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Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects

Visual effects and motion graphics are everywhere, shaping the film, TV, games, websites, and application landscape. Navigating a field this complex and ever-expanding demands more than mere familiarity with tools; you need to stand out to get ahead. Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects is the definitive guide that not only equips you with the essential skills to distinguish yourself, but also takes you through real projects that you can add to your portfolio.

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High And Rising: A Book About De La Soul

A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever. De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an “anything goes” hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation.

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Adobe creative cloud 2024 User guide

Discover the Complete Potential of Adobe Creative Suite: From Basic Design to Cutting-Edge Techniques, Your Creative Journey Begins Here! With the most recent release, "Adobe Creative Cloud 2024," discover the ever evolving world of Adobe Creative Cloud. This special handbook, intended for both new and seasoned designers, is your ticket to unleashing creative freedom and exploring the vast landscape of Adobe's powerful suite. Why settle for ordinary when you can be extraordinary? This massive tome covers every facet of the Adobe Creative Cloud, from Adobe Experience Design to Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Acrobat Pro, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Audition, and Premiere Pro.

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The Mastering Engineer's Handbook By: Albert Hank

"Dive into the world of audio perfection with 'The Mastering Engineer's Handbook.' This comprehensive guide is a treasure trove of knowledge and techniques that empower both aspiring and seasoned audio professionals to elevate their craft to new heights.

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Bobby Owsinski The Mastering Engineer's Handbook 5th Edition

Audio mastering remains the essential final step in the audio production process, where the recording's final mix is polished and prepped for release and distribution. In this thoroughly updated fifth edition of Bobby Owsinski's classic The Mastering Engineer's Handbook, you'll find the latest insights and techniques for creating professional-grade, well-mastered recordings.

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Piano-Secrets.com: Klavier spielen lernen - worauf es wirklich ankommt (German Edition)

"Eines Tages Klavier spielen können" - steht bei vielen Erwachsenen zuoberst auf der Liste von Dingen, die sie in Angriff nehmen möchten. Doch schon kurz nachdem das Projekt gestartet wird, macht sich Frust breit: alles, was man sich vorgestellt hat und die Realität alleine am Piano gehen weit auseinander.

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The Endless Refrain: Memory Nostalgia and the Threat to New Music

A veteran music journalist argues that the rise of music streaming and the consolidation of digital platforms is decimating the musical landscape, with dire consequences for the future of our culture …

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Artist Management in the Music Industries: A Sui Generis Form of Management

Artist Management in the Music Industries: A Sui Generis Form of Management provides one of the first substantive, academic examinations of the role of an artist manager.

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Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis

“I first met Jesse Ed Davis in the late ’80s. . . .[He was a] gentle yet intensely present giant who was a legend of an artist. . . . In Washita Love Child, Jesse Ed Davis is resurrected in story.”

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Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world's favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how music is made and heard. An all-time great on the level of The Beatles, Prince, or David Bowie.

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Liturgy and Contemplation in Byrd's Gradualia

William Byrd’s Gradualia is one of the most unusual and elaborate musical works of the English Renaissance. This large collection of liturgical music, 109 pieces in all, was written for clandestine use by English Catholics at a time when they were forbidden to practice their religion in public. When Byrd began to compose the Gradualia, he turned from the penitential and polemical extravagances of his earlier Latin motets to the narrow, carefully ordered world of the Counter-Reformation liturgy. It was in this new context, cut off from his familiar practice of choosing colorful texts and setting them at length, that he first wrote about the "hidden and mysterious power" of sacred words to evoke a creative response.

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Hey Suburbia: A Guide to the Emo/Pop-Punk Rise

Dive into the heartbeat of the Warped Tour era with "Hey Suburbia." Authored by music journalist Mike Damante, this immersive guide traces the meteoric rise of bands like Paramore and My Chemical Romance that defined the Emo/Pop-Punk scene. Damante, a stalwart of North American media, brings you firsthand accounts, behind-the-scenes stories, and exclusive interviews with genre icons like blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, and Dashboard Confessional. From the angst-ridden '90s to the explosive 2000s, this anthology captures the spirit of a musical revolution through the eyes of those who lived it. Embrace the anthems of your underground roots with "Hey Suburbia."

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Harmony in Embrace

"Harmony in Embrace: The Accordion's Tale" invites readers on a captivating journey into the heart and soul of music through the eyes of Daniel, a talented musician whose life becomes intertwined with the magic of the accordion. From the very first page, readers are drawn into a world where melodies transcend language and culture, weaving a tapestry of emotions that resonate deeply with the human spirit.

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Chords of Consciousness: Exploring the Registers of Awareness and Insight

Chords of Consciousness: Exploring the Registers of Awareness and Insight is a transformative journey through the intersection of music and consciousness, offering readers an in-depth exploration of how musical principles can illuminate and enhance our understanding of awareness and insight.

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Interactive Sound and Music: Beyond Pressing Play

Interactive Sound and Music: Beyond Pressing Play provides an accessible exploration into the aesthetics of interactive audio, using examples from video games, experimental music, and participatory theatre and sound installations. Offering a practitioner’s perspective, the book places interactive sound and music within a broader aesthetic context relating to key texts and discussion within musicology and wider art practices. Each chapter takes the reader through a key debate surrounding interactive sound and music, such as:

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A History of Western Philosophy of Music

This book presents a comprehensive, accessible survey of Western philosophy of music from Pythagoras to the present. Its narrative traces themes and schools through history, in a sequence of five chapters that survey the ancient, medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary periods.

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Mastering Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 : Your Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide to Video Editing Excellence

Unlock the magic of storytelling with the Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 guide, your ultimate resource for mastering the art of video editing. This comprehensive book promises to take you from novice to expert, equipping you with the skills to transform your raw footage into captivating, professional-quality films.

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How the Beatles Rocked the World

When the Beatles burst onto the pop scene in 1962, they not only took the music world by storm but they also brought with them a counter culture that was to have far-reaching effects. With their long hair, humour and irreverent attitude towards authority, they were a breath of fresh air to a generation who had grown weary of the greyness of the post-war years.

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Your Rep Book: How to Find Choose and Prepare Successful Audition Songs

Prepping songs for Musical Theatre auditions can be more stressful and confusing than a bad production ofSweeney Todd... but this book can help. How do you find the right songs, and in all the various genres? Where do you get the sheet music? How do you edit it down to make your 16- or 32-bar cut? What even is a 16-bar cut?! Relax, diva:Your Rep Bookhas the answers to all these questions and so many more.

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The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast

The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality. "Fernando provides a comprehensive look at DOOM's life and career, meticulously researched through interviews with the rapper’s many collaborators and those closest to the man behind the mask.

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