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This book has lead sheets with guitar chordcharts for 12 of Nils’ biggest hits. It also has a note by note tabulator transcription of “Pacific Coast Highway”, “Cat Nap” and “Jump Start”. It comes with the Jam tracks CD that lets you jam along with Nils. It has all 12 songs of the book without [...]

Saxophonist Mindi Abair has released her first book, How To Play Madison Square Garden, and it’s available at www.howtoplaymadisonsquaregarden.com/. Mindi co-wrote the book with her father and friend Ross Cooper. Mindi says, “It’s the culmination of a lot of years of experience being on stage and learning what works and what doesn’t. I’ve make every [...]

Veteran music publicist Cheryl Hughey has just released a new ebooklet, “Music Promotion for Everyone, Volume 1.” Designed to fit the growing needs of music students, this short collection of essays covers the subjects of leadership, salesmanship, marketing, communication skills, roles of industry professionals, appearance bookings and social media. “The lessons are designed to give [...]

  Chapters: Theo Jörgensmann, Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Markus Burger, Mathias Claus, Rainer Brüninghaus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (born 1948 in Bottrop, Germany) is [...]

“The Big Book Of Pentatonics & Fourths” A Method of Practice for the Ambitious Musician. This is a unique technique book for all instruments and levels. You don’t have to be a jazz improviser to benefit from the concepts and exercises presented in this new book. And for the jazzer, it will open you up [...]

Hey saxfriends in Europe and the US, check this amazing new book: Best of Michael Lington – The Songbook Collection• 12 songs personally selected by Michael• Transcriptions including chords in Eb, Bb and C • Backing track CD to play along with (without the lead instrument) • Comments from Michael for each song• Never before [...]

A book for learning and making music. Michael Lington already toured with renown international artists such as Michael Bolton, Randy Crawford and Barry Manilow. In his career he released six solo CD’s. * 12 songs personally selected by Michael * Transcriptions including chords in Eb, Bb and C * Backing track CD to play along [...]

Canadian music collective Independent Music Promotions recently celebrated the release of their new e-book “Your Band Is A Virus“, which outlines marketing techniques effectively used by today’s independent musicians. With many industry-related books being released by CEO’s and record label owners, this release shows a definite change of attitude in the way independent music is [...]

Lynn Olson is a native Californian raised in the Orange County surf, sun and city lifestyle. She’s the mother of two grown children and loving grandmother of one. Lynn has been working for a major university for almost twenty years but dreams of becoming a full-time writer. A finger-tingling bug has been under her skin [...]