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"The Contemporary Hand Drummer" Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2009

Develop contemporary hand drumming techniques with extraordinary speed and independence with this book/CD pack. The foundation of Afro-Caribbean music is explained, including the clave concept, and a comprehensive chapter containing the patterns of many of the most popular rhythms. Includes clear instructions, logical sequences, and sections on applying rudiments and on independence training which have applications beyond hand drumming. PLAY-A-LONG INCLUDED

Contact your Hal Leonard Representative to place your order

ISBN # 978-1574242430 Hal Leonard Inventory #HL 00001213 ...

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What Would Google Do ?

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2009

'Planet Google' by Randall Stross, “What Would Google Do?" Asked in 2002 to describe the “ultimate" search engine, Google co- founder Sergey Brin half-jokingly pointed to HAL 9000, the supercomputer from the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

HAL . . . had a lot of information, could piece it together, could rationalize it. Now hopefully . . . it would never have a bug like HAL did where he killed the occupants of the spaceship. But ...

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As Dick Cheney Prepares to Depart, His Mystery Lingers

Source: All About Jazz
January 19, 2009

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency A few weeks ago, outgoing White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten gathered nearly a dozen former chiefs of staff in his corner West Wing office and held a courtesy orientation session for Rahm Emanuel, the next man to assume the second hardest job in Washington.

The idea was for each former chief to give Emanuel some practical advice on how to function in his new role. And so around the table they ...

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Ray Santisi's Berklee Jazz Piano

Source: Patricia Adams Ensembles
January 18, 2009

Play jazz piano with new facility and expression as Ray Santisi, one of the most revered educators at the Berklee College of Music.

Mentor to Keith Jarrett, Diana Krall, Joe Zawinul, and thousands of others - reveals the pedagogy at the core of Berklee's jazz piano curriculum. From beginning through advanced levels, Berklee Jazz Piano maps the school's curriculum.

This is a unique blend of theory and application that gives you a deep, practical understanding of how to play jazz. ...

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Author John King on Understanding Your Tribe

Source: HypeBot
January 9, 2009

In Part 1 of my interview with John King, co-author of Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, he gave us a brief explanation of how he thought the tribal stages of an organization could help us understand the occurrences of tribalism within an artist's fan base. Like many of you, the brevity of his answer left me wanting to hear more. Here to continue the discussion, John lays out his thoughts on the various stages of ...

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Movie Speak

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2009

Learning Movie-Speak

If youre on a movie set and someone tells you, Give me two Ts or a cowboy with the Jack Lord and make sure the BG is visible as you pan and maybe well make that a one-er so just banana left, what do you do? Well one option is to pick up a copy of a new book called Movie Speak by Tony Bill, which provides a helpful guide to movie slanguage. No, not Variety slanguage the ...

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Judging an Elusive Artist by His Distinctive Covers

Source: Michael Ricci
January 7, 2009

LONDON After years of scraping by on a pittance from designing record covers for indie labels, Barney Bubbles had turned 40 and needed to make some money. He did the rounds of the big London record companies, only to be told by several executives that they had met with younger designers who were passing off his work as their own. Barney Bubbles, the subject of a new book, is largely forgotten today but designed influential record covers in the 1970s ...

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The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age

Source: Michael Ricci
January 7, 2009

When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won You cant roll a joint on an iPod, the singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne told The New York Times Magazine early last year. And, O.K., I suppose thats among the iPods drawbacks. But its hard to think of an electronic device released in recent decades thats brought more pleasure to more people.

APPETITE FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION

An Excerpt From Appetite for Self-Destruction (simonsays.com)Should anyone care that in the process, the iPod has ...

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