Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 0823076628 ISBN 13: 9780823076628
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Reviewing six hundred of the greatest jazz recordings available on compact disk, a guidebook includes title, record label, catalogue number, history of the artist, highlights of the recording, and a cross-reference for recordings of similar appeal. Original.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1989
ISBN 10: 0823075788 ISBN 13: 9780823075782
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 1St Edition. Covers MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, music software, digital instruments, sequencers and samplers, and recording technology.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1990
ISBN 10: 0823075370 ISBN 13: 9780823075379
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Whether you are putting together songs with a band or recording solo with digital keyboards & MIDI, this book is designed to help you get the most out of the sounds & musicians available to you. There are basic guidelines for arranging music in blues, rock, funk, heavy metal, & country styles with information on: *How to guide effective guitar bass drum keyboard grooves *How to sweeten your music with horns, strings, & signal processing *Tips on working with MIDI & computers *Creative approaches of Prince, Van Halen, Elvis Costello, George Martin, Richard Perry, & others Aimed especially at songwriters, rock musicians, & home recordists, this book gets right to the heart of rock n roll & the art of creating, shaping, & polishing your own rock sound.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 0823083683 ISBN 13: 9780823083688
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Making Music Videos, written by industry insider Lara M. Schwartz, reveals the nuts and bolts of making videos, including all the technical and managerial skills that producers and directors must have. From development, to writing a treatment, to budgeting, assembling a crew, and preproduction, to the shoot, postproduction, and wrapping out, clear step-by-steps show exactly what moves to make when. Comments from some of the biggest names in music-video production today, including Brett Ratner, Marcos Siega, Sanaa Hamri, Roman Coppola, McG, Dave Meyers, Little X, Samuel Bayer, and others, offer inspiration to aspiring creatives everywhere.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 0823077055 ISBN 13: 9780823077052
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. The streamlined, reorganized, and updated Second Edition of This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion is informed by the transformation of the music industry in recent years. Online music has provided much of the fuel, with downloadable songs and file-sharing programs opening up new avenues of distribution and promotion to some 60 million consumers.The new edition of this book accounts for this transformation. Its focus is the full integration of online sales and promotion into the standard marketing mix. To emphasize the Internet's integration into the marketing process, Internet chapters are now spread out to relevant locations throughout the narrative. In addition, the first edition's chapter on promotion, "Promoting the Product," has been broken into several chapters to differentiate activities that come under this heading, including publicity; radio, video, and television promotion; sales promotion and miscellaneous activities; and online promotion.In addition, a new chapter entitled "Twenty Profile-Building Ideas to Use Right Now" has been added to the new edition, as have new interviews representing the spectrum of music marketing activity: a successful self-marketing musician, a record label marketer, and an Internet specialist. Also included is expanded coverage of new marketing tactics, from innovative uses of e-mail to more intelligent approaches to generating sales on a Web site.Finally, the revised and updated edition of This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion includes a new preface, discussing the rationale for its revision, and a new Appendix listing information sources.As before, author Tad Lathrop provides a practical guide to planning and producing a complete marketing campaign for selling music to consumers. A comprehensive array of techniques, tools, and strategies - both standard and alternative - are presented to get artists' music to the marketplace, to promote it effectively, and to ensure the highest possible record sales.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 0823079163 ISBN 13: 9780823079162
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 0. Possibly a future cult object itself, this volume's odd facts, memorable moments, and key lines from all-time favorite films make it an endlessly entertaining and engrossing read that cuts across all generations of cultist movie fans. Informative and all-inclusive, the book focuses on 150 unique films that have withstood the test of time: comedies, dramas, mysteries, westerns, political thrillers, war movies, horror and sci-fi, foreign films, and even early soft-core nudies. Classic titles include Airplane, Blowup, Manhunter, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Deer Hunter, Blade Runner, Mad Max, and The Battleship Potemkin. Entries include credits, running time, plot synopsis, and unforgettable lines, along with great still shots from each film.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 0823015564 ISBN 13: 9780823015566
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 4th. Up-to-the-minute information on Billboard's hottest hits! Back in a fully revised and updated fourth edition with eighty extra all-new pages, Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits is the venerated and reliablesource of information on the most popular songs of our times. Immensely entertaining, endlessly informative, and filled with fascinating facts and figures on the biggest hits right up to 2007, this is the ultimate music trivia book. Separate chapters are devoted to artists, songwriters, producers, labels, years, and subjects. Within each chapter, readers will find fun-to-read, fun-to-share lists in 300 categories, including The Top 100 Love Songs, The Top 50 Songs Written by Carole King, The Top 100 Songs on Atlantic, The Top 100 Songs of 1999, and many more. A revised and updated list of The Top 5,000 Songs of the Rock Era, plus a chart and text section devoted to American Idol finalists, make this book so hot it's cool.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2005
ISBN 10: 0823082636 ISBN 13: 9780823082636
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Music instruction plus history, pictures, and advicepractical and readableGreat for beginners or players who want to learn to play like the greatsPhoto gallery of classic acoustic and electric guitarsFor anyone who wants to play guitar in the style of great musicians, who wants to see glowing photographs of beautiful acoustic and electric instruments, and for anyone who wants to maintain a guitar and its equipment, The Billboard Illustrated Complete Guitar Handbook is the one-volume guide to exploring the world of guitars. Basics plus lessons on different styles, techniques, and effects help budding musicians get straight into playing; information on guitars, guitarists, guitar maintenance and repair, amps, and recording techniques make the hand book eminently comprehensive and thumable. This complete take-along guide is perfect for guitar bag, backpack, or briefcase.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2003
ISBN 10: 0823084310 ISBN 13: 9780823084319
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Describes the musical performer's collaborations with top fellow artists, driving ambitions, album successes, relationships with friends and adversaries, and awards. Reprint.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 0823083292 ISBN 13: 9780823083299
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Provides career advice for novices and professionals, offering tips on networking, playing the club circuit, working weddings and parties, writing advertising jingles, and getting jobs as a studio musician.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1991
ISBN 10: 0823077624 ISBN 13: 9780823077625
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Provides information on distribution systems, regulations, copyright, program development, advertising, and legal and business affairs, and includes selected legal documents and forms.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2006
ISBN 10: 0823077594 ISBN 13: 9780823077595
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Writing great songs is not enough. To make money, songwriters need a firm, realistic grasp of how songs generate income. This Business of Songwriting is the first book to demystify the process of doing business as a songwriter. Author Jason Blume, an industry veteran with twenty years on both sides of the desk, starts by defining terms; then walks readers step-by-step through the process of starting and operating a publishing company; teaches how to pitch songs to publishers, artists, managers, A&R representatives, and producers; offers a detailed explanation of how the singles and album charts work; and throughout, provides valuable information about how to make money writing songs. This Business of Songwriting is a one-volume resource that teaches the skills and knowledge every songwriter needs to succeed.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 0823082598 ISBN 13: 9780823082599
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised, Updated. Author, journalist and music critic Peyser enlists the remarks of Bernstein's family, friends and colleagues in order to expose inconsistencies in his own version of his life and to explore his motivations, struggles, and contributions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1989
ISBN 10: 0823077071 ISBN 13: 9780823077076
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Presents a tour of the real world of musical advertising, and shows would-be jingle writers how to get started, and dealing with financial, business, and production aspects of the game.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 0823076067 ISBN 13: 9780823076062
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. The editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine gathers his most memorable interviews with the stars of TV and film over the past twenty years, including a probing conversation with Johnny Carson and material deleted from the original versions.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2024
ISBN 10: 0823089134 ISBN 13: 9780823089130
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Softcover. Condition: Good. A history of the complex and sometimes contradictory life and career of one of America's most beloved comediennes chronicles her troubled marriage with Desi Arnaz, her early career in vaudeville, and her success in television. Reprint.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0823077381 ISBN 13: 9780823077380
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Expanded, Updated, Subsequent. New updated and expanded edition of the classic best-seller! The third edition of Billboards Hottest Hot 100 Hits follows the recorded history of popular music through the end of 2001. Written by Fred Bronson, author of the best-selling Billboard Book of Number One Hits, this time-honored and reliable source of information about the most popular songs of the rock era is a must-have for all pop and chart fans.Unique in its approach to the history of recorded music, the book devotes separate chapters to such categories as the artists, the writers, the producers, the labels, the years, and the subjects. Each chapter narrows in to the best of the best-including The Top 100 Songs of The Beatles, The Top 50 Songs Written by Carole King, The Top 50 Songs Produced by Phil Spector, The Top 100 Songs on Atlantic Records, The Top 100 Songs of 2001, and The Top 100 Love Songs. This fabulous book also contains a list of The Top 5000 Hits of the Rock Era, from 1956 through the end of 2001.Immensely entertaining, endlessly informative, and filled with fascinating facts and figures, this brand-new third edition of Billboards Hottest Hot 100 Hits is an essential music reference.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2004
ISBN 10: 0823079740 ISBN 13: 9780823079742
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Softcover. Condition: Good. An encyclopedic resource on one of the world's most important musical artists and songwriters furnishes a definitive overview of Dylan's complete recorded work, as well as analyses of each work's place in Dylan's career, critical entries on each of the songs, biographical sketches of the musicians and songwriters with whom he has associated, and more. Original.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1994
ISBN 10: 0823076369 ISBN 13: 9780823076369
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Filled with absorbing theatre lore and vintage photos, It's a Hit! relates the history of the Broadway theatre through the story of its most popular and successful shows. Spanning more than a century of American theatre, this is the first book to survey all the musicals, comedies, dramas, and thrillers that have run 500 or more performances.In fact-filled profiles, author David Sheward, Managing Editor of Back Stage, tells all about the unique events surrounding the creation and staging of each show, the personalities involved, the press reactions, and the subsequent touring productions, motion pictures, and telecasts that were derived from the Broadway hits. Trivia buffs will love the numerous behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the authors and songwriters, the producers and directors, and, of course, the performers: stars who captured the spotlight, burlesque and vaudeville veterans, hard-working chorus members, and scene-stealing unknowns. Opening dates and venues, production teams and original cats are listed. A final section is devoted to the hits of off-Broadway, and important awards like the Pulitzers and Tonys are highlighted as well.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 0823076636 ISBN 13: 9780823076635
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A resource of the top six hundred compact disk recordings of this musical genre lists title, label, catalogue number, CD and artist hightlights, and the artist's brief biography, as well as cross-references for similar-style recordings. Original.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 0823076520 ISBN 13: 9780823076529
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Provides information for events throughout the United States and Canada for all types of music.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2005
ISBN 10: 0823079481 ISBN 13: 9780823079483
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. Thousands of people want to be recording stars, but lack a deal with a record label. While today's musicians have all the tools they need to build a recording career on their own-pro-tools for inexpensive recording and home recording, marketing on the Internet, and opportunities to license their music for use in films, television, advertising, and video games-they don't always have the skills to use them. I Don't Need a Record Deal! is a completely comprehensive step-by-step guide to the new world of independent recording. Drawing on interviews from over 150 musicians and industry pros, Schwartz shows readers how to put out a CD and market it through the media, radio, clubs, and retail. But more importantly, she shows musicians how to create a business around music and to develop opportunities for earning a living. Truly a survival guide for novice and professional musicians alike, I Don't Need a Record Deal! brings information on developing one's own independent music career together, adding new resources and taking the reader into the future of music.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1982
ISBN 10: 0823075672 ISBN 13: 9780823075676
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd. Shemel, Sidney.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1989
ISBN 10: 0823076083 ISBN 13: 9780823076086
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Book by Watson-Guptill.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0823084167 ISBN 13: 9780823084166
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Twenty photographers present photographs of the Rolling Stones and its members, on stage and off, taken throughout the band's career, and recount their experiences while taking the pictures.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2003
ISBN 10: 0823077012 ISBN 13: 9780823077014
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised. B is for Beatles, Boomtown Rats, Beck and beyond! Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock delivers more than half-a-million words, displays 600 dramatic full-color photographs, and features a range of artists that includes practically every rock performer and pop personality, from The King himself to contemporary Latin-American sensation Shakira.A wealth of essential facts and honest opinions fill each of the 400 pages that comprise this rock-and-roll resource. Whether icons or bygones, influential or infamous, this informed, intelligent guide provides information on more than 1,700 artists. Plus, this latest edition features more than 200 new entries (including controversial chart-topper Eminem, teen queen Britney Spears, Grammy sensation Alicia Keys, and critics darlings The White Stripes. Whats more, the Encyclopedia includes an unparalleled comprehensive end-of-book discography for every artist covered.Authoritative, informative, colorful, and consistently compelling, rock fans all over the world and of every age will pick up this encyclopedia and wont put it down until the band stops playing: there is absolutely no other more comprehensive or complete sourcebook on rock music.The Encyclopedia of Popular Music was first published in 1992, following years of intensive research and preparation by Colin Larkin. Since that time, his original database has tripled in size to include more than eight million words on popular music, and is currently the largest database of its kind in the world. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full-color photos of artists and classic album covers Includes extensive sidebars throughout with artists key recordings, influences, collaborators, connections, videos, and biographies Billboard is reconized internationally as the information source for the music industry.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2023
ISBN 10: 0823076415 ISBN 13: 9780823076413
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 4. Lists number one songs from "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets to Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997," and includes background information on the songs and their writers and performers.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 1991
ISBN 10: 0823076091 ISBN 13: 9780823076093
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised, Enlarged, Subsequent. Watson-Guptill.
Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0823084140 ISBN 13: 9780823084142
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Looks at the films of Marilyn Monroe offering plot summaries, behind-the-scenes facts and opinions, reviews, and public reaction.
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Published by Brand: Billboard Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0823084329 ISBN 13: 9780823084326
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Describes the musical performer's collaborations with top fellow artists, driving ambitions, album successes, relationships with friends and adversaries, and awards.
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