The Bonner Incident


Thomas A. Watson - 2016
    All it takes is for an officer of the law to ‘think’ the items were obtained through criminal means. The person is presumed guilty and must prove innocence to get back what was taken and the government doesn’t have to provide legal counsel. What if this law is just another way for the US government to supplement their income while destroying every innocent person they deem a threat? What would you do, and how far would you go to protect yourself and your family? Joshua Anderson is the owner of a small logging business in rural Idaho, with over a million dollars in assets, and when the Forestry Service begins making bogus accusations, Joshua knows that it is only a matter of time before his country takes everything from him, including his life. But the government has no idea that Joshua will never back down setting off the Bonner Incident. It is time to take a stand, and the only question left: who’s side are you on? Thomas Watson finishes the story started with his good friend Michael Rider after he passed from an accident.

Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming: A Step-By-Step Guide to Better Rhyming and Lyrics


Pat Pattison - 1991
    This book has a very specific purpose: to help songwriters find better rhymes and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyrics writing, and this guide will provide all of the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. The exercises and worksheets help experienced writers take a fresh look at their techniques, and prevent novices from developing bad habits. Use this book to start writing better than ever before!

Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band


Eric Lefcowitz - 2013
    Everything but control over their careers. Author Eric Lefcowitz chronicles the kaleidoscopic journey of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, following each of the four Monkees, together and apart, from 1965 to the present day. A must-read for music fans, “Monkee Business" is the definitive biography of a rock and roll legend.

Life on Two Legs


Norman J. Sheffield - 2013
    For the next 15 years, Trident Studios, was at the epicentre of the music industry, recording some of the era's greatest artists, from The Beatles and David Bowie to Elton John and Genesis. Trident also developed their own talent, including a raw and demanding four-piece band called Queen. After an acrimonious split with Trident, their volatile leader Freddie Mercury famously dedicated a song to Norman: Death On Two Legs. In Life On Two Legs, this legendary music figure breaks his forty year silence and sets the record straight, not just about Freddie and Queen but also about artists from John Lennon and Marc Bolan to Harry Nilsson and Phil Collins and the recording of such classics as Hey Jude by The Beatles and Space Oddity by David Bowie. Funny, fascinating and occasionally irreverent - and with a foreword by Sir Paul McCartney - this is an unmissable memoir that brings to vivid life some of rock's greatest characters as well as the era and the studio that produced some of its classic music.

You Can Drum But You Can't Hide


Simon Wolstencroft - 2014
    You'd expect a drummer to have better timing. Yes, he parted ways before The Patrol became the Stone Roses. Yes, he turned down The Smiths because he didn't like Morrissey's voice. Right place, right time, wrong choices. Timing is everything.But the beat goes on and while Simon Wolstencroft can see what might have been, cultivating bitterness bears no fruit. And 'Funky Si' has tasted the nectar. Spending an unlikely 11 years in The Fall and hooking up with his old mate Ian Brown during his solo days, 'You Can Drum But You Can't Hide' reflects on a life driven by a passion for playing. Taking you from the warehouses of Manchester and the beaches of Rio de Janeiro to the high rises of Tokyo, this book hands you a backstage pass to an evocative age that restored pride to the city of Manchester. With humour and detail, Si recounts a fascinating tale of drumming and drugs, friendships and fall outs, but, above all, a love of music.

KISS: The Early Years


Gene Simmons - 2002
    Almost 30 years and 80 million records later, they still have an intense following and an enduring place in rock and roll history.Now, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have written the band's first official book for the trade, giving fans an unprecedented insider's look at their lives -- onstage and off. Longtime band photographer Waring Abbott reveals an amazingly intimate array of photos, while Gene and Paul provide a running commentary on what the band was thinking and doing throughout this wild time. KISS fans have never had such an up-close and personal look at their favorite band, and all rock-and-roll fans will be thrilled to see such an exciting band and pivotal time in rock history captured in such a visually stunning way.

Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter


Mary-Lou Sullivan - 2010
    From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock, his affair with Janis Joplin, his stadium-filling tours, and binging on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-percent pure bluesman, resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters, and winning a Grammy Award for his effort, this is a raucous roller coaster of a true story.

Dance Of The Infidels: A Portrait Of Bud Powell


Francis Paudras - 1986
    But his life was filled with tragedy, including years of electroshock therapy in psychiatric institutions, illnesses, physical and mental abuse from people who fed him dangerous drugs to control him, and the indifference of his contemporaries to his genius. Francis Paudras, a young jazz fan who met Powell in the late 1950s, released him from his unfavorable surroundings, encouraged him to create some of his finest music, and took care of him as if he were his child. Powell’s story, Dance of the Infidels, is one of the most moving of jazz memoirs—and served as the basis for Bertrand Tavernier’s film ’Round Midnight, starring Dexter Gordon. Here, for the first time in English, is a portrait of a friendship as surprising and heartbreaking as Bud Powell’s timeless music.

Elliott Smith


Autumn de Wilde - 2007
    In Autumn de Wilde's remarkable photographs and conversations with close friends, family, and musicians he inspired, this is the first and only portrait of the beloved and troubled singer/songwriter by those who knew him well. Complementing de Wilde's riveting, personal images are ephemera, handwritten lyrics, and revealing talks with Smith's inner circle, many speaking here for the first time. Also included are a foreword by Beck Hansen and Chris Walla, and a live CD of unreleased solo acoustic performances.

Passion


Stephen Sondheim - 1994
    The newest Broadway musical by Pulitzer Prize-winning collaborators Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, 1994.

Ukulele Aerobics: For All Levels, from Beginner to Advanced


Chad Johnson - 2014
    A 40-week, one-lick-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining ukulele technique. This title provides practice material for every day of the week and includes audio tracks of all the workouts in the book. Follow this program and you'll see increased speed, improved dexterity, better accuracy, heightened coordination and more in your playing. Musical styles include pop, rock, folk, old-time, blues, jazz, reggae and more! Techniques covered include: strumming, fingerstyle, legato and staccato, hammer-ons and pull-offs, slides, bening, damping, vibrato, tremolo and more.

raag parichay (4 books)


Shri Harish Chandra Shrivastava
    Raag Parichaya by Pdt Harish Chandra Shrivastava set of 4 books part I to IV Indian Music Theory Book, Best book for Theory study in Indian Music in Hindi

Westlife: Our Story


Westlife - 2008
    The book will chronicle the band’s story from the grass-roots of Sligo, Ireland to multi-platinum records, celebrity collaborations and chart achievements. But bubbling under this public face is a private and unseen story never before recorded, crammed with candid personal revelations, including of course the departure of Brian McFadden.Westlife have been a staple part of British entertainment for years, yet the public has no idea of the astounding life they have led – and still live – behind the headlines and soundbites. Here, for the first time, Westlife will take us into their confidence and reveal their lives and amazing ten year journey as the UK’s biggest pop band as never before.

17


Bill Drummond - 2008
    He references his own contributions to the canon of popular music, and he provides fascinating insider portraits of the industry and its protagonists. But above all, he questions our ideas of music and our attitude to sound, introducing us throughout this provocative and superbly written book to his current work, The17.

Demon's Wings Collection


Terri Anne Browning - 2015
    Together they have made their own family, having spent the last sixteen years having each other’s back and making sure that Emmie was taken care of. Now things are changing. Their family of five is expanding, and not everyone is happy about it. Follow them through six full-length books as they discover new things about themselves, and figure out what the meaning of love really is. The Rocker Who Holds Me You can choose your own family. For Emmie she’s always known who her real family is, the four rockers who have taken care of her since she was five years old. Now, as their manager, she spends every second of her day making sure that they are taken care of. It’s not always easy, especially when she’s fighting feelings that having nothing to do with sisterly love for one of the four rockers… The Rocker Who Savors Me Getting kicked out of her house by her mother at sixteen was tough, but for Layla that only made her stronger. She’s always taken care of herself and managed to survive through all the hard times. Now, with two sisters to take care of on her own, things are about to get a lot tougher. Being offered a trial job as housekeeper for one of the hottest rock bands will hopefully change that. If she can keep her hands off the sexy as sin drummer… The Rocker Who Needs Me Lana knew the second she laid eyes on the Demon that her life was going to change. She didn’t anticipate falling in love with him, but when she did she fought hard to hide her feelings. She knew that she could only ever be his friend and was okay with it. Until one night changed everything… The Rocker Who Loves Me Growing up being told daily that she wasn’t good enough has beaten down Harper’s self-esteem. She knows that she’s not good enough—not beautiful enough—to catch one particular Demon’s eye. Yet, for some reason he keeps coming back, keeps tempting her with his cheesy pickup lines and those damn blue-gray eyes. She wasn’t sure if she was strong enough to keep resisting… The Rocker Who Holds Her When Nik first met the tear stained face of the little baby doll next door he knew she was going to be a big part of his life. He never anticipated he would one day fall for her. For years he fought his feelings, but he can’t keep quiet any longer. However, seeing the girl he’s about to declare his love to kissing his friend wasn’t part of his plans for how the night would end… The Rockers’ Babies Things are changing. Emmie’s family has grown and she couldn’t be happier. Fate, however, has other plans for the happy Emmie and her rockers...