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Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital Technologies
Paperback,
09/09/2011,
£22.95
£20.66
Technologies are revolutionizing the music business. This title provides a legal and business road map for success in today's music business by setting forth a summary of the rules pertaining to the traditional music business, including music licensing, as well as the laws governing online distribution of music and video.
How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005
Paperback,
02/11/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
'If you look at all the people involved - Ivo, Tony Wilson, McGee, Geoff Travis, myself - nobody had a clue about running a record company, and that was the best thing about it.' Daniel Miller, Mute RecordsOne of the most tangible aftershocks of punk was its prompt to individuals: do it yourself.
Beethoven's Symphonies: An Artistic Vision
Paperback,
28/02/2017,
£13.99
£12.59
An exploration of the unswerving artistic vision underlying Beethoven's symphonies, from a leading scholar of the composer's works.
Lou Reed: A Life
Hardback,
05/10/2017,
£25.00
£22.50
The essential biography of the Velvet Underground singer and New York legend
Messiah
Paperback,
14/12/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
The story of the composition, first performances and cultural afterlife of one of the best-loved and most widely performed works in the entire history of music.
Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
HOLD TIGHT is a book about being black, British and born after 1980. It's also about Grime. Celebrating over fifty key songs that make up Grime's DNA, Jeffrey Boakye explores the meaning of the music and why it has such resonance in the UK. Insightful and very funny HOLD TIGHT rolls deep, giving a context to Grime that hasn't been given before.
As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957-1977
Paperback,
01/03/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
An essential masterpiece of jazz history by renowned photographer and music historian, with a new foreword by Richard Williams
In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea
Paperback,
08/03/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
A rollercoaster new history for the 50th anniversary of the `Summer of Love', from a music business veteran who was actually there.
Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom
Paperback,
05/09/2000,
£13.95
£12.56
For a brief time in a Europe threatened and then occupied by Nazi Germany, jazz was heard as ubiquitously as rock 'n' roll is today.
Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World
Paperback,
05/04/2018,
£10.99
£9.89
A Rough Trade, Mojo and FT Book of the Year
LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE
Emerging from the jazz clubs of the early 1950s, skiffle - a uniquely British take on American folk and blues - caused a sensation among a generation of kids who had grown up during the dreary post-war years.
To Throw Away Unopened
Hardback,
05/04/2018,
£14.99
£7.50
To Throw Away Unopened is a fearless dissection of one woman's obsession with the truth - the truth about family, power, and her identity as a rebel and outsider.
1968: The Year that Rocked the World
Paperback,
03/02/2005,
£12.99
£11.69
The year 1968 encompasses the diverse realms of youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media. It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll. It was also the year of the Martin Luther King's assassination, and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. This book shows us how one volatile year helped shape us into who we are.
Under My Thumb: Songs that hate women and the women who love them
Paperback,
19/10/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
Women write about their experiences of loving music that doesn't love them back - a feminist 'guilty pleasures'.
Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss
Paperback,
07/03/2013,
£12.99
£11.69
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZEHow do you lose music?
Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed
Hardback,
13/09/2018,
£25.00
£22.50
A tortured genius, a sensitive soul, a great composer burdened by the weight of his private desires
Mozart: The Man Revealed
Hardback,
29/09/2016,
£25.00
£20.00
The illustrated life story of the world's most beloved composer
Beethoven: The Man Revealed
Paperback,
27/04/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
John Suchet's acclaimed biography of the greatest composer the world has ever known
Verdi: The Man Revealed
Hardback,
07/09/2017,
£25.00
£20.00
Genius, patriot, pessimist, atheist: a fascinating exploration of Italy's best-loved composer, Giuseppe Verdi
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
Paperback,
17/12/2015,
£8.99
£8.09
In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar. This book deals with her life and work.
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?: And 87 Other Serious Answers to Questions in Songs
Hardback,
30/10/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
A book of hilarious and fascinating answers to the most famous questions posed in pop songs, using data, facts and science.
Canterbury Catch Club 1826: Music in the Frame
Paperback,
01/01/2019,
£80.99
£60.99
In 1825, an enterprising Canterbury newsagent by the name of Henry Ward raised a subscription to commission a lasting tribute to his beloved musical society.
Popular Music: The Key Concepts 4ed
Paperback,
29/03/2017,
£24.99
£22.49
Revision of: Popular music culture / Roy Shuker. 3rd edition. 2012.
Dark Stuff
Paperback,
07/02/2019,
£6.99
£6.29
In The Dark Stuff Nick Kent profiles twenty-two of the most gifted and self-destructive talents in rock history. From Brian Wilson to Syd Barrett, the Rolling Stones to Neil Young, Iggy Pop to Lou Reed, he offers intimate portraits that are unimaginable in the world of today's market driven music business.
Girl in a Band
Paperback,
07/02/2019,
£8.99
£8.09
In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story.
Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, Girl in a Band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extraordinary artist.
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
Paperback,
07/02/2019,
£8.99
£8.09
The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring with the Clash, dating Mick Jones, inspiring "Train in Vain," releasing her solo debut in 2012, and much more in this honest and entertaining memoir.
Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music
Paperback,
07/02/2019,
£6.99
£6.29
An attempt to isolate the 'Britishness' of British music - a wild combination of pagan echoes, spiritual quest, imaginative time-travel, pastoral innocence and electrified creativity - Electric Eden will be treasured by anyone interested in the tangled story of Britain's folk music and Arcadian dreams.
Secret DJ
Paperback,
06/06/2019,
£9.99
£8.99
DISCOVER THE REALITY OF LIFE AS A SUPERSTAR DJ IN THIS SENSATIONAL EXPOSE OF WHAT REALLY GOES ON BEHIND THE BPMs.
The glamour, the parties, the excess, the highs and, of course, the lows.
Fried & Justified: Hits, Myths, Break-Ups and Breakdowns in the Record Business 1978-98
Paperback,
04/07/2019,
£14.99
£13.49
In 1980, Houghton set up his own PR company, Brassneck Publicity, and for the next 20 years the list of his charges reads like a who's who of some of the greatest, most influential, and most dysfunctional cult groups of the post-punk era and beyond. It is his indefatigable belief that it was always the music that came first.
Trampled Under Foot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin
Paperback,
01/08/2013,
£14.99
£12.00
What emerges is a compelling portrait of the four musicians themselves, as well as a fresh insight into close-knit entourage that protected them, from Peter Grant to Richard Cole to Ahmet Ertegun, giant figures from long-vanished world of 1970s rock. This book is a history, adventures, myths and realities of this legendary and powerful of bands.
Across The Great Divide
Paperback,
03/07/2003,
£17.99
£15.00
Starting out as a backing group for Ronnie Hawkins, before being propelled on to the world stage by Bob Dylan, The Band literally changed the course of music with their first two albums.
Reckless Daughter: A Joni Mitchell Anthology
Paperback,
03/11/2016,
£14.99
£12.00
An anthology of the most incisive commentary on the extraordinary career of Joni Mitchell.
Major Dudes: A Steely Dan Companion
Paperback,
06/09/2018,
£9.99
£8.00
A Rock's Backpages anthology, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns, of Steely Dan, one of the defining and bestselling American rock acts of the last half-century.
Present Tense: A Radiohead Compendium
Hardback,
07/02/2019,
£20.00
£10.00
A Rock's Backpages anthology of Radiohead, the most radical and fascinating rock band in modern music history, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns.
History of Western Music 10ed
Paperback,
08/02/2019,
£42.99
£38.69
The definitive history of Western Music.
Round Britain Quiz Book: 250 challenging questions from Radio 4's cult quiz show
Hardback,
17/10/2019,
£12.99
£11.69
'The nerdiest and longest-running quiz around' The SpectatorHave you got what it takes to tackle Radio 4's most fiendish quiz? Can you explain?*The Round Britain Quiz is the oldest broadcast quiz anywhere in the world.
Rock & Roll A Level
Hardback,
17/10/2019,
£12.99
£11.69
The Rock and Roll A Level is here to rescue the pop quiz from the grip of bores who know the chart position of everything and the value of nothing.
Classic FM Handy Guide to Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music
Hardback,
12/03/2015,
£11.99
£10.00
An essential short history of classical music: a standalone accompaniment to the Handy Guides series.
Ultimate Classic FM Hall of Fame
Hardback,
10/03/2016,
£25.00
£20.00
A beautifully illustrated, full-colour treasure trove of the most popular classical music as selected by the public
Classic Ephemera: A Classic FM Musical Miscellany
Hardback,
02/10/2009,
£9.99
£8.00
Do you want to know your Allegri from your Allegro? Your Tavener from your Taverner? Even your Bach from your Offenbach? Classic Ephemera is a musical miscellany packed with all manner of handy information: telling trivia, curious quotes and fascinating facts.
Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia
Paperback,
06/02/2020,
£9.99
£8.99
The Sunday Times top ten bestseller. A wise and witty exploration of suburbia from music icon Tracey Thorn; singer-songwriter and bestselling author of Bedsit Disco Queen
Big Book of Classical Music: 1000 Years of Classical Music in 366 Days
Hardback,
04/09/2014,
£30.00
£25.00
The ultimate classical music companion, a beautifully illustrated page-a-day guide to the year in classical music.
Orchestra (Classic FM Handy Guides)
Hardback,
08/01/2015,
£9.99
£8.00
This handy reference guide from Classic FM takes you on a whistle-stop tour of the greatest orchestras at home and abroad, stopping off to explore the world of orchestral instruments, as well as making plenty of musical recommendations along the way.
House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons
Hardback,
03/09/2020,
£18.99
£17.09
The most talented musical family in the world. For the first time, mother Kadie Kanneh-Mason shares her unique story.
Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music
Paperback,
27/01/2020,
£16.99
£15.29
Beyond Talent is a practical, step-by-step guide to advancing a career in music. From booking concerts and creating dynamic promotional materials, to overcoming the typical "inner" challenges musicians face, author Angela Myles Beeching offers inspiration for your journey along with straight-talking solutions backed by real-world results.
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