Download or read book How I Got the Hip Disc Jockey Blues written by John B. Ryland and published by . This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How I Got the Hip Disc Jockey Blues written by John B Ryland and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-21 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a star-struck Neil Young fan in Memphis, Tennessee, to a sagacious DJ and record promoter, John Ryland takes you on an insightful - and often outrageous - trip inside the provocative world of the radio and music industries. Beginning as a part-time disc jockey in a makeshift studio in Korea, to a maverick DJ in Denver, Colorado, and finally, to a savvy record promoter, his story is both entertaining and insightful. For anyone whose dream is being a DJ or a music promoter, you may find this right up your alley. Ryland takes you from the heights of his exciting and flourishing career to the depths of his fall. His analysis of how corporate radio has controlled and suppressed the talents of gifted disc jockeys picks up where Tom Petty's The Last DJ ends.
Download or read book How I Got the Hip Disc Jokey Blues written by John B. Ryland and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rhythm and Blues Rap and Hip hop written by Frank W. Hoffmann and published by American Popular Music. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on rhythm and blues, rap, and hip-hop artists, styles, songwriters, labels, radio stations, disc jockeys, producers, and arrangers in America.
Download or read book Last Night a DJ Saved My Life written by Bill Brewster and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day . . . A grander and more fascinating story than one would think.” —Time Out London This is the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a cult classic now updated with five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material. It’s the definitive account of DJ culture, from the first record played over airwaves to house, hip-hop, techno, and beyond. From the early development of recorded and transmitted sound, DJs have been shaping the way we listen to music and the record industry. This book tracks down the inside story on some of music’s most memorable moments. Focusing on the club DJ, the book gets first-hand accounts of the births of disco, hip-hop, house, and techno. Visiting legendary clubs like the Peppermint Lounge, Cheetah, the Loft, Sound Factory, and Ministry of Sound, and with interviews with legendary DJs, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is a lively and entertaining account of musical history and some of the most legendary parties of the century. “Brewster and Broughton’s ardent history is one of barriers and sonic booms, spanning almost 100 years, including nods to pioneers Christopher Stone, Martin Block, Douglas ‘Jocko’ Henderson, Bob ‘Wolfman Jack’ Smith and Alan ‘Moondog’ Freed.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The Rock History Reader written by Theo Cateforis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rock History Readeris a collection of primary source material that brings to life the often contentious issues, arguments, conflicts and creative tensions that have defined rock's momentous rise and spread. The readings range from the vivid autobiographical accounts of such rock icons as Chuck Berry, Ronnie Spector, and David Lee Roth and the writings of noted rock critics like Lester Bangs and Simon Reynolds to a variety of selections from media critics, musicologists, fanzine writers, legal experts, sociologists and prominent political figures. With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship, copyright, race relations, feminism, youth subcultures and the meaning of musical value, The Rock History Readertells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice through its five-decade history.
Download or read book Waiting for Buddy Guy written by Alan Harper and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1970s and early 1980s, British blues fan Alan Harper became a transatlantic pilgrim to Chicago. "I've come here to listen to the blues," he told an American customs agent at the airport, and listen he did, to the music in its many styles, and to the men and women who lived it in the city's changing blues scene. Harper's eloquent memoir conjures the smoky redoubts of men like harmonica virtuoso Big Walter Horton and pianist Sunnyland Slim. Venturing from stageside to kitchen tables to the shotgun seat of a 1973 Eldorado, Harper listens to performers and others recollect memories of triumphs earned and chances forever lost, of deep wells of pain and soaring flights of inspiration. Harper also chronicles a time of change, as an up-tempo, whites-friendly blues eclipsed what had come before, and old Southern-born black players held court one last time before an all-conquering generation of young guitar aces took center stage.
Download or read book The Man Who Brought a Mountain of Soul to Houston Texas written by Skipper Lee Frazier and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man who brought a mountain of soul to Houston, Texas. The man who brought and promoted many Houston rhythm and blues performers. The man who brought and promoted many comedy shows including Amos &Andy. The man who watched the church he is a member of grow from 25 members to over 14,000 members.
Download or read book Media Studies written by Robert Kolker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media Studies is a comprehensive text for introductory and advanced courses in the growing field of media studies, integrating history with close textual analysis in a concise, readable style. Explores the growing synergies between print and online journalism, and the growth of independent journalism through blogging Discusses the ways advertising is connected to print and screen, economically and from the perspective of the reader Gives students the analytical skills they need in a presentation that is readable without sacrificing complexity Allows students to move within the media they know while increasing comprehension
Download or read book Bluesland written by Pete Welding and published by Penguin Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles twelve of the most important American blues musicians, indlucing Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bessie Smith, Etta James, B.B. King, and others.
Download or read book Tighten Up written by Skipper Lee Frazier and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man who brought a mountain of soul to Houston, Texas. The man who brought and promoted many Houston rhythm and blues performers. The man who brought and promoted many comedy shows including Amos &Andy. The man who watched the church he is a member of grow from 25 members to over 14,000 members.
Download or read book Voice Over written by William Barlow and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at African Americans in the radio industry and at stations focusing on the African American market.
Download or read book Concert Lighting written by James Moody and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to pack your bags and go on tour with the most trusted and comprehensive text for concert lighting. With a special focus on rock and roll, learn how to use computer aided drafting, moving luminaires, learn about the people and the history that shaped the field and more. Expand your design possibilities by learning about cross-media use of concert lighting techniques and their application in film, video, theatre and the corporate world. From snagging those precious contracts to knowing the best equipment to use to designing a show, Concert Lighting: Techniques, Art and Business covers everything you need to know. * New Information on computer aided drafting and visualization programs, moving luminaires, digital luminaires and media servers, LED luminaires, new Protocol devices and more to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge trends * Everything a professional needs to know from fighting for contracts to the ins and outs of designing a show by current leading designers: Jeff Ravitz, Andi Watson, Paul Dexter, and legendary Broadway designer Richard Pilbrow * Learn how to light rock-and-roll concerts and use the same techniques in film, video, theatre other medias * Interviews with three established, multi-platinum touring recording artists.
Download or read book Sly the Family Stone written by Joel Selvin and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sly Stone shook the foundations of soul and turned it into a brand new sound that influenced and liberated musicians as varied as Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, and Herbie Hancock. His group—consisting of Blacks and whites, men and women—symbolized the Woodstock generation and crossed over to dominate pop charts with anthems like “Everyday People,” “Dance to the Music,” and “I Want to Take You Higher.” Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Joel Selvin weaves an epic American tale from the voices of the people around this funk phenomenon: Sly’s parents, his family members and band members (sometimes one and the same), and rock figures including Grace Slick, Sal Valentino, Bobby Womack, Mickey Hart, Clive Davis, Bobby Freeman, and many more. In their own words, they candidly share the triumphs and tragedies of one of the most influential musical groups ever formed—“different strokes” from the immensely talented folks who were there when it all happened. “Joel Selvin, the veteran music critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, published a thoroughgoing, book-length oral history of the group in 1998 that is as disturbing and chilling a version as you'll ever find of the ‘dashed ’60s dream’ narrative: idealism giving way to disillusionment, soft drugs giving way to hard, ferment to rot.” —David Kamp, “Sly Stone’s Higher Power” Vanity Fair, August 2007 Available for the first time in years, Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History, is an unflinching look at the rise and fall one of music’s most enigmatic figures.
Download or read book The Amazing Jimmi Mayes written by Jimmi Mayes and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Research in Recorded Blues, Hip-Hop, Rhythm & Blues – Certificate of Merit (2014) For more than fifty years, Chicago drummer Jimmi Mayes served as a sideman behind some of the greatest musicians and musical groups in history. He began his career playing the blues in the juke joints of Mississippi, sharpened his trade under the mentorship of drum legends Sam Lay and Fred Below in the steamy nightclubs of south Chicago, and hit it big in New York City behind such music legends as Tommy Hunt from the Flamingos, Marvin Gaye, and James Brown. Mayes played his drums behind blues giants Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Reed, Robert Junior Lockwood, Earl Hooker, Junior Wells, Pinetop Perkins, and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. He lived for a while with Motown sensation Martha Reeves and her family and traveled with the Shirelles and the Motown Review. Jimi Hendrix was one of Mayes's best friends, and they traveled together with Joey Dee and the Starliters in the mid-1960s. Mayes lived through racial segregation, the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the integration of rock bands, and the emergence of Motown. He personally experienced the sexual and moral revolutions of the sixties, was robbed of his musical royalties, and survived a musical drought. He's been a pimp and a drug pusher--and lived to tell the tale when so many musicians have not. This sideman to the stars witnessed music history from the best seat in the house--behind the drum set.
Download or read book Confessions of a Teenage Disc Jockey written by T. Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sixties were a time of drastic change in the United States. A new generation fed up with much of what they saw in society started a new direction both socially and musically. T. Morgan was there at the beginning and shares his recollections with humor and firsthand knowledge in "Confessions of Teenage Disc Jockey." In 1967 he convinced an FM Philadelphia radio station to play this new exploding genre of music. This book chronicles his very personal journey from the time he was first on the air at age 15 up to the present. These pages are filled with stories that reflect insight into the music, the performers and what went on behind the scenes at various radio stations.
Download or read book Ball or Bands written by John R. Gerdy and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a perfect world, all school extracurricular activities would be fully funded. But with all indications being that future education funding will be significantly reduced, it's clear we no longer live in a perfect world. As a result, school and community leaders, as well as parents, will be forced to determine how to allocate increasingly scarce extracurricular dollars, particularly in the areas of athletics and the arts. In such an environment, the fundamental question is which extracurricular activities garner the best educational return on investment. These decisions must be made with the recognition that America's economy has changed from one based on industrial might to one driven by technology, creativity, collaboration and innovation. What does this mean as applied to educational funding and priorities? How should it impact efforts to structure schools and educational curriculums to prepare our children to succeed in this rapidly changing and increasingly competitive world economy and integrated global community? To successfully meet these challenges, parents, education policy makers and community leaders must be fully informed to enable them to approach these difficult decisions with a more thorough understanding of the issues and impacts these activities have on educational and community outcomes. To that end, in Ball or Bands, author John R. Gerdy draws not only on relevant research and data but also his extensive experience in both worlds. The result is a thoughtful, thorough and clear-eyed comparative analysis of the educational value of football versus music programs in providing our children an education worthy of the 21st century.
