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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"It's 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time. Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
viii, 312 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
Presents descriptions of over one hundred jobs in the music industry, looking at careers in composing, publishing, recording, management, marketing, and other areas; and includes explanations of duties and functions, and profiles of individuals working in the field.
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Rachel feels like she doesn't fit in -- until she finds heavy metal and meets Fern, a kindred spirit. The two form their own band, but the metal scene turns out to be no different than the misogynistic world they want to change. Violent encounters escalate, and the friends decide there's only one way forward... A bloodstained journey into the dark heart of the music industry, Boring Girls traces Rachel's deadly coming of age, Fern at her side. As...
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Part field guide, part artistic coaching session, this book explains the ins and outs of the music industry. Bob Tulipan shares his expertise to help musicians protect their art and their interests. Filled with anecdotes, interviews, sample templates for budgets and contracts, it addresses the hurdles every band faces.
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Violet Parry is living the quintessential life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills with David, her rock-and-roll manager husband, and her darling toddler, Dot. She has the perfect life--except that she's deeply unhappy. David expects the world of Violet but gives little of himself in return. When she meets Teddy, a roguish small-time bass player, Violet comes alive, and soon she's risking everything for the chance to find herself again. Also in the picture...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (425 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreaking, an eight-part event television series, traces this ongoing sonic revolution, and explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the...
10) Shine
Author
Series
Shine (Jessica Jung) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
Six years ago Korean American Rachel Kim was recruited by DB Entertainment, one of Seoul's largest K-pop labels. The rules are simple: Train 24/7. Be perfect. Don't date. Now, as the dark scandals of an industry bent on controlling and commodifying beautiful girls begin to bubble up, Rachel wonders if she is strong enough to be a winner, or if she will end up crushed. When she begins to develop feelings for K-pop star and DB golden boy Jason Lee,...
11) Melody queen
Author
Series
Bollywood Academy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
251 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Twelve-year-old Simi's life is set. First: graduate from the Bollywood Academy, school to future stars. Second: become a super-famous actor, just like her showbiz parents. There's only one problem: Simi would rather make music than act, and music is a profession dominated by men. Can Simi navigate the gender barriers of the industry to prove she has what it takes to become Bollywood's next big music composer? A story of passion for music and courage...
13) Not fade away
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, comes a story about discovering your passions, following your dreams, and finding yourself. It's the 1960s and rock n' roll is changing the world. Inspired by a bold new era and his success in a local band, Douglas drops out of college to pursue his musical dreams, only to discover the harsh realities of the music industry. Douglas is forced to choose between listening to his father or listening to his heart....
14) Be cool
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Series
Description
Chili Palmer, a small-time mobster and B-movie producer, attempts to produce a Hollywood film while avoiding a hit man on his trail.
15) Hustle & flow
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DJay, a very smalltime streetwise Memphis hustler and pimp, lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Though DJay has always had a way with words, that gift has long been misused--employed to keep his 'girls' producing. A chance encounter with Key, a sound engineer, spurs DJay to find a voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Chasing his musical dream transforms DJay, but opening the door to success demands one last hustle--if he's ever going...
16) Tie die
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"When the music stopped, it was murder... Back in London's swinging '60s, Steve Cook was teen idol number one. But that changed when a sixteen-year-old fan was found dead in his hotel room bed. Steve's career came to a crashing halt after he was dumped by his record company and arrested. Now, in 1978 San Francisco, Steve works construction, still dreaming of a comeback. Until his eleven-year-old daughter is kidnapped. Steve turns to one person for...
18) Dreamgirls
Pub. Date
[2007], c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three young women, Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dreams....
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"The story behind the Northwest Sound that had a hold on the Seattle-Portland-Spokane area for just a few years in the 1960s and 1970s, as told by Jerden Records founder and record producer Jerry Dennon. It begins in the early 1960s and encompasses the music, recordings, record labels, radio personalities and of course "Louie Louie". Features the artists that were recording and performing at the great teen dance halls in the Pacific Northwest: Sonics,...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and Stamp searched for months and finally found in a band called the The Who a rebellious restlessness that was just...
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