Bastien piano for adults

Bastien piano for adults
Author: Jane Smisor Bastien
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Piano
ISBN: 9780849773051

How to Be an Awesome Piano Bar Entertainer on Cruise Ships

How to Be an Awesome Piano Bar Entertainer on Cruise Ships
Author: Gregg Akkerman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2018-07-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781717798237

A #1 Bestseller on Amazon! "Wow, you are really living the dream life!" Piano bar entertainers on cruise ships constantly hear those words and are considered to have one of the best jobs in the music business. That's because it's true! It's like every day is a Jimmy Buffett song with margaritas, island beaches, and blue seas. Who could ask for more? Cruise Ship Piano Bar Entertainers make great money, travel to exotic locations around the world for free, work with talented and attractive people, have food and lodging provided at no cost, and receive medical care without being billed. If that's not enough, these same lucky entertainers spend days relaxing in the equivalent of 5-star hotel resorts and hang out with friends every night being offered free drinks. And let's not forget that people drop handfuls of cash in the tip jar every night to hear their favorite songs! If you are a pianist-vocalist who dreams of having that kind of life, Dr. Gregg Akkerman has written the "how to" book you've been waiting for. The Author Walks the Walk! After a lifetime of working as a musician/educator/author, Akkerman is handing over all his prized experience for exactly what it takes to prepare for, obtain, and keep an awesome job as a piano bar entertainer. He's performed on hundreds of cruises for thousands of guests and knows every detail of the job. Now you can learn from the best, known among cruisers as Piano Dude Gregg, and start on your way to an awesome music business career. IT'S ALL HERE: How good you have to be to start How much money you can make Contacts at booking agencies A review of all the cruise lines What life is really like in the crew-only decks. You'll be provided a list of the exact job skills cruise lines are looking for as both a pianist and vocalist. But, more importantly, Akkerman gives you his secrets to winning over the crowd as not just a musician, but as an entertainer. There's also a list of over 300 songs you should know including the "Never-fail" top-50 and "Must-know" Big-10. You'll be shown easy-to-learn steps to learning songs faster, incorporating technology, what you need in your gig bag, and notated accompaniment patterns to create your own arrangements. To top it off, there are dozens of PROTIPS based on battle-tested years sitting at the piano bench surrounded by smiling fans having a great time. Even Non-Musicians Love It! There're pages of "behind the scenes" dirt on what it's actually like to live on a cruise ship and what the crew members really think of all the guests. You'll be the only one in the piano bar who knows what the entertainers truly feel about having to play "Sweet Caroline" for the millionth time! Your Career as a Piano Bar Entertainer is Waiting! Whether you're a beginning pianist, amateur performer, salty old pro, or a cruiser who simply loves the piano bar, you'll find all you could hope for and many unexpected surprises in this one-of-a-kind "how to" manual. Don't wait another minute to click the "BUY" button and begin your journey to the best job you'll ever have.

Highlife Music in West Africa

Highlife Music in West Africa
Author: Sonny Oti
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 978842208X

Highlife Music in West Africa is an excursion into the origins and development of an extraordinary music form. Highlife music is essentially an urban music, but unlike dance music performed using Western musical instruments, its dynamism is based less in the aesthetics of form and style than in song-texts. Critics treat highlife as a popular music genre, but this fails to acknowledge the role that the lyrics of highlife music played in the search for political, economic, and national growth and stability in Africa. Highlife musicians' messages, like drama and theater scripts, not only reflect Africa's culture but also highlight her social, economic, and political problems. The involvement of radicals and Pan-Africanists has helped elevate highlife musicians from the status of entertainers to a more serious and responsible one, as modern African town criers, whose song-texts are communal messages, warnings, and counseling.

Songbook

Songbook
Author: Nick Hornby
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2003-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781573223560

“All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do.” —Nick Hornby, from Songbook A wise and hilarious collection from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Just Like You, Funny Girl and About a Boy. Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get under our skin… Songbook is Nick Hornby’s labor of love. A shrewd, funny, and completely unique collection of musings on pop music, why it’s good, what makes us listen and love it, and the ways in which it attaches itself to our lives—all with the beat of a perfectly mastered mix tape.

A First Book of Ragtime

A First Book of Ragtime
Author: David Dutkanicz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486171671

These rollicking, easy-to-play ragtime favorites include "Maple Leaf Rag," "The Entertainer," "Tiger Rag," and other melodies by such favorites as Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb, and Eubie Blake. All songs available as downloadable MP3s.

David Brent Songbook

David Brent Songbook
Author: Ricky Gervais
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1911274155

After leaving Wernham-Hogg, David Brent has been working as a rep selling cleaning (and ladies personal hygiene) products up and down the country, but he hasn't given up his dream of becoming a rock star - or, more specifically, songwriter and lead vocalist for rock band Foregone Conclusion. The official companion to David Brent's film, this book will have original song introductions written by David Brent, all music by David Brent and exclusive images of David Brent himself. It has been arranged for piano, voice and guitar, so that you too can play the compositions, so go and get your guitar!

Adult Piano Adventures - Classics, Book 1

Adult Piano Adventures - Classics, Book 1
Author: Nancy Faber
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1616779152

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 1 celebrates great masterworks of Western music, including symphony themes, opera gems, and classical favorites. The melodies of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and other master composers are arranged at just the right level for adult beginners and for those who are returning to the keyboard. Section 1 features piano arrangements with minimal hand position changes, and many selections include an optional duet part. Section 2 introduces the I, IV, and V7 chords in the key of C major, harmonizing themes such as Sibelius's Finlandia, Schubert's The Trout, and Mendelssohn's Spring Song. Section 3 presents the primary chords in the key of G major, with arrangements of Vivaldi's Autumn (from The Four Seasons), Mozart's theme from The Magic Flute, Lizst's Liebestraum, and more.

Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry

Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry
Author: Kristin Lieb
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351662848

Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry combines interview data with music industry professionals with theoretical frameworks from sociology, mass communication, and marketing to explain and explore the gender differences female artists experience. This book provides a rare lens on the rigid packaging process that transforms female artists of various genres into female pop stars. Stars—and the industry power brokers who make their fortunes—have learned to prioritize sexual attractiveness over talent as they fight a crowded field for movie deals, magazine covers, and fashion lines, let alone record deals. This focus on the female pop star’s body as her core asset has resigned many women to being "short term brands," positioned to earn as much money as possible before burning out or aging ungracefully. This book, which includes interview data from music industry insiders, explores the sociological forces that drive women into these tired representations, and the ramifications for the greater social world.