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Book Shadows of the Music Industry

Download or read book Shadows of the Music Industry written by Michael Hur and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows of the Music Industry is an account of the untold history regarding artists, and events of the music industry. The book explores the hidden stories of Satanism, the occult, mind-control, cover ups, and the death of various artists from the 1930's to the 2000s. Shadows of the Music Industry takes the reader into an exploration of the aspects that surrounded the lives of some of the most successful artists in music industry history. The chapters presented here are the unauthorized stories that are based upon testimony, case-files, and law enforcement records.

Book Music in the Shadows

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sheri Chinen Biesen
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2014-05
  • ISBN : 1421408384
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Music in the Shadows written by Sheri Chinen Biesen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of noir musical films, where tormented antiheroes and hard-boiled musicians battle obsession and struggle with their music and ill-fated love triangles. Sultry divas dance and sing the blues in shrouded nightclubs. Romantic intrigue clashes with backstage careers. This book explores musical films that use film noir style and bluesy strains of jazz to inhabit a disturbing underworld and reveal the dark side of fame and the American Dream. While noir musical films like A Star Is Born include musical performances, their bleak tone and expressionistic aesthetic more closely resemble the visual style of film noir. Their narratives unfold behind a stark noir lens: distorted, erratic angles and imbalanced hand-held shots allow the audience to experience a tortured, disillusioned perspective. While many musicals glamorize the quest for the spotlight in Hollywood's star factory, brooding noir musical films such as Blues in the Night, Gilda, The Red Shoes, West Side Story, and Round Midnight stretch the boundaries of film noir and the musical as film genres collide. Deep shadows, dim lighting and visual composition evoke moodiness, cynicism, pessimism, and subjective psychological points of view.

Book Complicated Shadows  The Life And Music Of Elvis Costello

Download or read book Complicated Shadows The Life And Music Of Elvis Costello written by Graham Thomson and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complicated Shadows paints a detailed and accurate portrait of an intensely private and complex individual. It draws on nearly 50 exclusive interviews with schoolmates, pre-fame friends, early band members, journalists as well as members of The Attractions, producers, collaborators and musicians from all stages of his life and career. Thomson also unearths many previously unknown details about Costello's early years and his personal life, as well as examining his entire musical output using the recollections of those who were there at the time, the majority of whom have never talked on the subject before.

Book Hear What the Shadows Reveal

Download or read book Hear What the Shadows Reveal written by Shawn Sellers and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2024-06-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: is book is a profound journey into darkness, guided by David Humphrey and Shawn Sellers, childhood friends and Masonic brothers. With over four decades of unwavering friendship and a combined professional experience of over 25 years, they beckon readers to join them in uncovering the hidden truths lurking in society’s shadows. eir divergent paths—David’s in law enforcement and business ownership, Shawn’s in Religious Studies and Special Education—converge in a shared mission to expose the grim realities of human tra cking, Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA), and the exploitation of the vulnerable, particularly children. David’s founding of the Alabama Alliance for Human Tra cking and Child Safety and Shawn’s role as its education director exemplify their commitment to combatting these atrocities through awareness and action. “Unveiling Darkness” is not merely a recounting of facts but a call to arms, urging readers to stand against exploitation and abuse. rough chilling accounts of missing persons, ritualistic massacres, and occult in uences, it illuminates the sinister forces at play in our world. As readers journey through the pages, they are implored to heed the call for change, advocate, educate, and protect those who cannot defend themselves. is book is a beacon of hope amidst the darkness, guiding readers toward enlightenment and empowerment. As David and Shawn confront the shadows, they invite readers to join them in daring to dream of a safer, more just world for all. “Hear What e Shadows Reveal” is not just a book but a testament to the power of awareness and the collective strength of action.

Book Blackout

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sheri Chinen Biesen
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2005-11-11
  • ISBN : 9780801882180
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Blackout written by Sheri Chinen Biesen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005-11-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheri Chinen Biesen challenges conventional thinking on the origins of film noir and finds the genre's roots in the political, social and historical conditions of Hollywood during the Second World War.

Book Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Download or read book Standing in the Shadows of Motown written by James Jamerson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1989 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Book). Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star performances, and more than 50 rarely seen photos in this stellar tribute to behind-the-scenes Motown. Features a 120-minute CD! Allan Slutsky's 2002 documentary of the same name is the winner of the New York Film Critics "Best Documentary of the Year" award!

Book The Shadow World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Feinstein
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Release : 2011-11-08
  • ISBN : 1429932716
  • Pages : 738 pages

Download or read book The Shadow World written by Andrew Feinstein and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shadow World presents the behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade, exposing in forensic detail the deadly collusion that too often exists among senior politicians, weapons manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military--a situation that compromises our security and undermines our democracy. Now a major PBS documentary "An authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking, and enraging."--Arundhati Roy Andrew Feinstein reveals the cover-ups behind a range of weapons deals, from the largest in history--between the British and Saudi governments---to the guns-for-diamonds deals in Africa and the current $60 billion U.S. weapons contract with Saudi Arabia. Based on pathbreaking reporting and unprecedented access to top-secret information, The Shadow World takes us into a clandestine realm that is as vitally important as it is shocking.

Book Shadows of a King Revision 2

Download or read book Shadows of a King Revision 2 written by Leslie Williams Hicks and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of my life from birth to the present day. Through my school years, teens, young adult and military years. I will share with you my experiences as a guitar player through employment and retirement years. I will also share with you my ups and downs in the music business and also my health. The times I should have been taken care of business and not doing so. Not taken care of my health like I should. How I had the opportunity to go big time in the music business and not doing so. How my passion for the music moved me but my passion for the opposite sex stopped me. How I went from Country Music to Rock & Roll then back to Country and gospel. Then how Christ came into my life and changed me into someone I wasn't prepared for. As you read this book you will know how my life has change from not so good to good. I hope you enjoy my pitiful life as a King. “Les (ELVIS) Williams”

Book Music and Capitalism

Download or read book Music and Capitalism written by Timothy D. Taylor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: iTunes. Spotify. Pandora. With these brief words one can map the landscape of music today, but these aren’t musicians, songs, or anything else actually musical—they are products and brands. In this book, Timothy D. Taylor explores just how pervasively capitalism has shaped music over the last few decades. Examining changes in the production, distribution, and consumption of music, he offers an incisive critique of the music industry’s shift in focus from creativity to profits, as well as stories of those who are laboring to find and make musical meaning in the shadows of the mainstream cultural industries. Taylor explores everything from the branding of musicians to the globalization of music to the emergence of digital technologies in music production and consumption. Drawing on interviews with industry insiders, musicians, and indie label workers, he traces both the constricting forces of bottom-line economics and the revolutionary emergence of the affordable home studio, the global internet, and the mp3 that have shaped music in different ways. A sophisticated analysis of how music is made, repurposed, advertised, sold, pirated, and consumed, Music and Capitalism is a must read for anyone who cares about what they are listening to, how, and why.

Book Keith

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stanley Booth
  • Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
  • Release : 1996-01-05
  • ISBN : 1466813776
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Keith written by Stanley Booth and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1996-01-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith is the biography of Keith Richards, written by one of his old friends, Stanley Booth. Drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the book explores Richards' relationship with Mick Jagger and the Stones, his views on his evolving craft, his experiences in the London music scene, and much more. Keith offers a personal study of the Rolling Stones legend, an "intimate portrait of one of the great molders of contemporary pop music" (Booklist).

Book The Shadow World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hamlin Garland
  • Publisher : Cornerstone Publications USA
  • Release : 1908
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book The Shadow World written by Hamlin Garland and published by Cornerstone Publications USA. This book was released on 1908 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Shadow of the Wind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2005-01-25
  • ISBN : 1101147067
  • Pages : 512 pages

Download or read book The Shadow of the Wind written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-01-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller “The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice) “One gorgeous read.” —Stephen King Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

Book The ChatGPT Chronicles

Download or read book The ChatGPT Chronicles written by Omar Johnson and published by Make Profits Easy LLC. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into a realm where the boundaries between artificial intelligence and human experiences blur. "The ChatGPT Chronicles: When AI Meets Humanity" offers readers an immersive journey across diverse global landscapes, unveiling the intricate dance between man and machine. From entrepreneurs in bustling metropolises to architects shaping the skylines of tomorrow, this anthology of stories paints a vivid tapestry of human dreams, endeavors, and aspirations—all touched by the digital genius of ChatGPT. Each tale is a testament to the transformative potential of AI, woven with the rich threads of cultural traditions, personal challenges, and professional triumphs. Beyond the narratives, delve deep into thought-provoking discussions on AI's role in shaping our world. Ponder the ethical dilemmas, societal shifts, and the profound impact of digital companions on our shared global heritage. 200 Prompts Inside! And for those eager to embark on their own AI journey, an appendix awaits with 200 meticulously curated prompts to guide and inspire. Plus, an exclusive offering stands ready to fast-track your path to success in this burgeoning digital age. "The ChatGPT Chronicles" is not just a testament to the present—it's a beckoning gateway to the future. Are you ready to witness the symphony of humanity and AI?

Book Global Shadows

Download or read book Global Shadows written by James Ferguson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA collection of Ferguson's essays that bring the question of Africa into the center of current debates on globalization, modernity, and emerging forms of world order./div

Book Ethnomusicology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer C. Post
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-09-05
  • ISBN : 1136089624
  • Pages : 698 pages

Download or read book Ethnomusicology written by Jennifer C. Post and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader is designed to supplement a textbook for an introductory course in ethnomusicology. It offers a cross section of the best new writing in the field from the last 15-20 years. Many instructors supplement textbook readings and listening assignments with scholarly articles that provide more in-depth information on geographic regions and topics and introduce issues that can facilitate class or small group discussion. These sources serve other purposes as well: they exemplify research technique and format and serve as models for the use of academic language, and collectively they can also illustrate the range of ethnographic method and analytical style in the discipline of ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader serves as a basic introduction to the best writing in the field for students, professors, and music professionals. It is perfect for both introductory and upper level courses in world music.

Book The Rhythm of Death

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matt Borne
  • Publisher : Yabot
  • Release : 2024-05-05
  • ISBN : 9189822676
  • Pages : 71 pages

Download or read book The Rhythm of Death written by Matt Borne and published by Yabot. This book was released on 2024-05-05 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of San Marino's most vibrant music festival, the unthinkable happens: DJ Ecciti, the star of the show, collapses on stage, turning a night of celebration into one of chaos and mystery. Luigi Ferro is engaged by the festival's organizer, amidst the frustration with the local gendarmerie's slow progress, to untangle a web of deceit and danger. As Ferro delves into the glittering world of music and fame, he encounters a trio of suspects—a rival DJ, a spurned lover, and a shady promoter—each harboring motives as complex as the tunes that electrify the festival air. But as seductive distractions and misleading clues cloud his path, Ferro must navigate through a maze of hidden relationships and secret deals that could be the key to solving the case. Set against the backdrop of San Marino's scenic beauty, "The Rhythm of Death" is a story where the melody of mystery deepens, danger dances in the shadows, and for Luigi Ferro, every beat could be a clue leading to the shocking revelation.

Book Shadow Music

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julie Garwood
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2008-12-30
  • ISBN : 0345500741
  • Pages : 449 pages

Download or read book Shadow Music written by Julie Garwood and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Action, drama, desire, revenge: Shadow Music includes all the necessary ingredients for romantics to plunge into the moors, mountains and magical myth of medieval Scotland.”—The Roanoke Times Prized for her exquisite beauty, Princess Gabrielle of St. Biel, the daughter of one of England’s most influential barons, is a perfect bargaining chip for a king who needs peace in the Highlands: King John has arranged Gabrielle’s marriage to a good and gentle laird. But this marriage will never take place. Upon her arrival in Scotland, Gabrielle is immediately entangled in Highland intrigue, as a battle royal flares between enemies old and new. For two sadistic noblemen, underestimating Gabrielle’s bravery and prowess may prove fatal. Colm MacHugh, the most feared man in Scotland, makes no such mistakes about the captivating princess. Under his penetrating gaze, neither Gabrielle’s body nor her heart is safe. “No one does historical romance better than Garwood. . . . Gabrielle is an enchanting heroine.”—The State (Columbia, S.C.) “A compelling historical romance.”—Publishers Weekly