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1) Maybe now
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
What is more important? Friendship, loyalty, or love? Colleen Hoover and Griffin Peterson collaborate once again to bring fans of "Maybe Someday" back into the musical world of Ridge Lawson and Sydney Blake. And Maggie. And Warren and Bridgette.
Maggie meets Jake, a cardiologist with a penchant for tandem skydiving. Getting ready for a post-jump date, Maggie comes across an old list of things she wanted to do "maybe one of these days," and decides...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a master class on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyzes...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize-winning work yet published, with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his nearly 60-year career.
Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than...
Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than...
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
v. (unpaged) : col. ill. 27 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated collection of songs co-written with children, with detailed instructions about the creative process of songwriting"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
Español
Description
Explores pop music lyrics, from the history of pop music to what makes a song so memorable it becomes pop music. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, a text-related activity, and resources for further information.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Explores lyrics from the history of pop music to determine what makes a song so memorable it becomes pop music. Includes a glossary, a text-related activity, and resources for further information.
Author
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
So you want to write songs, and you want to write them on guitar. This is the book that shows you exactly how. Taking tips and tricks from classic songwriters, from Bob Dylan to The Beatles to Tori Amos, "How To Write Songs On Guitar" takes you through the four main elements of a song - rhythm, melody, lyrics and harmony - and inspires you to combine them in exciting new ways. This revised and expanded edition adds 32 pages of contemporary examples...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the Grammy nominated folk singer and songwriter, an inspiring exploration of creativity and the redemptive power of song Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny's old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. Music offered her a window to a world where others felt the way she did. Songs became lifelines to her, and she longed to write her own, one day. Then, for a decade, while struggling...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guide to help young readers learn music by revealing every nook and cranny of how it's made. Rather than just a guide to instruments and theory, it explores every aspect of the pop music world, from songwriting and artwork to promotion and setting up a practice space. Special features include: insider's advice on choosing and buying an instrument, finding the right bandmates, setting up gigs, overcoming stage fright, emulating high-priced studio...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it's a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up. All of a sudden, what came over the radio wasn't Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, but "Come on-a My House" and "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" Elvis and rock and roll arrived a few years later, and at that point the game was truly up. What happened, and why? In The B Side, acclaimed cultural...
16) Nobody's empire
Author
Publisher
Harpervia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2025.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's the early 1990s in Glasgow, Scotland, and Stephen has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay. Diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease which has robbed him of any prospects of work, friends, or independent living, he moves slowly toward new goals and meets others like him, including Richard, a friend from school, and Carrie, a young woman bedridden for five years. Feeling isolated and alone, they form their own support...
Author
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
240 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (68 min., 53 sec. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Most people who want to write songs want to write them for guitar. With this inspirational handbook, anyone can do it - even if they've never played a guitar. Well known songs are used to illustrate the four main building blocks of a song.