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In his gripping, bestselling debut memoir Dark Days, Lamb of God vocalist D. Randall (Randy) Blythe unflinchingly wrote about some of the most harrowing episodes of his past. Now, in his highly anticipated follow-up Just Beyond the Light, Blythe shares how he works daily to maintain positivity in a world that feels like it is spinning out of control. In his own words, Just Beyond the Light is a "tight, concise roadmap of how I have attempted to maintain what I believe to be a proper perspective in life, even during difficult times."

From their first meeting in 1981, the Bangles were ambitious, focused, and intentional; their hard-work and determination resulted in millions of records sold across the globe, before becoming the first all-girl band to have five “Top 10” hits. Not long after coming together, they toured the world, released #1 records, and collaborated with the biggest artists of the day. They seemed unstoppable—until tensions within the band, artistic differences, and the pressures of sudden celebrity tore them apart less than a decade later. Eternal Flame is the story of those eight years.

Madonna, Weltstar der Popmusik: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Cher, Weltstar der Popmusik: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Ella Fitzgerald, Weltstar und Grande Dame des Jazz: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

I learned a long time ago, where it’s a quick death, if you turn in dead pages. Each page is intense or laced with FUN! I’ve been writing for many years. I’ve written film screenplays, scripts, magazine articles, advertising copy, and I’ve worked in the entertainment business for over three decades. I believe that one’s imagination is a key to living live alive. My work hopefully, will stimulate your active imaginations. To keep the action moving, these books are designed to be challenging and sometimes comedic in nature.

Tchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we know is a shadow of the fascinating reality. It is all too easy to forget that he composed an empire's worth of music, and navigated the imperial Russian court to great advantage. In this iconoclastic biography, celebrated author Simon Morrison recreates Tchaikovsky's complex world.

From bass player to lead guitarist, singer and last remaining founding member, Steve Diggle has been the driving force keeping Buzzcocks alive since he first met Pete Shelley in 1976. Together they would ignite the Manchester music scene, kickstart indie and become one of the best loved and most influential punk groups of all time. Following Shelley's untimely death in 2018, Autonomy is Diggle's definitive inside account of their shared musical legacy and complex friendship through the band's rise, fall, and rise again.

Он — воплощение эстетики, харизмы и неутомимого стремления к совершенству. Человек, чье имя неразрывно связано с историей российской музыки! Кинодебют рядом с Владимиром Высоцким, триумф на сцене в роли фронтмена эталонной рок-группы "Моральный кодекс", создание собственного эстрадного оркестра — Сергей Мазаев, как олицетворение слова "качество", никогда не боялся экспериментировать и хранил верность своим принципам. Каждый эпизод его жизни полон ярких моментов, смелых решений и неугасаемого творческого огня.

Hasta 2014, cuando los Rolling Stones cumplían cincuenta y dos años de existencia, había más de sesenta álbumes publicados de la banda, veinticinco documentales, cientos de discos y videos piratas. Hasta el año 2012, había 1.546 sesiones de grabación, 842 títulos registrados y 1.545 versiones capturadas en vivo. Aventura verbal a través de los sonidos, Piedra sobre piedra. Confesiones de un adicto a los Rolling Stones, es un homenaje y, al mismo tiempo, una guía personal que el autor ha construido para subirle el volumen al más exitoso de sus vicios

In this artful memoir, Grammy Award-winning music producer Charlie Peacock flexes his literary chops and gives listeners the gritty backstage stories they crave: biographical anecdotes, geeky trivia, and how the hits were written and recorded (from jazz to rock and pop). Threaded throughout is Peacock’s unique ancestral and spiritual story—the roots. Like Coltrane, Dylan, and Bono before him, Peacock reveals a Christ-affection while refusing genres too small for his music.

David Roberts was Whitney Houston's bodyguard, the real one. Roberts was hired in 1988 for Houston's UK portion of the Moment of Truth world tour. Accustomed to working for diplomats and Fortune 500 clients, Roberts had reservations about working with a pop star. But Houston's heart of gold won him over from the moment they met at Heathrow airport.

John Denver was a musician with a roving free spirit. He left on a jet plane and promised to be back again. Just like the seasons, he went through plenty of changes, but he always returned to the source of his inspiration. John Denver was inspired by nature and the love of life in general. He wrote songs about how sunshine made him happy, and how the natural disposition of Mother Earth made him high.

مدوان هي سلسلة مقالات فكرية قصيرة، يتناول فيها المُقدِّمون عدة مواضيع تساهم بجعل الحياة أفضل قليلًا، بعيدًا عن الدين والسياسة والقضايا الاجتماعية. نتحدث فيها عن العمل، الإنتاجية، الصحة، العلاقات والفنون.

"В каждой личности есть тьма", – говорит автор книги Кристофер Лоуренс, и великие композиторы и музыканты не исключение. История классической музыки и жизнь знаменитых музыкантов изобилует убийствами, прелюбодеяниями, двоеженством, мошенничеством, богатством, бедностью, обжорством, нервными срывами, странным поведением и ужасным, ужасным туалетным юмором (Моцарт был главным выразителем последнего). Классическая музыка – приятная? Вам только так кажется. Шокирующая музыка документирует всю подноготную великих композиторов, выдавая их самые сокровенные секреты.

The youngest daughter of a rock star father and clothing designer mother, Lola and her siblings (including actress Jemima and celebrity doula Domino), spent their childhoods freshly plucked from their English heritage in an eclectic West Village brownstone, hosting everyone from Cuban exiles to Courtney Love. But behind the enviable exterior of worldly coolness, was a home in disarray.

Neko Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl “raised by two dogs and a space heater” in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally acclaimed talent.

In 2018, during an interview with journalist Tanya Pearson, Shirley Manson lamented: "It’s a blanket fact that after September 11th, nonconformist women were taken off the radio.” This comment echoed a reality Pearson had personally witnessed as a musician and a fan, and launched her into a quest to figure out just what happened to these extraordinary female figures. Pretend We’re Dead seeks to answer two big questions.

The Ritual Madness of Rock & Roll is both an honest look at the life of the touring musician and an extended discussion on the origins and functions of art in human life. The lessons here are indispensable for any young musician who wants to prepare themselves for the reality of living in a van for three weeks, or for the inquiring mind seeking to understand what role that art could play in philosophy.

"Wenn du so ein Buch schreibst, musst du die Wahrheit sagen." (Bob Dylan) Diesem Motto hat sich Dylan in seinen Chronicles verschrieben und erzählt selbst von seinen Anfängen in der Country-Szene in den 1960er Jahren. Der Musiker beschreibt mit Herzblut und Leidenschaft wie er um seine künstlerische Identität kämpfen und seine Familie vor der Öffentlichkeit schützen musste. In atemberaubenden Worten erklärt der Künstler seinen Wechsel von Folk zu Rock und was es heißt die großen Bühnen der Welt zu touren.