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    Music

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Nicholas Cook ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 59 min

    What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    But Beautiful

    A Book About Jazz

    by Geoff Dyer ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 6 min

    In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Hold It in Your Hands: The Enduring Magic of CDs and Vinyl

    by Ian Joseph ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 21 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Remember the thrill of peeling the plastic off a brand-new album? The joy of flipping through liner notes, admiring the cover art, and feeling the weight of music in your hands? In Hold It in Your Hands, we celebrate the lasting magic of physical media—CDs, vinyl, and the tangible experience of owning music.In an era of endless streams and disposable ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    60 Songs That Explain the '90s

    by Rob Harvilla ...
    Narrated by Rob Harvilla ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 6 min

    A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    音樂談心室--創作分享集第1輯

    by 何厚華 ...
    Narrated by 何厚華 ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 51 min

    顧名思義,這是一個和大家談心的園地。人生其實沒有什麼大道理,但我們總能透過身邊的人,以及發生的事,總結出一些什麼意義吧!?或是找到一些蛛絲馬跡,發現原來我們活著都是不孤單的。喜歡聊天的主持人,生命最大的恩賜就是遭遇過許多生命插曲,足以有說不完的精采故事說給大家聽。加上近三十年的音樂人背景,記憶資料庫裏更有無數的好音樂,可以介紹給大家。於是你會明白人生就是有這麼多巧合,不知道歌曲本身就是為這些故事創作,還是每一首歌都能符合我們某一段的生命故事。歌與故事相遇了,故事豐富了歌曲本身,歌曲也淡淡唱出了生命,兩者之間結合,總能相得益彰。故事說完了,音樂結束了,心被療癒了,而生活還是要繼續的。透過溫暖的娓娓訴說,或許也是面對生活的一股最堅定的力量。播講介紹:何厚華,著名作詞人,金牌企劃人,暢銷書作家。曾擔任新力唱片副總監、英皇國際娛樂台灣分公司副總經理、華納音樂專屬作者、亞洲電台醉心亞洲夜主持人 ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Meaning of Jungkook

    The Triumph of BTS and the Making of a Global Pop Superstar

    by Monica Kim ...
    Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 14 min

    Celebrate Jungkook, the once-in-a-generation talent at the center of BTS, in this illuminating look into the forces that have made him a global icon.Jungkook is one of the world’s biggest stars, period. His first album, Golden, sold more than 2 million copies on the day of its release and stayed on the Billboard 200 for twenty-four consecutive weeks*.* How did a young prodigy from South Korea make ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Pitch and Intonation Basics

    Simple Ear Training for Musicians

    by Anthony Brown ...
    Narrated by Jacob Acre ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Introductory Music Theory

    Unabridged

    25 min

    Get ready to enhance your musical ear with this accessible course for beginners. Throughout the piano is used to give clear, musical examples. This course will help you refine your pitch and intonation skills. Narrated by Jacob Acre and created by Anthony Brown the course offers a comprehensive guide to: understanding pitch; mastering intonation; and recognizing intervals. This will help complete ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Why the Beach Boys Matter

    by Tom Smucker ...
    Narrated by Joe Hempel ...
    Series series Music Matters

    Unabridged

    4 hours 21 min

    Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names

    How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names

    by Adam Dolgins ...
    Narrated by Gabriel Vaughan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world's most popular and influential rock and pop acts got their names.By turns fascinating, funny, and bizarre, this book offers insight into the peculiar choices and idiosyncratic psychologies of hundreds of top musicians from the 1960s to the present. Originally published more than two decades ago to great success, ... Read more

    Was $24.99 USD Now $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Extreme Metal and Satanism

    by Dante Benegas ...
    Narrated by AI Voice Martin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 10 min

    This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.When did Satan become part of heavy metal—and how much of it was belief, provocation, theater, or business?Extreme Metal and Satanism traces that history from the blues legends surrounding the Devil and the crossroads through the birth of rock, the occult fascination of the 1960s and 1970s, and the emergence of heavy, black, death, and extreme metal.The ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    For the Love of Music

    A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

    by John Mauceri ...
    Narrated by John Mauceri ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 8 min

    With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an eminent conductor who has toured and recorded all over the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Magnificat

    Der Lobgesang der Maria - Musik und Meditationen

    Unabridged

    57 min

    "Meine Seele preist die Größe des Herrn" - so beginnt der Lobgesang der Maria. Johann Sebastian Bach hat mit seinem Magnificat die berühmteste Vertonung dieser Bibelstelle geschrieben. Diese Produktion verbindet die Musik Bachs mit Meditationen und Auslegungen von Anselm Grün. Mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig und dem Neuen Bachischen Collegium Musicum Leipzig. Es spricht Pater Anselm Grün. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    Learning To Read Guitar Music How and Why

    by Ged Brockie ...
    Narrated by Ged Brockie ...

    Unabridged

    31 min

    Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Cómo se vive la creatividad

    Aprendizajes para ser creativos en el día a día con Humberto Polar

    Series Audiobook 1 - Cómo se vive la creatividad

    Unabridged

    1 hour 42 min

    La creatividad es definida como la capacidad para inventar o crear. Perseguimos la creatividad porque sabemos que es un diferenciador de la humanidad, nos ha ayudado a sobrevivir, a crear arte, a dominar tecnologías, a vencer catástrofes. "Aprendizajes para ser creativos en el día a día con Humberto Polar" es el primer audiolibro de la serie "Cómo se vive la creatividad". El creativo y publicista ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Why Patti Smith Matters

    by Caryn Rose ...
    Narrated by Lori Prince ...
    Series series Music Matters

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found—what she fostered—was a cultural revolution. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door that countless others walked through. No other musician has better embodied the “nothing-to-hide” ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    We Get It, They Don’t

    Narrated by Tom Scharpling ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    A singularly funny journey through a lifelong obsession with music, from comedian, television writer, and host of The Best Show Tom ScharplingTom Scharpling started buying records at the neighborhood drugstore when he was eight years old, and his obsession with music has never stopped. His love of music shapes every part of who he is, from his relationships to his career to his struggles with ... Read more

    $22.95 USD

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    Along the Cherry Lane

    Tales from the Life of Music Industry Legend Milton Okun

    Unabridged

    8 hours 31 min

    John Denver said, “I have a producer who looks like an accountant, and an accountant who looks like a producer.” Soberly dressed, unflashy, and a trained classical musician, in the golden age of the music business Milt Okun stood out by not standing out. His legacy does that for him. He discovered and launched John Denver, and mentored him throughout his career. He created arrangements for Peter, ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Dana Hard

    Serie Calor Humano

    Narrated by Daniel Carballo ...
    Series Audiobook 5 - Calor Humano

    Unabridged

    3 hours 4 min

    Dana Hard (1950 – 1980) Inspirado en una historia realDedicado a los cantantes y músicos que no llegaron a ser conocidos.IntroducciónMis padres me contaron esta historia, fueron testigos presenciales de buena parte de ella. Tomaron gran cantidad de fotografías, grabaron al menos cincuenta horas en audio con entrevistas a los integrantes de la banda narrando sus vidas y filmaron otra buena cantidad ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Vinyl Age

    A Guide to Record Collecting Now

    Narrated by Max Brzezinski ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 57 min

    From Carolina Soul Records, one of the world's largest online record sellers, comes the definitive guide to every aspect of record collecting in the digital era.Any music fan knows that there's nothing like the tactile pleasure of a record. Even with access to a variety of streaming services, digital technology has paved the way for the analog revival; from multiplatinum megahits to ultra-obscure ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Declassified

    A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music

    Unabridged

    6 hours 48 min

    The best masterclass in classical music you never knew you needed.Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch’s life-long fascination with classical music has taken her through Juilliard and into the shiny world of symphony halls and international concert tours. She’s loved classical music her whole life. But she’s also hated classical music her whole life. After all, if you can like Beyoncé without liking Bieber, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    音樂薇薇笑第1輯

    Narrated by 傅薇 ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 43 min

    用滿滿的元氣歌曲為您開啟周末的夜晚~節目將分成四個單元介紹傅薇筆記本裏的私房首選歌曲。播放經典PUB歌曲,這些歌曲可能是你生命中某個片刻的記憶,一起來回味。收集你的故事,有喜歡或特別懷念的歌曲嗎?每一集都會和大家聊聊藝人朋友的發展及近作。音樂薇薇笑,用音樂,讓你微微笑。播講介紹:傅薇傅薇進入演藝圈的契機是參加「全國青年創作歌謠大賽」,獲得了演唱組的冠軍。於1990年發行了個人首張專輯《愛情契約》。其後陸續發行了三張專輯,《迷霧中共舞》、《落葉》、《裝傻》,也成為其音樂專輯的代表作品。傅薇自1992年即開始在音樂餐廳「主婦之店」駐唱,被公認為是實力派的駐唱歌手、Pub天后。她曾經登上國家音樂廳的舞台表演,是流行歌手的第一人,也曾經被日本知名節目譽為是「台灣最值得欣賞的live歌手」。能唱能寫的傅薇後來也跨足製作、創作的領域,最近期的一張專輯是2009年發行的《傅薇Fu~ Way》,... ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    HowExpert Guide to Music Memorization

    The Ultimate Handbook for Memorizing Music, Strengthening Musical Memory, and Perfecting Performance from Memory

    by HowExpert ...
    Narrated by HowExpert ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    If you're ready to master music memorization, sharpen your memory, and deliver flawless performances, then HowExpert Guide to Music Memorization is the perfect resource for you. This guide offers a clear, step-by-step approach to improving your skills, whether you're a beginner building confidence or an experienced musician striving for mastery.- Chapter 1: Introduction to Music Memorization – ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Looking To Get Lost

    Adventures in Music and Writing

    Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 55 min

    By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick’s remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed the full sweep of blues, gospel, country, and rock 'n' roll.It covers old ground from new perspectives, offering deeply felt, masterful, and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Staying Composed

    Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within a Creative Life

    by Dale Trumbore ...
    Narrated by Dale Trumbore ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 29 min

    "Dale writes candidly about the challenges she's faced and what she found works. Staying Composed is a treasure trove of practical strategies for moving your artistic career forward... I recommend Staying Composed not only for composers, but for performers, writers, and any other creatives. Too many of us harbor fantasies of a short cut to 'making it,' instead of building our own career success, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus