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Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike.

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Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology Music and Culture 6th Edition

Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture, Sixth Edition, presents an extensive history of electronic music―from its historical beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its everchanging present―recounting the musical ideas that arose in parallel with technological progress. In four parts, the author details the fundamentals of electronic music, its history, the major synthesizer innovators, and contemporary practices.

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Andrew Milner Complete Guitar Chords Mastery

Did you ever find yourself confused about all those weird chord names you encounter when trying to learn a song? There's like C, Cm, Cmaj7, Cm7, and so many more...and none of it seems to make sense at times?

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Creative Confidence and Music Production: Overcome Your Insecurities

Creative Confidence and Music Production: Overcome Your Insecurities is a practical guide for music producers to tackle self-doubt and navigate the relationship between confidence and creativity, by offering tools to overcome the most common creative blocks.

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Voice Work: Art and Science in Changing Voices 2nd Edition

The voice is one of the fundamental modes of self-expression, a key touchstone of identity and sense of self. Many people in all walks of life are looking to change their voices, whether to modify a speaking challenge of some kind, to cultivate a professional skill, or for other reasons. Voice practitioners have an invaluable role in guiding clients along the path to their desired voice outcomes.

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The Everything Guitar Scales Book 2nd Edition: Over 700 Scale Patterns for Every Style of Music (Everything® Series)

Master guitar scales and start strumming with this updated edition of The Everything Guitar Scales Book that features over 700 scale patterns for every style of music, perfect for beginners and seasoned guitarists alike.

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Unleashing the Potential of the Musician's Body

Unleashing the Potential of the Musician’s Body offers clear and practical tools for music professionals, students, educators, movement specialists, and therapists working with musicians. You’ll learn about relevant anatomy—in particular, joints, muscles, and fascia—and get information on how the brain and movement are linked together.

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Steps to Play Piano: Piano Guide for Beginners: Piano for Beginners

You will learn a lot in this book. You will learn all about the piano keyboard, piano notes, chords, keys, key signatures, time signatures, scales, music rests, how to read notes on the treble and bass clef, staves, intervals, sharps, flats, steps, intervals, triads, piano history and the list goes on and on.

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Dion: The Rock and Roll Philosopher

Legendary Rock Hall of Fame innovator shares the most lasting influences on his remarkable life - a life that helped shape the last 60 years of rock and roll history The book features a prologue by Eric Clapton and a foreword by Paul Simon.

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The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Theory Analysis and Listening 5th Edition

With a focus on music in context and a wealth of in-text and online exercises, The Complete Musician offers a complete program for teaching and learning undergraduate music theory. Rather than rote learning of concepts and memorizing terms, the text asks students to explore the ways in which theory informs and responds to the work of performers and composers, underscoring its relevance to students' wider musical lives.

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The Emotional Power of Music: From the Brain to the Face 30th Edition

Music is a dimension of interaction, of sharing emotions, and identifying and recognizing the emotional content that permeates, particularly on the face, it is certainly to understand the human matrix, argues Dr. Freitas-Magalhães, Ph.D., the world's leading expert for Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology and the Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, by Elsevier, Oxford, in his pioneering and extraordinary book.

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The Routledge Companion to Music Autoethnography and Reflexivity

The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography, and Reflexivity represents a substantial contribution to the field of writing reflexively about an individual’s practice within music studies. In seven sections, 22 original chapters by a diverse set of contributors consider writing about personal activities from the points of view of performance, composition, musicology, and pedagogy, drawing on a range of traditions from Western art-music to popular music to ethnomusicology. A robust critical framework is presented, with coverage of:

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Music in Theory and Practice Volume 1 10th Edition

This best-selling program gives music majors and minors a solid foundation in the theory of music. Music in Theory and Practice 10e strengthens musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps gain interpretive insights. The goal of the content is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire.

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The Everything Guitar Chords Book: Over 2000 Chords for Every Style of Music (Everything) 2nd Edition

Master chords and start strumming with this updated edition of The Everything Guitar Chords Book that features over 2,000 chords, perfect for every style of music, making it a must-have for beginners and seasoned guitarists alike.

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The Everything Music Theory Book: Take Your Understanding of Music to the Next Level (Everything) 3rd Edition

Master the fundamentals of music with the updated edition of The Everything Music Theory Book that features online audio examples, challenging practice exercises, and hundreds of illustrations so you can take your understanding to the next level.

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Rooms for the Learned Musician: A 20-Year Retrospective on the Acoustics of Music Education Facilities

This beautifully illustrated volume takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour through music education facilities designed during the past 20 years, with a particular emphasis on the acoustical and architectural design of the locations. The book opens with a series of essays from key design team members, including an acoustical consultant, architect, audio/video systems consultant, and theatre consultant.

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Sound Effects for Streaming: Essential Guide for Content Creators

Amplify Your Streaming: The Ultimate Handbook for Sound Effects that Captivate Audiences Are you tired of broadcasts that go unnoticed in the sea of online content? Do you want your Twitch channel to stand out with a unique sonic experience? Are you ready to take your streaming to the next level with audio that makes a lasting impression?

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Advances In Quantum Computer Music

The modern music industry depends critically on computers. The development of conventional digital computing technology for music has been progressing in tandem with the evolution of computers since the 1950s. Therefore, future developments in quantum computing are most likely to impact the way in which musicians will create, perform, and conduct research.

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Popular Music Culture: The Key Concepts 5th Edition

Now in its fifth edition, this popular A–Z student reference book provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture, examining the social and cultural aspects of popular music.

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Unlimited Creative Sound Design

Uncover the Creative Power of Sound: The Definitive Guide to Sound Effects for Transformative Multimedia Experiences Are you frustrated with sound effects that feel flat and lifeless? Do you wish you could create audio that truly captivates your audience's imagination? Are you ready to transform your sound design into something emotional and engaging?

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