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Acting Professionally: Raw Facts about Careers in Acting

James Calleri - Palgrave
Format: Paperback

This vital resource will steer you through the hugely competitive industry of stage, film and TV acting, offering wise advice on everything from writing an eye-catching rsum to finding an agent. It will give you a clear understanding of how acting careers are built and sustained, and how actors...
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So You Want to Sing A Cappella: A Guide for Performers

Deke Sharon - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback

From amateur collegiate a cappella groups to professional ensembles like Straight No Chaser and Pentatonix, contemporary a cappella has exploded onto the world pop music scene. In So You Want to Sing A Cappella, Deke Sharon combines historical context and a comprehensive look at the a cappella...
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Masterclass: Writing Comedy

Jonathan Shipley - Teach Yourself
Format: eBook

"?Masterclass: Write Great Comedy will reveal to both beginners and experienced writers the distinctive features that mark out comedy from other forms of creative writing. Having identified these, it will help you then to unlock your inner anarchist, and explore the different elements...
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Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

Noel Monk - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that changed rock music.Van Halen's rise in the 1980s was one of the most thrilling the music world...
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How to Record at Home on a Budget

Chad Johnson - Hal Leonard; Pap/Psc edition
Format: Print book

(RECORDING INSTRUCTION) . Home recording has never before seen the popularity it's experiencing today. Whether it's simply a laptop with a camera microphone or a decked-out studio with tens of thousands of dollars in equipment, more people are recording their music at home now than...
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs

Greil Marcus - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy.
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Guide

Christina Nielsen - Yale University Press
Format: Paperback

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and its magnificent collection are enlivened through fresh insights and new photography in this updated guide This updated guide to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum charts new pathways through the beloved institution's superb collection. Gardner,...
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Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story

Bruce Iglauer - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence's Lounge, in the heart of Chicago's South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago blues of Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers....
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Into the Dark

Mark A Vieira - Running Press
Format: Print book

You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.Into the Dark is the first book to tell the story...
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Into the Mystic: The Visionary and Ecstatic Roots of 1960s Rock and Roll

Christopher Hill - Park Street Press
Format: Paperback

Explores the visionary, mystical, and ecstatic traditions that influenced the music of the 1960s * Examines the visionary, spiritual, and mystical influences on the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Incredible String Band, the Left Banke, Lou Reed...
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