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'If you can't bend at all yet, you should probably begin at the beginning, and hey, that's where you are right now! Just keep on reading each section and trying each exercise as you go. Make sure that you don't get hung up or stuck on any of the early sections or exercises, even if they seem hard'.

Learn how to master the most important harmonica technique in this step-by-step method by David Harp.

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Bending The Blues (Harp David)

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Stop straining to hit those high notes! Unlock your true potential and start singing easily and effortlessly with this book/2-CD pack by Musicians Institute vocal instructor Dena Murray. She teaches how to: breathe naturally; improve your speaking voice; stop holding, pushing and squeezing; develop your natural three-octave range; place your chest and head voices; and bridge the registers to sound like one voice. Includes two CDs with demonstrations, guided exercises, and plenty of practice tracks.

This handy guide provides everything you need to know to go pro, including information about personal managers, music attorneys, business managers and booking agents, record companies, A&R, publishing, songwriting, demo tapes and press kits, self-promotion, and much more. A must for all musicians!

This valuable resource by Tim Lautzenheiser and Brad White contains 32 letters focusing on music advocacy, the importance of the arts in our schools, and the benefits of music study in the development of the child as well as letters specific to choral music. These letters are included on the enclosed CD-ROM and may be exported to a word processing program for easy editing, customization, and mail merging to parents, administrators, and community members.

For unsigned musicians, it is vital to long-term success to sign a contract with a record label. However, preparing your music, targeting a label, and getting your demo into the hands of someone who will listen is challenging, if you don't know where to start. Getting Signed!, by record industry veteran George Howard, guides you through the maze of today's music industry, and will help you move your demo to the top of the stack. Even if you are not yet ready for a record deal, it will help you assemble a team that will make sure your music gets heard by as many people as possible. The next time an aspiring recording artist comes to us for advice, we'll advise them to read this book first. George Howard really knows what he's talking about. - Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth, members of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club

A step-by-step guide through the theory and practice of using a portable studio. Features introductions to the why?, what? and how? of studio recording and production. Also advises on how to produce professional results on a home studio budget.

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This progressive new series is intended to enable the developing pianist to cross the often artificial 'border' between classical and popular music. Most of the pieces are in a popular idiom, but a classical spirit of framework can also be recognized in much of the music.

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The show begins
Cool Cat
Big Top
Shining
Merry - go - round
The Good Old Days
On tour
Piano bar
Up country
Why not?
Gliding
Come on, then!
Nothern lights
Orange Tango
Whirligig
Michel

The AudioPro Home Recording Course was created to familiarise musicians with the fundamentals of studio recording using explanations and examples that are easy to understand.
The text is complemented by hundreds of illustrations and two CDs containing information and audio examples.
Volume three covers: MIDI (basic training, quantising, mixing with MIDI, notation software, controllers, setting up your system); MIDI sequencing (constructing MIDI drum parts, creating bass, guitar and keyboard parts, combining MIDI and live recording); digital effects (hardware vs. software plugins, details of using each type of effect); digital recording (analogue vs. digital, recording and playback formats, digital audio file formats, storage and backup, MDMs and computer-based hard disk systems, choosing the right software, common terms demystified, random access editing); synchronising (MIDI to audio sync, MIDI to MIDI sync, analogue to analogue sync).

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