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El Sistema: Music For Social Change

El Sistema means "The System", and since its inception 40 years ago, it has revolutionised music education in communities of different socio-economic backgrounds internationally. This collection of essays, edited by Christine Witkowski, illustrates its mission of Music For Social Change , offering practical information for anyone seeking knowledge, inspiration or guidance for adapting El Sistema to any community. Founded in 1975 by Venezuelan educator, musician and activist José Antonio Abreu, El Sistema  began with just eleven children in attendance at the first orchestra rehearsal, and has since grown to 500,000 children in choirs and youth orchestras around Venezuela. The power of such an inspiring community and social project as this one has been the catalyst for a global movement, its philosophies of involvement, belonging and, most of all, music, spreading to over 55 countries across multiple continents. The essays in this book reveal the voices and experiences of teachers, leaders, parents and experts on subjects like the history of El Sistema , the different adaptations made to the system in different communities, as well as practical articles on teaching and using El Sistema  in classroom situations. The fascinating essence of this 'system' is that it is a non-system, featuring flexible guidelines and malleable rules, allowing it to adapt to cultures and communities.  This book aims to make El Sistema accessible to a wide audience, prompting further social change through musical art in a way that Sir Simon Rattle has called "the most important thing happening in the world in classical music." El Sistema  is proof that music can and indeed has been a force for social change. A medium which brings people together as part of an empowered community can only be a good thing, and it's the universality of music which allows this 'system' to be a success. The essays in  El Sistema: Music For Social Change are fascinating, touching, shocking and awe-inspiring, describing a project that is truly revolutionary.

More Of... All The Tunes You've Ever Wanted To Play

Over 100 timeless piano melodies have been brought together in a single high-quality volume for you to play at home. From Bach to The Beatles, from Chopin to Showtunes, these are the evergreen piano classics that everyone loves! These slightly simplified arrangements for Piano and guitar accompaniment retain their character and classic melody whilst providing the opportunity for developing players to enjoy them.

All The Tunes You've Ever Wanted To Play

Over 130 timeless piano melodies, brought together in a single high-quality volume for you to play at home. This outstanding collection puts some of the world's greatest piano music at your fingertips..and makes it easy to play. All pieces specially arranged by Carol Barratt.

Lou Reed Waiting For The Man Bam Bk

Acclaimed by Lou Reed himself, Waiting For The Man is the fully updated and revised edition of Jeremy Reed's part-biography, part-musical review of one of the most legendary figures in alternative music. The mystery and enigma that is Lou Reed , founder of 'The Velvet Underground' and acclaimed solo artist in his own right, has been the subject of intense interest and fascination since he burst onto the New York art rock scene in the 1960s. For fans of the illustrious poet and songwriter, this book is as comprehensive as possible in its exploration of the life, the career and the art of the pop culture icon. Jeremy Reed (no relation to his subject) is a poet himself, so takes an originally insightful perspective into not just the biography, but the music and lyrics of Lou Reed . The influence of the songwriter on contemporary rock music is incomparable, therefore this book is perfect not just for the fan of 1960s underground rock and proto-punk, but for any fan of rock music since its inception. With his authoritative voice, uniquely poetic lyrics and groundbreaking creative impulse, the late Lou Reed deserves his legendary status. Waiting For The Man is the only biography and critical assessment of the man's life and music that can do justice to the pioneer of punk.

Karen Tanaka: Night Bird For Alto Saxophone And Electronics (Performance CD)

Arranged for Alto Sax and Electronics.Karen Tanaka: Night Bird is a love song filled with tender whispers of lovers. I have tried to weave colours and scent into the sound of alto saxophone and tape.This piece was commissioned by and is dedicated to Claude Delangle.Audio CD for this piece.

Joel McIver: Justice For All - The Truth About Metallica (Revised Edition)

Joel McIver 's Justice For All - The Truth About Metallica caused enormous controversy when it was first published in 2004. For the first time a book dared to tell the unvarnished truth about Metallica , from their early life on the San Francisco circuit to their heyday as the world's most uncompromising metal band and their controversial later years. Napster, Playboy, Rehab, St Anger and the band's recent return to form with Death Magnetic are all covered in this updated edition which features brand new interviews on top of the original, still-groundbreaking material. This is the real Metallica story.

Rolly Brown: A Nuts & Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar

In A Nuts & Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Rolly Brown teaches an organised approach to exploring and combining rhythm, melody and harmony to create fingerstyle Guitar arrangements. This instructional DVD includes numerous tips, tools and techniques, a look at approaching different musical styles and just enough theoretical knowledge to get you started at arranging your own versions of whatever sort of music you want to create on the Guitar. Numerous examples are shown and discussed. The topics covered include: Arpeggiated rolling rhythm Arranging for constant alternate bass Chord choice and substitution The essential tones concept Arranging with a walking bass line Bossa Nova rhythm Ragtime Fingerstyle blues Original compositions

Waiting For Kate Bush

This unusual hybrid of satirical comic novel and music biography has two heroes: an American fan and the object of his fixation, the wildly eccentric singer Kate Bush. .A fictional account of one strange man's obsessive preoccupation with England's even stranger 'Pre-Raphaelite nymph with the Minnie Mouse soprano', this is a hugely entertaining satirical pop story. Full of bizarre characters and plot twists it also sheds unexpected light on what Kate Bush has been up to in the long wilderness years since the release of her last album. Hardback edition.

Music For Social Change

Legends Of Jazz Guitar Volume 2 DVD

The high-wire act of balancing virtuosity and musicality meets its match in the remarkable artists seen in this second DVD looking at the legends of jazz guitar. Includes footage of Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery.

Fernando Perez: World Music For Fingerstyle Guitar

In this lesson, Fernando Perez teaches several evocative instrumentals from different world music styles. The tunes are performed in standard as well as alternative tunings. Fingerstyle techniques are used throughout the lesson. Two tunes are arranged for slide Guitar. Perez takes you on a globetrotting voyage where you will explore: How to understand the sound and techniques found in the music of the Balkans, Japan, Brazil, Hawaii, Malawi and Argentina and how to apply theses to the Guitar. Cool and unusual rhythms applied to the guitar in a way that goes further than just strumming chords, but also how to make guitar arrangements with these rhythms. Origins and relations between world music styles in order to better understand and perform them. Many interesting fingerstyle Guitar tricks and techniques. Main scales used in these instrumentals. Understanding grooves, how to feel and apply them as you play the music. How to further develop these tunes as well as creating new ones. New musical approaches coming from other cultures which will open up your vision as a player. New simple and easy Guitar tunings which will offer you a broader sound spectrum in your Guitar arrangements. Unusual slide techniques, ie. how to play behind the slide, uncommon chords and special tricks. A dynamic World Music repertoire full of variety. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. Titles include: Into the Balkans (Balkans), Samba para Ti (Brazil), Ame (Japan), Malawi Dance (Malawi), Kalani (Hawaii) and Tango/ Habanera (Argentina/Cuba). 120 minutes • Level 3 • Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD

Neil Fraser: Long Shadows, High Hopes - The Life And Times Of Matt Johnson & The The

From life in an East End pub to fame on a global stage, Matt Johnson – founder, songwriter and visionary lynchpin of iconic band The The – created some of the most vital music of his era. Then he walked away from it all. In this authorised biography, with free access to the The The archives, working from hundreds of hours of interviews with Johnson and his contemporaries and colleagues – including Johnny Marr, Johanna St Michaels, JG Thirlwell and Tim Pope – Neil Fraser has drawn back the curtain on brilliant enigma Matt Johnson. From early days to glory days, through the paths of Johnson’s retreat from public life and return with The The in 2017, this is the incredible story of an intensely private and talented man, who’s made a success of living on his own terms.

Fernando Perez: West African Music For Fingerstyle Guitar

In this lesson Fernando Perez presents several tunes from West Africa. Directly learnt from African Jalis (Griots) these are traditional as well as original compositions specially arranged for Guitar. Imitating the sound of West African instruments such as Kora, Ngoni or Balafon, Perez demonstrates unique techniques on the Guitar in order to perform the grooves and melodies in a faithful way. All the tunes can be played on nylon or acoustic steel string Guitars. In this lesson you will learn: Understanding the sound and techniques of African instruments in order to apply them to the guitar. Different techniques imitating Kora scale runs, Balafon breaks, etc. Several grooves from Mali, Senegal, Gambia. How to properly keep these grooves counting, tapping, and feeling. Kora picking style with thumb and index. Main scales used in West African music. How West African music connects with Blues styles. Combining West African styles with your own Blues licks. Explanations on how to further develop this music style. A West African repertoire full of variety. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. Titles include: The Mandinka Song, Massina Madou, Fatoudiob, Sanu, Mali Blues and Kulanjan . 107 minutes Level 3 Detailed tab/music PDF booklet on the DVD

Fred Sokolow: Blues For The Ukulele

The blues is a universal language everyone understands. Fred Sokolow has selected classic tunes that sound terrific on Ukulele; some are sad, some are funny, some tell a story. Besides learning great songs by the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie and Henry Thomas, you'll learn licks, scales, turnarounds and techniques that'll enable you to jam with other players and ad-lib, blues-style. There's even a lesson on bottleneck/slide Uke. Fred makes it easy to learn, with split-screen, slowed down versions of the songs and helpful hints about the licks and picking styles. All the songs are written out in tab and music notation in the PDF file that comes with the lesson. Songs include: Little Red Rooster, Diddie Wah Diddie, Wasted Life Blues, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Just a Dream, Fishing Blues, Hesitation Blues and When the Levee Breaks .

Fred Sokolow: The Music Of Woody Guthrie Arranged For Fingerstyle Guitar

Woody Guthrie 's songs gave direction and purpose to a generation of songwriters in the 1950s and 1960s, and they continue to move millions of people today. This Land Is Your Land has become an alternate national anthem! In this 101 minute lesson, Fred Sokolow teaches you how to play backup and solos to ten of Woody's best known songs. It's a great lesson in fingerpicking, as well as an intro to some moving, classic tunes from America's legendary poet/songwriter. Fred makes it easy to learn, with split-screen, slowed down versions of the songs and helpful hints about the licks and picking styles. All the songs are written out in tab and music notation in the PDF file that comes with the lesson. All lyrics are also included. Titles include: Pastures of Plenty, So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh, Bound For Glory (This Train), Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee), Do Re Mi, Philadelphia Lawyer, Oklahoma Hills, My Daddy (Flies A Ship In The Sky), Hard Travelin' and Pretty Boy Floyd . 101 minutes • Level 2 • Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD

Fred Sokolow: Songs Of Hawaii For The Ukulele

Though the Ukulele came from Portugal, it became popular and got its name in Hawaii. In this 90-minute lesson, Fred Sokolow presents the most well-known Hawaiian hapa-haoli standards, some that go back to the 1920s, others as recent as the 1960s. Mostly written by Tin Pan Alley composers who threw in a few Hawaiian words and phrases, these songs are still sung today wherever Ukes are strummed. Fred teaches beautiful chord-melody solos to each one, and shows you how to strum a simple accompaniment. Fred makes it easy to learn, with split-screen, slowed down versions of the songs and helpful hints about the licks and picking styles. All the songs are written out in tab and music notation in the PDF file that comes with the lesson. Songs include: Blue Hawaii, Little Brown Gal, Ukulele Lady, On the Beach at Waikiki, Pearly Shells, Tiny Bubbles and I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone .

Stefan Grossman: Blues For The Mann - A Collection Of Country Blues

This album presents a variety of country blues and original tunes played solo by Stefan Grossman as well as with friends. Some were recently recorded while others were released on projects that are no longer available but that Grossman thought fitted together nicely in the jigsaw pattern of his musical development. There is a tab/music booklet that has most of the tunes transcribed in a PDF format on the CD. These transcriptions will put you in to the proverbial ballpark to learn each arrangement.

Karen Tanaka: The Song Of Songs For Cello And Electronics (CD-Rom)

This work was commissioned by Yutaka Fujishima and the Xebec Hall. It was first performed by Ryoichi Fujimori in Mito, Japan on 10th November 1996. Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds. Quoting Karen Tanaka: The title comes from the Song of Solomon of the Old Testament, which is a beautiful song of love.I have attempted to project this sensual song of love onto the sound of cello and computer. My intention was to weave color and scent into the sound while blending the ancient story and today's technology. The sound of cello is consistently gentle and tender.

Fingerstyle Guitar New Dimensions & Explorations - Volume Two

The performances in this DVD series present two generations of artists who have advanced the acoustic guitar?s cause with formidable boldness. We clearly hear their folk, blues and country roots even as they develop other distinctly personal harmonic and melodic pathways. Thinking, coupled with the 90% perspiration, 10% inspiration formula, is evident in the performances here, no less than in the artful arrangements in the original compositions. There are English guitarist playing original music tinged by American blues, and American guitarists picking with English accents. There are guitarists from everywhere bringing music from the keyboard and other sources to the guitar. There is an apparent user-friendly adaptability happening around the instrument: the example of these players encourages the rest of us to tinker with arrangements, explore open tunings, try varied techniques of picking. The means, they demonstrate, are flexible. And the ends? Endless. As the redoubtable Claw, Jerry Reed once remarked, I don?t go to see a man pick. I go to see a man think. Dave Evans Stagefright John Renbourn Rosslyn Stefan Grossman Tightrope John Knowles Coastin' Pat Donohue The Mooch Marcel Dadi Saturday Night Shuffle Duck Baker Blood Of The Lamb Chris Proctor Interstate John Renbourn Little Niles Stefan Grossman Bermuda Triangle Exit El McMeen My Mary Of The Curling Hair Joe Miller Ivory Coast John Knowles Waltz Forever Pat Donohue High Society Duck Baker 'Round Midnight Chris Proctor Morning Thunder El McMeen Angels We Have Heard On High Marcel Dadi Je Te Veux Bonus Instructional Tracks: Stefan Grossman Diddie Wa Diddie, and Pat Donohue High Society

Malcolm Williamson - A Mischievous Muse

The extraordinary story of Malcolm Williamson, whose rich creative gifts were undermined by a self-destructive streak. After living a wild, bohemian life since arriving in London from Sydney in the early 1950's, Williamson settled down under the influence of his American wife to become a highly successful composer, as hugely productive as he was outspoken and controversial, his work possessing a popular appeal rare in the 1960s. Made Master of the Queen's Music - the first non-Briton to be so honoured - he seemed set for an even more brilliant career. But the royal post, undertaken in 1975 at a period of great personal crisis, proved hugely damaging. Having failed to complete some high-profile works for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, he quickly gained a reputation for unreliability. Subsequently excluded from the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and other important royal occasions, he was the constant target of innuendo in the media, suggesting he had offended Buckingham Palace by improper or outrageous behaviour. The Master of the Queen's Music was largely forgotten at the time of his death in 2003.

No One Knows - The Queens Of The Stone Age Story

The full, frank and always shocking story of the band that has unified the diverse and fragmented worlds of rock and metal for a new generation.Rising from the ashes of stoner-rock legends Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age walk it as they talk it. Members have joined and left, but the central focus and vision of Josh Homme has seen their spikey and unorthodox metal break into the mainstream on an ever-upward path to superstardom. With high-profile collaborations involving PJ Harvey and Dave Grohl, a killer global hit single No-One Knows, and the ousting of long-time member Nick Oliveri, their journey to fame has been as unpredictable and hedonistic as the band themselves.A compelling tale of excess.

Shady Grove DVD

This DVD presents poignant and exciting musical performances by four highly expressive and individualistic makers of traditional old time country music. Here is the only known footage of Dock Boggs singing his classic mountain blues and playing his signature banjo style; the intense and original "high lonesome" singing of Roscoe Holcomb, playing both banjo and guitar; Kilby Snow's moving vocals and brilliant autoharp playing and the legendary fiddle and banjo of Tommy Jarrell, solo and accompanied by Mike Seeger and Blanton Owen.

Legendary Country Blues Gtrist Dvd

' This DVD collection presents some of the rarest footage of legendary Country Blues artists that we have been fortunate to find. The footage varies from high quality film to analog videos taped over 40 years ago. But above all, the music and performances are powerful and evocative. The sounds of Skip James, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Son House, Will Shade, Rev. Gary Davis and others on this 115 minute collection will give you shivers up your spine and get your feet tapping. This is the Country Blues of a time long past. Enjoy. ' - Stephen Grossman

World Of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar (CD)

The evolution of Fingerstyle jazz Guitar continues today with Martin Yalor, Tomy Crook, Jim Nichols, Duck Baker and Woody Mann. Each player has developed a distinctly different approach to interpreting and writing jazz solo Guitar by listening intently to numerous other musicians and composers - Pianists, Horn players, Bassists, and singers as well as many Guitarists in jazz, blues and other styles. What distinguishes them from more traditional jazz Guitarists (who more or less function as a linear voice in an ensemble) is their ability to play (or imply) all aspects of the music - rhythm, chords, bass, and melody - without accompaniment. Records by Charlie Byrd, Lenny Breau, George Van Eps, Laurindo Almmieda, and Joe Pass have set a very high standard for solo fingerstyle jazz Guitar, and it is from this vantage point that the solo flights of Taylor, Crooks, Nichols, Baker, and Mann take wing. Their performances not only demonstrate their technical brilliance and imagination, they are a testament to the enduring power and beauty of jazz Guitar in its current evolution as a major instrumental force in American music.

Cramps, The Bam Bk

Dick Porter 's acclaimed and authoritative biography of one of the most influential and inventive garage punk bands ever, The Cramps. This book will take you through the turbulent history of the band by way of an exciting narrative and in-depth interviews, leading you on a Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps . The Cramps were a unique phenomenon that took the New York punk scene by storm in the late 1970s. They were immediately notorious as their live performances continued to astonish and shock crowds, not least because of frontman Lux Interior's almost 7 foot frame. Their characteristic blend of lo-fi punk rock and traditional rock n' roll, with a little bit of kitsch horror thrown in for good measure has left an enduring legacy, including being recognised as the inventors of the psychobilly genre. Based on Dick Porter 's original and renowned biography, this new and revised edition goes into far greater detail, with even more unseen interviews with Poison Ivy, Lux Interior and other former band members. Importantly, Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps  is more up-to-date than any other Cramps biography, telling their entire 35 year history up until their tragic split in 2009 following Lux Interior's untimely passing. The high-quality photograph section is the icing on this rock horrorshow cake, giving you an unparalleled insight into their live shows and their off-stage personas. The Cramps had a fascinating history and every funny, terrifying and tragic tale is told in this no-holds-barred biography that is a phenomenon fitting for such a band. For anyone interested in the story of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, the New York '70s CBGB scene, or simply good old rock 'n' roll, this fully updated Cramps biography is guaranteed to shock, surprise and entertain you for years.