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Get your songs published and start earning royalties! This handy primer and quick reference guide will help you around the many obstacles of the shifting music industry and the vital importance publishing plays to help you make money from your music. Learn how to: exploit all facets of publishing revenue take advantage of all royalty streams: performance, mechanical, printed music gain exposure and income from movie and TV synchs legally protect your songs with copyrights. Also includes a glossary of music publishing and copyright terms as well as music organizations for further research.

Become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of how you use your body to allow for proper posture and ease of movement while performing, helping you to avoid overuse injuries and play with greater expression. These concepts, exercises, and practice routines present yoga from the musicians' perspective, focusing on the direct relationships between using yoga and creating music. You will learn to: Practice meditation approaches, breathing techniques, and yoga postures that will help improve musicianship Play using healthy posture and technique Get more out of your practice through improved focus Use your breath to improve your phrasing and also to ease performance anxiety Play with deeper expression through inspiration.

Expert producer/engineer Dan Moretti leads you step by step through the producing and mixing processes. Learn how different techniques - from mic placement to EQ - help you create authentic-sounding and inspiring jazz mixes. The accompanying DVD-ROM provides practice tracks and reference recordings so that you can practice matching finished mixes, in a variety of jazz styles.

This updated second edition will teach you how to take charge of your musical career with crucial do-it-yourself strategies. Filled with empowering resources and tips for self-managed musicians, including: How to write a business plan, create press kits, sharpen your business chops Using the Internet to promote your music How to customize your demos for maximum exposure Secrets to getting your music played on the radio 12 things you can do to get the most out of every gig The most comprehensive musician's resource list on the planet, updated continually online!

Learn the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, with easy-to-follow exercises so you can immediately apply these tools to your own songs. Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the songwriting process easy, fun, and intuitive. Kachulis covers a variety of topics, including: colors of chords and keys chord embellishments and progressions to enrich your palette of colors dozens of ways to modify your harmonies and progressions the most common chord progressions used in hit songs and more. Practice your songs with an accompaniment on the play-along CD!

Create your own music with this essential, limited-edition series of 12-inch records! Features originally created loops, grooves, break beats, vocals and sound fx for DJs, rappers, producers and re-mixers! Live hip-hop, R&B and funk breaks and grooves; vocals and scratch substance.

Hard-core grooves, huge guitars, vocals and skratch material.