Hal Leonard Books, the musician’s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published Microphones & Mixers ($39.99) by Bill Gibson. The book is an updated second edition of Book 1 in the 6-book Hal Leonard Recording Method series and includes a DVD ROM and online media.
As the first book in the series, Microphones & Mixers covers the critical first steps in a truly organized path through the entire recording process. Topics include how professional microphones work, which to choose and why (plus accepted techniques for using them), understanding the signal path from mics to mixers and how to operate these critical tools to capture excellent recordings, as well as explanations of the most up-to-date tools and techniques involved in using dynamics and effects processors. From initial considerations to mix-down, mastering, and replication, this method provides important considerations and techniques every recording musician needs to know.
In Microphones & Mixers, Gibson augments his straightforward writing style with diagrams, product photos, graphs, and charts to make complex concepts easy to grasp.
Topics covered include:
How professional Microphones work – which to choose and why
Understanding the signal path from mics to mixers
How to operate the most fundamental and critical tools in the recording chain
Combining digital and analog hardware and software to capture great sounds and pristine recordings
Sound and feature comparisons of several microphones from Royer, AKG, Neumann, Shure, Audio-Technica, and more
The most up-to-date considerations for getting the most out of virtually any recording setup – in or out of the box!
Microphones & Mixers is the first book in The Hal Leonard Recording Method, which is the first professional multimedia recording method to take readers from the beginning of the signal path to the final master mix. Other books in the series include Instrumental & Vocal Recording, Recoding Software & Plug-ins, Sequencing Samples & Loops, Engineering & Producing, and Mixing & Mastering.
Backbeat Books, publisher of books for performers and fans who are passionate about music, has published The Blues Guitar Handbook ($29.99), by leading guitar authority Adam St. James. This comprehensive book and CD package provides everything a guitarist needs in order to understand and master finger style acoustic blues, bottleneck, post-war electric blues, jazz blues, and modern blues-rock.
"The Blues Guitar Handbook will help players quickly make more sense of the blues and realize there is so much more to the blues than most players think. It isn't all just 12-bar, I-IV-V chords or minor pentatonic scales”, said St. James. “In writing the book, I really wanted to help players have more fun with their guitar, and gain confidence that they can become the ‘hot’ blues player in their neck of the woods!"
This latest entry in Backbeat's bestselling handbook series starts by exploring the humble beginnings of blues guitar through the early decades of the 20th century, moves into the '40s and '50s, then it's the blues-rockers of the '60s, '70s, and '80s before the story comes up to date, with today’s blues flame-keepers. Profiles of such players as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Keb Mo’ highly the evolution the this great American art form.
The Blues Guitar Handbook contains a comprehensive section for mastering electric and acoustic blues from the very basics and leading into more advanced rhythm and lead techniques before examining four key styles: acoustic blues, classic electric blues, blues rock, and jazz blues.
The Blues Guitar Handbook includes:
A step-by-step course in playing the blues, from 12-bar to advanced soloing
Advice on guitars, strings, picks, and amps
Practical guidance on reading both TAB and traditional notation
Essential theory for blues guitar
Instruction on bends, harmonics, tremolo, and tapping
Extensive chord and scale diagrams
Complete songs to listen to and play
A CD of the books key examples and exercises
An encyclopedic history of blues guitar and its players
The many exercises in the book are supported by specially recorded audio tracks on the accompanying CD.
Third Edition: How to succeed with the new digital technologies by Steve Gordon
Montclair, NJ (September 13, 2011) – Hal Leonard Books, the musician’s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published The Future of the Music Business ($29.99) by Steve Gordon. This Third Edition is a practical guide for artists and entrepreneurs on how to succeed in the music business with the new digital technologies.
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Embed Embed this video on your site New technologies are revolutionizing the music business. While these changes may be smashing traditional business models and creating havoc among the major record companies, they are also providing new opportunities for unsigned artists, independent labels, and music business entrepreneurs.
The Future of the Music Business provides a legal and business road map for success in today's music business by setting forth a comprehensive summary of the rules pertaining to the traditional music business, including music licensing, as well as the laws governing online distribution of music and video.
The book provides practical tips for:
• Selling music online • Using blogs and social networks • Developing an online record company • Creating an Internet radio station • Opening an online music store • Raising money for recording projects online • Creating a hit song in the Digital Age • Taking advantage of wireless technologies, and much more
This revised third edition is the most up-to-date and thorough examination of current trends, and offers special sections on:
• What to do if someone steals your song • Protecting the name of your band or label • How to find and get a music lawyer to shop your music • How to land a deal with an indie, or a major label
The accompanying DVD includes a comprehensive lecture, “How to Succeed in Today's Music Business,” delivered by the author at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.
Hal Leonard Books, the musician’s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published Modern Guitar Rigs: The Tone Fanatic's Guide to Integrating Amps and Effects ($24.99) by Scott Kahn.
An “odd-shaped” history of Gibson’s weird electric guitars by Tony Bacon Backbeat Books, publisher of books for performers and fans who are passionate about music, has publishedFlying V, Explorer, Firebird ($24.99). In this new book, venerable music author Tony Bacon shows how a trio of radical guitar designs triumphed over commercial failure to inspire a new generation of makers and players to become the look of choice for the modern metal guitarist.
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Hal Leonard Books, the musician’s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published 
Backbeat Books, publisher of books for performers and fans who are passionate about music, has published The Blues Guitar Handbook ($29.99), by leading guitar authority Adam St. James. This comprehensive book and CD package provides everything a guitarist needs in order to understand and master finger style acoustic blues, bottleneck, post-war electric blues, jazz blues, and modern blues-rock. 
Third Edition: How to succeed with the new digital technologies by Steve Gordon 