Ibanez is the most important Japanese guitar brand and this new book tells the story of its electric guitars tracking the fortunes of this impressive brand.At first the guitars were cheap and basic and in the 1970s Ibanez was best known for its copies of leading Gibson instruments including Les Pauls SGs and Explorers. As the Japanese music industry gained maturity and increased quality Ibanez made more assured instruments with original features; and in the late '70s and early '80s it hit new peaks of achievement. The big break came in the late '80s with the arrival of Steve Vai's impressive and spectacular JEM signature models. In recent years the company has continued to provide great modern electric guitars.Ibanez guitarists featured in the book include George Benson Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) Phil Collen (Def Leppard) Allan Holdsworth Pat Metheny Steve Miller Joni Mitchell John Petrucci (Dream Theater) Lee Ritenour Joe Satriani John Scofield Paul Stanley (Kiss) Mick Thompson (Slipknot) Steve Vai and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead).The book is in the tradition of Tony Bacon's best-selling guitar series with a carefully researched story including exclusive interviews with Vai and Satriani a gallery of full-color pictures of famous guitars and players and a reference section detailing production years and specifications of all Ibanez's electric models.

A Troubadour's Guide to Writing Performing Recording & Business-Of all the paths available to today's musicians the life of the singer-songwriter remains one of the most alluring and popular. This handbook is the ultimate guide for the modern singer-songwriter full of real-world advice andencouragement for both aspiring and accomplished troubadours. The founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers draws on his own experiences as a performing songwriter and interviews with artists suchas Joni Mitchell Ani DiFranco Arlo Guthrie Chrissie Hynde and Paul Simon to offer an invaluable companion for the journey from idea to song to stage and studio. Also includes inside info from managers agents lawyers andrecord execs.“A lucid well-written fact-stuffed work.”– Bruce Cockburn

Open tunings are as old as the guitar itself and they’ve been used to play blues folk country rock and old-timey music. Who’s known for using open tunings? Artists as diverse as Robert Johnson Bob Dylan MaybelleCarter Bo Diddley Blind Willie McTell Keith Richards Doc Watson Muddy Waters Joni Mitchell Ry Cooder Neil Young Fred McDowell Jimmy Page Son House John Renbourn Leo Kottke Ani DiFranco Alex de Grassi and PierreBensusan! In this 92 minute lesson Fred shows you how contrary to what many beginners might think open tunings make it easier to play guitar. You’ll learn songs from all the above musical genres in open D open G andDADGAD tuning. In addition to learning songs you get some tips on how to improvise and play chords in G and D tuning. It’s a great way to expand your range on the guitar and get a whole different sound! Tunes include:Buckets of Rain Statesboro Blues Mean Old World Little Sadie K.C.Jones Stackerlee The Way I Am and I Didn’t See It Coming. Also included are bonus audio tracks featuring recordings from the 1920s to 1940s of some ofthese tunes so that you can hear how these songs can be played and sung.

Fun repertoire-Play Piano with Max is a popular and highly successful three-book tutor for young children. Max an amiable cuddly dog and his friends make learning the piano a happy and rewarding experience. The step-by-stepapproach using tuneful pieces fun exercises and home worksheets has been developed over many years by Myrna Stent an outstanding music teacher and educator. Her method is structured to give children confidence but flexibleenough to allow pupils to proceed at their own pace. Play Piano with Max is delightfully illustrated in full colour throughout by the incomparable Roy Mitchell.

This work was commissioned by the University of British Columbia through the gift of David Lemon. It was first performed on 11th May 1997 at the Chan Center University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada by Valdine Anderson(soprano) Linda Maguire (mezzo soprano) Paul Moore (tenor) and Kevin McMillan (baritone) with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra conducted by the composer.Like Vaughan Williams in his Job: A Masque forDancing Davies was inspired in part by William Blake's 21 engravings for the Book of Job. His oratorio however is less dependent on finding parallels for Blake's visual details given the direct poetry in David Lemon'sadaptation of the Stephen Mitchell translation from the biblical original it is hardly surprising that the spotlight should be so much on Job's suffering litany. The baritone has the lion's share of the setting though the othersoloists occasionally reinforce his plea and chorale-like episodes universalize his predicament. Davies frames with work with two seminal plainsong-like passages; there is also plenty of dramatic contrast both within Job'smonologues and in the vivid orchestral writing for the smarmy Comforters the initially shrill God who finally appears out of a dazzling orchestral whirlwind and the animal life he uses to illustrate the wonders of creation to ahumbled Job.

How to Get Play and Keep the Gig-Packed with proven solutions developed from real-life experiences this book by Gig columnist Billy Mitchell analyzes both the business and creative challenges of successful gigging. Articles on specific issues withlanding planning and playing gigs are backed by firsthand interviews with musicians agents producers and others who have handled these problems on the road and in the studio. This well-rounded reference offers practical adviceand inspiring insight on everything from curbing stage fright to controlling finances.“This book is a must for young musicians ... it's a great experience.”– Maurice White Founder/Leader/Producer Earth Wind & Fire

This exciting work by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams for military band brass band and wind ensemble. Vaughan Williams' unique relationship with fellow composer Gustav Holst is examined as well as his relationships with personnel at the Royal Military School of Music the BBC and the Salvation Army. There's much more in this hard-to-put-down volume for conductors performers students and aficionados!'...the contributions of Jon Mitchell have become a cornerstone of serious scholarship in our field. ...a welcome insight into the life and works of Vaughan Williams.Contained within are valuable insights into the world of Vaughan Williams that for the majority of us will be an undiscovered country.' Craig Kirchhoff Professor of Music/Director of Bands University of Minnesota

A secular cantata edited by Alastair Mitchell.The purpose of bringing out an edition of nine pieces of the original 28 from The Masque Of Alfred is to provide choirs/orchestras with interesting unusual eighteenth-century music and a work of practical length for concert purposes. The work is an evocation of rural England as it was during Alfred's reign and gives some insight into his character.

Fun repertoire-Play Piano with Max is a popular and highly successful three-book tutor for young children. Max an amiable cuddly dog and his friends make learning the piano a happy and rewarding experience. The step-by-stepapproach using tuneful pieces fun exercises and home worksheets has been developed over many years by Myrna Stent an outstanding music teacher and educator. Her method is structured to give children confidence but flexibleenough to allow pupils to proceed at their own pace. Play Piano with Max is delightfully illustrated in full colour throughout by the incomparable Roy Mitchell.

Mutterlein-“Answer Me My Love” was originally written with German lyrics by Fred Rauch and music by Gerard Winkler under the title “Mutterlein”. Shortly after Carl Sigman wrote the English lyrics and gave it the title “Answer Me My Love” which is now the most famous version. It became a hit in 1953 but it was during 1954 that Nat King Cole recorded it and made it a chart-topper in both the US and Europe. In 2000 the Canadian composer and singer Joni Mitchell included it on her successful record album “Both Sides Now”. Available solo parts in this arrangement: C-Instruments TC C-Instruments BC Bb-Instruments Eb-instruments

Fun repertoire-Play Piano with Max is a popular and highly successful three-book tutor for young children. Max an amiable cuddly dog and his friends make learning the piano a happy and rewarding experience. The step-by-stepapproach using tuneful pieces fun exercises and home worksheets has been developed over many years by Myrna Stent an outstanding music teacher and educator. Her method is structured to give children confidence but flexibleenough to allow pupils to proceed at their own pace. Play Piano with Max is delightfully illustrated in full colour throughout by the incomparable Roy Mitchell.

Cotswold Hill-Tune by Charles Wilfred Orr is a wonderful pastoral tune for Piano 4-Hands that evokes imagery of the English countryside where he spent most of his life. Originally a beautiful and effective piece for string orchestra it has been wonderfully and authentically arranged for Piano Duet with the composers approval by John Mitchell.

Fun repertoire-Play Piano with Max is a popular and highly successful three-book tutor for young children. Max an amiable cuddly dog and his friends make learning the piano a happy and rewarding experience. The step-by-stepapproach using tuneful pieces fun exercises and home worksheets has been developed over many years by Myrna Stent an outstanding music teacher and educator. Her method is structured to give children confidence but flexibleenough to allow pupils to proceed at their own pace. Play Piano with Max is delightfully illustrated in full colour throughout by the incomparable Roy Mitchell.

Composed in 1917 Warlock’s An Old Song is an atmospheric piece based on a Highland folk-song that has been transcribed for B Flat clarinet and Piano by John Mitchell.