blink-182, se met à nu, ne dissimulant rien des hauts et des bas de sa vie artistique et personnelle, comme le terrible crash d'avion qui l'a pratiquement tué et le long cheminement pour se remettre de ce traumatisme. Tout a changé dans la vie de Travis Barker avec la célébrité. Mais la gloire a aussi ses revers sombres : son mariage surexposé qui vole en éclats, et les tournées interminables qui le rendent accro à la drogue.

**Read by the Author** The long-awaited memoir from country music legend, Clint Black—a raw, intimate, and unflinching story that traces his rise from struggling songwriter to chart-topping superstar and enduring music legend. Over twenty million records sold. Twenty-two number one career...

Songs that blow the mind.

A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the punk rock world, a career in show business and a lifetime spent on stage, written by legendary musician and one-time Sex Pistol Edward Tudor Pole. Whether trading one-liners at RADA with Ralph Richardson, shooting the breeze with Clint Eastwood...

Bloomsbury presents Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd by Rick Pender, read by John Chancer. An award-winning Sondheim expert dives into all facets of this unique, murder-filled masterpiece—its slimy roots, original production, characters from killers to lovers to bakers, soaring score, gripping...

Зачем любить сложную музыку? Как «читает» произведение опытный слушатель? Почему важно знать разные варианты исполнения одного и того же произведения? Что такое теорба, граунд и сонорика? Какой русский композитор — современник Моцарта?

Inside the making of one of the biggest-selling albums of all time: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 Rumours album topped the Billboard 200 for thirty-one weeks and won the Grammy for Album of the Year. More recently, Rolling Stone named it the 25th greatest album of all time...

Running a Recording Studio and Using Recording Equipment is the ultimate step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to build, run, and profit from a professional recording studio—whether in a spare bedroom, a home basement, or a full commercial facility. This comprehensive manual gives beginners and intermediate engineers the knowledge, techniques, and confidence needed to create high-quality audio, attract paying clients, and operate a smooth, efficient studio business.

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Erin Osmon’s rollicking Won’t Back Down tells the story of the origins, chart-topping development, and tangled legacy of Heartland Rock, the music that ruled the airwaves of the 1980s and remains instantly recognizable to millions. Osmon delves into the making of its classic albums and songs, including Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run,” Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind,” John Mellencamp’s “Small Town,” and Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”

Люди поют и играют на музыкальных инструментах с древнейших времен, но проследить непрерывную историю музыки невозможно, слишком она разнообразна и неоднородна. Поэтому Эндрю Форд—композитор, исследователь и ведущий популярной радиопрограммы о музыке—предлагает иной подход. Он выделяет ключевые темы в истории музыки и показывает, как они проявлялись в разных культурах и эпохах—от ритуальных песнопений и первых систем записи звуков до современных лейблов и стриминговых платформ.

Clad in black with dark shades, Roy Orbison had a mystique, style, and voice that were unmistakable and singularly different from his famous peers of the 1950s and '60s. Born in Vernon, Texas, Roy was the son of a guitar-playing oil worker. Already a music fan by age six, Roy went on to form a...

La esperadas memorias del legendario Lionel Richie. Lionel Richie, un narrador sin parangón, está dispuesto a contarlo todo. En este libro de memorias, íntimo y profundamente sincero, Lionel repasa acontecimientos divertidos y angustiosos para inspirar a todos los que dudan de sí mismos o...