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Backbeat Books Publishes The Home Recording Handbook by Dave Hunter

The Home Recording Handbook

Backbeat Books, publisher of books for performers and fans who are passionate about music, has published The Home Recording Handbook ($29.99) by Dave Hunter, and is now shipping to retailers and customers. Gone are the days when home recording was limited to four tracks of tape hiss on a cassette porta-studio. Now, limitless digital multitrack recording and [...]

L’il Brats Bass Method by Brian Emmel

L'il Brats Bass Method by Brian Emmel

L’il Brats Bass Method by Brian Emmel… A private bass instructor for more than 20 years, Brian Emmel has written this cool book/CD pack so bass students age 9 and up can have a great time learning to read notation and tablature. The exercises use real bass lines from classic rock songs, not outdated, un-fun [...]

Hal Leonard Publishes Music 3.0

Hal Leonard Publishes Music 3.0

Hal Leonard Publishes Music 3.0…  Hal Leonard Books, the musician‚s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published Music 3.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age ($24.99) by veteran music and technology author Bobby Owsinski. This second edition takes a cutting-edge look at the music business [...]

Hal Leonard Publishes Pro Tools: Surround Sound Mixing

Pro Tools - Surround Sound Mixing

Hal Leonard Publishes Pro Tools: Surround Sound Mixing… Author Rich Tozzoli Reveals the Secrets of Mixing in Surround in Pro Tools. Hal Leonard Books, the musician’s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published Pro Tools: Surround Sound Mixing ($39.99) by Rich Tozzoli. This second edition is updated with the latest [...]

The Big Gig by Zoro

The Big Gig by Zoro

The Big Gig by Zoro is an intriguing and comprehensive method for independent musicians who want to break into the highly competitive music industry. The Big Gig also is a metaphor for the big picture of life. Channeling music industry savvy, Zoro artfully offers readers keys to purposeful living, keeping it real, and following your vision [...]

The Book of Triads Available for Bass Players Worldwide

The Book of Triads

Basso Ridiculoso announces today the debut e-pub “The Book of Triads” is available to bass players around the world for immediate download on either IOS devices (Ipad, Iphone), Kindle, or any desktop OS (Mac, Windows, Linux) “The Book of Triads” contains 80 separate exercises covering two octaves, each playing all the diatonic triads available within [...]

The Future of the Music Business by Steve Gordon

The Future of the Music Business by Steve Gordon

Hal Leonard Books, the musician‚s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published The Future of the Music Business ($29.99) by Steve Gordon. This Third Edition is a practical guide for artists and entrepreneurs on how to succeed in the music business with the new digital technologies. New technologies [...]

Trading Fours: The Golden Years of Musicians Institute

Trading Fours-The Golden Years of Musicians Institute

Even at the earliest of ages, it was clear to those around him that Pat Hicks was destined for something great. In his memoir “Trading Fours: The Golden Years of Musicians Institute” (ISBN 1452898049), the Los Angeles based music man explains how he achieved the American dream and started the famed Musicians Institute in Hollywood, [...]

Bryan Beller Releases – Thanks In Advance – Official Bass Transcription Book

Bryan Beller Releases - Thanks In Advance

In a nod to his interest in music education, Bryan Beller has just released Thanks In Advance: The Official Bass Transcription Book. The 140-page self-published book contains complete transcriptions of all 11 songs on Beller’s acclaimed 2008 studio album ”Thanks In Advance” in both music notation and tablature. Geared towards intermediate and advanced bassists, the book [...]

Backbeat Books Introduces The Funky Bass Book

THE FUNKY BASS BOOK

Backbeat Books, publisher of books for performers and fans who are passionate about music, has published The Funky Bass Book ($14.99). Edited by Bill Leigh, former editor of Bass Player Magazine and with a foreword by the always entertaining Bootsy Collins, The Funky Bass Book is part history, part wisdom, and part inspiration from the [...]

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