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In 1983, backstage at the Lyceum in London, Tracey Thorn and Lindy Morrison first met. Tracey's music career was just beginning, while Lindy, drummer for The Go-Betweens, was ten years her senior. They became confidantes, comrades and best friends, a relationship cemented by gossip and feminism, books and gigs and rock 'n' roll love affairs.Morrison - a headstrong heroine blazing her way through a male-dominated industry - came to be a kind of mentor to Thorn. They shared the joy and the struggl...

Examining the cultural, political, economic, technological and institutional aspects of popular music throughout Asia, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of Asian popular music and its cultural industries. Concentrating on the development of popular culture in its local socio-political context, the volume highlights how local appropriations of the pop music genre play an active rather than reactive role in manipulating global cultural and capital flows. Broad in geographical sweep an...

Rock journalism on: Brian Wilson, GunsNRoses, Roky Erickson, The New York Dolls, Sid Vicious, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, The Smiths, Neil Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Miles Davis, The Pogues, Lou Reed, Syd Barrett, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain

This is an in-depth study of a seminal work, first performed in 1727.Johann Sebastian Bach's the "St. Matthew Passion" stands as a singular expression of religious sensibility. Conceived within the constraints of Bach's role as cantor of the St. Thomas Church in the provincial German city of Leipzig, the music has a power and profundity that readily transcend time and place. Yet the darkness of the subject - the betrayal, trial, and crucifixion of Jesus - and the complexity and sophistication of...

This 'best of' album brings together the songs that defined a generation, from one of the most notorius bands of the early '00s - The Libertines. It includes 6 top 40 hits as well as previously unavailable tracks, Don't Look Back In To The Sun and What A Waster, as well as fan picks, live favourites and popular b-sides, all arranged for guitar tab and vocals. A great retrospective of one of the most talented song-writing partnerships and most influential British bands of recent years - an...

It is May 1962. The `phone rings. Brian, 15 year-old grammar-schoolboy and bass player in the Denvers, picks up the receiver. It is Sam Curtis, ex Road Manager of the Shadows, "How would you like to go to France?" Four days later the Denvers leave Stockton for London and France. Roy (16 years old) and Brian have both left school, Roy days before his O-levels! Louis and Johnny, both 21 and painters and decorators, have packed in their jobs. Thus begins a two-year adventure that will take them fro...

The Hip-Hop Producer's Manual teaches you to create epic hip-hop tracks - tracks that reach listeners on every level, from the sonic to the emotional. You will learn both established and progressive workflows, so you'll know when and where to add beats, melody, and effects for optimal impact with your audience. Beyond songcraft, you'll learn the secrets of developing an ear for creating mixes that sound current, that work for radio but also have enough edge for live, provocative performance. It...