"This book is a must read for newcomers and experienced composers wanting to learn more about the art of video game composition." -Chuck Doud, Director of Music, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios All You Need to Know to Create Great Video Game Music Written by the developer of Berklee Sc[...]

A vivid, highly evocative memoir of one of the reigning icons of folk music, highlighting the decade of the '60s, when hits like "Both Sides Now" catapulted her to international fame.
"Sweet Judy Blue Eyes" is the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly crea[...]

This masterful explorationof American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with [...]

A no-holds-barred look into the remarkable life and career of the prolific musician, songwriter, and producer behind Eurythmics and dozens of pop hits.
Dave Stewart s life has been a wild ride one filled with music, constant reinvention, and the never-ending drive to create. Growing up in indus[...]

A sweeping and masterful cultural history, Here s to My Sweet Satan tells how the Occult conquered the American imagination, weaving together topics as diverse as the birth of heavy metal, 1970s horror films, the New Age movement, Count Chocula cereal, the serial killer Son of Sam, and more. Cultura[...]

In diesem Buch, das sich mit dem gesellschaftlichen Wandel und den befreienden Kräften im Amerika der 1960er Jahre befasst, wird die Geschichte
verschiedener legendärer Performer erzählt. Mit dabei sind Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding
und Al[...]