One winter’s night, Alex James received an unexpected call. Blur had been invited to play their biggest gig ever: Wembley Stadium. The only trouble was, he and his bandmates hadn’t spoken to – or even shouted at – each other for years. And he now had five children, an out-of-control menagerie of cats, and a sprawling farm to run. This is the story of what happened next.

SHELVED explores the history and drama behind albums that were deemed too controversial, too far from the beaten path, or too ahead of their time for public consumption. Through interviews with musicians, producers, record executives, and journalists, as well as archival audio, key music and personal storytelling, each episode examines the “shelved” album’s place in musical history, and the spectacles behind each missed or nearly missed release.

In his groundbreaking book ‘Musical Truth,’ DJ-turned author/ researcher Mark Devlin showed how the true nature of the corporate music industry tells a very different story to what’s conveyed on its glossy, glamorous surface. The manipulations run so deep, however, that the full story couldn’t be told in just that first book. Here, in Volume Two, he continues to guide listeners through the dark labyrinth of machinations.

Vinyl Record Collecting For Dummies teaches you how to start a collection, grow your collection, and make that collection sound excellent. You'll learn how to shop for new, used, and rare records, and how to select the turntable that's right for you. Learn how to determine a record's value, build your collection on a budget, and properly store and maintain your records.

From the childhood nostalgia of Peter Pan in Speak Now to the haunted halls of Rebecca in Evermore, Taylor Swift’s lyrics are packed with literary connections. Make sure you’re catching them all with this expert guide to the novels, poems, and plays that influenced her songwriting. Let a literature professor and a musical theater artist guide you through the Swift canon—from Shakespeare to Dickinson to the Brontë sisters. Learn what “New Romantics” has to do with the old Romantics, get to know the Gothic monsters haunting Midnights, and spot Taylor’s many Great Gatsby references.

Are you a terrible singer? Have you been told that you're tone-deaf? Were you asked to mime in the school choir? Would you love to join a choir, but you don't think you could ever be good enough to do so? If you've answered yes to any of those questions, this book is aimed specifically at you. Here is a fact; if you can recognise melodies, you're highly unlikely to be tone-deaf, and therefore you have the potential to learn to sing. It doesn't matter how many people have told you that you can't sing, the truth is that you probably can be taught how to do so.

Krachende Exzesse und skurrile Geschichten – ein Fest für alle Metalfans Wieso kettete Rob Halford sich einst an Andy Warhol fest? Wofür landeten Behemoth in Russland vor Gericht? Und welche Metalband startete ihre Karriere mit der Zerstörung eines Hauses? Andrea und Christof Leim – sie Redaktionsleiterin des Wacken-Open-Air-Magazins The Bullhead, er ehemaliger Chefredakteur beim Metal Hammer – begeben sich auf einen wilden Ritt durch die lauteren Kapitel der Musikgeschichte seit den Anfängen des Heavy Metal.

De hecho, ni siquiera necesitas saber tocar un instrumento ni conocer nada sobre tecnología, ni siquiera necesitas tener un equipo caro. Todo lo que necesitas es un ordenador decente y algo de inspiración... ¡Este libro te dirá el resto!

In 1975, this unknown band from Weirton, West Virginia SHOCKED the Baltimore music scene – becoming "The Beatles of Baltimore." Rolling Stone magazine deemed their first album "one of the year’s most impressive debuts." In 2015, they listed it as one of the "50 best prog albums of all time."

Discover the heart and soul behind the groundbreaking Grace Plus Truth album by Vytal MC, streaming exclusively at vytalmusic.com. Each chapter provides a director’s-cut-style commentary that unpacks these essential spiritual truths found within the CHH lyrics. You'll explore themes of grace, redemption, and sanctification in the life of a believer to gain deeper biblical insights, reflections, and practical applications to the topics from the Christian rap project.

This is chapter one of the forthcoming book I Can Hear Music. It is the playbill of the Buena Vista Orchestra USA 2024 Tour. This chapter explains the Cuban Muses and the music they got Cubans to create as they through religious ceremonies spoke to the Cuban people which created all the various music styles we know today as Latin Music.

Robert Rich has made a lasting influence in the world of ambient and electronic music for four decades. Bird Servant represents his first published book of poetry. With detectable influences of David Budbill, Robinson Jeffers, Mary Oliver or Taoist poets like Tu Fu, Rich’s words carry themselves lightly with humor, and he delights in the musical possibilities inherent in language.

From MySpace comments to T-Party invites to Secret Sessions and beyond, Long Live explores the evolution of Taylor as well as the ride that we have been on with her through two decades of personal milestones—hers and ours, both good and bad. Like Taylor's music, it will make you feel seen and take you back to unforgettable times and places in your life. Take a trip through Taylor’s eras from the start of her groundbreaking career, with stops at each album and its iconic songs, the hidden Easter Eggs, and the many relationships that have informed the star’s music.

This Piano By Ear box contains over thirteen hours of high quality music instruction teaching you a great mix of Chopin, Bach, Brahms, Tchaichovsky, and Grieg.

Schwarze Messen, Satanismus, Teufelskult - das Satanische hat im Rock 'n' Roll seit jeher einen festen Platz. Jedenfalls warnen konservative Kräfte bereits seit den 1950er Jahren vor dem teuflischen Einfluss der Rockmusik auf Jugend, Kultur und Gesellschaft. Seit den 1970er Jahren kultivierte der Heavy Metal ganz bewusst sein Image als "Teufelsmusik" und zieht bis heute vielfältige kreative Impulse aus dem Satanischen. Der Teufel selbst begegnet in Musik, Texten und Artworks als schillerndes, vielschichtig besetztes Symbol.