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This handy guide has been expanded and adapted to cover all facets of music to meet the changing needs of today's musician. All of the latest musical terms, musical instruments, and performers have been...

Author Susan Masino traces the band's roots, from their beginnings in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1970s to trailblazing the U.S. mainstream, to the devasting death of lead singer Bon Scott in 1980. ...

Most professions have their own jokes, but musicians seem to have more than their fair share. Perhaps it's the insane travel schedule, the bad lodgings, or just lack of sleep. But as Jim Green says in h...

Songwriting, composing, recording, and music publishing are all businesses. This book tells you how each business works, what you must know to succeed, and how much money you can realistically make.

This full length biography is the first comprehensive account of a truly legendary artist. It covers every aspect of the life and career of a man who has never seemed to be in the slightest danger of losing ...

Thanks to Steve Parkhouse's wonderfully vivid illustrations and Jim McCarthy's clever distillation of the script that rewrote rock 'n' roll and much else besides, the Pistols' story ...

Having now reached his sixties, Pete Townshend has battled drug and alcohol addiction while becoming one of rock's most eloquent and intelligent spokesmen. Ventures as a solo artist, Internet pioneer, l...

The only book ever to have been published on Steely Dan, it tells the strange tale of how Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fans, wormed their way into a record contract and a...

A self-made woman in ever sense, Dolly Parton arrived on the Nashville scene as a solo performer bedecked with lurid outfits and exaggerated accessories designed to get her noticed. Later she would bring the...

The very first book about the Anglo-American metal band Tool explores not only their uncompromising music but also their unsettling, self-made image based on mythological symbols and arcane theories. Author ...