Download or read book Tone Twang and Taste written by Pete Kennedy and published by Highpoint Life. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tone, Twang and Taste: A Guitar Memoir offers musical and cultural observations from one of today's most accomplished and versatile musicians, following his own career and collaborations with some of the top performers of the past fifty years.
Download or read book Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer written by Norman Harris and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). In Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer , Norman Harris tells how he became the world's leading seller of vintage guitars. As founder and owner of the legendary store Norman's Rare Guitars, he has sold some of the finest fretted sting instruments to the biggest stars in the world, including George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and many others. In 1970 Harris moved to Los Angeles in hopes of hitting the big time in music. His first plan was performing, but plan B was buying and selling guitars, and he had no idea how much opportunity for this there would be. Many groups came to LA also hoping to hit it big, but those who didn't might have to sell their instruments. This helped make early-1970s Los Angeles a haven for beautiful vintage guitars. At the same time, Hollywood was beginning to realize the value of time-correct instruments in film, and the recording industry recognized the high-quality sound vintage instruments produced. The value of these instruments has grown dramatically since the '70s, and the vintage guitar market has become an international phenomenon with Norman Harris at the center of it all. Filled with fascinating stories and insights into the entertainment business, Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer is an intriguing memoir from a man who has spent a lifetime getting extraordinary instruments into the hands of extraordinary artists.
Download or read book Guitar with Wings written by Laurence Juber and published by Dalton Watson. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitar With Wings is the musical odyssey of Grammy Award-winning artist Laurence Juber. From his roots as a noted London session player, his three-year stint with Paul McCartney's Wings as lead guitarist, to his solo career as an innovative finger style guitar composer and performer, this photographic memoir is a snapshot of a One Man Band on the Run. "A superb pictorial account of LJ's musical journey from first meeting Paul McCartney in a Wembley men's room to becoming a member of this fan's favorite line-up of Wings. Master Juber's well-written words and never-before-seen photos nearly match his unbelievable talents as one of the world's most respected and gifted guitar players. A wonderful read." - Chris Carter; Host "Breakfast with The Beatles" KLOS-FM Los Angeles, California When Wings folded in 1981, the guitarist relocated to the USA and settled in Los Angeles to raise a family. Since then he has become one of Hollywood's most in-demand studio players and has gained world-wide recognition as a virtuoso concert performer, recording artist and composer. About the book... In 1978, Laurence Juber was plucked from the London studio world by Paul McCartney, who asked him to play lead guitar in what was to become the final incarnation of Paul's post-Beatles group Wings. He recorded and toured with the band for three years, during which time they won a Grammy(R) and scored numerous chart hits. The band has enjoyed a popularity that goes beyond simply that of Paul McCartney's 70s era backing group. This book brings that final chapter to life with a unique collection of unseen photographs, stories and memorabilia that show Wings at work and play.
Download or read book Guitar Memoir written by Brett Ecklund and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a professional musician who has been writing, recording, teaching, and performing, for more than three decades, and, you know all of the notes, all of the chords, and all of the scales, in all of the keys, and, you are able to strum, pluck, hammer, pull, bend, slide, tap, and sweep, your way around the entire fretboard with relative ease, then, this book is probably not meant for you... Now, if you are seriously interested in Music Theory and Modern Technique, and it's practical application to the guitar, and wish to learn personally from someone who has dedicated their entire life to the mastery of music, then, please, by all means, allow me to explain...
Download or read book Vaideology written by Steve Vai and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Educational). Experience must-know music knowledge and wisdom through the highly focused lens of legendary guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. This full-color instructional book written by Vai himself features in-depth discussions of the music theory fundamentals that every aspiring (and veteran) guitar player should know, packed with practical exercises, diagrams, tips, inspiring ideas and concepts, practice methods, and ways of looking at music that you may have never considered. Topics covered include: academic vs. experiential learning * reading and writing music * key signatures * chord scales * rhythm basics * guitar harmonics * modes * and much more.
Download or read book Practicing written by Glenn Kurtz and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a remarkable memoir written with insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he attempts a solo career in Vienna but soon realizes that he has neither the ego nor the talent required to succeed and gives up the instrument, and his dream, entirely. But not forever: Returning to the guitar, Kurtz weaves into the narrative the rich experience of a single practice session. Practicing takes us on a revelatory, inspiring journey: a love affair with music.
Download or read book Gus Me written by Keith Richards and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring, acclaimed picture book about family and music that details the electric moment with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones first picked up a guitar, illustrated by his daughter, Theodora Richards. Long before there was a band, there was a boy: a young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, Theodore Augustus Dupree, affectionately known as "Gus," who was in a jazz big band and is the namesake of Keith's daughter, Theodora Dupree Richards. Gus & Me offers a rare and intimate look into the childhood of the legendary Keith Richards through this poignant and inspiring story that is lovingly illustrated with Theodora Richards's exquisite pen-and-ink collages. This unique autobiographical picture book honors the special bond between a grandfather and grandson and celebrates the artistic talents of the Richards family through the generations. It also includes selected photographs from the Richards family collection.
Download or read book Guitar Man written by Will Hodgkinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Hodgkinson dreamt of being a guitar legend but never got round to it. Now in his thirties and married with children, he still nurtures hopes of emulating his heroes. So he decides to learn the guitar from scratch, start a band and play a gig before it's too late. On his journey of discovery, he picks up tips along the way from Johnny Marr and the Byrds' Roger McGuinn, and attempts to play Davey Graham's 'Anji'. Will his debut gig end in bum notes, 'musical differences' and disaster?
Download or read book The Everything Guitar Book written by Ernie Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once guitar players learn the basics, they need to take the next step in their musical education. Scales are the musical grammar they're looking for, and this book is a one-stop shop for every scale guitar lovers could ever imagine! Highlights of this valuable reference book include: Easy-to-follow fret board diagrams (no music reading required); Thousands of scale shapes; Scales for every style of music, including world/ethnic music; The basic theory behind the scales and tips on how to use them; And more! Musicians at all levels will enjoy the new sounds and possibilities these scales provide.This oversized volume contains everything guitarists need to know about scales in a fun, down-to-earth book!
Download or read book The Only Book You ll Ever Need Guitar written by Ernie Jackson and published by F+W Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These handy, accessible books provides literally all the information you need to know to gain a new hobby or understand a difficult topic. "Guitar" makes learning how to play an acoustic or electric guitar easy and will serve as the perfect introduction to this popular instrument. This title covers everything you need to know: how to play your first songs, reading music and tablature, mastering genre styles, and much, much more. With clear step-by-step instructions, diagrams and practice tips, this practical manual will have readers playing chords and songs in no time.
Download or read book Guitar Player The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever written by Jim Crockett and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Foreword by Joe Satriani Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever is a reflection on Guitar Player 's often pioneering early days, from its 1967 founding through its 1989 sale by founder Bud Eastman and editor/publisher Jim Crockett. This book looks at the magazines evolution from a 40-page semi-monthly to a monthly exceeding 200 pages, with a gross yearly income that grew from $40,000 to nearly $15 million. The story is told by many people important to Guitar Player 's history, including Maxine Eastman, Bud Eastman's widow, and Crockett, who edited this book with his daughter Dara. Also here are recollections of key personnel, including Tom Wheeler, Jas Obrecht, Roger Siminoff, Mike Varney, Jon Sievert, George Gruhn, and Robb Lawrence; leading early advertisers, such as Martin, Randall, and Fender; and prominent guitar players featured in the magazine, including Joe Perry, George Benson, Pat Travers, Country Joe McDonald, Pat Metheny, Steve Howe, Lee Ritenour, Johnny Winter, Steve Morse, Larry Coryell, Michael Lorimer, John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Liona Boyd, Steve Vai, and many others. Among the many illustrations are then-and-now shots of performers and staff, early ads, behind-the-scenes photos from company jam sessions (with such guests as B. B. King and Chick Corea), various fascinating events, and key issue covers. Rich in history and perspective, Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever is the definitive first-person chronicle of a music magazine's golden age.
Download or read book A Memoir of Creativity written by Piri Halasz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Memoir of Creativity chronicles one woman's life journey as she derives a theory, revealing meaning in abstract painting, from varied personal and professional experiences, and tells how she locates this theory within a broader social context. In 1966, Piri Halasz became the first woman within living memory to write a cover story for Time (and not just any cover story, either: the notorious one on "Swinging London"). With wit and wisdom, she provides a glimpse into her "red-diaper" childhood, as well as reporting on her climb at Time from research to the writing staff. Vividly, she describes her controversial career as a female journalist during the sixties, offering an inside view of newsweekly rivalries during that tempestuous decade. Halasz then moves on to her initiation into the art world, her lively interaction with some of its most distinguished denizens and her immersion in graduate school. She concludes with what she has learned about art, art history, and history itself since the early eighties, applying that knowledge to better understand the twenty-first century. Through sharing her life story, Halasz encourages others to remain open to new experiences, to try different ways of seeing, and to use creativity to tackle hurdles.
Download or read book Everything Guitar Book written by Jack Wilkins and published by Everything. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with clear, step-by-step instructions, finger positioning, diagrams and tons of professional tips, this guide to the guitar will have readers playing like a pro in no time. Illustrations.
Download or read book Townie A Memoir written by Andre Dubus III and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness." —Vanity Fair After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their overworked mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and everyday violence. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash between town and gown, between the hard drinking, drugging, and fighting of "townies" and the ambitions of students debating books and ideas, couldn’t have been more stark. In this unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Dubus shows us how he escaped the cycle of violence and found empathy in channeling the stories of others—bridging, in the process, the rift between his father and himself.
Download or read book Guitar Zero written by Gary Marcus and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't start piano at the age of six, is there any hope? Is skill learning best left to children or can anyone reinvent him-or herself at any time? For anyone who has ever set out to play a musical instrument—or wished that they could—Guitar Zero is an inspiring and fascinating look at the pursuit of music, the mechanics of the mind, and the surprising rewards that come from following one’s dreams. Gary Marcus, whom Steven Pinker describes as “one of the deepest thinkers in cognitive science,” debunks the popular theory that there is an innate musical instinct while challenging the idea that talent is only a myth. From deliberate and efficient practicing techniques to finding the right music teacher, Marcus translates his own experience—as well as reflections from world-renowned musicians—into practical advice for anyone hoping to become musical or learn any new skill.
Download or read book A Winding Road Gil Blankespoor Memoir written by Gil Blankespoor and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Winding Road, Gil Blankespoor Memoir” From 1939 to 2023
Download or read book Sunburst written by Tony Bacon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback Original w/French flaps
