Blogs Posts in Music category; 12 blog posts

Diplo To Release Coffee Table Book

DJ, producer and songwriter Diplo has not only helped shape MIA, Blaqstarr and Major Lazer’s sound but has worked with Bruno Mars, Shakira, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, La Roux, Santigold, Kid Cudi and scores more, and brought the hook [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Music: An Appreciation, Brief Edition

Whether from a concert stage or at the front of a classroom, Roger Kamien knows how to reach an audience--blending intelligence and passion to lift music from the page and bring it to life. His unique combination of artistic and teaching [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Learning With Piano Music Books

Learning with the help of piano music books is a great alternative when you have a tight budget and can't afford private lessons. In order to teach yourself piano successfully, you need the proper materials to cover the neces [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana (Today's Superstars:...

Titles in Today's Superstars: Entertainment were selected by a survey of kids and -- of the 24 books produced as a result Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana makes the cut of popularity. For a Grade 3 reading level, this 6 1/2" x 9" [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Woodstock Vision - The Spirit of a Generation

There will never be another period like the late ‘60s. Against a background of political upheaval, a social movement emerged that espoused peace, love, understanding, and even new forms of consciousness. Moreover, the music of the er [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

British & International Music Yearbook 2009

Thousands of promoters, performing musicians, composers and writers, teachers and parents, administrators, classical music organisations and businesses choose the British and International Music Yearbook to advertise and promote their servi [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Best of the summer in music, books

Best Song: Kings of Leon “Sex On Fire” After the release of “Because of the Times,” I couldn’t help but miss the garage rock sound of their first two albums. The first single off their fourth album, “On [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Music expands the mind

Claire Kelly and her friend Dominique Gaucher love to sing. They've been choir buddies for the last three years in the Choeur de Montréal, a youth choir presided over by Montreal's best known choir master, Iwan Edwards. Both girls l [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

How publishers spot the next big sellers

The latest trends can change at the drop of a hat-- or in some cases, a hit. While some literary genres are mainstays of the industry, a great number of them float in and out of the fickle publishing world like so many loose pages.$HOME$ [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEWS | Pretty Vacant: A History of UK Punk & Punk 36...

The MC5 didn't birth punk rock. Neither did the Velvet Underground or Television. Actually, it was never born. It was an N.Y.C. art-rock abortion that was rescued by thousands of pissed-off kids who raised it from the gutter and threw it on [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Candidate Clinton Scrutinized by Women

For the last week reporters, pundits, bloggers and political operatives have turned all their forensic powers on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s so-called crying moment — the moment in a New Hampshire cafe when her eyes welled with tea [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

World Wide Work reviews books, music and more

This edition of the free bulletin, World Wide Work, is published by the American Labor Education Center, an independent nonprofit founded in 1979. WORLD WIDE WORK Powell’s the unionized alternative to Amazon.com for buying and sel [...]