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New Music Books Go to cart Lehmann, Lotte Redman, Michael More Than Singing The Best Jobs in the Music Industry Tannenbaum, Rob & Craig Marks The Interpretation of Songs Straight Talk from Successful Music Pros Dover Publications (Minneapolis, MN, 2012) Reprint of the 1945 Boosey & Hawkes edition. As the title suggests, More Than Singing concerns not only music and proper vocal techniques but also life and the transcendent power of art. Lotte Lehmann was among the most eminent lyric-dramatic sopranos of the early twentieth century, especially noted for her passionate and sensitive renderings of lieder. In this guide she distills a lifetime of work, research, and experience into concise, revealing lessons in the interpretation of songs by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Haydn, Beethoven, Strauss, Mahler, Debussy, and other masters. Paperback, 192 p. 10346142 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.95 Hal Leonard Corporation (Milwaukee, WI, 2012) ���The Best Jobs in the Music Industry��� is an essential career guide for those who love music and are exploring different areas of the music industry beyond the obvious performer route. Michael Redman boils down the job requirements, skill sets, potential revenue, longevity, benefits, and challenges of a variety of music careers both direct and indirect, spanning from performer to label executive to recording engineer and music producer. Paperback, 256 p. 10351135 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.99 I Want My MTV Marshall, Wolf Jazz Guitar Icons An In-Depth Look at the Styles of 25 Masters Hal Leonard Corporation (Milwaukee, WI, 2012) Follow in the fretprints of the most influential jazz guitar icons from the last 100 years with this detailed overview of the genre���s key players. Written by acclaimed guitar aficionado Wolf Marshall, this exclusive anthology features biographies, gear surveys, guitar licks, historical and stylistic analyses, essential audio and video guides, rare photos, and much more. Featured icons include George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Christian, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Grant Green, Barney Kessel, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Les Paul, Django Reinhardt, Mike Stern, and other amazing players. Paperback, 144 p. 10348412 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.99 Palmer, Anthony & Andre de Quadros Roberts, David E. The Power in Digital Performer Hal Leonard Corporation (Milwaukee, WI, 2012) This Quick Pro Guide offers a uniquely succinct path to understanding and eventually mastering Digital Performer. It is the first guide to look under the hood of Digital Performer 8 - the first version of the program manufactured for both Mac and Windows OS. In fact, this is arguably the most up-to-date and insightful guide available focused specifically on Digital Performer. It provides concise, easyto-understand, and practical text combined with instructive screenshots. An accompanying DVD-ROM provides extremely powerful and supportive video tutorials featuring Magic Dave Roberts doing what he does best: revealing the insider tips and tricks that have kept Digital Performer at the forefront of DAW technology since its inception. Paperback with DVD-ROM, 178 p. 10346277 Book & DVD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.99 GIA Publications, Inc. (Chicago, IL, 2012) A team of leaders in the music education profession gathered a series of events over two years, a worthy successor of the famous Tanglewood symposium of 1967. This remarkable book is the culmination of their efforts. Tanglewood II not only stimulates the profession to examine where this great adventure of music learning is headed - this book also provokes a re-evaluation of present programs and philosophies, tired methodologies, and reinvigorates the role music educators play in the lives of their students. The contributors explore the great questions: Why music? What does music communicate? What is the relationship between music education and democracy? What should be the impact of world music? What is the latest research about nature vs. nurture and its impact on music learning? How does the child/teacher relationship affect learning? How does technology impact music learning, and what are the implications of future technologies? Are we recruiting and properly training the right individuals to teach music? Paperback, 405 p. 10348387Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.95 Rapkin, Mickey Pitch Perfect The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory Alfred Publishing, Inc. (Van Nuys, CA, 2012) The roots of unaccompanied vocal music stretch all the way back to the Gregorian chants of the Middle Ages, and collegiate a cappella singing is more than a century old. But what was once largely an Ivy League phenomenon has, in the past 20 years, spread to high schools and colleges across the country. Now a major motion picture, Pitch Perfect is the inspiring, triumphant, hilarious and heartbreaking story of the quest for collegiate a cappella glory. Featuring championship ensembles, it chronicles the musical and personal challenges associated with their success in competition. This is a fascinating book for the choral director or student musician who aspires to greatness in the rewarding discipline of a cappella singing! 10347935 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.00 Walker, Mark The Art of Interpretation of Band Music GIA Publications, Inc. (Chicago, IL, 2012) Insightful and informative, each chapter provides a window into the creative process of ten remarkable conductors as they share a captivating range of approaches into the world of creative expression. When is it appropriate to ���change��� a score? How can programming contribute? How much is too much ���interpretation���? These and other questions are addressed in the quest to bring performances up to the next level. 10347945Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.95 Waging Heavy Peace Backbeat Books (New York, NY, 2012) Many books about Hendrix concentrate on showmanship and rock-and-roll excess, but Keith Shadwick���s Jimi Hendrix: Musician brings to Hendrix���s musical legacy as a guitarist, singer, and composer a depth of analysis missing from other accounts of his career, placing Hendrix���s work in the broadest possible musical context, encompassing rock, pop, soul, funk, jazz, blues, fusion, and a range of classical disciplines. This new edition in a compact format is published as a tribute to Shadwick. Paperback, 352 p. 10347476 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.99 Spitz, Marc Alfred Publishing, Inc. (Van Nuys, CA, 2012) I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV���s programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have something to talk about at parties. From its start in 1981 with a small cache of videos by mostly unknown British new wave acts to the launch of the reality-television craze with The Real World in 1992, MTV grew into a tastemaker, a career maker, and a mammoth business. Featuring interviews with nearly four hundred artists, directors, VJs, and television and music executives, I Want My MTV is a testament to the channel that changed popular culture forever. 10347934 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 Young, Neil Shadwick, Keith Jimi Hendrix: Musician Tanglewood II: Summoning the Future of Music Education The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution Alfred Publishing, Inc. (Van Nuys, CA, 2012) For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Neil Young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. He tells of his childhood in Ontario, where his father instilled in him a love for the written word; his first brush with mortality when he contracted polio at the age of five; struggling to pay rent during his early days with the Squires; traveling the Canadian prairies in Mort, his 1948 Buick hearse; performing in a remote town as a polar bear prowled beneath the floorboards; leaving Canada on a whim in 1966 to pursue his musical dreams in the pot-filled boulevards and communal canyons of Los Angeles; the brief but influential life of Buffalo Springfield, which formed almost immediately after his arrival in California. He recounts their rapid rise to fame and ultimate breakup; going solo and overcoming his fear of singing alone; forming Crazy Horse and writing Cinnamon Girl, Cowgirl in the Sand and Down by the River in one day while sick with the flu; joining Crosby, Stills & Nash, recording the landmark CSNY album, Deja vu, and writing the song, Ohio; life at his secluded ranch in the redwoods of Northern California and the pot-filled jam sessions there; falling in love with his wife, Pegi, and the birth of his three children; and finally, finding the contemplative paradise of Hawaii. Astoundingly candid, witty, and as uncompromising and true as his music, Waging Heavy Peace is Neil Young���s journey as only he can tell it. 10347425 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 New Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue Alfred Publishing, Inc. (Van Nuys, CA, 2012) A culturally astute, often funny, and painstakingly researched read, Jagger offers a far richer portrait than biographies published previously. The book reveals much about his relationships (with Marianne Faithfull and ex-wives Bianca Jagger and Jerry Hall); his complex, creative partnership with Keith Richards; his friends like John Lennon and David Bowie; and enemies like Hells Angels leader Sonny Barger. Spitz goes even deeper, exploring Jagger���s many roles: an authentic soul man; powerful social commentator; sexual liberator; would-be movie star; and yes, sometimes, a shrewd businessman with an enthusiasm for much younger women. The myth of Mick is examined and rebooted for the twenty-first century. 10347936 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.00 Order Toll-Free! Call 1-800-345-6296 / FAX 1-800-260-1482 / Internet jwpepper.com / E-mail musiclibrarian@jwpepper.com 5

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