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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
ISBN: 9780679730613 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Copiously researched and documented, Hit Menis the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the insatiable greed and ambition; the enormous egos; the fierce struggles for profits and power; the vendettas, rivalries, shakedowns, and payoffs. Chronicling the evolution of America's largest music labels from the Tin Pan Alley days to the present day, Fredric Dannen examines in depth the often venal, sometimes illegal dealings among the assorted hustlers and kingpins who rule over this multi-billion-dollar business."
Copiously researched and documented, Hit Menis the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the...
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77,07 |
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The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-On Collision of Rock and Commerce
ISBN: 9780679743774 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1964, on the brink of the British Invasion, the music business in America shunned rock and roll. There was no rock press, no such thing as artist management -- literally no rock-and-roll business. Today the industry will gross over $20 billion. How did this change happen?
From the moment Pete Seeger tried to cut the power at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival debut of Bob Dylan's electric band, rock's cultural influence and business potential have been grasped by a rare assortment of ambitious and farsighted musicians and businessmen. Jon Landau took calls from legendary producer Jerry... In 1964, on the brink of the British Invasion, the music business in America shunned rock and roll. There was no rock press, no such thing as artist m...
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Digital Music Wars: Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox
ISBN: 9780742536685 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry and the role of the Internet are rapidly changing. Rather than buying records, tapes, or CDs_in other words, full-length collections of music_music shoppers can, as they have in earlier decades, purchase just one song at a time. It's akin to putting a coin into a diner jukebox_except the jukebox is in the sky, or, more accurately, out in cyberspace. But has increasing copyright protection gone too far in keeping the music from the masses? Digital Music Wars explores these transformations and the far-reaching...
With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry and the role of the Internet are rapidly changing. Rather than buying rec...
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431,00 |
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Digital Music Wars: Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox
ISBN: 9780742536692 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry and the role of the Internet are rapidly changing. Rather than buying records, tapes, or CDs--in other words, full-length collections of music--music shoppers can, as they have in earlier decades, purchase just one song at a time. It's akin to putting a coin into a diner jukebox--except the jukebox is in the sky, or, more accurately, out in cyberspace. But has increasing copyright protection gone too far in keeping the music from the masses? Digital Music Wars explores these transformations and the far-reaching...
With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry and the role of the Internet are rapidly changing. Rather than buying rec...
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205,71 |
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Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950
ISBN: 9780801877421 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth century, technology transformed the entertainment industry as much as it did such heavy industries as coal and steel. Among those most directly affected were musicians, who had to adapt to successive inventions and refinements in audio technology--from wax cylinders and gramophones to radio and sound films. In this groundbreaking study, James P. Kraft explores the intersection of sound technology, corporate power, and artistic labor during this disruptive period. Kraft begins in the late nineteenth century's -golden age- of musicians,... Between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth century, technology transformed the entertainment industry as much as it did such heavy industries as... |
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129,79 |
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Visual Music Instrument Patents: Volume One
ISBN: 9780809511440 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Visual Music Instrument Patents Volume One is a collection of primary source documents for visual music instruments, often called "color organs," gleaned from the United States Patent Office. Information about these devices is often only available through the inventor's patent applications, but these applications are not currently available except through the time-consuming process of searching Patent Office databases. This volume is an informational resource for those instruments that are already known and studied (Bishop, Rimington, Wilfred, Fischinger), and includes a number of patents for...
Visual Music Instrument Patents Volume One is a collection of primary source documents for visual music instruments, often called "color organs," glea...
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107,86 |
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Stage Presence from Head to Toe: A Manual for Musicians
ISBN: 9780810847774 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stage Presence From Head to Toe: A Manual for Musicians is the only resource of its kind: a practical, authoritative guide to accepted practices of stage presence for performing musicians. It answers the basic questions every musician has about a performance: how to prepare, how to dress, how to walk out on stage, how to bow, how to look confident and put your audience at ease, how to interact with other musicians on stage and with backstage personnel. The book discusses the specific needs of soloists and small and large ensembles, both instrumental and vocal. Includes illustrations, several...
Stage Presence From Head to Toe: A Manual for Musicians is the only resource of its kind: a practical, authoritative guide to accepted practices of st...
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210,60 |
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When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent Into Power and Influence
ISBN: 9780812972177 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In When Hollywood Had a King, the distinguished journalist Connie Bruck tells the sweeping story of MCA and its brilliant leader, a man who transformed the entertainment industry-- businessman, politician, tactician, and visionary Lew Wasserman.
The Music Corporation of America was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Dr. Jules Stein, an ophthalmologist with a gift for booking bands. Twelve years later, Stein moved his operations west to Beverly Hills and hired Lew Wasserman. From his meager beginnings as a movie-theater usher in Cleveland, Wasserman ultimately ascended to the post of... In When Hollywood Had a King, the distinguished journalist Connie Bruck tells the sweeping story of MCA and its brilliant leader, a man who tr...
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84,78 |
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Producing Hit Records: Secrets from the Studio
ISBN: 9780825672996 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking a behind-the-scenes look with today's top record producers at what it takes to sit in the big chair, this guide describes how they got into the field, how they continue to get work, how they motivate artists to come up with a great take, and what it's like to work in an industry that's constantly changing.
Taking a behind-the-scenes look with today's top record producers at what it takes to sit in the big chair, this guide describes how they got into the...
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84,59 |
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Frontman: Surviving the Rock Star Myth
ISBN: 9780879309121 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Frontman" is a title in which musical memoir and how-to book collide to form a fascinating new hybrid. The leader and founding member of seminal '80s band the Bongos, Richard Barone has successfully navigated the rough seas of major record labels, endless tours (and parties), sexual politics, divas, disappointments, and drugs. With his deceptive choirboy appearance, voice, and demeanor, this New Yorker tells how he's done it all while remaining defiantly "up and coming." The story includes the details of the Bongos' signing with RCA, their MTV successes, and the inside scoop on how quickly...
"Frontman" is a title in which musical memoir and how-to book collide to form a fascinating new hybrid. The leader and founding member of seminal '80s...
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73,42 |
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What's Up Dawg?: How to Become a Superstar in the Music Business
ISBN: 9781401307745 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everything you need to know to make it big and take it all the way to the top, from the Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, musician, record exec, and American Idol judge.
So you wanna be a superstar? You want the fans? The glitz? The glamour? The money? The bling? American Idol judge Randy Jackson has been the man behind the star-making machine for the past 25 years, producing, recording, managing and performing with the biggest names in the music industry, including *NSYNC, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Bruce... Everything you need to know to make it big and take it all the way to the top, from the Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, musician, record ex...
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84,74 |
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The Art of Music Production
ISBN: 9781844494316 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This highly entertaining book is packed with insights from the most successful music producers and full of revealing anecdotes about the business and the stars. now in its third edition and used as a teaching tool in major colleges, it has become the definitive guide to the art - and the business - of music and record production.
This highly entertaining book is packed with insights from the most successful music producers and full of revealing anecdotes about the business and ...
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96,15 |
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Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy: The Emergence of DIY
ISBN: 9780739126608 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unlike studies that consider punk as subculture and style, this innovative book maps the field of punk-rock labels. Using the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu, it describes the social life of the field and the struggles of punks to live up to their ideals.
Unlike studies that consider punk as subculture and style, this innovative book maps the field of punk-rock labels. Using the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu...
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205,71 |
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Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes and the Sound of Los Angeles
ISBN: 9780747561804 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No city in the western world exerts such a fascination as the glamorous, debauched Los Angeles, and there is no city with more of a draw to musicians. Defined by the music of Brian Wilson, The Doors, Niggaz With Attitude, jazz, funk, soul, hip hop, and fulled by drugs, alcohol, sun, sex and surf, LA has seen it all. Barney Hoskyns tells the definitive story of L.A.'s post-war music scene and spent nearly a decade researching this account of music which developed into a culture of its own.
No city in the western world exerts such a fascination as the glamorous, debauched Los Angeles, and there is no city with more of a draw to musicians....
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103,11 |
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Moribund Music : Can Classical Music be Saved?
ISBN: 9781845192761 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Answering frequently asked questions about the future of classical music, this book addresses the question of whether popular music has taken its place and if so, how much this matters; and explores the origins of the split between classical and popular music, the rise of youth culture and the concept of elitism, together with the consequences of these changes. The phenomenon of crossover music is addressed, and the arguments in favor of, and against, its use as an introduction to classical music for new audiences are put forward. In a wide-ranging discourse, the author tackles many of the...
Answering frequently asked questions about the future of classical music, this book addresses the question of whether popular music has taken its plac...
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144,09 |
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The Art of Developing Fans for Life: Circle of Competence Discussion Topics
ISBN: 9781436307475 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,67 |
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The Art of Developing Fans for Life: Circle of Competence Discussion Topics
ISBN: 9781436307482 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,53 |
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Waiting for the Sun: A Rock & Roll History of Los Angeles
ISBN: 9780879309435 / Angielski / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. British rock historian Hoskyns examines the long and twisted rock & roll history of Los Angeles in its glamorous and debauched glory. The Beach Boys, The Doors, the Eagles, Joni Mitchell, and others populate the pages of this comprehensive and extensively illustrated book.
British rock historian Hoskyns examines the long and twisted rock & roll history of Los Angeles in its glamorous and debauched glory. The Beach Boys, ...
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97,06 |
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The Block: A Sheisty Avenue Tale
ISBN: 9780595485383 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After witnessing a cold blooded murder on Sheisty Avenue, 13 year old Shelby finds herself and her family the target of a merciless killer who will stop at nothing to eliminate any and all snitches to his crimes. The only thing that can save her and her loved ones is quick thinking and street smarts. Sometimes being innocent is a crime in itself.
After witnessing a cold blooded murder on Sheisty Avenue, 13 year old Shelby finds herself and her family the target of a merciless killer who will st...
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34,49 |
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Career Opportunities in the Music Industry
ISBN: 9780816078011 / Angielski / Twarda / 369 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers information on more than 90 specific jobs, including job duties, salary ranges, skill and education requirements, helpful organizations, tips for entry, and much more. This book includes salary ranges and employment opportunities, as well as comprehensive appendixes of organizations, periodicals, associations, schools, and resources.
Offers information on more than 90 specific jobs, including job duties, salary ranges, skill and education requirements, helpful organizations, tips f...
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200,80 |