Download or read book Making Time for Making Music written by Amy Nathan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a former music-maker who yearns to return to music, but aren't sure where to begin? Or are you a person who never played music as a child but you are now curious about trying? You're not alone. Many adults who used to play an instrument haven't touched it in years because either they can't find the time to practice, are afraid their skills are too rusty, or are unsure of what kind of group they could join. Others are afraid to sing or start playing an instrument because they received negative feedback from childhood experiences. Performing, practicing, and composing music may seem like unattainable goals with insurmountable obstacles for busy adults with non-musical careers. Making Time for Making Music can help adults find ways to make music part of their lives. The first book of its kind, it is filled with real-life success stories from more than 350 adults who manage to fit music-making into their jam-packed schedules. They polished rusty skills, found musical groups to join, and are having a great time. Their testimonies prove that you are never too old to learn to make music, and that there are numerous musical paths to explore. Featuring advice from dozens of music educators, health care professionals, and music researchers who point out that making music can even be good for your health as well as an extensive resource list of websites, organizations, and summer programs, this book offers inspiration and tried-and-true strategies for anyone who wishes to return to music-making or begin as an adult.

Download or read book Shoy written by Aandi Greenway and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoys childhood was shattered from the age of five by Roger, an out-of-work, married, trusted lodger spying on her and watching her every move. He embarked on several years of blackmail, degradation and shameful acts that no-one could possibly begin to imagine or inflict on a child. He continually raped her within the walls of her home, the one place that should have been safe and secure. Shoy carries her dark, sometimes engulfing secret into her late twenties until forced to reveal it. It is at this point in her life that all the fear of speaking out is realised and she is not believed. Destroyed and broken from this, she looks at her two young children and decides for them and her own sanity to seek help taking her on a journey that will finally see her facing and accepting her past, finding new strength and regaining her identity enabling her to be successful in her endeavours and strong as a single parent, but above all surviving.

Download or read book Music Is My Lifeline Notebook Journal Lined 120 Page 6 X 9 written by Scopettah Books and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny Novelty Notebook Small daily diary/ journal/ notebook to write in for creative writing, for creating listis, for Scheduling, organizing and recording your thoughts Make an exellent gift idea for birthdays, Christmas or any special occasion - Perfectly sized at 6" X 9" - 120 page - Softcover bookblinding - Flexible Paperback

Download or read book I Am Michael Alago written by Michael Alago and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Record label executive, photographer, and author, Michael Alago takes readers through this amazing journey that is his life. Alago grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in a large, spirited, and devoted Puerto Rican family. Through his early passion for music, art, theater, and photography, he soon found himself rubbing elbows with many downtown NYC scene makers, from Stiv Bators to Jean Michel Basquiat, Cherry Vanilla and Wayne County to Deborah Harry and Robert Mapplethorpe. As an underage teenager going to Max's Kansas City, CBGB, and various art galleries, Alago also began running The Dead Boys fan club. A few years later, he became the assistant music director for legendary nightclubs the Ritz and the Red Parrot. At age twenty-four, he began a storied career as an A&R executive at Elektra Records that started with signing Metallica in the summer of 1984, changing the entire landscape of rock 'n' roll and heavy metal. Alago continued to work in A&R for both Palm Pictures and Geffen Records. He was thrilled to executive-produce albums by Cyndi Lauper, Public Image Ltd, White Zombie, and Nina Simone. In the late 1980s, he was diagnosed with HIV, which manifested into full-blown AIDS ten years later. He survived to continue his music career, but in 2005, he left music to pursue his other love: photography. Alago went on to publish three bestselling books: Rough Gods, Brutal Truth, and Beautiful Imperfections with German-based publisher Bruno Gmünder. He has since overcome his longtime addiction to drugs and alcohol. In his clean and sober life, he has reconnected with his family, continues to be a working photographer as well as record producer, and only through the grace of his 12-Step program is he able to live this big, beautiful life. In 2017, a documentary directed by Drew Stone and produced by Michael Alex on Alago's wildly successful career in music was released in theaters and on Netflix, entitled Who the Fuck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago.

Download or read book What I Would Tell Her written by Andrea N. Richesin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this surprisingly vulnerable collection, twenty-eight talented fathers explore the complex, enigmatic bond they have with their daughters. These endearing, often funny and sometimes heartbreaking stories have in common an overpowering sense of responsibility and a depth of affection that is unflinchingly tender. Through their shared experiences, they examine relationships fraught with challenges and struggles, but always filled with love. The gentle strength they bring to this important role in their daughters' lives will speak to families for generations to come.

Download or read book The Music of Film written by Steven A. Saltzman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Music of Film opens up the world of film music from the inside. Through a series of interviews and conversations with professional composers, music supervisors, music editors, and picture editors, this book shows how music for film and television works according to insiders in the industry. Here we find a comprehensive collection of techniques and personal insights and get a unique perspective on how these key players in postproduction interact, collaborate, and successfully build their careers. The Music of Film is essential reading for composers, editors, directors, and producers—aspiring and established alike—or anyone interested in learning how to start or manage a profession working with music in feature films, television, and other media.

Download or read book Songs For Support written by Stephan Betz and published by Walnut Creek Consulting. This book was released on with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for music therapists, interdisciplinary care teams and people affected by posttraumatic symptoms, this book explains the theory and practice of the best available trauma treatment. Based on empowering consumers to make their own choices for recovery, the author provides tools and strategies to support them.

Download or read book A Thread of Hope written by Jacqui DeLorenzo and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While other kids enjoyed the social aspects of school in the 1960s, Jacqui DeLorenzo experienced the torment of bullying. From the moment she stepped onto the bus, walked through the schoolyard, and stepped into the classroom, lunchroom, and even her own neighborhood, she was a target. Unfortunately, Jacqui's adulthood proved to be as challenging as her adolescence and childhood but her unwavering faith always sustained her. A Thread of Hope chronicles Jacqui's journey through her parents' devastating breakup, the death of her thirteen-year-old brother, her own struggle to survive cancer, and her battle with an eating disorder. From the depths of depression, Jacqui has worked to completely accept the person she's become, always leaving room for growth. Jacqui's belief in the miracle of God's love guided her to improved self-worth and the realization that she could accomplish anything. She continues to grow daily and appreciates all that life has to offer, especially the love of her family and friends, her health, and most of all, her personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Jacqui's inspiring memoir, A Thread of Hope, will touch your heart and give you hope for the future.

Download or read book Cazzarola written by Norman Nawrocki and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cazzarola! is a gripping, epic, political, historical, and romantic novel spanning 130 years in the life of the Discordias, a fictional family of Italian anarchists. It details the family’s heroic, multigenerational resistance to fascism in Italy and their ongoing involvement in the anarchist movement. From early 20th-century factory strikes and occupations, armed anarchist militias, and attempts on Mussolini’s life, to postwar student and labor protest, and confronting the newest wave of contemporary neofascist violence sweeping Europe, the Discordias navigate the decades of political, economic, and social turmoil. Against this historical backdrop, Antonio falls in love with Cinka, a proud but poverty-stricken Romani refugee from the “unwanted people,” without a country or home, forced to flee again and again searching for peace. Theirs becomes a life-changing and forbidden relationship. Both are forced to reevaluate their lives and contend with cultural taboos, xenophobia, and the violent persecution of Romani refugees in Italy today.

Download or read book My Colour Coded Life written by Megan Jackson Hall and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Music Is My Lifeline Notebooks for Musicians written by Theresa Mallie and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This notebook for musicians is a great gift item for anyone who enjoys song writing, writing down lyrics, or just keeping track of things! Grab this musicians lyrics journal for fellow musicians, your spouse, family members or fellow band mates. It consists of: 108 pages of college-ruled lines White interior pages with a beautiful matte cover

Download or read book Maybe Once Maybe Twice written by Alison Rose Greenberg and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with the romance and angst that defines the years you come to know yourself, with a shifting timeline covering two decades and ratcheting up the tension, Maybe Once, Maybe Twice is a novel of second chances and finding your own way. You know that old saying, “if we are still single when we’re 35, we should get married?” Well, Maggie Vine made that vow with two different people, at two very different stages of her life. And they both showed up. Maggie Vine’s life is going extra-medium. At 35 she’s pursuing her dreams of being a singer and being a mother—though neither is successfully panning out. So when Garrett Scholl—stifled hedge fund manager by day but electrifying aspiring rock singer by night—comes to her 35th birthday party with the intention to kiss Maggie senseless, it feels like one piece might click into place. Except he’s engaged to someone else, and Maggie knows she won’t fit into the cookie-cutter life he’s building for himself. Enter Asher Reyes. Her first boyfriend from summer camp, turned into heartthrob actor, he’s lived a successful yet private life ever since he got famous. When a career-changing opportunity is presented to Maggie after her reconnection with Asher, it feels like everything—music, love, family—will fall into place. But her past won’t let her move on without a fight.

Download or read book You Are Ketchup written by Kokayi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music artists, as perceived by the music industry, are akin to a condiment—to be easily replicated, sold in high volume, and enjoyed by the masses. The message is blunt, honest, and necessary. Implicit in it is the reality of an ever-changing music landscape that requires the artists to adapt, and with integrity, lest they become forgotten. It's this essential idea that the Grammy-nominated artist and creative consultant Kokayi shares in You Are Ketchup. With a harmonious blend of narrative and advice, DC native Kokayi walks readers through the golden age of hip hop to the current day, dispensing hard-earned lessons and illuminations from decades of producing and performing music. Kokayi is a teacher inasmuch as he is a musician, and now writes for emerging artists yet to achieve success and veteran artists who might have once had it but are not out. Using stories from life and career as a vehicle, Kokayi covers a range of topics, including art as a commodity and advice about defining your artistic community, knowing when your art is ready to level up, finding a formula that works, distinguishing your art from others, and more. In a music world where an artist's career can too easily become a tale of the past, You Are Ketchup arrives as essential reading for the multitude of creatives hungry for the wisdom and knowledge of a successful insider.

Download or read book An Equal Music written by Vikram Seth and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2000-05-02 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boy returns with a powerful and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians. Michael Holme is a violinist, a member of the successful Maggiore Quartet. He has long been haunted, though, by memories of the pianist he loved and left ten years earlier, Julia McNicholl. Now Julia, married and the mother of a small child, unexpectedly reenters his life and the romance flares up once more. Against the magical backdrop of Venice and Vienna, the two lovers confront the truth about themselves and their love, about the music that both unites and divides them, and about a devastating secret that Julia must finally reveal. With poetic, evocative writing and a brilliant portrait of the international music scene, An Equal Music confirms Vikram Seth as one of the world's finest and most enticing writers.

Download or read book For the Love of Music written by Allison McKnight and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nicki runs into Jonathan, the lead-singer of the band Black Diamond, during a weekend in New York City she asks him for his autograph. To her delight does she not only get his autograph, he asks her out for drinks and dinner the next night. Still, she never had dreamt that they would meet again, but a week later he invites her to a concert in Dallas. After that they meet in California, London and even spent a weekend together in Paris. Although Jonathan is separated from his wife, things are complicated and after Jonathan's daughter is injured later that summer, he has no choice but to go back to his family to support them during this time and he tells Nicki to move on. Nicki struggles but finally realizes that she has no choice but to pick up the pieces of her life. Until they meet again in New York.....

Download or read book Dream Soul Mates written by Bridget Jean and published by Bridget Jean Publishing. This book was released on with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They had a love designed in the dreams of life. Will they overcome all that is thrown their way? Will their families accept that they are destined to be together? One goes through one of life's greatest turmoil, the death of a spouse while the other tries to overcome his free spirited life.

Download or read book The Music in Your Brother s Name written by Vicki W. Vanderveen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-01-29 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Music in Your Brother's Name is the poignant insight into one mother's grief following the sudden death of her oldest child. Through poems and letters, the author addresses each of her five children and details how their three-year old brother's death impacted their lives. The author's candid and personal account takes the reader through the very raw emotions in the beginning of the grief process and through some very powerful spiritual visions she had which eased her pain. A must read for every parent who has ever lost a child.