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Struggling to help a young musician practice their instrument? Many young musicians love to play music, but struggle with the daily work of learning an instrument. Music Practice Makeover is a hands-on guide to help practice partners of young music students with the process of rehearsing and refining in a way they can engage with and enjoy. With real-life examples, techniques for different developmental stages, and priceless tips, this book is full of ideas all aimed at making practice work.

Secrets of the Music Business: How Not to Get F--ked as an Entrepreneur with a Dream is an informative how-to book about bringing your dreams to fruition. Tony M. Fountain, a.k.a. TMF Precha, founder and EIC of Now Entertainment, walks you through the entertainment industry's ins-and-outs, what to do and what not to, sharing secrets of success. He reveals where to spend your money in start-up costs and how to avoid being scammed by snakes. This book doesn't waste your time with the basic information you'll find performing a quick web search.

Amid a series of road trips across West Texas, Darden Smith—Austin-based musician, author, and creative—found himself writing songs at the wheel and taking Polaroid photographs of the stark and ghostly terrain. Inspired by the spirit of the landscape, Smith scribbled his observations in a notebook and found new life in old lyrics—and between the prose, the music, and the Polaroid images he captured with his camera, Western Skies came vividly to life. This beautifully designed and collectible book combines everything Smith captured and created during his travels.

The practice and politics of the unfettered female voice--reclaiming your power through voice, song, and opera-inspired exercises. For centuries, opera has used women’s voices to convey male stories. Within an art form dominated by men, the female voice is a means to an end: controlled...

Not so long ago, studio-quality recording, mixing, and music production was only available to the rich and famous artists. However, these days it’s now possible to produce professional sounding music from your own home. All you need is a decent computer and inspiration. This audiobook will tell you the rest! If you are a first timer, this book will lead you in the right direction in the least amount of time. Or if you have some experience you will definitely find some new insights into how to produce your best music.

Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career—even in the face of deafness—Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, writes the music historian Mark Evan Bonds, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Discarding tired myths about the composer, Bonds proposes a new way of listening to Beethoven by hearing his music as an expression of his entire self, not just his scowling self.

How to write Christian songs in one hour without forcing inspiration! This audiobook is for anyone looking for a new way to write Christian songs that God has put on their heart. Is that you? It's a conversational audiobook that goes over a process of Christian songwriting developed over 20 years. This process has helped thousands of people around the world. Are you writing your first or 100th song? This audiobook will help you! Don’t know fancy music theory? It doesn’t matter, use these secret shortcuts!

Also known as “One Night with You”. In this lesson you will learn the rhythm guitar part played by Elvis Presley on this song completely by ear. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song and is then followed by detailed section-by-section and chord-by-chord instruction of the entire song.

This Guitar by Ear audiobook teaches the entire guitar part to this José Feliciano hit completely “by ear”. At the beginning you are given a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed all-audio lesson of the song in small sections. At the end of the lesson you are given the backing tracks with no guitar on them for you to use for your own live performance.

In this all-audio lesson you will learn all of the guitar parts including the acoustic guitar part taught in three different tunings. The original acoustic part was performed with both a regular capo and a cut capo, but the part can also be played two other ways to make it easier on the acoustic guitar player. The other two, and sometimes three, electric guitar parts are taught as well.

This lesson is based on the Massey Hall (1971) acoustic version of this Neil Young hit. The interesting thing about this song is that the chords that are used seemed to have disappeared during the “rock” era only to reemerge later in the “alternative” movement.

Learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this classic rock hit without using any music, tab, or video. The entire lesson is taught “by ear”, and demo and backing tracks are included!

Learn the guitar part to this Beatle’s classic without using music, tab, or video. The lesson includes a full demonstration of the guitar part followed by a detailed “note-by-note” and “phase-by-phase” lesson describing frets and fingering completely “by ear”!

Learn all of the guitar licks and riffs to this ZZ Top hit without using music or tab. The entire guitar part is demonstrated all the way through and then taught in two- to four-measure increments totally “by ear”. Backing tracks are included to practice and perform with.

This Guitar by Ear lesson teaches all of the guitar licks for all three (sometimes four) guitars. There is a complete demo at the beginning of the lesson and then detailed instruction for all of the licks taught totally by ear. At the end are several versions of the backing tracks to practice each part with.

In this lesson you start with a full demonstration of the song with backing tracks followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson of both the rhythm guitar and the harmonica solo arranged for lead guitar. Each section is taught in detail with demonstration, and then at the end of the lesson you are given the backing tracks in different versions to practice and play along with.

In this fun all-audio lesson you will learn the entire guitar part to this José Feliciano hit completely “by ear”. At the beginning you are given a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed all-audio lesson of the song in small sections. At the end of the lesson you are given the backing tracks with no guitar on them for you to use for your own live performance.

Strap in for some early Phil Keaggy at his best. Before he was a world-renown fingerstyle player he made his mark in the field of progressive rock in the 1970s. This lesson teaches one his band’s iconic songs completely “by ear”. Included is a full demonstration of the song and backing tracks to practice and perform with.

This Clapton guitar hit is taught to you in a step-by-step and note-by-note fashion completely by ear. Both the rhythm and lead guitar parts are taught in this all-audio lesson in two- to four-measure sections. A full demonstration is included at the beginning of the lesson to listen to and practice along with.

In this all-audio lesson you will learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this Moody Blues hit without using music, tab, or video. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson on each guitar part. The song is broken up into small sections, and each lick is taught phase-by-phase. This is the fastest way to learn this song, and you’ll memorize it while learning it.