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The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond, spicing the story with a wealth of fascinating and previously undisclosed tales.

Using the five elements of nature as our guide, we will explore the techniques of intuitive sound healing and how to apply these in a practical way. Our body has a natural capacity to regenerate itself. With the right nurturing environments, rest and nutrition, our body repairs itself. The healing comes from within. All medicine, including sound, simply facilitates this process.

Positively 4th Street is a mesmerizing account of how four young people (Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina) gave rise to a modern-day bohemia and created the enduring sound and style of the 1960s.

Beatles, Beatles, Beatles, and some Jeff Beck, CCR, and Christian Rock are all in this Guitar By Ear Box Set. This set has almost fourteen hours of high quality guitar instruction teaching some of the greatest hits of Rock and Roll, and you can learn them all completely “by ear” without music, tab, or video! This box set contains a mixture of late beginner through intermediate level song lessons.

This collection of uplifting, informative stories behind your favorite hymns will warm your heart and revitalize your worship. Each entry comes with the hymn's full text and musical score. Perfect for devotions, sermon demonstrations, bulletin inserts, and introducing congregational hymns, each hymn story includes information about the author, composer, the tune's name, and scriptural basis.

You are about to discover proven steps and strategies from music producers on how to produce music, even if you have zero experience in recording and audio engineering. You will be able to learn everything you need to know in order to make your first single sound just the way you want it. In this audiobook, you will to learn how to build your own studio and have the right gear and software in order to start creating music.

If you aspire to sing without being bogged down by doubt and incessant mental chatter, this book is for you. Whether you're starting out, getting back from a break, or feeling stuck... this guide will help shift you out of the stiffness of the analytical mind into the fluidity of your intuitive singing ability.

Written by women, for women, about women, this compelling and easy listen fills a huge hole in what we understand about challenges that female singers face. It is a collection of unique lived singing experiences from every stage in an adult woman's life, accompanied by equally unique and individualized solutions.

Most of us dread standing up in front of a crowd. In fact sociologists rank public speaking as our greatest fear. But there's good news. You can overcome this and other fears through the Vocal Awareness® System that Arthur Joseph has spent over four decades successfully developing. Now, in Voice of a Leader, Joseph offers proven methods to create a paradigm shift in the way you present yourself.

In this Piano by Ear box set, you will find a great mix of lessons covering Disney, jazz, pop, and patriotic favorites. No arrangement in this set goes above an intermediate level, so this group is suitable for most adults who have been playing regularly for two years or more. From “Beauty and the Beast” to “Havah Nagilah”, this is one fun and eclectic batch of great piano solos!

In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than 100 great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Dvoxak, and Mahler. He describes all the musical instruments in the orchestra, defines major musical terms, and makes music theory comprehensible for the uninitiated. There are also conversations with important musicians who offer fascinating insights about their art.

As an artist and singing teacher, I have witnessed countless students experience tremendous growth and surpass their wildest dreams through these proven techniques.

Can’t seem to get your home recordings to sound as good as your favorite artists? Not sure what steps to take? If so, you're not alone, and this book is for you. The Recording Mindset is your step-by-step roadmap to creating professional recordings from the comfort of your home studio. It allows you to know exactly which gear to use, how to position your microphones, and get the best sounds for your unique songs. Allowing you to confidently create music that competes with your favorite records, and do it FAST.

Ear training is one of the most rewarding skills you can develop, and it’s one that you can work on every day. Which makes total sense: Music is an aural experience, after all. Ear training helps you turn the music you hear into music you make on your guitar. This works for your own musical ideas, too: When you dream up a great riff or chord progression, you naturally want to sit down and play it right away. Ear training helps you do just that.

Are you a songwriter who feels frustrated? Do you have unfinished masterpieces sitting in a drawer somewhere? Do you feel stuck, confused and paralyzed in the process? Do you have feelings of inadequacy, comparing yourself to other great songwriters out there? Then you've picked up The Crazybrave Songwriter just in time. In Lisa M. Arreguin's breakthrough guide on the craft of songwriting, she will show you a way out of your creative malaise by helping to clarify, build, and deliver your musical message in every song you write.

Do you dream of being on stage, a rock star shredding like a lawn mower, or serenading your loved ones with melodies that flow from the very depths of your soul? Let this guide be the bridge to those dreams. Just a short while ago, my dream was distant, like a fading star. I had a passion, a desire to sing and play, but I hit wall after wall. Every time I tried to learn, I felt more and more disconnected from the world of music. But destiny had another plan.

Discover the Secrets to Reducing Tension, Pain-Free Playing, Perfect Posture, and Effortless Technique! Effortless Guitar is a breakthrough in guitar education, dispelling myths and misinformation that has caused countless player's careers and progress to be cut short. Through his experience as an Alexander Technique teacher and lifelong guitarist, Adrian Farrell shows you how to unlock your playing potential, avoid strain related injuries, and develop technique for life.

Over the years, Stan Munslow has worked with hundreds of professional singers, students and colleagues alike. He has seen it all, from "wow" to "oh dear." If there is one thing (well, six, actually) Munslow would tell all of them, it would be the six high-level pro tips you'll learn on this audio program. May each and every tip help you become the kind of singer you really want to be!

Inspired by the rompings of a two-year-old girl, Tommy Emmanuel’s “Dixie McGuire” is fast and fun to learn when you learn it completely “by ear”. Bill Brown performs and teaches this song in his famous phrase-by-phrase style that helps you to memorize the song while you learn it and develop your skill to pick out other songs “by ear”.

Agatha Carubia lovingly directs you to the core of your singing technique with the simplicity and passion inspired by 30 years of teaching success. Using a hybrid of the Eastern chakra energy system and the classical Bel Canto vocal technique, Heart-Based Singing serves as a trouble-shooting template for your voice, with practical exercises, tools and solutions for immediate improvement.