Music Books

For many years, recording voiceovers was the exclusive domain of commercial studios. Even a simple voice audition meant a trip to a studio, an ad agency, or an agent's office. Today, voiceover actors...

Whether you're thinking about a career in audio but aren't sure where to start or you're already working in the audio industry and looking to advance your career, this book has all of the information...

Recording on the Go: The Definitive Guide to Live Recording brings together the foundations of audio and the practice of live recording. It is a comprehensive guide to every step of the location recor...

Don't sign a recording contract before reading this book! The Musician's Legal Companion (2nd Edition) gets to the core of the legal issues you need to know about in clear, straightforward language. H...

Your Pro Tools Studio gives you the information you need to set up your own home or project studio using Pro Tools LE or M-Powered as your digital audio workstation (DAW). You'll learn how to decide w...

Pro Tools for Video, Film, & Multimedia offers comprehensive coverage of the extensive multimedia features of Pro Tools, giving you the skills you need to take any multimedia soundtrack project from c...

Although many musicians use Reason to create music in their home studios, its instruments and sequencer are also extremely well-suited for live performance. Using Reason Onstage: Skill Pack quickly sh...

Completely updated for Pro Tools 8, Mixing in Pro Tools: Skill Pack will help you boost your understanding of the art and craft of creating great-sounding mixes using Digidesign's industry-standard DA...

This book is the all-inclusive guide to making music with Ableton's revolutionary live performance and studio software, Live 8. Written for anyone from beginning to pro levels, this book explores each...

Ableton Live 8 Course Clips Master is a hands-on training DVD-ROM that provides you with a unique way to take your music to the next level with Live. If you've been using Live and you want to get more...

Get ready to master the power of FL Studio with FL Studio Power! Due to its instant overview and loop-friendly appeal, musicians and producers are flocking to FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops) in drov...

Make Your Music Video and Put It Online will help you learn how to produce a high-quality, high-production value, low-budget music video and let the world know about it through the Internet. First, th...

This book contains more than 150 rare collector or black and white photographs, offering a front row fan's perspective on many legendary musical events in the life of Eric Clapton.

This book is written for the musician who needs to learn the business, as well the businessperson entering the music industry. Author Michael Miller covers all the key business topics and reveals the...

This pocket-sized reference book about Pink Floyd covers the band's entire career, from the Syd Barrett era to their Live 8 Reunion. In addition to the band's history, this book lists 50 essential Pin...

Sporting shades and feedback-heavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art and rock, changing popular music forever, and sowing the seeds for punk, grunge, and thousands of countercultural four-chord wonder...

This pocket-sized reference book explores every aspect of the Rolling Stones' music, along with the band's history, from the blues clubs of '60s West London to the world tours and millionaire mansions...

The Story: from the first meeting of Plant and Page to the untimely death of John Bonham, detailing the magic, mayhem and excesses of the era. The Music: the band's fifty best songs unpicked, plus co...

My First Classical Music Book is a delightfully colourful introduction to classical music, designed to fire the imagination of children aged 5-7 years. Readers are asked to think about the different p...

An original, colorful, and lively approach to learning about music. Follows the huge success of My First Classical Music Book and Meet the Instruments of the Orchestra! from Naxos. Thirty-seven classi...

The Rough Guide to iPods and iTunes is the ultimate companion to the defining gadget of the digital music era - and an essential guide to music and video on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your poc...

The Rough Guide to Nirvana uncovers the magic and tragedy of this iconic 90s grunge band. From small-town gigs to the last days of Kurt Cobain, this book delves into the story of the life and afterlif...

Here is the sequel to the wildly popular classroom resource book from celebrated educator Valerie Lippoldt Mack, a Kansas resident whose work has been featured at ACDA, MENC, Carnegie Hall and Disney...

Teach with Freddie the Frog and kids fall in love with music! And now, teachers can go 'beyond the books' and expand musical learning with a valuable resource and CD-ROM. Teaching tips, tools and asse...