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Book Review: It’s About Time–Jeff Porcaro, the Man and His Music
By Robyn Flans (hardcover) $16.66 One of the most recorded drummers in history, Porcaro became a music superstar held in equal esteem by fans and ... -
Book Review: Gender In Music Production
Edited by Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, Liesl King and Mark Marrington (paperback) $48.91 The field of music production has for many years been regarded as male-dominated. Despite ... -
Book Review: Decoding “Despacito”–An Oral History of Latin Music
By Leila Cobo (paperback) $14.95 From the salsa of the streets of New York City, to Puerto Rican reggaeton and bilingual chart-toppers, this is an ... -
Book Review: Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker
By Harry Manaka (paperback) $20.00 If you think you know all there is to know about L.A.’s music history, you need to check this book ... -
Book Review: DJ Method
By DJ Bizzon (paperback) $12.99 A thorough, illustrated and easy-to-follow primer for the beginning DJ, this handbook includes everything from setup to scratching techniques to ... -
Book Review: Hollywood Eden
By Joel Selvin (hardcover) $28.00 Selvin captures the early ‘60s Los Angeles pop-music scene, its highs and lows, its hits and misses, its epics and ... -
Book Review: Book on the Dance Floor
In the Spring of 1997, the promotion of the HIStory album seemed as if it would continue for quite a while, especially since Michael Jackson’s ... -
Book Review: Taylor Swift 'evermore' Piano • Vocal • Guitar Songbook
Here are 17 songs for piano, voice and guitar from the second album created during the pandemic lockdown by Taylor Swift. The songs, a conceptual ... -
Book Review: The Last Soul Company: Malaco Records
Having marked its 50th anniversary, Malaco is the oldest continuously-run indie label in America, and the world’s biggest and most important gospel label. The Malaco ... -
Book Review: How to Build an Excellent Child
Meredith Day distills her lifelong experiences as a mom and a child entertainment talent manager into this compact advice book, a “parenting operations manual,” which ... -
Book Review: Dan Alexander Audio–A Vintage Odyssey
Dan Alexander Audio reveals the origins and history of vintage recording gear, told by the man who coined the term. It discusses the products of 22 ... -
Book Review: Deep Cuts Trivia: Intelligence Test for the Musically Obsessed
The author, aka Bobby the Beerslayer, brings a consistent sense of fun and imagination to his book, a collection of 400 authoritatively curated music trivia ... -
Book Review: Looking to Get Lost
Bestselling author Peter Guralnick (Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll and Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley) does it once again ... -
Book Review: Revolver
In this novel from Concord Free Press, it’s the end of the 1970s, and two star-crossed high school lovers from Long Island go on a ... -
Book Review: Your Van Is On Fire: The Miscellaneous Meanderings of a Musician
Singer-songwriter and visual artist Seth Walker’s Your Van Is On Fire sheds light on the ins, outs and what-have-you’s of life inside the mind of ... -
Book Review: Major Label Mastering
Grammy winner Evren Goknar, a long-time mastering engineer at legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, takes you inside the eyes, ears and mind of a ... -
Book Review: The Music Mixing Workbook
Award-winning author Bobby Owsinski’s The Music Mixing Workbook is designed to help anyone relatively new to or confused about the once mysterious process of mixing multiple ... -
Livestream Review: Alix
Livestream New Jersey Contact: ambitiousfuturerecords@gmail.com Web: alixmusic.com Players: Alix, vocals; Paul Sikoral, guitar, keys Material: Alix is a California girl—you can hear it in ... -
Book Review: The Straightforward Guide to the Music Biz–An Entertainment Lawyer Breaks Down The Industry
This brief (85-page) handbook is a useful resource for any young artist to own and keep handy. The author, a music industry scholar and attorney, ... -
Book Review: Transcendent Waves – How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives
What insights can we gain when we delve into the immersive world of sound, which permeates our every moment? In Transcendent Waves, sound healing practitioner, meditation ...
