Music:

The Quotable Musician
From Bach to Tupac
Written by Sheila E. Anderson

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $16.95

In The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac, music artists through the ages speak out in this illuminating collection of quotations. Both the famous and the obscure from every genre of music--including classical, rock, Latin, country, blues, and hip-hop–are celebrated in more than one thousand quotations sure to intrigue and delight... Read more >

The Musician's Handbook, Revised Edition
A Practical Guide to Understanding the Music Business
Written by Bobby Borg

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $19.95

The bible of the music biz—now fully revised with new contacts, fee info, trends, tips. Want to know how to set prices for a gig? Want to be ahead of the curve on new trends in music? Want to have all the latest contact information on hundreds of industry pros? Have... Read more >

This Business of Urban Music
A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Industry, from Gospel to Funk to R&B to Hip-Hop
Written by James Walker

Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $24.95

The first reference book all about the business side of gospel and urban music. Hip-hop and R&B hold 25 percent of the consumer music market. Another 20 percent is held by religious (gospel and Christian) music, soul, disco, dance, and jazz. Here’s the first reference book to offer sound business and... Read more >

The Musician's Guide to the Road
A Survival Handbook & All-Access Backstage Pass to Touring
Written by Susan Voelz

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $16.95

An all-access pass to what goes on backstage, onstage, and on the way to the stage. What's a tour bus like? What are the band members saying to each other on stage? Exactly how much sex, how many drugs, how much rock 'n' roll are we talking here? The Musician's Guide... Read more >

Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?
Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed
Written by Gavin Edwards

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $13.95

Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and . . . Ham Sandwiches?

If you are a music fan, you may be aware of some of music’s most enduring mysteries. Where did Pearl Jam get their name? Are the White Stripes related by blood or by marriage? Did Mama Cass really die from choking... Read more >

Spin: 20 Years of Alternative Music
Original Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Techno, and Beyond
Written by Spin Magazine
Edited by Will Hermes and Sia Michel

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $19.95

Twenty years ago, SPIN magazine began with the promise to feature uncompromising writing about the music that was turning on/freaking out the Reagan generation. Through the introduction of MTV and the alternative rock revolution, it's been many things. Rude. Brilliant. Soulful. Snotty. Angry. Delirious.

In the past two decades, genres have... Read more >

The Billboard Book of Number One Hits
Updated and Expanded 5Th Edition
Written by Fred Bronson

Format: Trade Paperback, 1008 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $27.95

Before MTV and VH1 . . . before books with “Stories Behind the Songs” of popular recording artists, there were Fred Bronson’s stories behind the top chart hits. Now in its 5th edition, The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits once again provides the inside scoop behind every song since 1955... Read more >

Reading Lyrics
More Than 1,000 of the Century's Finest Lyrics--a Celebration of Our Greatest Songwriters, a Rediscovery of Forgotten Masters, and an Appreciation of an
Written by Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball

Format: Hardcover, 736 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2000
Price: $39.50

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