To The Ashes

This book unleashes the secrets of 15 guitarists from the bands that have shaped today's hard rock guitar sound, including Jane's Addiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kiss, The Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, AC/DC, and Soundgarden. Each chapter offers biographical portraits, details on gear setup and tone, analysis of playing techniques, and several music examples. The CD illustrates all the examples from the book, played with each artist's preferred equipment.

This cutting-edge book/CD set introduces acoustic and electronic drummers to the art of performing and creating loop-based music styles. It covers the history and basics of a variety of techno styles including Jungle/Drum'n'Bass, Hip-Hop, Electronica, Trip-Hop, 2-Step, Acid Jazz and Ambient, and is illustrated with sound files as well as notated examples of beats and grooves. The book also includes interviews with prominent techno drummers and provides information about creating breakbeats, using music software to transcribe drum grooves, acoustic drum triggering, using MIDI, and the author's DJ Drummer concept. In addition, the enhanced CD includes a demo version of Sonic Foundry's ACID.

Szósta część kursy gry na fortepianie Johna W. Schauma. W publikacji omówiony został szeroki wachlarz zagadnień technicznych, które zostały poparte utworami największych kompozytorów, od Beethovena czy Wagnera, aż po Claudea Debussy.