The bible of the music biz--now fully revised with newcontacts, fee info, trends, tips. Want to know how to set pricesfor a gig? Want to be ahead of the curve on new trends in music?Want to have all the latest contact information on hundreds ofindustry pros? Have we got the book for you "The Musician'sHandbook," already the industry bible for working musicians, hasbeen thoroughly revised and updated with the answers to all thesequestions and more. New interviews with music-business leaders, newpricing and legal structures for the digital age, new how-to tipsfor independent and do-it-yourself musicians--it's all in here.Fees, royalties and advances, live performance, touring,merchandising, working with managers, lawyers, and agents, spottingnew opportunities--all these topics and many, many more are coveredin depth in this indispensable guide to becoming successful inmusic and in business.

An element of drama has always attended Rupert Everett, evenbefore he swept to fame with his outstanding performance in'Another Country'. He has spent his life surrounded byextraordinary people, and witnessed extraordinary events. He was inMoscow during the fall of communism; in Berlin the night the wallcame down; and in downtown Manhattan on September 11th. By the ageof 17 he was friends with Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger, and sincethen he has been up close and personal with some of the most famouswomen in the world: Julia Roberts, Madonna, Sharon Stone andDonatella Versace. Whether sweeping the floor for the RoyalShakespeare Company or co-starring with Faye Dunaway and anorang-utan in 'Dunstan Checks In' (they both took ages to getready), Rupert Everett always brings as much energy and talent tohis life as he does to his career. A superb raconteur and a keenobserver of human folly (especially his own), Rupert Everett turnshis life into a captivating story of love, fame, glamour, gossipand drama.

Greil Marcus's popular appreciation of his, and Bob Dylan's,favorite song--a book that Rolling Stone called "essentialinsight into the living history of rock roll." Greil Marcus has written the definitive biography of thegreatest pop single ever made. Recorded in Columbia's Studio A inNew York on 16 June 1965, "Like A Rolling Stone" was instantly ofits time-and so strong it has escaped time altogether. Themusicians gathered in the studio never managed a second successfulrecording: they caught it once and only once. Then it was gone,arguably never to be bettered in Bob Dylan's countless liveperformances of the song. Dylan's career as a folk singer--and the career imposed uponhim, his unwanted role as "voice of a generation"--had hit a wall.Marcus recreates the brilliantly competitive pop world of 1965, andthe energy, the anger, the thrill and the horror that Bob Dylanturned into a revolutionary six-minute single. Forty years later itremains the signal accomplishment of modern music. It

Asian Resorts is conceived to be the most comprehensivecollection on Asian resorts. Written and shot by the region'sbest known Asian architecture specialist, TanHock Beng, who has already put together five books on the designand aesthetics of tropical architecture, Asian Resorts promises toshow its readers the biggest variety of Asian resorts that no otherbook has ever shown. With its beautifully' shot images and relevantinformation, this book will certainly serve and entertain youbeyond just the coffee table. In fact, it is a must-have for everyarchitectural office and every home.

The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing isrepresentative of too many young black men in this country....If wehad lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relativelyunknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at25, we would have lost a hustler nicknamed Detroit Red. And if Ihad left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpetplayer and aspiring composer--just a sliver of my eventual lifepotential. From the Foreword by Quincy Jones The real story of Tupac's murder may not ever emerge. This maybe the only lasting testament to the many faces of Tupac Shakur--ofa life lived fast and hard, of a man cloaked in contradictions. Ayoung man who was just starting to come into his own. "I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. Soeverything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But inmy heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'mgoing to heaven." Tupac Shakur, June 1996

“The standard of photography is absolutelyamazing.”— Practical Photography The third editionof Reuters: Our World Now captures the key events from2009 in more than 350 powerful photographs. Organized into foursections that represent the four quarters of the year, the imagescover the full range of global reporting: politics, commerce,conflict, the environment, natural disasters, faith andfestivities, entertainment, celebrity, and lifestyle. The photosoffer a fresh take on the year’s most memorable events as well asplenty of less-familiar stories. This completely new edition includes special “Witness” features:in-depth photo essays from around the world, many of them createdby local photographers with unique access and insight. The bookprovides an indispensable visual record of our times. 360 color and10 black-and-white photographs.

The Simpsons is one of the most literary and intelligentcomedies on television today-fertile ground for questions such as:Does Nietzsche justify Bart's bad behavior? Is hypocrisy alwaysunethical? What is Lisa's conception of the Good? From the editorof the widely-praised Seinfeld and Philosophy, The Simpsons andPhilosophy is an insightful and humorous look at the philosophicaltenets of America's favorite animated family that will delightSimpsons fans and philosophy aficionados alike. Twenty-one philosophers and academics discuss and debate theabsurd, hyper-ironic, strangely familiar world that is Springfield,the town without a state. In exploring the thought of keyphilosophers including Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre, Heidegger,and Kant through episode plots and the characters' antics, thecontributors tackle issues like irony and the meaning of life,American anti-intellectualism, and existential rebellion. Thevolume also includes an episode guide and a chronology ofphilosophers which lists the n

Francoise Gilot was a young painter in Pasis when she firstmet Picasso - he was sixty-two and she was twenty-one. During thefollowing ten years they were lovers, worked closely together andshe became mother to two of his children, Claude and Paloma. LIFEWITH PICASSO, her account of those extraordinary years, is filledwith intimate and astonishing revelations about the man, his work,his thoughts and his friends - Matisse, Braque, Gertrude Stein andGiacometti among others. Francois Gilot paints a compellingportrait of her turbulent life with the temperamental genius thatwas Picasso. She is a superb witness to Picasso as an artist and tohis views on art...

本书首次向中国的读者展示中国观众对“土地‘的各种感受和反应，其中包括有留言、图片、文章等形式。 “从某种意义来说，《土地》是一项全球性项目，她是由地球上某一特定地区年龄各异的当地人民制造出来的。她由土制成、以火生成，其情感来自触摸，其思想来自观赏。”安东尼·葛姆雷的“土地”被认为是现代雕塑的经典作品。安东尼·葛姆雷是一位国际瞩目的艺术大师，自1989年，葛姆雷一直从事着一项与世界各国不同社区接触的长期项目———《土地》。为制造不同版本的《土地》雕塑，他游历了从巴西雨林到北欧等不同国家。 2003年1月，他与300多位不同年龄层次，来自广州东北部花都地区的市民一起，用了5天的时间，制造了近20万个小泥人，组成了大型雕塑巡展“土地”．

Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes ontoday’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature,or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci,Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role inthe controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeksthrough the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenmentphilosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musicalscale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe. In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads usthrough the battles over that scale, placing them in the context ofquarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics andscience. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system knownas equal temperament called into question beliefs that hadlasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music ofBeethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filledwith original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits ofsome of th

The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, itsgreat heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Danteand Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thoughtis credited with transforming the West from medieval to modern andproducing the most astonishing outpouring of artistic creation theworld has ever known. But what was it? In this masterly work, theincomparable Paul Johnson tells us. He explains the economic,technological, and social developments that provide a backdrop tothe age’s achievements and focuses closely on the lives and worksof its most important figures. A commanding short narrative of thisvital period, The Renaissance is also a universally profoundmeditation on the wellsprings of innovation.

Antonio Stradivari (1644—1737) was a perfectionist whosesingle-minded pursuit of excellence changed the world of music. Inthe course of his long career in the northern Italian city ofCremona, he created more than a thousand stringed instruments;approximately six hundred survive, their quality unequalled by anysubsequent violin-maker. In this fascinating book, Toby Fabertraces the rich, multilayered stories of six of these peerlesscreations–five violins and a cello–and the one towering artist whobrought them into being. Blending history, biography, meticulousdetective work, and an abiding passion for music, Faber takes usfrom the salons of Vienna to the concert halls of New York, andfrom the breakthroughs of Beethoven’s last quartets to the firstphonographic recordings. This magnificent narrative invites us toshare the life, the intrigue, and the incomparable beauty of theworld’s most marvelous stringed instruments.