Music Books

A complete illustrated guide for set design in schools and other settings, this resource provides teachers and stage managers with building plans, reproducible set and prop patterns for use with overh...

67 No Prep, No Prop Activities! Students today need to feel they belong and to know they are an important and crucial part of the team. Long-time educator and author of IceBreakers and IceBreakers 2,...

Producing Music with Digital Performer is a comprehensive guide to the features and strategies behind one of the most powerful pieces of music production software. There are in-depth descriptions of D...

From the Music Research Institute at Berklee College of Music comes a manifesto for the ongoing music revolution. Today, the record companies may be hurting but the music-making business is booming, u...

How does a song become more than words and music to represent or influence the voice of a generation? Inside the Hits dissects more than 60 of the most powerful and memorable hit songs since the birth...

An essential guide for all songwriters and Beatles fans, this book explores John Lennon's songwriting genius with a guided tour through 25 of his Beatles-era hits. Author John Stevens explains Lennon'...

Get the most out of Digidesign's Pro Tools software with this comprehensive home studio guide that will show you how to create the highest quality recordings by honing your production skills and engin...

Write songs that sell! Hit-songwriter/educator Andrea Stolpe shares time-tested tools of commercial songwriting. Her ten-step process will help you to craft lyrics that communicate heart to heart with...

Expert producer/engineer Dan Moretti leads you step by step through the producing and mixing processes. Learn how different techniques - from mic placement to EQ - help you create authentic-sounding a...

Become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of...

Berklee expert speaks on how to market and distribute your songs and group. Sell more music! Learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians, leveraging the important changes and...

This amazing compilation features 600 quotations from esteemed musicians and artists who have taken a moment to reflect on their influences, heroes, integrity, performances, and so much more. These ge...

Heal your body, mind and spirit using the profound power found in music. This research-based approach to wellness will help you to feel better. Learn to use music to manage your stress and reduce your...

Write songs starting from any direction: melody, lyric, harmony, rhythm, or idea. This book will help you expand your range and flexibility as a songwriter. Discussions, hands-on exercises, and notate...

Get organized, and take charge of your music projects! This book will help you harness your creativity into clear visions and effective work plans. Whether you are producing a recording, going on tour...

Fascinating life story of pre-eminent 20th-century choral musician. Includes CD with many of Sir David's famous recordings. Absorbing anecdotes of many famous composers, performances, institutions, an...

This book discusses assessment and its role in teaching and learning music in the classroom. For improving learning and raising standards, it puts the case for formative assessment, day-by-day, rather...

Suitable for all primary teachers (whether or not they are music specialists) and advisers Key text for listening, composing, and performing in the primary school Research and illustrations from pract...

This book starts at the very beginning and ends with some remarkably profound insights on conductorial subtleties. An experienced conductor is one in whom detection, diagnosis, and remedy take place s...

True tales of murder, riots, heartbreak and great music. With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner...

This stimulating guide will help students and their teachers to achieve stylish performances of music of the Baroque period.